GE to Mrs. Coleridge Kennard, Earlswood Common, 31 August [1874]
Title
GE to Mrs. Coleridge Kennard, Earlswood Common, 31 August [1874]
Title
GE to Mrs. Coleridge Kennard, Earlswood Common, 31 August [1874]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Coleridge Kennard
Date(s)
- 1874-08-31
Place
Earlswood Common
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Coleridge Kennard, Earlswood Common, 31 August [1874]
MS: Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley.
The Cottage | Earlswood Common | August 31.
Dear Mrs. Kennard
A thousand thanks for the trouble you have so kindly taken. Mr. Lewes had just written you a note to say that the prospect of the cloak kept my imagination in too restless a state, when the post brought your letter.
In the choice of a cloth I should have trusted to your judgment more willingly than my own. I hope you will approve my preference for the bronze which I return.
We have been all the happier for the warmth, rejoicing in the prosperity of the harvest as well as in our own bien-'eatre.
The cloak will be very welcome and in wearing it I shall often be reminded of you on your lovely background of the Riviera. I trust that the wintering in that kindly region will be propitious to the health both of yourself and your dear little girl.
Mr. Lewes has been rather ailing this last day or two, but is in better force this morning. He unites with me in best regards to you and Mr. Kennard, who, I hope, knows that we feel much obliged for the pains he took to get us acquainted with Oakfield -- a bit of knowledge which we value.
Sincerely yours
M. E. Lewes.
MS: Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley.
The Cottage | Earlswood Common | August 31.
Dear Mrs. Kennard
A thousand thanks for the trouble you have so kindly taken. Mr. Lewes had just written you a note to say that the prospect of the cloak kept my imagination in too restless a state, when the post brought your letter.
In the choice of a cloth I should have trusted to your judgment more willingly than my own. I hope you will approve my preference for the bronze which I return.
We have been all the happier for the warmth, rejoicing in the prosperity of the harvest as well as in our own bien-'eatre.
The cloak will be very welcome and in wearing it I shall often be reminded of you on your lovely background of the Riviera. I trust that the wintering in that kindly region will be propitious to the health both of yourself and your dear little girl.
Mr. Lewes has been rather ailing this last day or two, but is in better force this morning. He unites with me in best regards to you and Mr. Kennard, who, I hope, knows that we feel much obliged for the pains he took to get us acquainted with Oakfield -- a bit of knowledge which we value.
Sincerely yours
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Coleridge Kennard, Earlswood Common, 31 August [1874], 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/93346