GE to Frederic Harrison, London, 25 May 1868
Title
GE to Frederic Harrison, London, 25 May 1868
Title
GE to Frederic Harrison, London, 25 May 1868
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Frederic Harrison
Date(s)
- 1868-05-25
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Frederic Harrison, London, 25 May 1868
MS: Tinker Collection, Yale. Envelope: Frederic Harrison Esq. | 7 New Square | Lincolns Inn | W.C. Postmarks: LONDON-N.W | 2 | MY 25 | 68; LONDON-W.C | GN | MY 25 | 68. Published: Cross, III, 50-51.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
May 25. 68.
Dear Mr. Harrison
Before we set off to Germany, I want to tell you that a copy of "The Spanish Gypsy" will be sent to you. If there had been time before our going away, I should have written on the fly-leaf that it was offered by the author "in grateful remembrance." For I especially desire that you should understand my reasons for asking you to accept the book to be retrospective and not prospective.
And I am going out of reach of all letters, so that you are free from any need to write to me, and may let the book lie till you like to open it.
I give away my books only by exception, and in venturing to make you an exceptional person in this matter, I am urged by the strong wish to express my value for the help and sympathy you gave me two years ago. Always
Yours most sincerely
M. E. Lewes.
Frederic Harrison Esq.
MS: Tinker Collection, Yale. Envelope: Frederic Harrison Esq. | 7 New Square | Lincolns Inn | W.C. Postmarks: LONDON-N.W | 2 | MY 25 | 68; LONDON-W.C | GN | MY 25 | 68. Published: Cross, III, 50-51.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
May 25. 68.
Dear Mr. Harrison
Before we set off to Germany, I want to tell you that a copy of "The Spanish Gypsy" will be sent to you. If there had been time before our going away, I should have written on the fly-leaf that it was offered by the author "in grateful remembrance." For I especially desire that you should understand my reasons for asking you to accept the book to be retrospective and not prospective.
And I am going out of reach of all letters, so that you are free from any need to write to me, and may let the book lie till you like to open it.
I give away my books only by exception, and in venturing to make you an exceptional person in this matter, I am urged by the strong wish to express my value for the help and sympathy you gave me two years ago. Always
Yours most sincerely
M. E. Lewes.
Frederic Harrison Esq.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Frederic Harrison, London, 25 May 1868, 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/92407