`an immensely detailed and scholarly piece of work ... The strength of Horne's book lies in his sensitivity to the subtle changes of effect and nuance that James often achieves in his revisions for the New York edition ... One could read this book for the interest and instruction of following Horne's literary detective work alone, but this would be to underestimate the many other virtues of what, I'm sure, will come to be regarded as one of the most important recent works on Henry James'American Studies

• Notes on texts and abbreviations; The New York Edition; Rights and wrongs of revision; Confidence in revision; Roderick Hudson and the beginnings of genius; The American: Henry James at work; Perspectives in The Portrait of a Lady; Revised judgements of Daisy Miller; The values of The Aspern Papers; A decent perfection: the lesson of the master; Last words; Appendix: Chronology: James during the period of the New York Edition; Bibliography; Index

`an immensely detailed and scholarly piece of work ... The strength of Horne's book lies in his sensitivity to the subtle changes of effect and nuance that James often achieves in his revisions for the New York edition ... One could read this book for the interest and instruction of following Horne's literary detective work alone, but this would be to underestimate the many other virtues of what, I'm sure, will come to be regarded as one of the most important recent works on Henry James'American Studies

• Notes on texts and abbreviations; The New York Edition; Rights and wrongs of revision; Confidence in revision; Roderick Hudson and the beginnings of genius; The American: Henry James at work; Perspectives in The Portrait of a Lady; Revised judgements of Daisy Miller; The values of The Aspern Papers; A decent perfection: the lesson of the master; Last words; Appendix: Chronology: James during the period of the New York Edition; Bibliography; Index