This work originated as a sketch for a play entitled The Promise. However James was unable to generate interest in it, and it was neither published nor produced on the stage. He later reworked the material into the novel The Other House, published in 1896. In 1909 he again reworked the novel back into play form, still under the title The Other House, but again this was neither produced nor published in James' lifetime. The play was finally published in 1945.
First English book edition. Bound in two volumes. Published 1 October 1896; sold at 10/-. The first printing was of 600 copies, but a second printing of 400 copies was ordered at the same time, and the two printings were bound at the same time. The second printing has "Second Edition" on the title page but is otherwise identical to the first, and is better regarded as a second impression of the first edition, rather than a second edition.
—Second English book edition. A single printing of 1500 copies, bound into a single volume, published 17 July 1897 and sold at 6/-. Sheets from this edition were also bound into a Colonial edition.
