GE to John Blackwood, London, [15? April 1861]
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, [15? April 1861]
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, [15? April 1861]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1861-04-15
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to John Blackwood, London, [15? April 1861]
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
Blandford Square, | N.W.
My dear Sir
It was a double satisfaction to see your handwriting as a sign that nothing was hindering you from returning to work -- the best of visible comforters. 745
I shall be very happy on all accounts if I am able to send you promising news of my progress. I am not at all confident; but I shall do the best my brain and strength will let me do. And there is always the pleasant background to my work, that I shall find nothing but help and agreement (in all fundamental matters of feeling) in you. This really makes a great difference in authorship -- in mine especially, with my tendency to suffer disproportionately from all discords.
We had not heard of Mudie's new demand for 500, and I am particularly glad to know of the prudent limitation as to printing.
Since we have a second time the evil chance of missing you on your spring visit to London, I hope something will demand an extra visit from you before another May. Pray give my kind remembrances to Mr. W. Blackwood 746 and believe me
Always yours truly
M. E. Lewes.
J. Blackwood Esq.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
Blandford Square, | N.W.
My dear Sir
It was a double satisfaction to see your handwriting as a sign that nothing was hindering you from returning to work -- the best of visible comforters. 745
I shall be very happy on all accounts if I am able to send you promising news of my progress. I am not at all confident; but I shall do the best my brain and strength will let me do. And there is always the pleasant background to my work, that I shall find nothing but help and agreement (in all fundamental matters of feeling) in you. This really makes a great difference in authorship -- in mine especially, with my tendency to suffer disproportionately from all discords.
We had not heard of Mudie's new demand for 500, and I am particularly glad to know of the prudent limitation as to printing.
Since we have a second time the evil chance of missing you on your spring visit to London, I hope something will demand an extra visit from you before another May. Pray give my kind remembrances to Mr. W. Blackwood 746 and believe me
Always yours truly
M. E. Lewes.
J. Blackwood Esq.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to John Blackwood, London, [15? April 1861], 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/92589