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The life of Henry James, born 15 April 1843 (Notebooks xxvii), was one lived out of place with his world. Born the second son to wooden-legged Henry James Sr. (Biography 9), Henry James Jr. lived behind legacies of his grandfather and of his older brother, William. Henry Jr. succeeded in writing twenty-one novels (Henry James 11) as well as many critical works and short stories, but America was insufficient for him (7), and he wanted fame (Biography 3), more fame than he would ever receive. Michael Swan records James commenting to W.W. Jacobs, “I should so much have loved to be popular” (HJ 5). Despite James’ meager popularity, he, in some ways, managed to follow in his father’s life path. Henry Sr. was born to a very controlling William James in 1811. Henry was unwilling to become the practical professional that his father wanted him to be. Whereas his father was a driven businessman and staunch Presbyterian, Henry Sr. was a rebellious young man who developed a drinking habit by the age of ten. Henry continued to disgrace his family with his reckless living at Union College, for whom William was a primary benefactor, to the point that when William died of a stroke in 1832, his will was set up to “discourag