The Death of the Lion

by Henry James (1843-1916)

Versions of The Death of the Lion include:

• "The Death of the Lion" in The Yellow Book, 1 (1894), pp. 1–52

  — First publication in any form

• "The Death of the Lion" in Terminations (London: William Heinemann, 1895): 3–64.

  — English issue of the first book edition

• "The Death of the Lion" in Terminations (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1895): 1–58.

  — American issue of the first book edition.

• "The Death of the Lion" in The Novels and Tales of Henry James 15: 99–154.

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

• The Death of the Lion (London: Martin Secker, 1915)

  — Part of "The Uniform Tales of Henry James"; uses the New York Edition text.

• "The Death of the Lion" in The Lesson of the Master, The Death of the Lion, The Next Time, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan & Co., 1922): 87–137.

  — Volume 20 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James, the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the "New York Edition" text.