Forging on through the projected 12 volumes, 470 letters to and from family, friends, and colleagues, and that many more calendered, account for all his known correspondence during the two year
period. They cover James’ (1842-1910) great collapse, his years of European exile searching for health, and the beginnings of his withdrawal from full time teaching at Harvard. It was during
this time that, despite heat troubles, nervous prostration, and claims of inability to work, he delivered the Gifford Lectures (1902) that were published as what has become probably his most
widely read book, The Varieties of Religious Experience . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
