Contemporaries on George Eliot's Life

An understanding of how George Eliot’s contemporaries were reading and responding to her life and works helps us appreciate her reach, her fame, and her historical significance.

Biographical Studies: In this section, you will find assessments of Eliot’s life by her contemporaries—everything from brief commentary in periodicals, to chapters in collective biographies, to complete, book-length biographies.

Most significant is the 1885 biography written by her husband, John Walter Cross, which includes many of Eliot's letters and journal entries. Reviews of Cross’s biography are collected here for the first time. In our Correspondence section, every one of the 894 letters Cross collected is sortable and searchable.

When she died after a brief illness at the age of sixty-one, George Eliot was one of England's most famous literary celebrities. Obituary notices are well represented in this collection, including several later tributes written by famous authors whose own work was influenced by Eliot’s, including Henry James and Virginia Woolf. 

It is interesting to note how often early biographical sketches included incorrect information. We retain these, of course, for the benefit of comparison and the historical interest of these records.

"George Eliot." Huddersfield Chronicle, 23 Aug. 1895, p. 4.

"George Eliot." Hampshire Advertiser County Newspaper, 20 May 1876, p. 7.

"The Will of George Eliot." Huddersfield Chronicle, 21 Feb. 1881, p. 4.

"George Eliot's School." Tamworth Herald, 24 Feb. 1906, p. 7.

"News." Cornishman, 22 Feb. 1906, p. 2.

"'George Eliot's Strange Life." Cornishman, 9 Apr. 1885, p. 6.

"'George Eliot' and George Henry Lewes at the Scilly Inland." Cornishman, 9 Apr. 1885, p. 3.

L. C. "Marian Evans and G. H. Lewes." Cornishman, 26 Mar. 1885, p. 4.

"George Eliot's Will." Tamworth Herald, 19 Feb. 1881, p. 8.

"The Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Tamworth Herald, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 8.

"News." Westmorland Gazette, 14 Sept. 1861, p. 7.

"News." Portsmouth Evening News, 20 Sept. 1881, p. 2.

"News." Western Times, 14 May 1912, p. 5.

"English Studies." Morning Post, 30 Sept. 1896, p. 3.

"George Eliot's Letters." Standard, 26 Mar. 1884, p. 5.

"Funeral of Nephew of ' George Eliot.'" Tamworth Herald, 20 Mar. 1920, p. 3.

"George Eliot." Daily Evening Bulletin, 16 Mar. 1878.

"Wills and Bequests." Times, 18 Feb. 1881, p. 10.

Wakeman, Edgar L. "Wakeman's Wanderings: Some Features of George Eliot's Girlhood Home." Morning News, 8 May 1892.

Leigh. "Chicago Letter." Fort Worth Daily Gazette, 30 Jun. 1884, p. 7.

"The Women's Club." Evening Times Republican, 15 Mar. 1900.

"The Religious Opinions of George Eliot." Evening Star, 19 Jan. 1881.

Crowder, C. H. "The Late George Eliot and Gainsborough." Hull Packet and East Riding Times, 25 Mar. 1881.

"The Late George Eliot." North Wales Chronicle, 1 Jan 1881.

Field, Kate. "The Late George Eliot." Ottawa Free Trader, 15 Jan. 1881, p. 7.

"The Late 'George Eliot.'" Illustrated London News, 8 Jan. 1881, p. 37-38.

"The Late 'George Eliot.'" Week, 19 Feb. 1881, p. 9-10.

Wakeman, Edgar L. "The Home of George Eliot." Delaware Gazette and State Journal, 12 May 1892.

"The Funeral of Mrs. Cross." Chicago Daily Tribune, 30 Dec. 1880.

"The Death of George Eliot." Chicago Daily Tribune, 24 Dec. 1880.

"The Biographer: George Eliot." Australasian, 27 May 1876, p. 680.

White, R. G. "Something on George Eliot's Personal Apperance" Burlington Weekly Free Press, 8 Aug 1873, p. 1.

"Obituary." Times, 11 May 1895, p. 11.

"Obituary." Manchester Times, 31 Oct. 1890.

"Notes from the World." Dundee Courier & Argus, 17 Nov. 1881.

