GE to John Chapman, [London, 17? December 1853]
Title
GE to John Chapman, [London, 17? December 1853]
Title
GE to John Chapman, [London, 17? December 1853]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
John Chapman
Date(s)
- 1853-12-17
Place
[London]
Letter Content
GE to John Chapman, [London, 17? December 1853]
MS: Berg Collection, New York Public Library. Endorsed: Miss Evans. Dec. 1853. Published: B. C. Williams, George Eliot, New York, Macmillan, 1936, p. 99.
Private
Dear Friend
May I beg that you will not send Mr. Huxley's M.S. 417 to the printer until you have seen me again? I have found out that he is in the wrong in his remark on the embryological doctrine at p. 33 of Mr. Lewes's book, and also that the ridicule he throws on the remark about the gallionella ferruginea is not well founded. At all events I think you will wish for the sake of the Review as well as from your own sense of justice that such a purely contemptuous notice should not be admitted unless it be well warranted. The case is the more delicate as the criticism of Mr. Lewes comes after the unmitigated praise of Miss Martineau. I hope to see you tomorrow afternoon.
How came you to mention to Miss M. that you saw the proof of Mr. Lewes's book "in 'abmy'bb Miss Evan's room"? I think you must admit that your mention of my name was quite gratuitous.
So far you were naughty -- but never mind.
Yours faithfully
Marian Evans.
MS: Berg Collection, New York Public Library. Endorsed: Miss Evans. Dec. 1853. Published: B. C. Williams, George Eliot, New York, Macmillan, 1936, p. 99.
Private
Dear Friend
May I beg that you will not send Mr. Huxley's M.S. 417 to the printer until you have seen me again? I have found out that he is in the wrong in his remark on the embryological doctrine at p. 33 of Mr. Lewes's book, and also that the ridicule he throws on the remark about the gallionella ferruginea is not well founded. At all events I think you will wish for the sake of the Review as well as from your own sense of justice that such a purely contemptuous notice should not be admitted unless it be well warranted. The case is the more delicate as the criticism of Mr. Lewes comes after the unmitigated praise of Miss Martineau. I hope to see you tomorrow afternoon.
How came you to mention to Miss M. that you saw the proof of Mr. Lewes's book "in 'abmy'bb Miss Evan's room"? I think you must admit that your mention of my name was quite gratuitous.
So far you were naughty -- but never mind.
Yours faithfully
Marian Evans.
Signature
Marian Evans.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to John Chapman, [London, 17? December 1853], 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/92768