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PREFACE "_The Portrait of a Lady_" was, like "_Roderick Hudson_," begun in Florence, during three months spent there in the spring of 1879.

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CHAPTER XXVIII On the morrow, in the evening, Lord Warburton went again to see his friends at their hotel, and at this establishment he learned that they had gone to the opera.

CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI ...

1904 BOOK FIRST: THE PRINCE PART FIRST I The Prince had always liked his London, when it had come to him; he was one of the modern Romans who find by the Tha...

Published November 1909 PREFACE The chapters of which this volume is composed have with few exceptions already been collected, and were then associated with others commemorative of other impre...

The litigation seemed interminable and had in fact been complicated; but by the decision on the appeal the judgement of the divorce-court was confirmed as to the assignment of the child.

I MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1921 _First Published in_ 1886 BOOK FIRST I "Olive will come down in about ten minutes; she told me to tell you that.

VOLUME I NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1902 Copyright, 1902, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS ---- Published, August, 1902 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY NEW YORK BO...

CHAPTER I. Rowland Mallet had made his arrangements to sail for Europe on the first of September, and having in the interval a fortnight to spare, he determined to spend it with his cousin Cecilia...

CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER I A narrow grave-yard in the heart of a ...

PREFACE I recall with perfect ease the idea in which "The Awkward Age" had its origin, but re-perusal gives me pause in respect to naming it.

ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1914 COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Published March, 1914 ILLUSTRATIONS Pencil-drawn portrait of William James by himself, about...

produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: _Henry James._ _1912._] /* THE LETTERS OF HENRY JAMES SELECTED AND EDITED BY PERCY LUBBOCK VOL...

VOLUME II NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1909 Copyright, 1902 and 1909 by Charles Scribner's Sons BOOK SIXTH THE WINGS OF THE DOVE I "I say, you know, Kate--you _did_ stay!"

I Mrs. Gereth had said she would go with the rest to church, but suddenly it seemed to her that she should not be able to wait even till church-time for relief: breakfast, at Waterbath, was a pun...

CHAPTER I It was in the early days of April; Bernard Longueville had been spending the winter in Rome.

II MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1921 _First published in 1886_ BOOK SECOND (_Continued_) XXIV A little more than an hour after this he stood in the parlour o...

I In the attempt to place together some particulars of the early life of William James and present him in his setting, his immediate native and domestic air, so that any future gathered memorials...

MacMillan and Co., Limited St. Martin's Street, London 1921 PREFACE I profess a certain vagueness of remembrance in respect to the origin and growth of _The Tragic Muse_, which appeared in ...

1896 Contents The Figure in the Carpet Glasses The Next Time The Way it Came THE FIGURE IN THE CARPET I I had done a few things and earned a few pence--I had perhaps even had time ...

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I It was an occasion, I felt--the prospect of a large party--to look out at the station for others, possible friends and even possible enemies, who might be going.

[Illustration] WITH NINETY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOSEPH PENNELL LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1900 [Illustration] Preface _The notes presented in this volume were gathered, as will easily be ...