GE to Mrs. Edward Burne-Jones, Cromer, 26 June 1870
Title
GE to Mrs. Edward Burne-Jones, Cromer, 26 June 1870
Title
GE to Mrs. Edward Burne-Jones, Cromer, 26 June 1870
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Edward Burne-Jones
Date(s)
- 1870-06-26
Place
Cromer
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Edward Burne-Jones, Cromer, 26 June 1870
MS: Yale. Envelope: Mrs. Burne Jones | The Grange | North End | Fulham | London. Postmarks: CROMER | JU 26 | 70; B3 | NORWICH | JU 26 | 70; LONDON-S.W | J7 | JU 27 | 70. Hitherto unpublished.
Albert House | Cromer | June 26. 70.
Dear Friend
I was meditating a letter to you, just when yours came to me, for I wanted to tell you exactly all that could be told about our future movements, so that in as far as your own movements might be determined by ours, you might not be left in an unpleasant state of conjecture. We are to leave this place on the 30th and Mr. Lewes has set his heart on going next to Harrowgate, to try the effect of the chalybeate waters there. We should only stay a fortnight there at the utmost, and possibly we may quit it much earlier for Whitby, which is still our goal. I think Mr. Lewes is a little strengthened, but this place is not inspiriting and the weather is just now very cold, so that though I am clad in woollen, I am as cold as if the woollen were my shroud. I must not depreciate Cromer, however. There are fine sands and the inland scenery has much quiet beauty. The sunsets over the sea and the absence of German bands playing out of tune are "local features of no mean order," as the Athenaeum writers would say.
Still I expect Whitby to be far more various and stimulating, and I do hope that nothing will hinder our all meeting there -- you, the bairns (and possibly the husband?) with us two grandparents. But I hope with some trembling, because of George's health, the conditions which may suit it defying all prophecy, especially with this changing climate. I shall write at once to you on the slightest change of intention, and of course I shall let you know when we have determined on the day of our departure for Whitby, always supposing that you do not set off in advance of us. You will let me know of that, will you not, dear little Epigram? And, in general, you will be faithful, and keep me well-informed about you?
I am grieved to hear that your great painter is ailing still. Tell him that friends of ours, who know Whitby, give us enthusiastic descriptions of the country round it. And they are old Fellows of Cambridge and Oxford, who are not usually vials of enthusiasm. Let us hope that we shall have a rainy week or so for the good of the country, and that afterwards we shall have sunshine for our good at Whitby. Our united love to all. Keep in mind
Yours ever faithfully
M. E. Lewes.
Write to me at the Priory, because our letters are sent on, and other addresses are uncertain.
MS: Yale. Envelope: Mrs. Burne Jones | The Grange | North End | Fulham | London. Postmarks: CROMER | JU 26 | 70; B3 | NORWICH | JU 26 | 70; LONDON-S.W | J7 | JU 27 | 70. Hitherto unpublished.
Albert House | Cromer | June 26. 70.
Dear Friend
I was meditating a letter to you, just when yours came to me, for I wanted to tell you exactly all that could be told about our future movements, so that in as far as your own movements might be determined by ours, you might not be left in an unpleasant state of conjecture. We are to leave this place on the 30th and Mr. Lewes has set his heart on going next to Harrowgate, to try the effect of the chalybeate waters there. We should only stay a fortnight there at the utmost, and possibly we may quit it much earlier for Whitby, which is still our goal. I think Mr. Lewes is a little strengthened, but this place is not inspiriting and the weather is just now very cold, so that though I am clad in woollen, I am as cold as if the woollen were my shroud. I must not depreciate Cromer, however. There are fine sands and the inland scenery has much quiet beauty. The sunsets over the sea and the absence of German bands playing out of tune are "local features of no mean order," as the Athenaeum writers would say.
Still I expect Whitby to be far more various and stimulating, and I do hope that nothing will hinder our all meeting there -- you, the bairns (and possibly the husband?) with us two grandparents. But I hope with some trembling, because of George's health, the conditions which may suit it defying all prophecy, especially with this changing climate. I shall write at once to you on the slightest change of intention, and of course I shall let you know when we have determined on the day of our departure for Whitby, always supposing that you do not set off in advance of us. You will let me know of that, will you not, dear little Epigram? And, in general, you will be faithful, and keep me well-informed about you?
I am grieved to hear that your great painter is ailing still. Tell him that friends of ours, who know Whitby, give us enthusiastic descriptions of the country round it. And they are old Fellows of Cambridge and Oxford, who are not usually vials of enthusiasm. Let us hope that we shall have a rainy week or so for the good of the country, and that afterwards we shall have sunshine for our good at Whitby. Our united love to all. Keep in mind
Yours ever faithfully
M. E. Lewes.
Write to me at the Priory, because our letters are sent on, and other addresses are uncertain.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Edward Burne-Jones, Cromer, 26 June 1870, 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/93351