GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 6 November 1852]
Title
GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 6 November 1852]
Title
GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 6 November 1852]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray
Date(s)
- 1852-11-06
Place
[London]
Letter Content
GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 6 November 1852]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Nov. 6. 1852. Extracts published: Cross, I, 296.
Saturday.
Dearest Friends
To get into a first class carriage, fall asleep, and awake to find oneself where one would be, is almost as good as having Prince Hussein's carpet. This was my easy way of getting to London on Thursday. Good Mr. C. 215 at the station waiting for me and delighted to see me. By 5 o'clock I had unpacked all my boxes and made my room tidy, and then I began to feel some satisfaction in being settled down where I am of most use just now. After dinner came Herbert Spencer and spent the evening with me. 216 Yesterday morning Mr. Greg 217 called, on his way to Paris, to express his regret that he did not see me at Ambleside. He is very pleasing, but somehow or other he frightens me dreadfully.
Things seem to be going on tolerably well here. Mr. Chapman listens most amiably to my report of the fault people find with him. He is better than they think. I have read Kingsley's Phaethon 218 this morning, and long to cut it up. Kingsley provokes me more and more. I am going to plunge into Thackeray's novel 219 now, so good-bye.
God bless you all. 220
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Nov. 6. 1852. Extracts published: Cross, I, 296.
Saturday.
Dearest Friends
To get into a first class carriage, fall asleep, and awake to find oneself where one would be, is almost as good as having Prince Hussein's carpet. This was my easy way of getting to London on Thursday. Good Mr. C. 215 at the station waiting for me and delighted to see me. By 5 o'clock I had unpacked all my boxes and made my room tidy, and then I began to feel some satisfaction in being settled down where I am of most use just now. After dinner came Herbert Spencer and spent the evening with me. 216 Yesterday morning Mr. Greg 217 called, on his way to Paris, to express his regret that he did not see me at Ambleside. He is very pleasing, but somehow or other he frightens me dreadfully.
Things seem to be going on tolerably well here. Mr. Chapman listens most amiably to my report of the fault people find with him. He is better than they think. I have read Kingsley's Phaethon 218 this morning, and long to cut it up. Kingsley provokes me more and more. I am going to plunge into Thackeray's novel 219 now, so good-bye.
God bless you all. 220
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bray, [London, 6 November 1852], 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/93152