Poor Richard

by Henry James (1843-1916)

Versions of Poor Richard include:

• "Poor Richard" in The Atlantic Monthly 19–20.
  • "Poor Richard" in The Atlantic Monthly 19 (116) (June 1867): 694–706. (transcription project)
  • "Poor Richard" in The Atlantic Monthly 20 (117) (July 1867): 32–42. (transcription project)
  • "Poor Richard" in The Atlantic Monthly 20 (118) (August 1867): 167–178. (transcription project)

  — First publication in any form; the original "magazine text"

• "Poor Richard" in Stories Revived (3 volumes, London: Macmillan & Co., 1885) 3: 1–90. (transcription project)

  — First English book edition; the original "first book text"

• "Poor Richard" in Stories Revived (2 volumes, London: Macmillan & Co., 1885) 2: 133–222.

  — Reprint of first English book edition; uses the "first book text"

• "Poor Richard" in A Landscape Painter (New York: Scott and Seltzer, 1919): 69–174.

  — First American book edition; published posthumously; uses the "magazine text"

• "Poor Richard" in The Diary of a Man of Fifty, A New England Winter, The Path of Duty, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan & Co., 192?): 417–496.

  — Volume 25 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James, the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the "first book text".