avowed that Staub showed how barbaric the German nation was. After four decades had allowed passions to cool, Edward Wagenknecht demurred that James' portrait of the doctrinaire pedant was jingoistic and unfair. Whatever the reader may make of these opinions, there's no question that Staub's letter is much different from the others and far more disturbing in its implications. References The Tales of Henry James by Edward Wagenknecht (New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. 1984) A Henry James Encyclopedia by Robert L. Gale (New York: Greenwood Press 1989) A Companion to Henry James Studies edited by Daniel Fogel (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press 1993) David Engels: "...reminding me strongly of some diminutive Hellenised Roman of the third century." Spätantike, Kulturpessimismus, Deutschenbild in Henry James' "A Bundle of Letters", in: Sprachkunst. Beiträge zur Literaturwissenschaft, vol. 41, 2010, 85-102. External links Macmillan book publication of A Bundle of Letters (1881) Author's preface to the New York Edition text of A Bundle of Letters (1908) Note on the texts of A Bundle of Letters at the Library of America web site 1879 short stories Short stories by Henry James Works originally published in literary magazines