The Solution

by Henry James (1843-1916)

Versions of The Solution include:

• "The Solution" in The New Review 1–2:
  • "The Solution" in The New Review 1 (December 1889): 666–690.
  • "The Solution" in The New Review 2 (January 1890): 76–90.
  • "The Solution" in The New Review 2 (February 1890): 161–171.

  — First publication in any form.

• "The Solution" in The Lesson of the Master, The Marriages, The Pupil, Brooksmith, The Solution, Sir Edmund Orme (New York & London: Macmillan & Co., 1892): 202–265.

  — American issue of the first book edition.

• "The Solution" in The Lesson of the Master, The Marriages, The Pupil, Brooksmith, The Solution, Sir Edmund Orme (London & New York: Macmillan & Co., 1892): 202–265.

  — English issue of the first book edition

• "The Solution" 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 Solution" 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 Solution" in The Last of the Valerii, Master Eustace, The Romance of Certain Old Clothes, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan & Co., 192?): 307–370.

  — Volume 26 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James, the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the "New York Edition" text.