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Title: Memories and Studies

Author: William James

Editor: Henry James, Jr.

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Language: English

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MEMORIES AND STUDIES

by

WILLIAM JAMES

Longmans, Green, and Co.
Fourth Avenue and 30th Street, New York
London, Bombay, and Calcutta
1911

Copyright, 1911, by Henry James Jr.
All Rights Reserved

PREFATORY NOTE

Professor William James formed the intention
shortly before his death of republishing a number
of popular addresses and essays under the title
which this book now bears; but unfortunately he
found no opportunity to attend to any detail of the
book himself, or to leave definite instructions for
others. I believe, however, that I have departed
in no substantial degree from my father's idea,
except perhaps by including two or three short
pieces which were first addressed to special
occasions or audiences and which now seem clearly
worthy of republication in their original form,
although he might not have been willing to reprint
them himself without the recastings to which he was
ever most attentive when preparing for new readers.
Everything in this volume has already appeared in
print in magazines or otherwise, and definite
acknowledgements are hereinafter made in the
appropriate places. Comparison with the original texts
will disclose slight variations in a few passages, and
it is therefore proper to explain that in these
passages the present text follows emendations of the
original which have survived in the author's own
handwriting.

HENRY JAMES, JR.

CONTENTS

I. LOUIS AGASSIZ
II. ADDRESS AT THE EMERSON CENTENARY IN CONCORD
III. ROBERT GOULD SHAW
IV. FRANCIS BOOTT
V. THOMAS DAVIDSON: A KNIGHT-ERRANT OF THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE
VI. HERBERT SPENCER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
VII. FREDERICK MYERS' SERVICES TO PSYCHOLOGY
VIII. FINAL IMPRESSIONS OF A PSYCHICAL RESEARCHER
IX. ON SOME MENTAL EFFECTS