Frederic Harrison to GE, London, 30 January [1866]
Title
Frederic Harrison to GE, London, 30 January [1866]
Title
Frederic Harrison to GE, London, 30 January [1866]
Sender
Frederic Harrison
Recipient
George Eliot
Date(s)
- 1866-01-30
Place
London
Letter Content
Frederic Harrison to GE, London, 30 January [1866]
MS: Tinker Collection, Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
New Sq. | Linc: Inn | January 30.
My dear Mrs. Lewes,
I sent yesterday to the P. O. Tunbridge Wells an amended sketch. I think I see your meaning as to artificiality of plot. 412 Of course my modes of putting the story were not meant as suggestions to you but as a form of conceiving to myself the events in a consecutive way. The issue of the tenant-in tail need not of course be more than supposed. Only I think that legally you must consider this -- that Jermyn, if he knew the real existence of such issue, and the certainty of a claim from Bycliffes ultimately arising on the failure of this issue, would not rest whilst such a danger hung over the title. I am very glad you are enjoying that county. I am
Sincerely yours
F. Harrison.
MS: Tinker Collection, Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
New Sq. | Linc: Inn | January 30.
My dear Mrs. Lewes,
I sent yesterday to the P. O. Tunbridge Wells an amended sketch. I think I see your meaning as to artificiality of plot. 412 Of course my modes of putting the story were not meant as suggestions to you but as a form of conceiving to myself the events in a consecutive way. The issue of the tenant-in tail need not of course be more than supposed. Only I think that legally you must consider this -- that Jermyn, if he knew the real existence of such issue, and the certainty of a claim from Bycliffes ultimately arising on the failure of this issue, would not rest whilst such a danger hung over the title. I am very glad you are enjoying that county. I am
Sincerely yours
F. Harrison.
Signature
F. Harrison.
Citation
Frederic Harrison, Frederic Harrison to GE, London, 30 January [1866], Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/91849