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.

Wolzogen, Ernst von. George Eliot: eine biographisch-kritische Studie. Leipzig, A. Unflad, 1885.

"George Eliot." Chicago Daily Tribune, 28 Dec. 1880.

Wakeman, Edgar L. "George Eliot." Daily Picayune, 8 May 1892, p. 16.

"George Eliot." Trewman's Exeter Flying Post or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser, 21 Jun 1876.

"George Eliot." Daily Arkansas Gazette, 16 May 1880, p. 7.

"George Eliot." Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, 25 Jan. 1881, p. 8.

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

"George Eliot." Milwaukee Sentinel, 6 Jul. 1880, p. 2.

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

"George Eliot." New York Times, 3 Aug. 1878.

"George Eliot: Is She Out of Date?" Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), 25 January 1933, p. 6.

"George Eliot." Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette, 5 Mar. 1910, p. 2.

"George Eliot." North American, 1 Mar. 1898, p. 5.

"George Eliot: Link With Remarkable Woman." Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW : 1914 - 1949), 6 May 1929, p. 6.

"George Eliot." Inter Ocean, 17 Oct. 1879, p. 7.

"George Eliot." Daily Inter Ocean, 12 Feb. 1881, p. 10.

"George Eliot." Milwaukee Sentinel, 13 May 1883, p. 7.

"George Eliot." Georgia Weekly Telegraph, Journal & Messenger, 11 Feb. 1881.

Unknown. "George Eliot: Novelist in Her Later Years." West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), 25 December 1913, p. 9.

"George Eliot." Burlington Weekly Free Press, 5 May 1876.

Austin, Alfred. "George Eliot." Nottinghamshire Guardian, 31 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"George Eliot." Times Literary Supplement, 29 Dec. 1905, p. 463.

"George Eliot: She Defied Convention." Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), 22 October 1949, p. 18.

"George Eliot." Daily Inter Ocean, 27 Dec. 1880.

"George Eliot." Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 11 Jul. 1874, p. 275.

"George Eliot: Story of Her Life." Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), 24 December 1923, p. 13.

Scott, Walter. "George Eliot: The Greatest Novelist of the Reign of our Queen." Queens of Literature of the Victorian Era. London, 1886. pp. 183-258.

"George Eliot." Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 23 Oct. 1903, p. 1.

"George Eliot: The Story of Her Life." Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate (NSW : 1874 - 1880), 14 January 1880, p. 1.

"George Eliot." Daily Central City Register, 1 Jun. 1873.

"George Eliot." Bismarck Tribune, 21 Jan. 1881.

"George Eliot." Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, 18 Mar. 1873, p. 3.

"George Eliot." Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 30 Apr. 1879.

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

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

"George Eliot's 'Dinah Morris'." Week, 19 March 1881, p. 11.

"George Eliot's 'Dinah Morris.'" Telegraph, 17 March 1881, p. 3.

"George Eliot's Account of 'Dinah Morris.'" Derbyshire Times, 15 Jan. 1881, p. 6.

"George Eliot's Answer." Denver Jewish News, 31 Aug. 1921.

P. W. B. "George Eliot Artistry: Essence of England." Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 12 October 1940, p. 8.

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

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

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

"George Eliot's Biography." Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 4 April 1885, p. 11.

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

Nonconformist and Independent, 29 Jan. 1885, p. 111.

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

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

"George Eliot's Convictions." Westralian Worker, 26 May 1905, p. 4.

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

"George Eliot's 'Dinah Morris.'" Telegraph, 17 March 1881, p. 3.

Wakeman, Edgar L. "George Eliot's Early Home." Leeds Mercury, 18 May 1895.

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

"George Eliot's Early Life." South Australian Advertiser, 1 March 1881, p. 1.

"George Eliot's Ethical Creed." Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), 3 March 1877, p. 7.

"George Eliot's Experience." London Mainly About People, 8 Nov. 1902, p. 492.

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

""George Eliot's Face." Petersburg Times, 4 January 1895, p. 3.

Field, Kate. "George Eliot's Face." Scrutineer and Berrima District Press, 8 December 1894, p. 3.

"George Eliot's Girlhood." Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 25 August 1881, p. 5.

