A particle moves so that its speed for the second and subsequent miles varies inversely as the integral number of miles already traveled. For each subsequent mile the speed is constant. If the second mile is traversed in $2$ hours, then the time, in hours, needed to traverse the $n$th mile is:
$\text{(A) } \frac{2}{n-1}\quad \text{(B) } \frac{n-1}{2}\quad \text{(C) } \frac{2}{n}\quad \text{(D) } 2n\quad \text{(E) } 2(n-1)$
Let $d$ be the distance already traveled and $s_n$ be the speed for the $n^\text{th}$ mile.  Because the speed for the second and subsequent miles varies inversely as the integral number of miles already traveled,
\[ds_{d+1} = k\]
If the second mile is traversed in $2$ hours, then the speed in the second mile ($s_2$) equals $\tfrac{1}{2}$ miles per hour.  Since one mile has been traveled already, $k = \tfrac{1}{2}$.  Now solve for the speed the $n^\text{th}$ mile, noting that $n-1$ miles have already been traveled.
\[(n-1)s_{d+1} = \frac{1}{2}\]
\[s_{d+1} = \frac{1}{2(n-1)}\]
Thus, the time it takes to travel the $n^\text{th}$ mile is $1 \div \tfrac{1}{2(n-1)} = \boxed{\textbf{(E) } 2(n-1)}$ hours.