"New Publications." Boston Daily Advertiser, 6 Nov. 1883.

"Miss Sarah Sophia Hennel." Daily News, 8 Mar. 1899.

O'Connor, T. P. "Men, Women and Memories." Sunday Times, 4 Sept. 1921, p. 7.

"News." Morning Post, 18 Mar. 1893, p. 3.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 4.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Cornishman, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 6.

"Personal." Cornishman, 15 July 1880, p. 6.

"George Eliot Memorial." Tamworth Herald, 14 Oct. 1950, p. 5.

F. H. A. "The Country of George Eliot." Tamworth Herald, 15 Oct. 1904, p. 2.

"George Eliot." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 3 Mar. 1888, p. 2.

"News." Western Times, 5 Aug. 1919, p. 3.

"News." Western Times, 4 Aug. 1919, p. 4.

"News." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 31 May 1907, p. 3.

"News." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 28 May 1907, p. 3.

"To-day." Hull Daily Mail, 22 Dec. 1896, p. 4.

"Memorial to George Eliot." Maryland Gazette, 12 Jun. 1916.

"Literary Sketches." Chicago Tribune, 30 May 1869.

"Literary Notes." Delaware Tribune, 18 Apr. 1867.

"Light on George Eliot." Indianapolis Journal, 26 Jul. 1896.

"Lewes and George Eliot." Daily Independent, 15 Aug. 1913.

"Last Words from George Eliot." Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 8 Apr. 1882, 534-538.

"How English Authoresses Look and Act." Daily Cleveland Herald, 18 Jun. 1866.

"George Eliot's Will." Evening News, 18 Feb. 1881, p. 2.

"George Eliot's Marriage." Chicago Daily Tribune, 13 May 1880.

"George Eliot's Marriage." Dundee Courier & Argus and Northern Warder, 18 May 1880.

"George Eliot's Life." Delaware State Journal, 10 Feb. 1881.

L. N. F. "George Eliot's Land." New York Tribune, 5 Jan. 1907, pp. 4-5.

"George Eliot's Grave." Evening Capital, 19 Oct. 1889.

"George Eliot's Grave." Daily Yellowstone Journal, 29 May 1885.

"George Eliot's Grave." Daily Evening Bulletin, 3 Feb. 1881, p. 4.

"George Eliot's Face." Bismarck Daily Tribune, 30 Jun. 1902.

"George Eliot's Early Life." Evening Star, 15 Jan. 1881.

"George Eliot's Career." Evening Star, 11 Oct. 1879.

"George Eliot: Where Famous Novelist Found Her Pseudonyme." Evening Star, 21 Jul. 1902.

"George Eliot and George Henry Lewes." Age, 24 Nov. 1894, p. 11.

"George Eliot and George Henry Lewes. " Chicago Daily Tribune, 26 Dec. 1878.

"George Eliot and Derbyshire." Derby Mercury, 18 Apr. 1883.

"George Eliot." Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, 7 Apr. 1873, p. 4.

"George Eliot." Alexandria Gazette, 18 Mar. 1872, p. 1.

"General and Personal." St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 10 Jan. 1880, p. 4.

"General and Personal." St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 5 Jul. 1879, p. 2.

"Funeral of Nephew of 'George Eliot.'" Tamworth Herald, 20 Mar. 1920, p. 3.

"Funeral of George Eliot." Daily Evening Bulletin, 21 Jan. 1881, p. 4.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, 1 Jan. 1881.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 1 Jan. 1881.

"To-day." Hull Daily Mail, 22 Dec. 1896, p. 4.

"Nephew of George Eliot Celebrates His 80th Birthday." Tamworth Herald, 10 June 1922, p. 5.

"Reviews." Derbyshire Times, 22 Jan. 1881, p. 6.

"A Niece of 'George Eliot.'" Tamworth Herald, 11 Sept. 1920, p. 3.

"A Link with George Eliot." Tamworth Herald, 8 Sept. 1923, p. 6.

"News." Western Times, 23 Nov. 1906, p. 5.

"George Eliot Centenary." Tamworth Herald, 2 Aug. 1919, p. 6.

"'George Eliot' and Wirksworth." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 23 May 1904, p. 7.

