GE to Charles Lee Lewes, London, [6? November 1879]
Title
GE to Charles Lee Lewes, London, [6? November 1879]
Title
GE to Charles Lee Lewes, London, [6? November 1879]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Charles Lee Lewes
Date(s)
- 1879-11-06
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Charles Lee Lewes, London, [6? November 1879]
MS: Yale. Published: Paterson, pp. 210-211, dated Witley, 29 October 1879.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Thursday Morning.
Dearest Boy
I have just received a letter from Miss Simcox in which she says:
"Has the man in whom you were interested (the clerk with failing sight) 343 got anything to do? if not, would the work of a School "Visitor" suit him? The salary begins at £80 a year, the duties being to hunt up the children who should be in school. There is of course a good deal of clerical work (I suppose this means clerk's work), but diversified with out of door duty; and men of high character are very much wanted as they have a good deal of power for good or evil. At the present moment I have the power of recommending a visitor and it will be a pleasure if the opportunity is serviceable to one whom Mr. Lewes thought highly. If he would take the post he had better write or see me as soon as possible -- the latter before 10 or after 7."
What do you think of this? Would it be well for Ripley to try for such a post, or do you think his personality would hardly suffice?
Miss Simcox's address is 1 Douro Place, Victoria Road W.
Thy loving
Mutter.
MS: Yale. Published: Paterson, pp. 210-211, dated Witley, 29 October 1879.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Thursday Morning.
Dearest Boy
I have just received a letter from Miss Simcox in which she says:
"Has the man in whom you were interested (the clerk with failing sight) 343 got anything to do? if not, would the work of a School "Visitor" suit him? The salary begins at £80 a year, the duties being to hunt up the children who should be in school. There is of course a good deal of clerical work (I suppose this means clerk's work), but diversified with out of door duty; and men of high character are very much wanted as they have a good deal of power for good or evil. At the present moment I have the power of recommending a visitor and it will be a pleasure if the opportunity is serviceable to one whom Mr. Lewes thought highly. If he would take the post he had better write or see me as soon as possible -- the latter before 10 or after 7."
What do you think of this? Would it be well for Ripley to try for such a post, or do you think his personality would hardly suffice?
Miss Simcox's address is 1 Douro Place, Victoria Road W.
Thy loving
Mutter.
Signature
Mutter.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Charles Lee Lewes, London, [6? November 1879], 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/92206