James, Henry, by John S. Bowman. (1843–1916) writer, critic; born in New York City (brother of Alice and William James). Son of the wealthy amateur philosopher, Henry James Sr., he was educated by private tutors until 1855; the family spent most of the years 1855–60 traveling in Europe, where Henry continued his education, then settled in Newport, R.I. (1860–62) where he apparently suffered an unspecified injury in a stable fire. His first novels—of the so-called international period, dealing as they do with interactions between Americans and Europeans—include(1877),(1878),(1879), and(1881). He continued his examination of intricate psychological realities in works of his final period that include his three masterworks,(1902),(1903), and(1904).