GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 26 February 1853]
Title
GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 26 February 1853]
Title
GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 26 February 1853]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray
Date(s)
- 1853-02-26
Place
[London]
Letter Content
GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 26 February 1853]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Feb. 25. 1853. Extracts published: Cross, 1, 306-307.
Saturday.
Dear Friends
Do you observe that we are on the eve of having an American Copyright? 283 In which case the fortune of the Westminster is made, always supposing that periodicals are not excepted -- which would be a most unbecoming piece of envy in the Gods.
I suppose you got my last Saturday's note, which, it appears, was too late for the post. We had an agreeable evening on Wednesday -- a Mr. Huxley being the centre of interest. Since then I have been headachy and in a perpetual rage over an article that gives me no end of trouble and will not be satisfactory after all. I should like to stick red hot skewers through the writer whose style is as sprawling as his handwriting. I send Sara another Mazzini autograph to replace the one I took from her. 284
Dear Chrissey writes me letters that agitate me. People have offered to send her little ones to the Infant Orphan Asylum -- and the idea of the thing rends her heart. I think she ought to be provided for without any such measures.
For the rest, I am in excellent spirits, though not in the best health or temper. Mrs. Chapman knows that I am going to leave, and I think I shall manage it in the beginning of April. I am in for loads of work next quarter, but I shall not tell you what I am going to do. 285 Good-bye, dear souls. Write me some little scraps to-morrow.
Ever your
Pollian.
Forgive me if I forget anything for my head is distraught. I am most anxious to hear a more hopeful account of poor Harry. 286 Lameness seems worse than death for him. Mrs. C. Hennell was here last Sunday, looking, as you said, rather dejected.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Feb. 25. 1853. Extracts published: Cross, 1, 306-307.
Saturday.
Dear Friends
Do you observe that we are on the eve of having an American Copyright? 283 In which case the fortune of the Westminster is made, always supposing that periodicals are not excepted -- which would be a most unbecoming piece of envy in the Gods.
I suppose you got my last Saturday's note, which, it appears, was too late for the post. We had an agreeable evening on Wednesday -- a Mr. Huxley being the centre of interest. Since then I have been headachy and in a perpetual rage over an article that gives me no end of trouble and will not be satisfactory after all. I should like to stick red hot skewers through the writer whose style is as sprawling as his handwriting. I send Sara another Mazzini autograph to replace the one I took from her. 284
Dear Chrissey writes me letters that agitate me. People have offered to send her little ones to the Infant Orphan Asylum -- and the idea of the thing rends her heart. I think she ought to be provided for without any such measures.
For the rest, I am in excellent spirits, though not in the best health or temper. Mrs. Chapman knows that I am going to leave, and I think I shall manage it in the beginning of April. I am in for loads of work next quarter, but I shall not tell you what I am going to do. 285 Good-bye, dear souls. Write me some little scraps to-morrow.
Ever your
Pollian.
Forgive me if I forget anything for my head is distraught. I am most anxious to hear a more hopeful account of poor Harry. 286 Lameness seems worse than death for him. Mrs. C. Hennell was here last Sunday, looking, as you said, rather dejected.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 26 February 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/93148