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William and Henry James: Selected Letters

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From: The Virginia Quarterly Review
Date: 19971001
Author:Anonymous

William and Henry James: Selected Letters, edited by Ignas K. Skrupskelis and Elizabeth M. Berkeley.

It is difficult to think of any pair of siblings more influential in the history of American arts and letters. Each in his own way was something of an intellectual star; that William and Henry James were biologically related only increases their allure. Their letters to one another between the years of 1861 and 1910 display the signs and symbols of unusual intelligence we might expect. They are a delight to read. There is the appeal of gossip here as well, insofar as some of the missives ...

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