Henry James and H. G. Wells: A Record of Their Friendship, Their Debate on the Art of Fiction, and Their Quarrel

276 Pages·1959·5.218 MB·English

by  Henry James, Herbert George Wells, Leon Edel, Gordon N. Ray (eds.)

H E N R Y
A Record of their Friendship
J A M E S
their Debate on the Art of Fiction
&
and their Quarrel
H. G.
Edited with an Introduction
W E L L S
by Leon Edel and Gordon N. Ray

HENRY JAMES
AND H. G. WELLS
HENRY JAMES, C. I9OO
H. G. WELLS, 1901
HENRY JAMES
AND
H. G. WELLS
A Record of their Friendship,
their Debate on the Art of Fiction,
and their Quarrel
Edited with an Introduction by
Leon Edel & Gordon N. Ray
London
RUPERT HART-DAVIS
*959
© Rupert Hart-Davis, 1958
,
First published i$58
,
Second impression is>5$>
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Printed in Great Britain by Rickard Clay and Company Ltd.y
,
Bungay Suffolk
FOR
Simon Nowell-Smith

CONTENTS
FOREWORD 9
INTRODUCTION 15
1 AN EVENING AT THE PLAY, 1895 43
By H. G. Wells
2 GUY DOMVILLE AT THE ST. JAMES’S,
1895 48
By H. G. Wells
3-51 LETTERS, 1898-1911 52
Henry James and H. G. Wells
52 THE CONTEMPORARY NOVEL, 1911 131
By H. G. Wells
53-64 LETTERS, 1912-1914 156
By H. G. Wells
65 THE YOUNGER GENERATION, 1914 178
By Henry James
66 DIGRESSION ABOUT NOVELS, 1934 215
By H. G. Wells
67 OF ART, OF LITERATURE, OF MR.
HENRY JAMES 234
By H. G. Wells
68-70 LETTERS, 1915 261
Henry James and H. G. Wells
INDEX 269
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