GE to Frederic Harrison, London, [26 May 1866]
Title
GE to Frederic Harrison, London, [26 May 1866]
Title
GE to Frederic Harrison, London, [26 May 1866]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Frederic Harrison
Date(s)
- 1866-05-26
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Frederic Harrison, London, [26 May 1866]
MS: Tinker Collection, Yale. Endorsed: May 28. 66. Envelope: Frederic Harrison Esq | 7 New Square | Lincolns Inn | W.C. Postmarks: LONDON-N.W | 9 | MY 28 | 66; LONDON-W.C | 5M | MY 28 | 66. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Saturday Evening.
My dear Mr. Harrison
I cannot help writing to you to tell you how much I feel your goodness in writing and coming to me today.
Now I have read your letter, I see there are one or two points which I might have used with advantage had I known them earlier. But the only thing that seems to impose an alteration in the nature of transposition is, that the witnesses to character should come last. This morning, in order to produce a certain slackening of interest before Esther comes in, I unfortunately just made the wrong transposition and put the <three> two witnesses who swear to a fact <concerning> -- the effort of Felix to make the mob go down Hobb's Lane -- last. But this can be altered in proof. 464 Alas -- I am a miserable wretch.
Always yours sincerely
M. E. Lewes.
I beseech you, do all you can with the proof.
MS: Tinker Collection, Yale. Endorsed: May 28. 66. Envelope: Frederic Harrison Esq | 7 New Square | Lincolns Inn | W.C. Postmarks: LONDON-N.W | 9 | MY 28 | 66; LONDON-W.C | 5M | MY 28 | 66. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Saturday Evening.
My dear Mr. Harrison
I cannot help writing to you to tell you how much I feel your goodness in writing and coming to me today.
Now I have read your letter, I see there are one or two points which I might have used with advantage had I known them earlier. But the only thing that seems to impose an alteration in the nature of transposition is, that the witnesses to character should come last. This morning, in order to produce a certain slackening of interest before Esther comes in, I unfortunately just made the wrong transposition and put the <three> two witnesses who swear to a fact <concerning> -- the effort of Felix to make the mob go down Hobb's Lane -- last. But this can be altered in proof. 464 Alas -- I am a miserable wretch.
Always yours sincerely
M. E. Lewes.
I beseech you, do all you can with the proof.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Frederic Harrison, London, [26 May 1866], 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/92391