New Britain herald., 1916-02-29

London, Feb. 29-Henry James,
 the novelist, died last night at his l Chelsea residence, 21 Carlyle Man- | sions. He had been i'll for several 1 months but late in aJnuary his phy- 1 slcian reported that he was improv-
 ing. The affection from which he
 suffered was chronic and had been 1 complicated by two strokes of apop- 1exy.
 About two weeks ago MT. James condition became grave again, and his recovery was not looked for. Henry James presented in his own
 personality and career a paradox
 such as, in others, he delighted to
 study and to portray. He was born
 in New York, of New York percentage.
 He was an American who lived most
 of his life abroad and finished it as
 British subject. He was one of
 Americas keenest critics, and best
 friends. And he will probably be re-
 member most for things which lie
 valued least, while the achievements
 which were most prized by him will
 be more than half forgotten. Pe1-
 haps these circumstances give the
 best key to an understanding of his life work; together with those of his family relationship. For he was the son of theologian who was a dis c1ple of Swedenborg and a socialist who was student of Fourier, and he was the brother of one of the foremost psychologists of the time.
 Educated Abroad
 He was born in New York City on April IS. 1S43, but in his early youth hoo yl,< was, perhaps, more at home in Eng land, or at least better known there, than in America, took him abroad and had him educated in the best private schools of Geneva, of Paris on the continent were followed with a course at the University of Bonn. Then he came back to America, but not to New York. Instead he enter cd the Harvard Law school, was graduated, and was admitted to the l bar. Independent l means made it unnecessary for hirl l to devote himself to his profession l for livelihood. however, and in the | course of few years of progressive neglect the bar came to know him no ! more.
 Instead of practicing law he began l m 1866 to write for publication. But 1 his means enabled him to do so in a l lesultory fashion, suiting his own 1 aSteS and conveniences rather than 1 ,ecuniary needs. His first writings 1 were miscellaneous literary studies nd criticisms contributed to news 1 ,apers and magazines. The first of Il was 'The Story of a Year in The Atlantic Monthly" in 1865. 'hese attracted attention for their merits and their promise, though hey gave little indication of the di ection in which his industrious tal nts would chiefly be developed. No ustained work came from his pen while he remained in America. But T. 1869 he went to England to make lis permanent home, and a couple of ears later his first volume appeared, l Watch and Ward' This was follow d four years later-he could always 1 fford to deliberate-in 1875 by "A Passionate Pilgrim,'' one of the most ] ntense and characteristic of his arly works. In the same year ap ,eared "Roderick Hudson and Sketches in 1877 The American,'' in 1878 French Poets and Novelists and '"The Eu- opeans," and also the work by which is still doubtless best known " many people, the much discussed Daisy Miller"
 When the Storm Broke.
 Tomorrow" said Disraell, ''the rites will begin.'' They did. Before he ink was fairly dry on the pages f Daisy Miller they were after i'm, in full cry; both the professional 1 nd the popular. He was an eXpa- | riate and therefore anathema; par icularly in the view of those who ! periodically and temporarily eXpa- l riated themselves in order to fiaunt heir wealth and too often their vUl- arity in wondering foreign eyes. He lad satirized-with more truth than of the frailties, foibles nd follies of his own countrymen, | therefore he was anathema maran- .tha, particularly in the view of those whose weaknesses. he had exposed. | Besides, he had a certain style which provoked the envy and resentment If those who had it not. Seldom has greater storm ragged about a writor . or so innocent and indeed so co1u- nenda bIe a work; and seldom has writer been so little regardful of 1 t. He survived the storm serenely, , nd the book both did an immense 1 mount of educative good at the time | nd became permanently one of the . of American litera ture. ,
 Despite his independence and his ! ondness for leisure at times, MT ames developed marvellous ca l acity for work and for taking pains Jith his work. Studied and polished ( s was his style, he produced book J fter book in rapid succession.
 First Drama is Kissed.
 His first essay as a practical l