Draper, E. Herbert. "George Eliot's Associations with Derbyshire." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 8 Jan. 1881, p. 3.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 1 Jan. 1881.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" York Herald, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 5.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Western Mail, 30 Dec. 1880.

"Funeral of George Eliot." Times, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 6.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Standard, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Morning Post, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 6.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Dundee Courier & Argus, 30 Dec. 1880.

"Friend of George Eliot." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 25 Feb. 1905, p. 6.

Galatea. "Four Famous Women." Inter Ocean, 9 Jul. 1875, p. 2.

"Four English Humourists (Murray)." Times, 4 Oct. 1895, p. 4.

"Foreign News and Gossip." Daily Evening Bulletin, 15 Dec. 1881, p. 4.

"Foreign Intelligence." Galveston Daily News, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Foreign Affairs." Daily Evening Bulletin, 23 Dec. 1880.

"Fair Play for English Music." Times, 26 Jul. 1919, p. 15.

"Extracts from New Books." Newcastle Courant, 13 Jul. 1883.

"News Item." Independent Statesman, 12 Feb. 1874, p. 158.

Draper, E. Herbert "George Eliot's Associations with Derbyshire." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 6 Jan. 1881, p. 6.

"News." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 22 Apr. 1879, p. 3.

"More Tennysonia." Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph, 16 Jan. 1897, p. 10.

"George Eliot." Freeman's Journal, 11 Jan. 1881, p. 7.

Draper, E. Herbert "George Eliot's Associations with Derbyshire." Derby Mercury, 12 Jan. 1881, p. 2.

"George Eliot and Mrs Gaskell." Aberdeen Journal, 15 Nov. 1886, p. 6.

"George Eliot." Northern Echo, 9 Feb. 1885, p. 4.

Tozer, F. Eustace. "A Literary Study: George Eliot." Leeds Mercury, 2 June 1888, p. 1.

"George Eliot." Liverpool Mercury, 18 June 1883, p. 7.

Conway, Monoure D. "Emerson and George Eliot." Times, 31 Jan. 1883, p. 7.

Boyesen, Hjalmar. "Eliot as a Novelist." Milwaukee Sentinel, 3 Feb. 1891, p. 2.

G. A. S. "Echoes of the Week." Illustrated London News, 8 Jan. 1881, p. 27.

"Didn't Know of George Eliot." Milwaukee Sentinel, 7 Feb. 1886, p. 4.

"Dickens Said She was a Woman." Barre Evening Telegram, 5 Jul. 1902.

"Deplorable." Milwaukee Sentinel, 24 Nov. 1897, p. 11.

"Death of George Henry Lewes." Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, 6 Dec. 1878, p. 7.

"Death of George Eliot." Adelaide Observer, 1 Jan 1881.

"Death of George Eliot." Georgia Weekly Telegraph, Journal & Messenger, 31 Dec. 1880.

"Death of George Eliot." Daily Evening Bulletin, 23 Dec. 1880, p. 2.

"Death of George Eliot." Nottinghamshire Guardian, 31 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"Death of a Friend of George Eliot." Glasgow Herald, 8 Mar. 1899.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Frank Leslie's Ilustrated Newspaper, 8 Jan 1881, p. 315.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Northampton Mercury, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 2.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 4.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Daily Inter Ocean, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 4.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Western Mail, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 4.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Standard, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Leeds Mercury, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Huddersfield Chronicle and West Yorkshire Advertiser, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 5.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Glasgow Herald, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Dundee Courier & Argus and Northern Warder, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Daily News, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Birmingham Daily Post, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Mount Alexander Mail, 28 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Derby Mercury, 29 Dec. 1880.

"The Late George Eliot." Daily News, 27 Dec. 1880.

"Current Mention." Independent Statesman, 30 Jan. 1879.

"Current Literature." Daily Evening Bulletin, 7 Mar. 1885.

"Clergymen of the Old School." Star, 8 Jan. 1881.

"Charles Sumner." Daily Evening Bulletin, 1 May 1873.

"Celebrated Authoresses." Illustrated Household Journal and Englishman's Domestic Magazine, 1 Feb. 1881, pp. 84-87

"Cambridge University Local Letters." Cornishman, 22 Nov. 1906, p. 2.

