GE Diary, London, 29 November - 4 December 1880
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GE Diary, London, 29 November - 4 December 1880
Title
GE Diary, London, 29 November - 4 December 1880
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- 1880-11-29–<br /> 1880-12-04
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GE Diary, London, 29 November -- 4 December 1880
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Monday 29 November 1880
Left Witley and came to London to Bailey's Hotel, Gloucester Road. Read Tennyson's new volume of poems 495 and particularly liked "the first Quarrel."
Tuesday 30 November 1880
Bailey's Hotel. Read "My faithful Johnny" in the Cornhill. 496 Hermann and Dorothea and Comte.
Wednesday 1 December 1880
Bailey's Hotel. Went to South Kensington Museum in the morning. J. to city afternoon. Finished "My Faithful Johnny." Tennyson's new volume, and some Hermann and Dorothea.
Thursday 2 December 1880
Bailey's Hotel. Shopping in the morning. Read Comte and Hermann and Dorothea evening.
Friday 3 December 1880
Left Bailey's Hotel and came to Cheyne Walk. Unpacking. After dinner began Duffield's translation of Don Quixote and Myers' Wordsworth.
Saturday 4 December 1880
J. to city in morning -- home to lunch. Went to our first Pop-Concert and heard Norman Neruda, Piatti, etc. Miss Zimmermann playing the piano.
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Monday 29 November 1880
Left Witley and came to London to Bailey's Hotel, Gloucester Road. Read Tennyson's new volume of poems 495 and particularly liked "the first Quarrel."
Tuesday 30 November 1880
Bailey's Hotel. Read "My faithful Johnny" in the Cornhill. 496 Hermann and Dorothea and Comte.
Wednesday 1 December 1880
Bailey's Hotel. Went to South Kensington Museum in the morning. J. to city afternoon. Finished "My Faithful Johnny." Tennyson's new volume, and some Hermann and Dorothea.
Thursday 2 December 1880
Bailey's Hotel. Shopping in the morning. Read Comte and Hermann and Dorothea evening.
Friday 3 December 1880
Left Bailey's Hotel and came to Cheyne Walk. Unpacking. After dinner began Duffield's translation of Don Quixote and Myers' Wordsworth.
Saturday 4 December 1880
J. to city in morning -- home to lunch. Went to our first Pop-Concert and heard Norman Neruda, Piatti, etc. Miss Zimmermann playing the piano.
Citation
GE Diary, GE Diary, London, 29 November - 4 December 1880, 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/91870