The book highlights very jucidly and cogently the usually neglected aspects of henry James i.e. his critical achievement. “At the time of La Harpeâ€, writes Flaubert. “They (the critics) were grammarians, at the time of St. Beuveand of Taine, they are historians . When will they be artists, only artist, but really artist?†Henry James stood in the presence of Flaubert as a young man and we can say that he has supplied in answer by writing Notes on ...
