Recipient of the Approved Edition seal from the Modern Language Associations committee on scholarly editions This volume of The Complete Letters of Henry James, 18801883 includes 178 letters, 98 of which are published for the first time, written from November 1, 1881, to January 1, 1883. The letters record Henry Jamess establishment as one of the preeminent professional writers in Britain and the United States and follow Jamess return journeys to the United States following the deaths of his parents. This volume concludes with Jamess assumption of his role as the executor of his fathers will and thus the de facto head of the family.