GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 8 July 1861
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 8 July 1861
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 8 July 1861
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray
Date(s)
- 1861-07-08
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 8 July 1861
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Blandford Square, | N.W.
July 8. 61.
Dear Cara
It is always worth while to write a word to our friends when we are cheery. Your bright little note came opportunely towards counter-balancing some sadness I feel in the prolongation of Mr. Lewes's constant bodily feebleness and frequent malaise. Your pretty home and garden are a very pleasant addition to the small outlook on the Square gardens, and any good that can ever come to you will piece out my life and make my happiness broader.
I suppose I may answer the circular, although it is addressed to
G. H. Lewes with an exclusive dash under the initials: Mr. Lewes begs that his name may be put down as a subscriber for three copies; 812 and I add a ditto for myself. The separation of names is desirable in making a list of subscribers. Mr. Lewes desires me to tell Mr. Bray, with his kind regards, that he hopes he will pursue Mr. Spencer's prudent plan -- not to begin printing until he has secured a sufficient number of subscribers to cover the expenses.
Tell Sara her letter was very welcome to me: it proved how often our thoughts must be moving in the same direction and dwelling on the same source of joy and comfort. I shall write to her by and by, when I am rather more free. She has been making the most of the advantages that belong to a single state over a married one (there really are some such advantages over and above what St. Paul saw) -- the power of opening the window at any hour of the night without dread of giving a husband sore throat, and the power of sitting up as long as she likes without danger of disturbing his rest. My view of the comet has been "of the haziest description," so that I am consoled by the statement that it has been much less splendid than that of 1858. 813
I am remarkably well in health -- and that makes everything easy except the one trouble of seeing Mr. Lewes poorly. With love to all,
Ever yours
Marian.
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Blandford Square, | N.W.
July 8. 61.
Dear Cara
It is always worth while to write a word to our friends when we are cheery. Your bright little note came opportunely towards counter-balancing some sadness I feel in the prolongation of Mr. Lewes's constant bodily feebleness and frequent malaise. Your pretty home and garden are a very pleasant addition to the small outlook on the Square gardens, and any good that can ever come to you will piece out my life and make my happiness broader.
I suppose I may answer the circular, although it is addressed to
G. H. Lewes with an exclusive dash under the initials: Mr. Lewes begs that his name may be put down as a subscriber for three copies; 812 and I add a ditto for myself. The separation of names is desirable in making a list of subscribers. Mr. Lewes desires me to tell Mr. Bray, with his kind regards, that he hopes he will pursue Mr. Spencer's prudent plan -- not to begin printing until he has secured a sufficient number of subscribers to cover the expenses.
Tell Sara her letter was very welcome to me: it proved how often our thoughts must be moving in the same direction and dwelling on the same source of joy and comfort. I shall write to her by and by, when I am rather more free. She has been making the most of the advantages that belong to a single state over a married one (there really are some such advantages over and above what St. Paul saw) -- the power of opening the window at any hour of the night without dread of giving a husband sore throat, and the power of sitting up as long as she likes without danger of disturbing his rest. My view of the comet has been "of the haziest description," so that I am consoled by the statement that it has been much less splendid than that of 1858. 813
I am remarkably well in health -- and that makes everything easy except the one trouble of seeing Mr. Lewes poorly. With love to all,
Ever yours
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 8 July 1861, 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/93315