The Lesson of the Master

by Henry James (1843-1916)

Versions of The Lesson of the Master include:

• "The Lesson of the Master" in The Universal Review 1:
  • "The Lesson of the Master" in The Universal Review 1 (July 1888): 342–365.
  • "The Lesson of the Master" in The Universal Review 1 (August 1888): 494–523.

  — First publication in any form.

• "The Lesson of the Master" in The Lesson of the Master, The Marriages, The Pupil, Brooksmith, The Solution, Sir Edmund Orme (New York & London: Macmillan & Co., 1892): 1–80.

  — American issue of the first book edition.

• "The Lesson of the Master" in The Lesson of the Master, The Marriages, The Pupil, Brooksmith, The Solution, Sir Edmund Orme (London & New York: Macmillan & Co., 1892): 1–80.

  — English issue of the first book edition

• "The Lesson of the Master" in The Lesson of the Master, The Marriages, The Pupil, Brooksmith, The Solution, Sir Edmund Orme (Leipzig: Heinemann & Balestier, 1892): ?–?.

  — A Continental edition; Volume 135 of The English Library.

• "The Lesson of the Master" in The Lesson of the Master, The Marriages, The Pupil, Brooksmith, The Solution, Sir Edmund Orme (London: Macmillan & Co., 1893): ?–?.

  — A Colonial edition; Volume 148 of Macmillan's Colonial Library.

• "The Lesson of the Master" in The Novels and Tales of Henry James 15: 3–96.

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

• The Lesson of the Master (London: Martin Secker, 1915)

  — Part of the original English issue of the "The Uniform Tales of Henry James" series; uses the "New York Edition" text; authorized by James on the condition that the "New York Edition" text be followed exactly.

• The Lesson of the Master (Boston: Le Roy Phillips, 1917)

  — Part of the later America issue of the "The Uniform Tales of Henry James" series; uses the "New York Edition" text; authorized by James on the condition that the "New York Edition" text be followed exactly.

• "The Lesson of the Master" in The Lesson of the Master, The Death of the Lion, The Next Time, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan & Co., 1922): 3–83.

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