The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender

The Lord Chief Justice of England recently said that the greater part of his judicial time was spent investigating collisions between propelled vehicles, each on its own side of the road, each sounding its horn and each stationary.

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it is as unfair as only sport can be.

Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.