GE to Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, London, 30 March 1879
Title
GE to Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, London, 30 March 1879
Title
GE to Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, London, 30 March 1879
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Lydia Maria Child
Date(s)
- 1879-03-30
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, London, 30 March 1879
MS: Privately owned. Envelope: Mrs. L. Maria Child | care of Mrs. Annie Fields | 148 Charles St. | Boston, Mass. U.S.A. Postmark: 31 March 1879. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
March 30. 79.
Dear and venerated Lady
I have received and in various parts read the Book 205 which you have given to me, and I shall always preserve it, with the generous letter in which you announced the gift, as a memorial that will comfort me with a sense of human goodness. It is a happy thought that you can still fill your hours with such useful work as this volume is a sign and portion of.
You can understand that in these late months I have been a poor broken-spirited creature, and I am not yet equal to making any great response to the kind sympathy of my friends. But I cannot let a day pass now that I have received your gift, without letting you know that I value it and am grateful.
I used to hear your name from the lips of Mr. Benzon who always spoke of you as one of the beneficent influences on his younger life. 206
Thank you, dear Madam, for stretching out your hand to me. Believe me,
Yours with high regard
M. E. Lewes.
Mrs. L. M. Child.
MS: Privately owned. Envelope: Mrs. L. Maria Child | care of Mrs. Annie Fields | 148 Charles St. | Boston, Mass. U.S.A. Postmark: 31 March 1879. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
March 30. 79.
Dear and venerated Lady
I have received and in various parts read the Book 205 which you have given to me, and I shall always preserve it, with the generous letter in which you announced the gift, as a memorial that will comfort me with a sense of human goodness. It is a happy thought that you can still fill your hours with such useful work as this volume is a sign and portion of.
You can understand that in these late months I have been a poor broken-spirited creature, and I am not yet equal to making any great response to the kind sympathy of my friends. But I cannot let a day pass now that I have received your gift, without letting you know that I value it and am grateful.
I used to hear your name from the lips of Mr. Benzon who always spoke of you as one of the beneficent influences on his younger life. 206
Thank you, dear Madam, for stretching out your hand to me. Believe me,
Yours with high regard
M. E. Lewes.
Mrs. L. M. Child.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, London, 30 March 1879, 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/93526