The Physical Geography of the Sea

Title

The Physical Geography of the Sea

Text Read

The Physical Geography of the Sea

Author

Fontaine Maury, Matthew

Original Source

London: Sampson Low, Son, & Co. 1855

Digitized by

Internet Archive

Publication Date

1855

Date(s) of Reading

  • 1857-03-15 to 05-16 

Evidence

Recollections of the Scilly Isles, 1857. “Our readings aloud were Cromwell's Letters, Aurora Leigh (for the 2d time), Life of Charlotte Bronte, Maury's Physical Geography of the Sea, 912 Twelfth Night and Macbeth, and Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. I read the Œdipus Tyrannus and the Œdipus Coloneus, De Quincey's Glories of Stage Coach Travelling and Revolt of the Tartars, and the greater part of Shelley's poems.” GEL 2: 358 

Citation

Fontaine Maury, Matthew, The Physical Geography of the Sea, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57024