GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, [30 March 1873]
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, [30 March 1873]
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, [30 March 1873]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon
Date(s)
- 1873-03-30
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, [30 March 1873]
MS: Berg Collection, New York Public Library.
I was under a delusion this afternoon in talking to Mrs. Sitwell. 175 I imagined that she was speaking of some definite plan for helping forward the higher education of girls, and it was in reference to such a plan that I thought it desirable to exclude lady-associates of the kind you wot of. When I found that it was only the Conversazione scheme, I was quite sorry that I had made my unnecessary remarks. For that sort of project
[top half of page torn off]
If you want histories, there are Mommsen's history of Rome, and Curtius's history of Greece. But they are both translated. Still they are admirably well written and therefore good to read in German. Grimm's Kinder und Hausm'e4rchen, and Grimm's Deutsche Mythologie might be thought of.
Gervinus's book on German poetical literature is too heavy, and presupposes all knowledge in the reader. There is a voluminous History of German Literature by Julian Schmidt, for one. 176 But [half of page torn away] less useful writing, because it [half of page torn away]
MS: Berg Collection, New York Public Library.
I was under a delusion this afternoon in talking to Mrs. Sitwell. 175 I imagined that she was speaking of some definite plan for helping forward the higher education of girls, and it was in reference to such a plan that I thought it desirable to exclude lady-associates of the kind you wot of. When I found that it was only the Conversazione scheme, I was quite sorry that I had made my unnecessary remarks. For that sort of project
[top half of page torn off]
If you want histories, there are Mommsen's history of Rome, and Curtius's history of Greece. But they are both translated. Still they are admirably well written and therefore good to read in German. Grimm's Kinder und Hausm'e4rchen, and Grimm's Deutsche Mythologie might be thought of.
Gervinus's book on German poetical literature is too heavy, and presupposes all knowledge in the reader. There is a voluminous History of German Literature by Julian Schmidt, for one. 176 But [half of page torn away] less useful writing, because it [half of page torn away]
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, London, [30 March 1873], 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/93010