"By and of 'George Eliot.'" Rocky Mountain News, 1 Mar. 1885, p. 9.

"Brilliants from Boston." St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 19 Mar. 1883, p. 3.

Hamilton, C. J. "Books and their Writers." Sunday Times, 22 Jun. 1902, p. 2.

"Book's and Magazines." Devon and Exeter Gazette, 17 Sept. 1895, p. 3.

"Books and Authors." North American, 14 Mar. 1885.

"Biography." Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 22 Apr. 1876.

"Biography." Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 16 Sept. 1876.

"Biographical Sketch." Women's Herald, 30 Jan 1892, p. 3-4.

"News Item." Boston Daily Advertiser, 20 Aug. 1859.

"Art, Literature, Music &c." Royal Cornwall Gazette Falmouth Packet, Cornish Weekly News, & General Advertiser, 25 Feb 1881, p. 6.

"Art, Literature, and Society." Leeds Times, 1 Oct. 1887, p. 7.

"Art and Literary Gossip." Manchester Times, 7 Feb. 1885.

"Art and Literary Gossip." Manchester Times, 24 Jan. 1885.

"Art and Literary Gossip." Manchester Times, 26 Mar. 1881.

Freeman, Edward A. "Anthony Trollope's People." Milwaukee Sentinel, 29 Jan. 1883, p. 3.

"Another French Critic of George Eliot." Pall Mall Gazette, 22 Jul. 1885.

"Another 'Story' About George Eliot." Hamilton Spectator, 16 Jul. 1881, p. 2.

"Anecdotes Worth Telling." Galveston Daily News, 29 Mar. 1896, p. 10.

Lehman, R. C. "An Impression of George Eliot." Armidale Express and New Engand General Advertiser, 3 Dec. 1909, p. 6.

"Multiple News Items." Galveston Daily News, 7 Jul. 1881.

"Among Our Exchanges." Congregationalist, 10 Apr. 1873.

"A Wonderful Woman." Rocky Mountain News, 5 Oct. 1881, p. 2.

"A Woman of Rare and Noble Endowments, A Great." Times, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"A Visit to the Grave of George Eliot." Evening Star, 25 May 1907.

"A Traveller's Experiences in the Georg Eliot Country." Leicester Chronicle and the Leicestershire Mercury, 9 Jun. 1894, p. 11.

Meyers, F. W. H. "A Talk with George Eliot." Geelong Advertiser, 26 May 1923, p. 12.

"A Study of George Eliot." Boston Daily Advertiser, 20 Nov. 1885, p. 5.

"A Study of George Eliot." St. Louis Gobe-Democrat, 18 Nov. 1883, p. 4.

"A Reviving Fame." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 12 Jun. 1901, p. 4.

"A Reminiscence of George Eliot." Pall Mall Gazette, 23 Jan 1885.

"A Question of Affinities." Daily Inter Ocean, 22 May 1880, p. 9.

"A Platonic Marriage." Daily Globe, 4 Jan. 1879.

"A Niece of 'George Eliot.'" Tamworth Herald, 11 Sept. 1920, p. 3.

"A New Midland Industry." Tamworth Herald, 18 May 1907, p. 7.

"A New Edition." Illustrated London News, 19 Dec. 1885, p. 649.

Logan, Olive. "A Near View of George Eliot." Daily Inter Ocean, 13 Oct. 1879, p. 7.

"A Memorial Library." Daily Inter Ocean, 11 Apr. 1896, p. 11.

Tozer, F. Eustace. "A Literary Study." Leeds Mercury, 2 Jun. 1888.

"A Link with George Eliot." Tamworth Herald, 8 Sept. 1923, p. 6.

"A George Eliot Memorial." Tamworth Herald, 8 Jun. 1907, p. 2.

"A Distinction." Morning Oregonian, 22 Jun. 1887, p. 2.

"A Country Vicar and his Friend Mr. 'Eliot.'" York Herald, 21 Dec. 1888, p. 3.

"A Correspondent Writes." Women's Penny Paper, 21 Sept. 1889, p. 11.

"A Correspondent Writes." Dundee Courier & Argus, 10 Jul. 1880.

