BIB_ID
431133
Accession number
MA 1617.195
Creator
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Display Date
London, England, 1878 August 24.
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Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (8 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.3 cm
Notes
This letter is one of ten letters from James to Henley written between March 9, 1878 and June 21, 1879.
The year and specific date of writing identified by Greg W. Zacharias, co-Editor of The Complete Letters of Henry James 1878-1880 cited below.
Written from "3, Bolton Street."
The year and specific date of writing identified by Greg W. Zacharias, co-Editor of The Complete Letters of Henry James 1878-1880 cited below.
Written from "3, Bolton Street."
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Declining a request from Henley to help him with Turgenev; saying "I like the idea of 'helping' any one, in any degree, to read Turgénieff; but I am afraid the assistance I can now render you will not seem valuable. I am sorry to say I have none of Tgff's books near me at present - I possess the whole collection, but it is no nearer than America - Many of them I read in one of the German translations, the best of wh. is the best of any;" relating various translations but adding "It is poor comfort to tell you of these things, without sending them to you. But I am destitute...I am glad you are interested in Tourguenieff & envy you the high pleasure of making acquaintance with him;" asking if he ever reads at the British Museum and suggesting resources to him there that may help; concluding "I am extremely sorry you are disconnected with "London' [The London Magazine], but hope you are in for something as good or better. Also that you are well. I am on the point of bringing out a small fiction wh. I will send you."
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