Belles Lettres and Art [January 1858], within Westminster Review, vol. 69, issue 135

Title

Belles Lettres and Art [January 1858], within Westminster Review, vol. 69, issue 135

Text Read

Belles Lettres and Art [January 1858], within Westminster Review, vol. 69, issue 135

Author

Meredith, George

Original Source

London: Open Court Publishing Co., 1858. Westminster Review, vol. 69, issue 135, 1858-01-01. pp. 291-304

Digitized by

Internet Archive

Publication Date

1858

Date(s) of Reading

  • 1858-01-12

Evidence

George Eliot to John Chapman, 12 January 1858. “It is almost needless to say that I don't neglect the opportunity of working for the W[estminster] R[eview] in order to do work for any other review, and that I have no ground for my negations but inability. I wish you could get the [Literature] Belles Lettres better done, though it is troublesome to say so to you just now. This number seems to me worse done than the previous ones -- the tone is so flippant and journalistic. I only mention it in this letter that, if you have any intention to make a change in that department, I may contribute towards confirming that intention.” GEL 2: 420-1

Citation

Meredith, George, Belles Lettres and Art [January 1858], within Westminster Review, vol. 69, issue 135, 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/57273