Of all American writers, Henry James was the least American. If one can fix any label to him at all, it is that of ' good European '. He loved all European culture and that of England in particular. It was appropriate that the year before his death (in 1916) he became a naturalised Englishman. It has been said of him that he interpreted Europe to America. His novels are full of Americans who instead of boasting of ' God's own Country ' are home-sick for Europe, and the ' little schoolmarm ' who is the heroine of Four Meetings is yet another of them. What happened to her in Europe, listeners must discover for themselves.