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Introduction.

James, Henry

Pages: 1 –30

This chapter begins with a description of William James's ancestry. It then discusses Henry James, senior and W. James's youth and education. Finally, the chapter closes by discussing certain personal characteristics of W. James. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

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1861-1864.

James, Henry

Pages: 31 –52

In the autumn of 1861 James turned to scientific work, and began what was to become a lifelong connection with Cambridge and Harvard University by registering for the study of chemistry in the Lawrence Scientific School. Henry James published many of the few still existing letters which William...

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1864-1866.

James, Henry

Pages: 53 –70

Provides an historical account of and letters to his parents from William James during his time at the Harvard Medical School and with Louis Agassiz in the Amazon from 1864-1866. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

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1866-1867.

James, Henry

Pages: 71 –83

James returned from Brazil in March, 1866, and immediately entered the Massachusetts General Hospital for a summer's service as undergraduate intern. In the autumn he left the Hospital and resumed his studies in the Harvard Medical School. During the winter of 1866-67 he lived with his parents in...

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1867-1868.

James, Henry

Pages: 84 –139

In the spring of 1867 James interrupted his course at the Medical School again. He was impelled to do this, partly by the pressure of a conviction that his health required him to stop work or continue elsewhere under different conditions, and partly by a desire to learn German and study...

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1869-1872.

James, Henry

Pages: 140 –164

The return to Cambridge from Germany in November, 1868, marked the beginning of four outwardly uneventful years. James spent them under his father's roof. His family and intimate friends were usually close at hand; the stream of his correspondence shrank to almost nothing. The few letters that...

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1872-1878.

James, Henry

Pages: 165 –191

In 1872 President Eliot wished to provide instruction in physiology and hygiene for the Harvard undergraduates, and looked about him for instructors. He had formed an impression of James ten years before which, as he said, "was later to become useful to Harvard University," and in the interval he...

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1878-1883.

James, Henry

Pages: 192 –222

Provides a historical account of events in William James's life from 1878-1883 including his marriage, European colleagues, and the death of both of his parents. Letters to Francis J. Child, Miss Frances R. Morse, Mrs. James, Josiah Royce, Charles Renouvier, Henry James, and to his father are...

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1883-1890.

James, Henry

Pages: 223 –299

Provides a historical account of events in William James's life from 1883-1890 including writing the "Principles of Psychology, psychical research, the place at Chocorua, the Irving Street House, and the Paris Psychological Congress of 1889. Letters to Charles Renouvier, Henry L. Higginson, Henry...

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1890-1893.

James, Henry

Pages: 300 –348

Provides a historical account of events in William James's life from 1890-1893 including writing the "Briefer Course" and the laboratory, and a sabbatical year in Europe. Letters to Mrs. Henry Whitman, G. H. Howison, F. W. H. Myers, W. D. Howells, his sister, Hugo Münsterberg, Henry Holt, Henry...

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