Only one tidbit that I can offer. I own Twain's copy of the first American
edition of THE BOSTONIANS, published in 1886 in a single volume (the first
English edition was a triple decker and preceded the American). It was sold
in Clara's 1951 Hollywood sale. Sadly, it does not have a single annotation
in it, very likely because Twain had read the novel when it appeared the
previous year in `The Century' where it was serialized, beginning while
Twain's three chapters from HF were appearing in that same magazine. I do
wish I had Twain's copies of those old Centuries.

I vaguely recall that despite his distaste for this novel, Twain later (ca.
1900) called Henry James a "master."

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From: "Mark Dawidziak" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 10:25 AM
Subject: Twain and James


>     A friend is working on a paper about Mark Twain and James (that's
> Henry, not Jesse). He has asked me to forward this question to the
> Forum: Beyond the standard biographies of both men and the "Turn East,
> Turn West" book, is there a significant work examining what Twain felt
> about James and James felt about Twain? He has found an intriguing 1910
> essay about them -- "Two Frontiersmen" -- but is hoping for something a
> tad more recent.
>     He knows of the infamous shot Twain took at "The Bostonians" in the
> 1885 letter to Howells, and he knows about their scattered meetings. Any
> suggestions?
>


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