Includes bibliographical references (p. 521-524).

The Texts of the Tales -- Daisy Miller: A Study -- The Aspern Papers -- The Pupil -- Brooksmith -- The Real Thing -- The Middle Years -- In the Cage -- The Beast in the Jungle -- The Jolly Corner -- The Author on His Craft -- Editors' Commentary -- The Art of Fiction / Henry James -- From His Notebooks -- On the origin of "Brooksmith" -- On the origin of "The Aspern Papers" -- On the origin of "The Real Thing" -- On the origin of "The Middle Years" -- On the origin of "The Beast in the Jungle" -- Regarding "The Jolly Corner" in retrospect -- From His Prefaces -- On "Daisy Miller" -- On "The Aspern Papers" -- On "The Pupil" -- On "Brooksmith" and "The Real Thing" -- On "The Middle Years" -- On "In the Cage" -- On "The Beast in the Jungle" -- On "The Jolly Corner" -- Criticism -- James and the Art of Short Fiction / Richard A. Hocks -- "Daisy Miller" / Millicent Bell -- "The Aspern Papers" / William Veeder -- "The Pupil" / Michael Moon -- The Master and the 'Queer Affair' of 'The Pupil' / Philip Horne -- Revision and "The Middle Years" / Julie Rivkin -- The Madness of Art: Henry James's "The Middle Years" / Joyce Carol Oates -- Gender, Sexuality, and Work in In the Cage / John Carlos Rowe -- "The Beast in the Closet" / Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick -- "The Jolly Corner" / Kenneth W. Warren.