GE to [Mrs. Charles Bray], London, [7 December 1867]
Title
GE to [Mrs. Charles Bray], London, [7 December 1867]
Title
GE to [Mrs. Charles Bray], London, [7 December 1867]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
[Mrs. Charles Bray]
Date(s)
- 1867-12-07
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to [Mrs. Charles Bray], London, [7 December 1867]
MS: Yale. Endorsed (in Miss Hennell's hand): About my Prize Essay for Baillie. Hitherto unpublished.
[The beginning of this letter is lacking.] my birthday and came to give me good wishes in the evening, by which means I heard a little more about you -- always a welcome sort of news. Less welcome when it is about "nasty" newspaper affairs. 698 I had hoped that there was to be no new "manager" after the old fashion, but that Mr. Bray would keep the reins.
I went to the House of Commons the night before last and sat for 8 hours to hear the debate on Abyssinia! 699 I will tell you one amusing bit. Layard made a long angry speech really in answer to the attacks of Dr. Beke on himself, and to my feeling he somewhat justified his very uncomplimentary adjectives applied to that personage by quoting this accusation of his against Mr. Rassam: "that he had <made an expenditure> expended money in a manner not commendable to God."
Best love to Sara and congratulations that the tortures of the rack are a little diminished.
Always your loving
Marian.
<Froggie continues to do better than even he expected without his head brain for months. He dies of starvation at last.> 700
MS: Yale. Endorsed (in Miss Hennell's hand): About my Prize Essay for Baillie. Hitherto unpublished.
[The beginning of this letter is lacking.] my birthday and came to give me good wishes in the evening, by which means I heard a little more about you -- always a welcome sort of news. Less welcome when it is about "nasty" newspaper affairs. 698 I had hoped that there was to be no new "manager" after the old fashion, but that Mr. Bray would keep the reins.
I went to the House of Commons the night before last and sat for 8 hours to hear the debate on Abyssinia! 699 I will tell you one amusing bit. Layard made a long angry speech really in answer to the attacks of Dr. Beke on himself, and to my feeling he somewhat justified his very uncomplimentary adjectives applied to that personage by quoting this accusation of his against Mr. Rassam: "that he had <made an expenditure> expended money in a manner not commendable to God."
Best love to Sara and congratulations that the tortures of the rack are a little diminished.
Always your loving
Marian.
<Froggie continues to do better than even he expected without his head brain for months. He dies of starvation at last.> 700
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to [Mrs. Charles Bray], London, [7 December 1867], 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/91965