GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 11 April 1853]
Title
GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 11 April 1853]
Title
GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 11 April 1853]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray
Date(s)
- 1853-04-11
Place
[London]
Letter Content
GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 11 April 1853]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: April 11. 1853. Extracts published: Cross, 1, 308.
Monday Morning.
Dear Creatures
Your letters this morning make sunshine for me and I shall go to Sydenham 311 in good spirits, though a quarter of an hour ago I was thinking the journey a bore. Only I am sorry to hear of Mr. Bray's lumbago -- after having had rheumatism myself I know how to sympathize with him.
The Times and the Athenaeum still speak confidently about the American Copyright, so perhaps there is no reason for desponding. 312
Please return H.M's letter.
The article on Schopenhauer is Oxenford's. That on Ruth and
Villette G. H. Lewes's! His, too, is the one on Alex. Smith. 313 "French Writers on Fr[ench] Policy" 314 is by Col. Perronet Thompson. There is an amusing article on Human Hair in the Quarterly. 315 The Edinburgh is a good number -- better than ours.
What do you think of my going to Australia with Chrissey and all her family? -- to settle them and then come back. I am just going to write to her and suggest the idea. When will Mr. Bray come to London? Not but that he is wise to keep away from it.
Bless you all. I can sing a Jubilate Deo when you are comfortable. One wants something to keep up one's faith in happiness -- a ray or two for one's friends if not for oneself. 'abLewes has been quite a pleasant friend to me lately.'bb
Much love from your ever affectionate
Pollian.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: April 11. 1853. Extracts published: Cross, 1, 308.
Monday Morning.
Dear Creatures
Your letters this morning make sunshine for me and I shall go to Sydenham 311 in good spirits, though a quarter of an hour ago I was thinking the journey a bore. Only I am sorry to hear of Mr. Bray's lumbago -- after having had rheumatism myself I know how to sympathize with him.
The Times and the Athenaeum still speak confidently about the American Copyright, so perhaps there is no reason for desponding. 312
Please return H.M's letter.
The article on Schopenhauer is Oxenford's. That on Ruth and
Villette G. H. Lewes's! His, too, is the one on Alex. Smith. 313 "French Writers on Fr[ench] Policy" 314 is by Col. Perronet Thompson. There is an amusing article on Human Hair in the Quarterly. 315 The Edinburgh is a good number -- better than ours.
What do you think of my going to Australia with Chrissey and all her family? -- to settle them and then come back. I am just going to write to her and suggest the idea. When will Mr. Bray come to London? Not but that he is wise to keep away from it.
Bless you all. I can sing a Jubilate Deo when you are comfortable. One wants something to keep up one's faith in happiness -- a ray or two for one's friends if not for oneself. 'abLewes has been quite a pleasant friend to me lately.'bb
Much love from your ever affectionate
Pollian.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 11 April 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/93140