GE to Charles Bray, [Richmond, 2 December 1856]
Title
GE to Charles Bray, [Richmond, 2 December 1856]
Title
GE to Charles Bray, [Richmond, 2 December 1856]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Charles Bray
Date(s)
- 1856-12-02
Place
[Richmond]
Letter Content
GE to Charles Bray, [Richmond, 2 December 1856]
MS: Yale. Address: Charles Bray Esq. Hitherto unpublished.
Wednesday.
Dear Friend
Mr. Lewes will be delighted if Sara will value Baden Powell at all as a possession. It is an ungraceful thing to ask people to accept what is obviously of no use to oneself, and we can only ask you to excuse us for it on the ground that it was not worth while for you to pack the book up and send it by railway.
Thanks for your kind wish -- but though I love my friends quite as much as I profess to do -- which is saying a great deal, as human nature goes -- I love home better.
Ever yours affectionately
Marian.
MS: Yale. Address: Charles Bray Esq. Hitherto unpublished.
Wednesday.
Dear Friend
Mr. Lewes will be delighted if Sara will value Baden Powell at all as a possession. It is an ungraceful thing to ask people to accept what is obviously of no use to oneself, and we can only ask you to excuse us for it on the ground that it was not worth while for you to pack the book up and send it by railway.
Thanks for your kind wish -- but though I love my friends quite as much as I profess to do -- which is saying a great deal, as human nature goes -- I love home better.
Ever yours affectionately
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Charles Bray, [Richmond, 2 December 1856], 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/92096