Henry
James
(1843
–
1916)
Born
in
New
York
City,
USA.
He
was
educated
by
private
tutors,
continued
education
in
Europe,
attended
Harvard
Law
School.
He
wrote
Watch
and
Ward
(1871),
The
American
(1877),
The
Europeans
(1878),
Daisy
Miller
(1879),
The
Portrait
of a
Lady
(1881),
Washington
Square
(1881),
The
Bostonians
(1886),
What
Maisie
Knew
(1897),
The
Turn
of
the
Screw
(1898),
The
Sacred
Fount
(1901),
The
Wings
of
the
Dove
(1902),
The
Ambassadors
(1903),
The
Golden
Bowl
(1904),
The
American
Scene
(1907).
During a portion of the first half of the present century, and more particularly during the latter part of it, there flourished and practised in the city of New York a physician who enjoyed perhaps an exceptional share of the consideration which, in the United States, has always been bestowed upon distinguished members of the medical profession. This profession in America has constantly been held in honor, and more successfully than elsewhere has put forward a claim to the epithet of 'liberal.' In a country in which, to play a social part, you must either earn your income or make believe that you earn it, the healing art has appeared in a high degree to combine two recognized sources of credit. It belongs to the realm of the practical, which in the United States is a great recommendation; and it is touched by the light of science - a merit appreciated in a community in which the love of knowledge has not always been accompanied by leisure and opportunity…
