The Real Thing

by Henry James (1843-1916)

Versions of The Real Thing include:

• "The Real Thing" in Black and White 3 (16 April 1892): 502–507.

  — First publication in any form

• "The Real Thing" in The Real Thing and Other Tales (New York & London: Macmillan & Co., 1893): 1–41.

  — American issue of the first book edition.

• "The Real Thing" in The Real Thing and Other Tales (London & New York: Macmillan & Co., 1893): 1–41.

  — English issue of the first book edition

• "The Real Thing" in The Novels and Tales of Henry James 18: 307–346.

  — The "New York Edition"; revised for publication by James; this is the last revised version published in James' lifetime.

• "The Real Thing" in Daisy Miller, Pandora, The Patagonia, and Other Tales (London: Macmillan & Co., 1922): 273–306.

  — Volume 23 of The Novels and Stories of Henry James, the first posthumous collection of James' works; uses the "New York Edition" text.