GE to John Blackwood, London, 4 May 1865
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, 4 May 1865
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, 4 May 1865
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1865-05-04
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to John Blackwood, London, 4 May 1865
MS: National Library of Scotland. Endorsed: 330 A.B. sold 78 Clerical. Published: TLS, 10 March 1972, p. 282.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
May 4. 65.
My dear Sir
I congratulate you more on being at Strathtyrum than on the prospect of coming to London, though I shall be happy to see you when you are condemned to streets instead of sea-shore and mountains.
I see from Mr. Simpson's account that in February 1864, in accordance with the intention you had mentioned to me, there were reprinted 500 of the 1 volume edition of the Clerical Scenes with Silas Marner, and 1000 of the 1 volume edition of Adam Bede, for which you will remember that I have not received any payment. 647 Probably further reprints of the 6/- edition will not be required, and Mr. Lewes thinks that it will be well to defer a cheaper edition until I have published another book.
As you will imagine, he is very busy just now with the approaching first number of the Fortnightly Review, and the problem, well known to you, of reconciling uncalculated length of articles with calculated amount of space.
Believe me,
Always yours truly
Marian E. Lewes.
John Blackwood Esq.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Endorsed: 330 A.B. sold 78 Clerical. Published: TLS, 10 March 1972, p. 282.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
May 4. 65.
My dear Sir
I congratulate you more on being at Strathtyrum than on the prospect of coming to London, though I shall be happy to see you when you are condemned to streets instead of sea-shore and mountains.
I see from Mr. Simpson's account that in February 1864, in accordance with the intention you had mentioned to me, there were reprinted 500 of the 1 volume edition of the Clerical Scenes with Silas Marner, and 1000 of the 1 volume edition of Adam Bede, for which you will remember that I have not received any payment. 647 Probably further reprints of the 6/- edition will not be required, and Mr. Lewes thinks that it will be well to defer a cheaper edition until I have published another book.
As you will imagine, he is very busy just now with the approaching first number of the Fortnightly Review, and the problem, well known to you, of reconciling uncalculated length of articles with calculated amount of space.
Believe me,
Always yours truly
Marian E. Lewes.
John Blackwood Esq.
Signature
Marian E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to John Blackwood, London, 4 May 1865, 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/92683