The Altar of the Dead, The Beast in the Jungle, The Birthplace, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan, 1922)

by Henry James (1843-1916)

THE ALTAR OF THE DEAD

THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE

THE BIRTHPLACE

AND OTHER TALES

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ALTAR OF THE DEAD

THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE
THE BIRTHPLACE

AND OTHER TALES

BY

HENRY JAMES

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1922

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Preface

v

CONTENTS

	PAGE
THE ALTAR OF THE DEAD	1
THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE	53
THE BIRTHPLACE	115
THE PRIVATE LIFE	191
OWEN WINGRAVE	237
THE FRIENDS OF THE FRIENDS	285
SIR EDMUND ORME	325
THE REAL RIGHT THING	363
THE JOLLY CORNER	383
JULIA BRIDE	431

THE NOVELS AND STORIES OF
HENRY JAMES

New and Complete Edition. In 35 Volumes.

Issued in two styles. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. net per volume.

Pocket Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 7s. 6d. net per volume.

The text used in this issue is that of the "New York" edition, and the critical prefaces written for that series are retained in the volumes to which they refer. While, however, many stories were omitted from the "New York" edition, either because they did not satisfy their author's later taste, or because he could not find room for them in the limited space at his disposal, the present edition contains all the fiction that he published in book-form during his life. The only writings which have been excluded are a small number of very early pieces, contributed to magazines and never reprinted, and the plays.

LIST OF THE VOLUMES

I.	Roderick Hudson.
II.	The American.
III.	The Europeans.
IV.	Confidence.
V.	Washington Square.
VI.	The Portrait of a Lady. Vol. I.
VII.	The Portrait of a Lady. Vol. II.
VIII.	The Bostonians. Vol. I.
IX.	The Bostonians. Vol. II.
X.	The Princess Casamassima. Vol. I.
XI.	The Princess Casamassima. Vol. II.
XII.	The Tragic Muse. Vol. I.
XIII.	The Tragic Muse. Vol. II.
XIV.	The Awkward Age.
XV.	The Spoils of Poynton—A London Life—The Chaperon.
XVI.	What Maisie Knew—In the Cage—The Pupil.
XVII.	The Aspern Papers—The Turn of the Screw—The Liar—The Two Faces.
XVIII.	The Reverberator—Madame de Mauves—A Passionate Pilgrim—The Madonna of the Future—Louisa Pallant.
XIX.	Lady Barbarina—The Siege of London—An International Episode—The Pension Beaurepas—A Bundle of Letters—The Point of View.
XX.	The Lesson of the Master—The Death of the Lion—The Next Time—The Figure in the Carpet—The Coxon Fund.
XXI.	The Author of Beltraffio—The Middle Years—Greville Fane—Broken Wings—The Tree of Knowledge—The Abasement of the Northmores—The Great Good Place—Four Meetings—Paste—Europe—Miss Gunton of Poughkeepsie—Fordham Castle.
XXII.	The Altar of the Dead—The Beast in the Jungle—The Birthplace—The Private Life—Owen Wingrave—The Friends of the Friends—Sir Edmund Orme—The Real Right Thing—The Jolly Corner—Julia Bride.
XXIII.	Daisy Miller—Pandora—The Patagonia—The Marriages—The Real Thing—Brooksmith—The Beldonald Holbein—The Story in it—Flickerbridge—Mrs. Medwin.
XXIV.	Watch and Ward—Longstaff's Marriage—Eugene Pickering—Benvolio—Impressions of a Cousin.
XXV.	Diary of a Man of Fifty—A New England Winter—The Path of Duty—A Day of Days—A Light Man—Georgina's Reasons—A Landscape Painter—Rose-Agathe—Poor Richard.
XXVI.	Last of the Valerii—Master Eustace—Romance of Certain Old Clothes—A Most Extraordinary Case—The Modern Warning—Mrs. Temperley—The Solution—Sir Dominick Ferrand—Mona Vincent.
XXVII.	Lord Beaupré—The Visits—The Wheel of Time—Collaboration—Glasses—The Great Condition—The Given Case—John Delavoy—The Third Person—The Tone of Time.
XXVIII.	Maud Evelyn—The Special Type—The Papers—The Velvet Glove—Mora Montravers—Crapy Cornelia—A Round of Visits—The Bench of Desolation.
XXIX.	The Sacred Fount.
XXX.	The Wings of the Dove. Vol. I.
XXXI.	The Wings of the Dove. Vol. II.
XXXII.	The Ambassadors. Vol. I.
XXXIII.	The Ambassadors. Vol. II.
XXXIV.	The Golden Bowl. Vol. I.
XXXV.	The Golden Bowl. Vol. II.

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