"George Eliot's Girlhood." Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser, 16 September 1881, p. 8.

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

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

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

"George Eliot's Home." Morning Bulletin, 2 March 1901, p. 3.

Wakeman, Edgar L. "George Eliot's Home." Pittsburgh Dispatch, 7 May 1892, p. 5.

"George Eliot's Home and Domestic Relations." Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), 19 February 1881, p. 289.

"George Eliot's Husband." Daily News, 26 February 1925, p. 7.

"George Eliot's Husband: Dies Almost Forgotten." Bundaberg Mail (Qld. : 1917 - 1925), 27 February 1925, p. 2.

"George Eliot's Husband: Dies Almost Forgotten." Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), 24 February 1925, p. 9.

"George Eliot's Husband: Dies Almost Forgotten." Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), 7 February 1925, p. 20.

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

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

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

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

James, Henry. "George Eliot's Life." Atlantic Monthly, May 1885, vol. 55, pp. 668–678.

"George Eliot." British Quarterly Review, vol. 81, Apr. 1885, pp. 316-33

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

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

"George Eliot's Life." Age, 28 March 1885, p. 13.

"George Eliot's Life." Adelaide Observer, 14 March 1885, p. 42.

"George Eliot's Life." Daily Telegraph, 28 March 1885, p. 9.

"George Eliot's Life." Age, 21 March 1885, p. 13.

"George Eliot's Life." Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922), 1 April 1885, p. 6.

"George Eliot's Life." Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 28 March 1885, p. 13.

"George Eliot's Life." South Australian Weekly Chronicle
(Adelaide, SA : 1881 - 1889), 4 April 1885, p. 6.

Unknown. "George Eliot's Life." South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), 10 March 1885, p. 7.

Dalberg-Acton, John. "George Eliot's Life." Historical Essays and Other Studies, London, MacMillan and Co,. Limited, 1907, pp. 273-304.

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

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

Dowden, Edward. "[A Review of] George Eliot's Life as Related in her Letters and Journals." Academy, no. 666, 7 Feb. 1885, pp. 89–91.

"George Eliot's Life: First Notice." Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912), 9 May 1885, p. 3.

Unknown. "George Eliot's Life: First Notice." South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), 7 April 1885, p. 7.

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

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

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

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

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

"George Eliot's Marriage." Narracoorte Herald, 23 October 1885, p. 1.

"George Eliot's Memorial." World's News, 13 July 1907, p. 4.

Wade, Mabel Claire. "George Eliot's Philosophy of Sin." The English Journal, vol. 14, no. 4, Apr 1925, pp. 269-277.

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

"George Eliot's School." Mercury, 25 October 1919, p. 11.

"George Eliot's Schoolmate." Australian Star, 26 December 1904, p. 6.

"George Eliot's Secret Sorrow." Age, 26 October 1901, p. 17.

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

"George Eliot's Study." Australian Town and Country Journal, 17 May 1905, p. 38.

"George Eliot's Union with Lewes." Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 16 March 1895, p. 3.

"George Eliot's Way." Australian Star, 25 January 1908, p. 8.

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

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

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

"George Eliot's Youth." Herald, 29 August 1881, p. 3.

Unknown. "George Eliot’s Life." Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), 9 April 1885, p. 3.

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

"George Eliot." Daily Evening Bulletin, 18 Jan. 1881, p. 4.

Raimond, C. E. (Elizabeth Robins). George Mandeville's Husband. New York, D. Appleton and company, 1894.

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

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

"Gossip From Truth." Birmingham Daily Post, 23 Aug. 1888, p. 8.

"Gossip of the Week." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 21 Sept. 1895, p. 2.

"Great Women of History: George Eliot." Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 18 April 1936, p. 7.

"He Knew Everyone, Even George Eliot." Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), 10 November 1904, p. 6.

"Here and There." South London Gazette and Camberwel News, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 2.

Howells, W. D. Heroines of Fiction, v. 2. New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1901. pp. 44-94.

Gribble, Francis. "[A Review of] John Blackwood by Mrs. Gerald Porter." London Review, 19 Nov. 1898, p. 14.

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

"Extraordinary Outrage on Cattle." Dundee Courier and Argus, 23 Apr. 1879.

