# The Novels and Stories of Henry James

The Novels and Stories of Henry James was the first major posthumous collection of the prose fiction of Henry James. Published in 35 volumes between 1921 and 1923, it was by far the most complete collection of James' prose fiction up to that point. The "Collective Edition of 1883" was published early in James' career, and the later "New York Edition" (The Novels and Tales of Henry James; 1907–1909), collated by James himself, omitted about a third of James' fiction. This collection uses the "New York Edition" text where available. It is almost complete, omitting only some very early short stories, and the plays. However, in omitting the plays, it also omits two novels, The Other House and The Outcry, both of which began their lives as plays but were subsequently rewritten as novels.
Each volume was separately published, and there was nothing in the front matter to indicate that the volume was a numbered member of a collection. However an advertisement for the series appears at the end of each volume. Volumes are therefore here treated as separate publications.
Volume 24 constitutes the first English edition of Watch and Ward; the collection otherwise consists entirely of previously published material.
| Volume number | Volume title | Contents |
| 1 | Roderick Hudson (London: Macmillan & Co., 1921) | Roderick Hudson |
| 2 | The American (London: Macmillan & Co., 1921) | The American |
| 3 | The Europeans (London: Macmillan & Co., 1921) | The Europeans |
| 4 | Confidence (London: Macmillan & Co., 1921) | Confidence |
| 5 | Washington Square (London: Macmillan & Co., 1921) | Washington Square |
| 6–7 | The Portrait of a Lady (London: Macmillan & Co., 1921) | The Portrait of a Lady |
| 8–9 | The Bostonians | The Bostonians |
| 10–11 | The Princess Casamassima | The Princess Casamassima |
| 12–13 | The Tragic Muse | The Tragic Muse |
| 14 | The Awkward Age | The Awkward Age |
| 15 | The Spoils of Poynton, A London Life, The Chaperon | The Spoils of Poynton; A London Life; The Chaperon |
| 16 | What Maisie Knew, In the Cage, The Pupil | What Maisie Knew; In the Cage; The Pupil |
| 17 | The Aspern Papers, The Turn of the Screw, The Liar, The Two Faces (London: Macmillan & Co., 1922) | The Aspern Papers; The Turn of the Screw; The Liar; The Two Faces |
| 18 | The Reverberator, Madame de Mauves, A Passionate Pilgrim, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan & Co., 192?) | The Reverberator; Madame de Mauves; A Passionate Pilgrim; The Madonna of the Future; Louisa Pallant |
| 19 | Lady Barbarina, The Siege of London; An International Episode, and Other Tales | Lady Barbarina; The Siege of London; An International Episode; The Pension Beaurepas; A Bundle of Letters; The Point of View |
| 20 | The Lesson of the Master, The Death of the Lion, The Next Time, and Other Tales | The Lesson of the Master; The Death of the Lion; The Next Time; The Figure in the Carpet; The Coxon Fund |
| 21 | The Author of Beltraffio, The Middle Years, Greville Fane, and Other Tales | 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 |
| 22 | The Altar of the Dead, The Beast in the Jungle, The Birthplace, and Other Tales | 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 |
| 23 | Daisy Miller, Pandora, The Patagonia, and Other Tales | Daisy Miller; Pandora; The Patagonia; The Marriages; The Real Thing; Brooksmith; The Beldonald Holbein; The Story In It; Flickerbridge; Mrs. Medwin |
| 24 | Watch and Ward, Longstaff's Marriage, Eugene Pickering, and Other Tales | Watch and Ward; Longstaff's Marriage; Eugene Pickering; Benvolio; The Impressions of a Cousin |
| 25 | The Diary of a Man of Fifty, A New England Winter, The Path of Duty, and Other Tales | The 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 |
| 26 | The Last of the Valerii, Master Eustace, The Romance of Certain Old Clothes, and Other Tales | The Last of the Valerii; Master Eustace; The Romance of Certain Old Clothes; A Most Extraordinary Case; The Modern Warning; Mrs. Temperly; The Solution; Sir Dominick Ferrand; Nona Vincent |
| 27 | Lord Beaupré, The Visits, The Wheel of Time and Other Tales | 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 |
| 28 | Maud-Evelyn, The Special Type, The Papers and Other Tales | Maud-Evelyn; The Special Type; The Papers; The Velvet Glove; Mora Montravers; Crapy Cornelia; A Round of Visits; The Bench of Desolation |
| 29 | The Sacred Fount (London: Macmillan & Co., 1923) | The Sacred Fount |
| 30–31 | The Wings of the Dove (London: Macmillan & Co., 1923) | The Wings of the Dove |
| 32–33 | The Ambassadors (London: Macmillan & Co., 1923) | The Ambassadors |
| 34–35 | The Golden Bowl (London: Macmillan & Co., 1923) | The Golden Bowl |
All volumes are in the public domain due to copyright expiration. The 1923 volumes were published with notice but copyright was not renewed after 28 years.