But the extant letters provide by far the most complete -- and without a doubt, the most fascinating -- account of James’s personality. As James himself said in 1913 about the letters of his brother ...

GOOD things happen, and the man with a blessing hears about them. William Lyon Phelps, at seventy-four, has detailed his peculiar blessedness, with its virtues and its admirable defects, so that he ...

LOS ANGELES — The title of the book begins on the back cover with the bold red letters: O L I. On the spine is another letter, V. The front cover continues with I E R, under a photo of a brooding, ...