"News." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 5 Aug. 1905, p. 10.

"In George Eliot's Country." West Australian, 17 January 1917, p. 4.

"In Memory of George Eliot." Illawarra Daily Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1950 - 1954), 8 August 1950, p. 2.

"In One of the Letters From George Eliot Which Mr. Cross Prints Occurs this Sentence." Galveston Daily News, 27 Feb. 1885.

"In the Sale Rooms." Pall Mall Gazette, 21 May 1890, p. 3.

"Interesting Forthcoming Lectures at Truro." Royal Cornwall Gazette, 13 Jan. 1898.

"Ipswich Literary Society." Ipswich Journal, 18 July 1896, p. 8.

"News." Sheffield Evening Telegraph, 6 Apr. 1888, p. 2.

"Israel's Indebtedness to George Eliot." Jewish Herald (Vic. : 1879 - 1920), 25 March 1881, p. 5.

"Jerusalem Trees for George Eliot Memorial Garden." Australian Jewish Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1935 -1955), 25 January 1952, p. 6.

"Jesus and George Eliot." Australian Christian Commonwealth, 28 November 1919, p. 3.

Field, Kate. "Kate Field Writes." Chicago Daily Tribune, 30 Dec. 1880.

"Lady Dilke." Standard, 13 Jun. 1905, p. 5.

"Lady Newdegate and Chilvers Coton." Tamworth Herald, 18 June 1904, p. 3.

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart. “Last Words from George Eliot.” Harper’s Magazine, 66, Mar. 1883, pp. 568-71.

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

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

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

"Lecture on George Eliot." Brisbane Courier, 2 July 1889, p. 6.

"Letters of Dickens and Thackeray." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 4 Apr. 1891, p. 8.

Boyce, Arthur E. "Letters on Men and Things: On George Eliot." Kentish Mail Greenwich and Deptford Observer, 12 Mar. 1909, p. 3.

Boyce, Arthur E. "Letters on Men and Things: On George Eliot (Continued)." Kentish Mail Greenwich And Deptford Observer, 19 Mar. 1909, p. 3.

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

"Life of George Eliot." Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), 4 April 1885, p. 8.

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

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

"Life of George Eliot: First Notice." Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), 28 March 1885, p. 8.

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

"Link with George Eliot." News, 1 January 1925, p. 6.

Escott, T.H.S. "Lions and Lionesses in the 60s and Since." Platform, Press, Politics & Play: Being Pen and Ink Sketches of Contemporary Celebrities from the Tone to the Thames, via Avon and Isis. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1895, pp. 256-267.

Humphrey, Frances A. "Literary and Miscellaneous Extracts." Leicester Chronicle and Leicestershire Mercury, 1 Sept. 1888.

"Literary and Scientific Gossip." Western Times, 9 May 1876, p. 6.

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

White, William Hale. "Literary Gossip." The Athenaeum Journal, 3031, 28 November 1885. pp. 702.

"Literary Gossip." The Independent and Nonconformist, 25 Jun. 1896, p. 455.

"Literary Notes." American Register, 24 Jan. 1885, p. 4.

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

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

"Literary Notes." Daily News, 13 Nov. 1885, p. 6.

"Literary Notes." Morning Post, 10 Feb. 1892, p. 2.

"Literary Notes." Morning Post, 7 Oct. 1891, p. 3.

"Literary Notes Books and Authors: George Eliot." Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), 5 April 1919, p. 9.

Unknown. "Literary Notes: A Visit to George Eliot." Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), 21 September 1918, p. 4.

"Literary Notices." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 28 Jan. 1885, p. 3.

"Literary Notices." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 30 Jan. 1885, p. 3.

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

"Literature." Morning Post, 26 Aug. 1898, p. 3.

"Literature." Morning Post, 29 Dec. 1881, p. 2.

"Literature." Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, 5 Apr. 1885, p. 5.

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

"Literature and Art." Berrow's Worcester Journal, 17 Nov. 1894, p. 6.

"Literature on 'George Eliot.'" Queensland Times, 3 August 1889, p. 5.

"Literature, Science, & Art." Bucks Herald, 5 Dec. 1885, p. 3.

"Literature, Science, & Art." Bucks Herald, 12 May 1883, p. 3.