"$20,000 for Norton." News and Observer, 4 Apr. 1897.

"Cheverel Manor." Tamworth Herald, 6 Jan. 1906, p. 7.

"Cheverel Manor." Tamworth Herald, 13 Aug. 1904, p. 3.

"The Authorship of Adam Bede." Times, 6 Jun. 1859, p. 10.

"Personal." Press and Tribune, 6 Jun. 1859, p. 3.

"News." Westmorland Gazette, 13 Aug. 1859, p. 7.

Fairfax, Beatrice. "Love the Mighty Necromancy." El Paso Herald, 20 Apr. 1918.

"Gossip About 'George Eliot.'" Clarksville Weekly Chronicle, 30 Nov. 1866, p. 1.

"George Eliot: Her Recent Marriages." Chicago Daily Tribune, 3 Jun. 1880.

E. W. B. "George Eliot and Joseph Liggins." Leeds Mercury, 7 Feb. 1885.

"George Eliot." Chicago Daily Tribune, 25 Dec. 1880.

Field, Kate. "George Eliot." Boston Daily Advertiser, 29 Dec. 1880.

"George Eliot." Dodge City Times, 21 Jun. 1879.

"George Eliot." St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 19 Feb. 1878, p. 2.

Peirce, Z. F. "George Eliot." Boston Daily Advertiser, 27 Jan. 1877.

Lewes, G. H. "George Eliot." Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, 16 Mar. 1877.

A. H. "George Eliot." Australian Journal, 1 Oct 1876, p. 102.

"George Eliot." St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 8 May 1876, p. 3.

"Gadding About London." Daily Inter Ocean, 1 Jul. 1882, p. 11.

Krout, Mary H. "Fresh London Notes." Daily Inter Ocean, 21 Nov. 1895, p. 10.

"Fame and Happiness for Women." Daily Evening Bulletin, 30 Jun. 1883.

"English Authoresses." Belmont Chronicle, 14 Jun. 1866.

"Correction." Boston Investigator, 2 May 1883, p. 5.

"Charles Dickens and George Eliot." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 2 Jan. 1881, p. 3.

"Authors Peculiarities." Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, 15 Jun. 1898, p. 6.

"Anecdote of George Eliot's Anonymity." Dundee Courier & Argus, 3 Jan. 1881.

"An Unpleasant Picture of George Eliot." Milwaukee Sentinel, 7 Dec. 1899, p. 4.

"An Impression of George Eliot." Lowell Daily Citizen and News, 20 Aug. 1875.

"An Authoress's Charm." Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, 10 Nov. 1873, p. 6.

Buchanan, Robert. "An Afternoon with George Eliot." Rocky Mountain News, 24 Jan. 1885, p. 6.

"A Woman's Estimate of George Eliot." St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 10 May 1885, p. 6.

Downs, Annie Sawyer. "A Visit to George Eliot." Congregationalist, 28 May 1879, p. 3.

"A Sketch of George Eliot." Evening News, 8 Aug. 1878, p. 2.

"A Platonic Marriage." Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, 2 Jan. 1879.

"A George Eliot Case." Galveston Daily News, 24 Mar. 1890, p. 8.

"A Dog's Patience." Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, 4 Sept. 1896.

"A Criticism of George Eliot." Milwaukee Sentinel, 25 May 1885, p. 4.

"New Twelfth-night Characters." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 11 Jan. 1877, p. 2.

"Reviews: A New Work on George Eliot." Derby Mercury, 19 Dec. 1883, p. 6.

"Literature." Derby Mercury, 4 Feb. 1885, p. 6.

"News." Morning Post, 19 Mar. 1886, p. 3.

"Multiple News Items." Dundee Courier and Argus, 24 Dec. 1880.

"The Rev. G. M. Murphy's Successor." Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 30 Sept. 1887, p. 5.

"Literary Gleanings." Hampshire Advertiser County Newspaper, 30 Dec. 1882, p. 7.

"Miss Mathilde Blind." Blackburn Standard and Weekly Express, 11 Jan. 1890, p. 2.

"Weekly Diary." Hull Daily Mail, 16 Dec. 1910, p. 2.

