To James J. Putnam 326 To Miss Grace Ashburner 328 To Josiah Royce 331 To Miss Grace Norton 335 To Miss Margaret Gibbens 338 To Francis Boott 340 To Henry James 342 To François Pillon 343 To Shadworth H. Hodgson 343 To Dickinson S. Miller 344 To Henry James 346 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS William James _Frontispiece_ Henry James, Sr., and his Wife 8 William James at eighteen 20 Pencil Sketch: _A Sleeping Dog_ 52 Pencil Sketch from a Pocket Note-Book: _A Turtle_ 66 Pencil Sketch: _Retreating Figure of a Man_ 83 William James at twenty-five 86 Pencil Sketches from a Pocket Note-Book 108 Pencil Sketch: _An Elephant_ 139 Francis James Child 291 DATES AND FAMILY NAMES 1842. January 11. Born in New York. 1857-58. At School in Boulogne. 1859-60. In Geneva. 1860-61. Studied painting under William M. Hunt in Newport. 1861. Entered the Lawrence Scientific School. 1863. Entered the Harvard Medical School. 1865-66. Assistant under Louis Agassiz on the Amazon. 1867-68. Studied medicine in Germany. 1869. M.D. Harvard. 1873-76. Instructor in Anatomy and Physiology in Harvard College. 1875. Began to give instruction in Psychology. 1876. Assistant Professor of Physiology. 1878. Married. Undertook to write a treatise on Psychology. 1880. Assistant Professor of Philosophy. 1882-83. Spent several months visiting European universities and colleagues. 1885. Professor of Philosophy. (Between 1889 and 1897 his title was Professor of Psychology.) 1890. "Principles of Psychology" appeared. 1892-93. European travel. 1897. Published "The Will to Believe and other Essays on Popular Philosophy." 1899. Published "Talks to Teachers," etc. 1899-1902. Broke down in health. Two years in Europe. 1901-1902. Gifford Lectures. "The Varieties of Religious Experience."