"Literature, Science, & Art." Bucks Herald, 5 Feb. 1881, p. 3.

"Literature, Science, and Art." Belfast News-Letter, 8 Apr. 1882, p. 6.

"Literature, Science, and Art." Belfast News-Letter, 7 Feb. 1881, p. 7.

"Literature, Science, and Art." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 5 Feb. 1881, p. 9.

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

"Literature, Science, and the Stage." Western Times, 18 Apr. 1871, p. 2.

"Literature: George Eliot." Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), 11 April 1885, p. 41.

"Literature: George Eliot." Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), 8 March 1884, p. 41.

"Literature: George Eliot's Life." Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), 16 May 1885, p. 41.

Hubbard, Elbert. Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great: George Eliot. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1894.

"Local Intelligence." Northern Warder and Bi-weekly Courier and Argus, 13 July 1880, p. 2.

"London Gossip." Cornishman, 27 May 1880, p. 5.

"London Gossip." York Herald, 27 Feb. 1885, p. 5.

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

"Lynton and Lynmouth." North Devon Journal, 29 Jan. 1920, p. 8.

"Magazines." Western Times, 8 Feb. 1881, p. 2.

"Magazines for February." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 1 Feb. 1881, p. 3.

"Magazines for March." Guardian, 11 Mar. 1885, p. 378.

"Man, Woman, and the Vote." Hull Daily Mail, 29 Mar. 1912, p. 4.

Wenley, Robert Mark. Marian Evans and "George Eliot." St. Louis, Washington University, 1922.

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

"Marriage of George Eliot." South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889), 8 May 1880, p. 5.

"Mary Lamb: A Literary Study." North-Eastern Daily Gazette, 21 Aug. 1883, p. 3.

Unwin, T Fisher. "Matrimonial Happiness." Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, 12 Dec. 1885, p. 12.

"Meeting Between George Eliot and Emerson." Northam Advertiser (WA : 1895 - 1955), 2 July 1938, p. 4.

"Meeting George Eliot." Land, 12 January 1923, p. 12.

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

"Memories of George Eliot." Maitland Daily Mercury, 23 July 1907, p. 6.

"Men and Matters: George Eliot." Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1923), 4 April 1919, p. 1.

"Men of the Week." Newcastle Courant, 21 Nov. 1884, p. 6.

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

"Miss Betham-Edward's Reminiscences." Standard, 25 Apr. 1898, p. 4.

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

"Miss Sarah Sophia Hennel." The Standard, 9 Mar. 1899.

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

"More About the House of Blackwood." St. James's Gazette, 7 Nov. 1898, p. 11.

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

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

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

"Mr. Escott's Reminiscences." Standard, 2 Oct. 1895, p. 2.

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

"Mr. Justing McCarthyon Distinguished Writers." Huddersfield Chronicle, 17 Oct. 1895, p. 4.

"Mr. Moncure Conway." Dundee Courier and Argus, 17 Apr. 1884.

"News." Hull Daily Mail, 28 Dec. 1897, p. 2.

"Mrs. Kendal on the Drama." Northern Echo, 5 Dec. 1900, p. 3.

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

"Mrs. Lynn Linton on George Eliot." Westminster Budget, 30 Aug. 1895, p. 23.

"Mrs. Lynn Linton on George Eliot." Yass Evening Tribune (NSW : 1899 - 1928), 7 May 1900, p. 4.

"Mrs. Lynn Linton on George Eliot." Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser (NSW : 1874 -1908), 13 April 1900, p. 1.

"Mrs. Lynn Linton on George Eliot." Temora Star (NSW : 1881 - 1883; 1899 - 1906; 1914; 1925; 1933), 4 April 1900, p. 2.

"Mrs. Lynn Linton on George Eliot." Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate (NSW :
1881 - 1947), 28 April 1900, p. 1.

"Mrs. Lynn-Linton on George Eliot." Mountaineer (Katoomba, NSW : 1894 - 1908), 27 April 1900, p. 3.

"Mrs. Lynn-Linton on George Eliot." Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer (NSW : 1898 - 1954), 21 April 1900, p. 4.

