GE to [George Lillie Craik], London, 11 December 1862
Title
GE to [George Lillie Craik], London, 11 December 1862
Title
GE to [George Lillie Craik], London, 11 December 1862
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
[George Lillie Craik]
Date(s)
- 1862-12-11
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to [George Lillie Craik], London, 11 December 1862
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Blandford Square, | N.W.
December 11. 62.
My dear Sir
A wretched headache, which prevented me from working this morning, was lightened for me by "So-Fat and Mew-Mew." 122 It seems to me a little chef-d'oeuvre -- the humourous simplicity is so thoroughly sustained from beginning to end. But I am good-for-nothing as a critic, and only know what I like, not what I ought to like.
That play of fancy about the life of animals has always been a delight to me, and I care for it just as much now I am old, as I did when I read by fire light on my little stool.
Some of "The Giant" too is good, but "So-Fat and Mew-Mew" is the gem, and it has very properly happened that the artist has given it the prettiest initial letter.
We often speak of you -- partly with regret that Belfast is so far off, or else that you are at Belfast instead of in London. But friends are wealth even when they are quite of the past, and happily my dear husband can still reckon you as a friend in the present. Ever my dear Sir
Yours very truly
M. E. Lewes.
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Blandford Square, | N.W.
December 11. 62.
My dear Sir
A wretched headache, which prevented me from working this morning, was lightened for me by "So-Fat and Mew-Mew." 122 It seems to me a little chef-d'oeuvre -- the humourous simplicity is so thoroughly sustained from beginning to end. But I am good-for-nothing as a critic, and only know what I like, not what I ought to like.
That play of fancy about the life of animals has always been a delight to me, and I care for it just as much now I am old, as I did when I read by fire light on my little stool.
Some of "The Giant" too is good, but "So-Fat and Mew-Mew" is the gem, and it has very properly happened that the artist has given it the prettiest initial letter.
We often speak of you -- partly with regret that Belfast is so far off, or else that you are at Belfast instead of in London. But friends are wealth even when they are quite of the past, and happily my dear husband can still reckon you as a friend in the present. Ever my dear Sir
Yours very truly
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to [George Lillie Craik], London, 11 December 1862, 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/91958