GE to John Blackwood, London, 6 September 1866
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, 6 September 1866
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, 6 September 1866
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1866-09-06
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to John Blackwood, London, 6 September 1866
MS: National Library of Scotland. Extracts published: Cross, II, 443-444.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
September 6. 66.
My dear Sir
It is so long since we exchanged letters, that I feel inclined to break the silence, by telling you that I have been reading with much interest the "Operations of War" which you enriched me with. Also that I have had a pretty note, in aged handwriting, from Dean Ramsay 521 with a present of his "Reminiscences of Scottish Life." I suppose you know him quite well, but I never heard you mention him. Also -- what will amuse you -- that my readers take quite a tender care of my text, writing to me to tell of a misprint or of "one phrase" which they entreat to have altered, that no blemish may disfigure "Felix." Dr. Althaus 522 has sent me word of a misprint which I am glad to know of -- or rather of a word slipped out in the 3d volume, "She saw streaks of light etc. and sounds." 523 It must be corrected when the opportunity comes.
We have been occupied the last three weeks in preparing our third boy, now a big young man, to join his brother (the "Cub" of old days) in Natal. Thornie has a grant of land, and wants to settle as a farmer, and as Bertie has been thoroughly drilled to that calling and wishes to be with his brother, it seems the best thing we can do for them to set them going as partners by stocking their farm. He is to be on board the steamer at Southhampton on Sunday. So we travel onward in life and "den Weg zur'fcck legen"!
We are very well, and I am swimming in Spanish history and literature. I feel as if I were molesting you with a letter without any good excuse, but you are not bound to write again until a wet day makes Golf impossible and creates a dreariness in which even letter-writing seems like a recreation.
Always yours truly
M. E. Lewes.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Extracts published: Cross, II, 443-444.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
September 6. 66.
My dear Sir
It is so long since we exchanged letters, that I feel inclined to break the silence, by telling you that I have been reading with much interest the "Operations of War" which you enriched me with. Also that I have had a pretty note, in aged handwriting, from Dean Ramsay 521 with a present of his "Reminiscences of Scottish Life." I suppose you know him quite well, but I never heard you mention him. Also -- what will amuse you -- that my readers take quite a tender care of my text, writing to me to tell of a misprint or of "one phrase" which they entreat to have altered, that no blemish may disfigure "Felix." Dr. Althaus 522 has sent me word of a misprint which I am glad to know of -- or rather of a word slipped out in the 3d volume, "She saw streaks of light etc. and sounds." 523 It must be corrected when the opportunity comes.
We have been occupied the last three weeks in preparing our third boy, now a big young man, to join his brother (the "Cub" of old days) in Natal. Thornie has a grant of land, and wants to settle as a farmer, and as Bertie has been thoroughly drilled to that calling and wishes to be with his brother, it seems the best thing we can do for them to set them going as partners by stocking their farm. He is to be on board the steamer at Southhampton on Sunday. So we travel onward in life and "den Weg zur'fcck legen"!
We are very well, and I am swimming in Spanish history and literature. I feel as if I were molesting you with a letter without any good excuse, but you are not bound to write again until a wet day makes Golf impossible and creates a dreariness in which even letter-writing seems like a recreation.
Always yours truly
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to John Blackwood, London, 6 September 1866, 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/92692