The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1878–1880Containing letters written between September 2, 1879, and May 14, 1880, this second volume of The Complete Letters of Henry James, 18781880 documents the full establishment of Henry James as a professional writer and critic on both sides of the Atlantic, as James publishes the novel Confidence and the literary biography Hawthorne and begins work on Washington Square and The Portrait of a Lady. James also visits Paris, Florence, Rome, and Naples;