The Way it Came

by Henry James (1843-1916)

Versions of The Way it Came include:

• "The Way it Came" in Chapman's Magazine of Fiction 4 (May 1896): 95–120.

  —Simultaneous magazine publication

• "The Way it Came" in The Chap Book 4 (1 May 1896): 562–593.

  —Simultaneous magazine publication

• "The Way it Came" in Embarrassments (London: William Heinemann, 1896):219–263.

  — English first book edition

• "The Way it Came" in Embarrassments (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1896): 265–320.

  — American first book edition

• "The Way it Came" in Embarrassments (London: William Heinemann, 1897):219–263.

  — Second impression of the English first book edition

• "The Way it Came" in Embarrassments (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1897): 265–320.

  — Second impression of the American first book edition

• "The Friends of the Friends" in The Novels and Tales of Henry James 17: 323–364.

  — The "New York Edition"; revised for publication by James, under a new title; this is the last revised version published in James' lifetime.

• "The Friends of the Friends" in The Altar of the Dead, The Beast in the Jungle, The Birthplace, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan & Co., 1922): 287–323.

  — Volume 22 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James, the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the "New York Edition" text.