GE to Emily Susannah Clarke, London, 12 June 1875
Title
GE to Emily Susannah Clarke, London, 12 June 1875
Title
GE to Emily Susannah Clarke, London, 12 June 1875
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Emily Susannah Clarke
Date(s)
- 1875-06-12
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Emily Susannah Clarke, London, 12 June 1875
MS: Mr. C. E. Clarke. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
June 12. 75.
Dearest Emily
I am sorry to think of your losing so healthy a change as a visit to Scotland during the Summer Holidays, but the sweet duties of gratitude cannot be neglected without a still greater loss, and you will at least have the relief of rest with your friend Madam Monsigny.
Next week we go into the country for the summer and autumn -- or part of autumn -- to a house at which our address will be | The Elms | Rickmansworth | Hertfordshire. | I am longing much for the country hoping that it will make me stronger, for I have no good report to give of my health during these last three months. Apart from health all has been well with us.
I wish we had been able to manage a little visit to Brighton for a day and a night this spring, for it would have been a great satisfaction to me to have a kiss and a chat with you. But I have been so delicate and so liable to suffer from the slightest draught, that we have been discouraged from railway journeys in which we must have had that undesirable companion the North-East Wind.
I am surprized to hear that our old friend Dr. Kittermaster 273 is still living. The kind old man would be sadly grieved to know of the trouble about Edward in whom he took so friendly an interest. You can hardly expect to hear from that unfortunate Brother, and perhaps silence is the least painful condition in relation to him.
The bit of newspaper you sent me about Dr. Ruge 274 gratified me highly. It is an honour to his fellow-countrymen that they do him honour. I hope that you keep up your connection with Frau Ruge, and are not too much exhausted by other work to have a little appetite for German studies.
All blessings on you, dear. Your Uncle unites with me in love.
Ever your affectionate
Aunt Polly.
MS: Mr. C. E. Clarke. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
June 12. 75.
Dearest Emily
I am sorry to think of your losing so healthy a change as a visit to Scotland during the Summer Holidays, but the sweet duties of gratitude cannot be neglected without a still greater loss, and you will at least have the relief of rest with your friend Madam Monsigny.
Next week we go into the country for the summer and autumn -- or part of autumn -- to a house at which our address will be | The Elms | Rickmansworth | Hertfordshire. | I am longing much for the country hoping that it will make me stronger, for I have no good report to give of my health during these last three months. Apart from health all has been well with us.
I wish we had been able to manage a little visit to Brighton for a day and a night this spring, for it would have been a great satisfaction to me to have a kiss and a chat with you. But I have been so delicate and so liable to suffer from the slightest draught, that we have been discouraged from railway journeys in which we must have had that undesirable companion the North-East Wind.
I am surprized to hear that our old friend Dr. Kittermaster 273 is still living. The kind old man would be sadly grieved to know of the trouble about Edward in whom he took so friendly an interest. You can hardly expect to hear from that unfortunate Brother, and perhaps silence is the least painful condition in relation to him.
The bit of newspaper you sent me about Dr. Ruge 274 gratified me highly. It is an honour to his fellow-countrymen that they do him honour. I hope that you keep up your connection with Frau Ruge, and are not too much exhausted by other work to have a little appetite for German studies.
All blessings on you, dear. Your Uncle unites with me in love.
Ever your affectionate
Aunt Polly.
Signature
Aunt Polly.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Emily Susannah Clarke, London, 12 June 1875, 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/92323