James, Henry, Jr.
James, Henry, Jr.( 1843–1916),son of Henry James, Sr., was born in New York City, and, with his brothers William, Garth (1845–83), and Robertson (1846–1910), received a remarkably cosmopolitan, eclectic education. The father, desiring his sons to be citizens of the world, believed that they should avoid forming definite habits of living or of intellect, until prepared to make wise choices of their own. Accordingly, Henry was privately educated by tutors until l855, when the family went to Europe for a three-year stay. He also lived for a time in Newport (1858, 1860–62) before he entered Harvard Law School (1862). After 1866, although he lived mostly in Europe, his American home was at Cambridge. His conception of himself as a detached spectator of life was maturing, as was his idea that the American scene was hostile toward creative talent and offered no adequate subject matter.
For the time being, however, he divided his...
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