"More Reminiscences of George Eliot's Life." Star; Guernsey, 7 Jan. 1886.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" York Herald, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 5.

"The Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Berrows Worcester Journal, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 7.

"The Late George Eliot." North Wales Chronicle, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 5.

"George Eliot." Northern Echo, 16 Feb. 1885, p. 3.

"Where George Eliot Wrote Her First Story." Newcastle Courant, 25 Aug. 1900, p. 6.

"George Eliot Interviewed." Newcastle Courant, 21 Apr. 1876, p. 6.

"Life of George Eliot." Newcastle Courant, 6 Feb. 1885, p. 6.

"Gossip About George Eliot." Newcastle Courant, 4 Feb. 1881, p. 6.

"The Late George Eliot." Daily News, 27 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"George Eliot's Marriage." Dundee Courier and Argus, 17 May 1880.

"The Health of George Eliot." Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 22 Apr. 1879, p. 3.

Cross, A. F. "Proposed George Eliot Memorial Library." Standard, 3 Mar. 1896, p. 3.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Standard, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"Multiple News Items." Standard, 24 June 1895, p. 3.

"Life of George Eliot." Standard, 27 Jan. 1885.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"George Eliot." Standard, 25 Dec. 1880, p. 5.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Standard, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"George Eliot's Letter to 'Dinah Morris.'" York Herald, 10 Jan. 1881, p. 6.

"The Late 'George Eliot.'" Northern Warder and Bi-weekly Courier and Argus, 28 Dec. 1880.

"Popular Lectures." Wrexham Advertiser, 4 Apr. 1885, p. 5.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Dundee Courier and Argus, 30 Dec. 1880.

"The Late 'George Eliot.'" Dundee Courier and Argus, 29 Dec. 1880.

"Multiple News Items." The Northern Warder and Bi-weekly Courier and Argus, 18 May 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Dundee Courier, 24 Dec. 1880.

"The Late 'George Eliot.'" Dundee Courier and Argus, 27 Dec. 1880.

"To Correspondents." Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 2 Feb. 1884, p. 11.

"Latest News." Royal Cornwall Gazette, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 5.

"George Eliot." Royal Cornwall Gazette, 31 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"The Late George Eliot." York Herald, 28 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"A Country Vicar and His Friend Mr. 'Eliot.'" York Herald, 21 Dec. 1888, p. 3.

"George Eliot." Lancaster Gazette, 10 May 1876.

"George Eliot's Life." Morning Post, 27 Jan. 1885, p. 2.

"A County Vicar and His Friend Mr. 'Eliot.'" York Herald, 22 Dec. 1888, p. 5.

"A Sketch of George Eliot." Daily Gazette For Middlesbrough, 12 Aug. 1878, p. 3.

"George Eliot." Northern Echo, 9 Feb. 1885, p. 4. George Eliot Archive.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 6.

"George Eliot." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 8 May 1876, p. 3.

"The Late George Eliot." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 27 Dec. 1880, p. 8.

"Reported Death of a Novelist." Portsmouth Evening News, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"George Eliot's Letters." Standard, 2 Apr. 1884, p. 5.

"A Sketch of George Eliot." Portsmouth Evening News, 8 Aug. 1878, p. 2.

"The Late 'George Eliot.'" Western Times, 28 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"The Will of George Eliot." Western Times, 19 Feb. 1881, p. 4.

"George Eliot as a Pianist." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 16 July 1892, p. 2.

"George Eliot's Courtship and Marriage." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 7 Feb. 1885, p. 2.

"George H. Lewes, George Eliot, and Liszt." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 23 Apr. 1887, p. 2.

"Recollections of George Eliot." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 17 Jan. 1885, p. 2.

"Friend of George Eliot." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 25 Feb. 1905, p. 6.

"To-day." Hull Daily Mail, 22 Nov. 1895, p. 3.

"George Eliot as a Talker." Sheffield Evening Telegraph, 1 Nov. 1888, p. 2.

"Mr. Frederic Harrison and George Eliot." Western Times, 4 Aug. 1902, p. 6.

"George Eliot Letters Destroyed." Tamworth Herald, 4 Oct. 1924, p. 3.

