GE to John Blackwood, Gorey, 16 June 1857
Title
GE to John Blackwood, Gorey, 16 June 1857
Title
GE to John Blackwood, Gorey, 16 June 1857
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1857-06-16
Place
Gorey
Letter Content
GE to John Blackwood, Gorey, 16 June 1857
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
Rosa Cottage | Gorey | June 16th /57.
My dear Sir
Thanks for your kind letter. It shows that you have understood me, and will give me confidence for the future. I have attended, I think, to all your marginal observations except one, and have been able to make several omissions and introduce several touches which I hope you will find an agreeable modification of the second chapter, when you read it in revise. I wish I could send you more M.S., but unfortunately I have not enough in readiness for you, to make that worth while.
The descriptions of character are not so alien to the drama as they possibly appear to you at present, and several other things that seem to have puzzled you will I dare say, become clear as the story proceeds. I will forward the next part as soon as I can possibly get it in a state of completeness and now I have your cordial words to give me confidence it will go on more swimmingly.
I heartily respond to your wish that our literary intercourse may continue -- for that wish includes many good things. It means that I shall go on writing what will stir men's hearts to sympathy as well as that I shall have all the pleasures and advantages involved in the possession of a generous editor. That that editor may one day become a personal friend is a prospect which I hope I may indulge without proving too sanguine. Ever, my dear Sir,
Yours very truly
George Eliot.
John Blackwood Esq.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
Rosa Cottage | Gorey | June 16th /57.
My dear Sir
Thanks for your kind letter. It shows that you have understood me, and will give me confidence for the future. I have attended, I think, to all your marginal observations except one, and have been able to make several omissions and introduce several touches which I hope you will find an agreeable modification of the second chapter, when you read it in revise. I wish I could send you more M.S., but unfortunately I have not enough in readiness for you, to make that worth while.
The descriptions of character are not so alien to the drama as they possibly appear to you at present, and several other things that seem to have puzzled you will I dare say, become clear as the story proceeds. I will forward the next part as soon as I can possibly get it in a state of completeness and now I have your cordial words to give me confidence it will go on more swimmingly.
I heartily respond to your wish that our literary intercourse may continue -- for that wish includes many good things. It means that I shall go on writing what will stir men's hearts to sympathy as well as that I shall have all the pleasures and advantages involved in the possession of a generous editor. That that editor may one day become a personal friend is a prospect which I hope I may indulge without proving too sanguine. Ever, my dear Sir,
Yours very truly
George Eliot.
John Blackwood Esq.
Signature
George Eliot.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to John Blackwood, Gorey, 16 June 1857, 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/92582