The Real Right Thing

by Henry James (1843-1916)

Versions of The Real Right Thing include:

• "The Real Right Thing" in Collier's Weekly 24 (11) (16 December 1899): 22–24.

  — First publication in any form

• "The Real Right Thing" in The Soft Side (London: Methuen & Co., 1900): 85–103.

  — First English book edition

• "The Real Right Thing" in The Soft Side (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1900): 71–86.

  — First American book edition

• "The Real Right Thing" in The Novels and Tales of Henry James 17 (New York: Scribner, 1907–09): 411–431.

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

• "The Real Right Thing" in The Altar of the Dead, The Beast in the Jungle, The Birthplace, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan & Co., 1922): 265–282.

  — Volume 21 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James, the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the New York Edition text.