ABSTRACT
HeignoresthecauseofJames'sgoingtoliveabroadwhichwasthathe wasasickmanwhowaslessofasuffererinEuropethaninAmerica. ...Theclimatewaskindertohimthanours,andthelifewaskinder thanhisnativelife,andhisnativeland.InfactAmericawasneverkind toJames.Itwasrudeandharsh,unworthilyandstupidlyso,aswemust moreandmoreown,ifwewouldbetruetoourselves.Weoughttobe ashamedofourpartinthis;thenearestofhisfriendsinBostonwould saytheylikedhim,buttheycouldnotbearhisfiction;andfromthe people,consciousofculture,throughoutNewEngland,especiallythe women,hehadsometimesoutrightinsult.Atthesametimehiswork unanimouslyfoundfavourwitheditorswhoeagerlysoughtitinall theleadingperiodicals.ThecasewasnotverydifferentinEngland whenhewenttolivethereexceptthatthepopularrejectionandcontumelywhichmetitwereneithersoviciousnorsogeneral.Buta publicgrewupinEuropesuchasnevergrewupinAmerica,andmade Englandmorelikehometohim.
