GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [London, 9 June 1852]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [London, 9 June 1852]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [London, 9 June 1852]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1852-06-09
Place
[London]
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [London, 9 June 1852]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: July 1852. Extract published: Cross, I, 283-284.
Wednesday.
Dear Sara
If you have not an autograph of Lewes I think you will like the enclosed -- as a very characteristic one.
After all, I begin to hope that our next number will be the best yet. Forbes 111 is good -- Froude 112 ditto -- and James Martineau, 113 if I may judge from a glance at a few of his pages, admirable. Lewes has written us an agreeable article on Lady Novelists -- there is a mysterious contribution to the Independent Section -- F. Newman 114 has done his best, and we are hoping that an article on Edinburgh Literary Men yet to come will be very good -- if not, we shall put in Niebuhr, which is capital. 115
These are grand secrets, so don't tell Mr. Bray the names without giving him a long lecture beforehand.
Ever thine,
Pollian.
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MS: Yale. Endorsed: July 1852. Extract published: Cross, I, 283-284.
Wednesday.
Dear Sara
If you have not an autograph of Lewes I think you will like the enclosed -- as a very characteristic one.
After all, I begin to hope that our next number will be the best yet. Forbes 111 is good -- Froude 112 ditto -- and James Martineau, 113 if I may judge from a glance at a few of his pages, admirable. Lewes has written us an agreeable article on Lady Novelists -- there is a mysterious contribution to the Independent Section -- F. Newman 114 has done his best, and we are hoping that an article on Edinburgh Literary Men yet to come will be very good -- if not, we shall put in Niebuhr, which is capital. 115
These are grand secrets, so don't tell Mr. Bray the names without giving him a long lecture beforehand.
Ever thine,
Pollian.
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Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [London, 9 June 1852], 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/93864