GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Witley, [18 October 1879]
Title
GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Witley, [18 October 1879]
Title
GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Witley, [18 October 1879]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Charles Lee Lewes
Date(s)
- 1879-10-18
Place
Witley
Letter Content
GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Witley, [18 October 1879]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Oct. 79 (20th). Published: Paterson, pp. 206-207.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
Saturday.
Dearest Boy
Thanks for the receipts. I have had a delightful bit of news from Dr. Foster this morning. He had mentioned to me before that there was an Edinburgh student whom he had in his mind as the right one to elect. This morning he writes: "The Trustees meet tomorrow to receive my nomination. I have chosen Dr. Charles Roy, 332 an Edinburgh man and Scotchman -- not one of my own pupils. He is, I think, the most promising -- by far the most promising -- of our young physiologists, putting aside those who do not need the pecuniary assistance of the studentship. And the help comes to him just when it is most needed -- he is in full swing of work and was casting about for some means of supporting himself which would least interfere with his work, when I called his attention to the Studentship. I feel myself very gratified that I can at the very outset recommend just the man, as it appears to me, for the post." This is a thing your Father would have chosen as a result of his life.
Mr. Sully's article is not strong, but there is evidence that he has taken pains to read what he writes about, and there is the effort to be just. What he seems to have made out for himself is the position to be given to the Biogr[aphical] History of Philosophy. But he is too young to appreciate what it did for the generation before him.
I feel for his sufferings under the crowing -- especially the waiting for it. One is tempted to wish for a Charlotte Corday to assassinate the vocal plague.
Our household moves to London on the 30th. I am very well, though the sharp cold at the beginning of this week -- indeed all this week until the outburst of sunshine this morning -- has been rather trying.
I have several letters to write, so no more at present from
The loving
Mutter.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Oct. 79 (20th). Published: Paterson, pp. 206-207.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
Saturday.
Dearest Boy
Thanks for the receipts. I have had a delightful bit of news from Dr. Foster this morning. He had mentioned to me before that there was an Edinburgh student whom he had in his mind as the right one to elect. This morning he writes: "The Trustees meet tomorrow to receive my nomination. I have chosen Dr. Charles Roy, 332 an Edinburgh man and Scotchman -- not one of my own pupils. He is, I think, the most promising -- by far the most promising -- of our young physiologists, putting aside those who do not need the pecuniary assistance of the studentship. And the help comes to him just when it is most needed -- he is in full swing of work and was casting about for some means of supporting himself which would least interfere with his work, when I called his attention to the Studentship. I feel myself very gratified that I can at the very outset recommend just the man, as it appears to me, for the post." This is a thing your Father would have chosen as a result of his life.
Mr. Sully's article is not strong, but there is evidence that he has taken pains to read what he writes about, and there is the effort to be just. What he seems to have made out for himself is the position to be given to the Biogr[aphical] History of Philosophy. But he is too young to appreciate what it did for the generation before him.
I feel for his sufferings under the crowing -- especially the waiting for it. One is tempted to wish for a Charlotte Corday to assassinate the vocal plague.
Our household moves to London on the 30th. I am very well, though the sharp cold at the beginning of this week -- indeed all this week until the outburst of sunshine this morning -- has been rather trying.
I have several letters to write, so no more at present from
The loving
Mutter.
Signature
Mutter.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Witley, [18 October 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/92230