GE to John Blackwood, London, 22 February 1869
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, 22 February 1869
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, 22 February 1869
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1869-02-22
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to John Blackwood, London, 22 February 1869
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
February 22. 69.
My dear Sir
I have just received and answered, in Mr. Lewes's absence, the Telegram which Mr. Simpson has had the trouble of sending about my tiresome proof. This increases the anxiety I already felt, after reading your letter this morning, lest I should have caused you serious inconvenience. It was rather thoughtless of me to send any M.S. so near the end of the month without expressly stating that I did not think of its being published in the forthcoming number. I am sincerely sorry if there is any undesirable consequence over and above the worry to you, which I would certainly not have inflicted willingly. Mr. Lewes thought that he had prevented further trouble by his letter written on Saturday after receiving the first telegram, and this morning on my receiving your letter, he said it must in any case be too late to send the proof now.
Doubtless it was better, as he thought, for me to give the poem a chance of further correction than could have been recognized as needful in a rapid proof-reading. I have made various verbal corrections of importance, and have rewritten the passage you had marked.
I hope I was never so troublesome before, and I will try not to be so again.
Yours always truly
M. E. Lewes.
John Blackwood Esq.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
February 22. 69.
My dear Sir
I have just received and answered, in Mr. Lewes's absence, the Telegram which Mr. Simpson has had the trouble of sending about my tiresome proof. This increases the anxiety I already felt, after reading your letter this morning, lest I should have caused you serious inconvenience. It was rather thoughtless of me to send any M.S. so near the end of the month without expressly stating that I did not think of its being published in the forthcoming number. I am sincerely sorry if there is any undesirable consequence over and above the worry to you, which I would certainly not have inflicted willingly. Mr. Lewes thought that he had prevented further trouble by his letter written on Saturday after receiving the first telegram, and this morning on my receiving your letter, he said it must in any case be too late to send the proof now.
Doubtless it was better, as he thought, for me to give the poem a chance of further correction than could have been recognized as needful in a rapid proof-reading. I have made various verbal corrections of importance, and have rewritten the passage you had marked.
I hope I was never so troublesome before, and I will try not to be so again.
Yours always truly
M. E. Lewes.
John Blackwood Esq.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to John Blackwood, London, 22 February 1869, 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/92645