BIB_ID
431137
Accession number
MA 1617.197
Creator
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Display Date
London, England, 1878 October 3.
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Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (4 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
Saying "I don't know how well you censure; but you certainly praise in perfection...I thank you for the notice of my novel in "London". It seems to me very discriminating; excuse the fatuity. 'Elena', as it is called in the French translation, was published in a volume with another of T.'s tales, preceding it - that is the latter preceding it. The other tale was an admirable little thing called 'Un 1'er Amour' & the two were included in a general title - 'Nouvelles Scènes de la Vie Russe.' The publisher was Dentu, & the date (if I remember) about 1860. There were illustrative vignettes above the chapters."
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