"Mrs. Lynn-Linton on George Eliot." Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser (NSW : 1898 - 1952), 21 April 1900, p. 5.

"Mrs. Lynn-Linton on George Eliot." Scrutineer and Berrima District Press (NSW : 1892 - 1948), 14 April 1900, p. 3.

"Mrs. Lynn-Linton on George Eliot." Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW : 1893 - 1953), 20 April 1900, p. 5.

"Mrs. Lynn-Linton on George Eliot." Liverpool Herald (NSW : 1897 - 1907), 14 April 1900, p. 9.

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

"Multiple News Items." Essex Standard, West Suffolk Gazette, and Eastern Counties' Advertiser, 25 May 1877, p. 6.

"Multiple News Items." Dundee Courier and Argus, 30 June 1880.

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

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

Linton, Lynn. "My Impressions of George Eliot." St. James's Gazette, 17 Sept. 1895, p. 5.

"Names." Western Times, 14 Aug. 1902, p. 6.

"Nephew of 'George Eliot.'" Advertiser, 16 April 1927, p. 16.

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

"New Books and New Editions." St. James's Gazette, 21 Feb. 1888, p. 7.

"New Books: George Eliot's Letters and Journals." Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, 15 Feb. 1885, p. 4.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"News." Westmorland Gazette and Kendal Advertiser, 17 May 1862, p. 3.

"News." Dundee Courier and Argus, 13 Dec. 1881.

"News." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 8 Nov. 1883, p. 5.

"News." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 19 Feb. 1906, p. 7.

"News." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 15 Jan. 1872, p. 3.

"News." Morpeth Herald, 29 May 1880, p. 6.

"News." Devon and Exeter Gazette, 20 Aug. 1908, p. 4.

"News." North London News and Finsbury Gazette, 9 Feb. 1895.

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

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

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

"News Item." Blackburn Standard, 17 Mar. 1894, p. 3.

"Nodion O'R Brifddinas." Y Goleuad, 30 Apr. 1887, p. 12.

"North Warwickshire Teachers' Association." Tamworth Herald, 25 July 1908, p. 8.

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

"Nuneaton's New Dignity." Tamworth Herald, 5 Oct. 1907, p. 8.

"Obituary." Yorkshire Herald, 28 Nov. 1896, p. 5.

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

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

"Obituary." Academy, vol. 18, 24 December 1880, p. 460.

"George Eliot." Tasmanian, 1 January 1881, p. 6.

Unknown. "Obituary: George Eliot (Mrs. Cross)," Queenslander, 5 March 1881, p. 3.

"Obituary: George Eliot (Mrs. Cross)." Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 -1939), 5 March 1881, p. 301.

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

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

"Our Library Table." Bristol Mercury, 12 Oct. 1891, p. 3.

"Our London Letter." North Wales Chronicle, 31 Jan. 1885, p. 4.

"Our London Letter." Dundee Courier and Argus, 28 Jan. 1885.

"Pen Portrait of George Eliot." Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), 6 March 1886, p. 7.

"Penzance, and Other, Gossip." Cornishman, 19 Feb. 1885, p. 6.

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

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

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart. "Poetry." Leicester Chronicle, 26 Feb. 1881.

Kernahan, Coulson. "Poetry: At the Grave of George Eliot." Tasmanian (Launceston, Tas. : 1881 - 1895), 25
July 1885, p. 3.

"Points From the Press." London Echo, 10 Sept. 1901.

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

"Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society." Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, 2 Apr. 1881, p. 6.

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

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

Lewes, George Henry. "Professor Owen and the Science of Life ." Fraser's Magazine, Vol. 53, January 1856, p. 79-92.

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

Field, Kate. "Recollections." Cincinnati Commercial, 26 Dec. 1880, p. 6.

"Recollections of George Eliot." Westminster Budget, 26 Jun. 1896, p. 14.

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

"Recollections of George Eliot." Westminster Budget, 26 Jun. 1896, p. 14.

Field, Kate. "Recollections of George Eliot." Burrowa News, 4 March 1881, p. 4.

Linton, Eliza Lynn. "Recollections of George Eliot." Geelong Advertiser, 8 October 1895, p. 4.

"Religious Services." Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 5 Dec. 1887, p. 3.

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

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

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

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