"Literature. Science. and Art: 'Death of George Eliot.'" Chelmsford Chronicle, 31 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"Latest News." Chelmsford Chronicle, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 4.

"Feminine Foibles, Fancies, and Fashions." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 3.

"The Will of George Eliot." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 22 Feb. 1881, p. 8.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"Reminiscences of George Eliot." Aberdeen Journal, 9 Jan. 1886, p. 8.

"Reminiscences of George Eliot's Life." Aberdeen Journal, 4 Jan. 1886, p. 6.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 6.

"The Late 'George Eliot.'" Glasgow Herald, 28 Dec. 1880, p. 2.

"George Eliot." Glasgow Herald, 25 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"The Family of 'George Eliot.'" Leeds Mercury, 1 June 1895, p. 4.

"The Death of 'George Eliot.'" Glasgow Herald, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 5.

"Some Recollections of George Eliot." Leeds Mercury, 10 Jan. 1885, p. 6.

"Some Recollections of George Eliot." Leeds Mercury, 6 Jan. 1885, p. 8.

"Obituary: Miss Sarah Sophia Hennell." Daily News, 8 Mar. 1899, p. 9.

"More Reminiscences of George Eliot's Life." Birmingham Daily Post, 5 Jan. 1886, p. 7.

"The Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Birmingham Daily Post, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Hull Packet, 31 Dec. 1880, p. 6.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Western Mail, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Western Mail, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"George Eliot's Life: Second Notice." Liverpool Mercury, 28 Jan. 1885, p. 7.

"Literary Notes." Liverpool Mercury, 1 Apr. 1886, p. 7.

"President Porter's Recollections of George Eliot." Manchester Times, 19 Feb. 1881, p. 62.

"George Eliot." Leeds Mercury, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 12.

"George Eliot." Liverpool Mercury, 25 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"Another French Critic of George Eliot." Pall Mall Gazette, 22 July 1885, p. 2.

"George Eliot and Womens Suffrage." Pall Mall Gazette, 19 Mar. 1885, p. 11.

"Funeral of George Eliot." Aberdeen Journal, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 2.

"Our Illustrations: Reminiscences of 'George Eliot.'" Graphic, 8 Jan. 1881, p. 27.

"George Eliot and Derbyshire." Derby Mercury, 18 Apr. 1883, p. 5.

"Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Freeman's Journal, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 6.

"Two Aspects of George Eliot." Freeman's Journal, 17 Nov. 1881, p. 7.

"Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Derby Mercury, 29 Dec. 1880, p. 8.

"The Reader." Graphic, 21 Feb. 1885, p. 194.

"George Eliot and her Correspondents." Pall Mall Gazette, 5 Jan. 1886,p. 6.

"George Eliot's Life." Pall Mall Gazette, 27 Jan. 1885, p. 11.

"Some Recollections of George Eliot." Pall Mall Gazette, 5 Jan. 1885. p. 11.

Roberton, John M. George Eliot, Moralist and Thinker. W. Brown, 1884.

Downes, Annie Sawyer. "George Eliot. One of her Receptions. Face— Figure—Manner—Voice—Dress." New York Daily Tribune, 25 March 1876, pp. 7

Field, Kate. "English Authors in Florence." December 1864, pp. 860-871.

Hambley, E.B. "The Life and Letters of George Eliot." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 137, 1885, pp. 155-176.

Whipple, Edwin. "Private Life of George Eliot." The North American Review, vol. 141, no. 374, 1885, pp. 320-330.

Betham-Edwards, Mathilde. "A Week With George Eliot." Temple Bar, vol. 73, 1885, pp. 226-232.

Hutton, R. H. "George Eliot." Contemporary Review, vol. 47, 1885, pp. 372-391.

Morley, John. "The Life of George Eliot." Macmillan's Magazine, vol. 51, 1884, pp. 241-256.

"Charles Bray on George Eliot." The Critic, vol. 5, 1885, pp. 56-57.

Whipple, E.P., "Private Life of George Eliot." North American Review, vol. 141, 1885, pp. 320-330.

Louch, Thomas. "The Novels of George Eliot." Victorian Express, 19 Mar. 1887, p. 6.

"George Eliot and George Lewes." Cincinnati Commercial, 18 Feb. 1881, p. 2.

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