GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 3 April 1871
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 3 April 1871
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 3 April 1871
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray
Date(s)
- 1871-04-03
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 3 April 1871
MS: Yale. Extracts published: Cross, III, 129-130.
The Priory | 21 North Bank | April 3. 71.
My dear Cara
I happened today to be talking to a very sweet-faced woman, 262 (the sister of Dr. Bridges, whom I think you know something of,) and she mentioned, 'e0 propos of educating children in the love of animals, that she had felt the want of some good little book as a help in this matter. I told her of yours, and when I said that it was written by Mrs. Bray, the author of "Physiology for Schools" she said, "O, I know that book well." I have made her a present of my copy of "Duty to Animals" feeling that this was a good quarter in which to plant that offset. For she had been telling me of her practical interest in the Infant and other Schools in Suffolk, where she lives.
We have had a great pleasure today in learning that our friend Miss Bury is engaged to be married, to Mr. Geddes, a Scotch gentleman. 263 There is a streak of sadness for her family in the fact that she is to go to India with her husband next November, but all else is bright in her prospect. It is very sweet to see, and think of, the happiness of the young! [Half a page cut away here.]
I am scribbling with an infirm head, at the end of the day, just for the sake of letting you know one proof, in addition doubtless to many others which you have already had, that your pretty little book is likely to supply a want. With best love to all
Yours ever
Pollian.
MS: Yale. Extracts published: Cross, III, 129-130.
The Priory | 21 North Bank | April 3. 71.
My dear Cara
I happened today to be talking to a very sweet-faced woman, 262 (the sister of Dr. Bridges, whom I think you know something of,) and she mentioned, 'e0 propos of educating children in the love of animals, that she had felt the want of some good little book as a help in this matter. I told her of yours, and when I said that it was written by Mrs. Bray, the author of "Physiology for Schools" she said, "O, I know that book well." I have made her a present of my copy of "Duty to Animals" feeling that this was a good quarter in which to plant that offset. For she had been telling me of her practical interest in the Infant and other Schools in Suffolk, where she lives.
We have had a great pleasure today in learning that our friend Miss Bury is engaged to be married, to Mr. Geddes, a Scotch gentleman. 263 There is a streak of sadness for her family in the fact that she is to go to India with her husband next November, but all else is bright in her prospect. It is very sweet to see, and think of, the happiness of the young! [Half a page cut away here.]
I am scribbling with an infirm head, at the end of the day, just for the sake of letting you know one proof, in addition doubtless to many others which you have already had, that your pretty little book is likely to supply a want. With best love to all
Yours ever
Pollian.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 3 April 1871, 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/93303