GE to John Blackwood, London, 25 September 1861
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, 25 September 1861
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, 25 September 1861
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1861-09-25
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to John Blackwood, London, 25 September 1861
MS: National Library of Scotland. Published: TLS, 10 March 1972, p. 281.
16, Blandford Square, | N.W.
September 25. 61.
My dear Sir
Thanks for the precious cheque, which has just been safely deposited in Mr. Lewes's pocket on its way to the bank.
He begs me to tell you that he made the requisite alterations in the proof, and sent it on yesterday. He is in better working order now, and I hope there will be no drawback on the improvement which has very decidedly begun.
We have our noisy hopeful, Thornie -- "Sturm und Drang" as one of our friends has christened him -- just come home from Switzerland, which will cause the parental meditations a few days of distraction -- happily not of an unhealthy kind.
I have read carefully all through "Adam Bede" and "The Mill" and have marked all the errata I have discovered. 562 I hope the new editions will be carefully printed after these corrected copies, which I shall presently send. I have also marked in the Clerical Scenes some corrections which Mr. Lewes noted when he last read them. But I cannot read these and Silas Marner through, as I have done the other two books -- I find this reading excite me too much and carry me away from the present. I am very glad, however, that I have given the needful time to "Adam" and "The Mill," for there were several mistakes which affected the sense in an important manner. It has moved me a good deal -- reading the books again after a long interval, but it has done me good, for I can say a full Amen to everything I have written. I shall await your letter about the new editions and then send the corrected copies.
I am glad to hear of your sanitary measures. To a certain extent one must adopt the creed attributed to Mr. Buckle 563
"I believe in all the gases As the means to raise the masses."
I find myself considerably depressed by the gases on close London days, I know. But perhaps one of the best sanitary influences is the laughing gas you get in the form of your friends' fun.
It would be a great pleasure to me to add to the already agreeable acquaintance I have with Mr. White 564 through his writings by some personal knowledge of him.
We are having frequent rain here. I hope you are more fortunate, and have moisture in no other form than that of white morning mists, soon dispersed by sunshine.
Ever yours truly
Marian E. Lewes.
John Blackwood Esq.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Published: TLS, 10 March 1972, p. 281.
16, Blandford Square, | N.W.
September 25. 61.
My dear Sir
Thanks for the precious cheque, which has just been safely deposited in Mr. Lewes's pocket on its way to the bank.
He begs me to tell you that he made the requisite alterations in the proof, and sent it on yesterday. He is in better working order now, and I hope there will be no drawback on the improvement which has very decidedly begun.
We have our noisy hopeful, Thornie -- "Sturm und Drang" as one of our friends has christened him -- just come home from Switzerland, which will cause the parental meditations a few days of distraction -- happily not of an unhealthy kind.
I have read carefully all through "Adam Bede" and "The Mill" and have marked all the errata I have discovered. 562 I hope the new editions will be carefully printed after these corrected copies, which I shall presently send. I have also marked in the Clerical Scenes some corrections which Mr. Lewes noted when he last read them. But I cannot read these and Silas Marner through, as I have done the other two books -- I find this reading excite me too much and carry me away from the present. I am very glad, however, that I have given the needful time to "Adam" and "The Mill," for there were several mistakes which affected the sense in an important manner. It has moved me a good deal -- reading the books again after a long interval, but it has done me good, for I can say a full Amen to everything I have written. I shall await your letter about the new editions and then send the corrected copies.
I am glad to hear of your sanitary measures. To a certain extent one must adopt the creed attributed to Mr. Buckle 563
"I believe in all the gases As the means to raise the masses."
I find myself considerably depressed by the gases on close London days, I know. But perhaps one of the best sanitary influences is the laughing gas you get in the form of your friends' fun.
It would be a great pleasure to me to add to the already agreeable acquaintance I have with Mr. White 564 through his writings by some personal knowledge of him.
We are having frequent rain here. I hope you are more fortunate, and have moisture in no other form than that of white morning mists, soon dispersed by sunshine.
Ever yours truly
Marian E. Lewes.
John Blackwood Esq.
Signature
Marian E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to John Blackwood, London, 25 September 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/92659