GE to James Sully, Witley, 10 September 1879
Title
GE to James Sully, Witley, 10 September 1879
Title
GE to James Sully, Witley, 10 September 1879
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
James Sully
Date(s)
- 1879-09-10
Place
Witley
Letter Content
GE to James Sully, Witley, 10 September 1879
Text: Cross, III, 378-379.
I have read the article 315 with very grateful feelings. I think that he would himself have regarded it as a generally just estimate. And I am much obliged to you for sending it to me in proof.
Your selection of subjects for remark, and the remarks themselves, are in accordance with my feeling to a comforting extent; and I shall always remain your debtor for writing the article.
I trust you will not be forced to omit anything about his scientific and philosophical work, because that is the part of his life's labour which he most valued.
Perhaps you a little underrate the (original) effect of his [Life of Goethe] in Germany. 316 It was received with enthusiasm, and an immense number of copies, in both the English and German form, have been sold in Germany since its appearance in 1854 [i.e. 1855].
I wish you were allowed to put your name to the article.
Text: Cross, III, 378-379.
I have read the article 315 with very grateful feelings. I think that he would himself have regarded it as a generally just estimate. And I am much obliged to you for sending it to me in proof.
Your selection of subjects for remark, and the remarks themselves, are in accordance with my feeling to a comforting extent; and I shall always remain your debtor for writing the article.
I trust you will not be forced to omit anything about his scientific and philosophical work, because that is the part of his life's labour which he most valued.
Perhaps you a little underrate the (original) effect of his [Life of Goethe] in Germany. 316 It was received with enthusiasm, and an immense number of copies, in both the English and German form, have been sold in Germany since its appearance in 1854 [i.e. 1855].
I wish you were allowed to put your name to the article.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to James Sully, Witley, 10 September 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/92548