GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Wandsworth, 19 April 1859]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Wandsworth, 19 April 1859]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Wandsworth, 19 April 1859]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1859-04-19
Place
[Wandsworth]
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Wandsworth, 19 April 1859]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: April 19th 1859. Mostly published: Cross, II, 99-100.
Tuesday Morning.
Dear Sara
We both like your literal title "Thoughts in aid of Faith" very much, and hope in spite of temporary "mushing" to see a little book under that title before the year is out -- a book as thorough and effective in its way as "Christianity and Infidelity." Rewriting is an excellent process frequently both for the book and its author, and to prevent you from grudging the toil, I will tell you that so old a writer as Mr. Lewes now re-writes everything of importance, though in all the earlier years of his authorship he would never take that trouble.
We are so happy in the neighbourhood of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Congreve. She is a sweet, intelligent, gentle creature. I already love her; and his fine beaming face does me good, like a glimpse of an Olympian.
I mourn for Cara's disappointment, and shall trust to you to give me the pleasure of knowing that she has got a satisfactory substitute for "Jane's cousin." We have a new servant at last who is promising. 107
Ever your affectionate
Marian.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: April 19th 1859. Mostly published: Cross, II, 99-100.
Tuesday Morning.
Dear Sara
We both like your literal title "Thoughts in aid of Faith" very much, and hope in spite of temporary "mushing" to see a little book under that title before the year is out -- a book as thorough and effective in its way as "Christianity and Infidelity." Rewriting is an excellent process frequently both for the book and its author, and to prevent you from grudging the toil, I will tell you that so old a writer as Mr. Lewes now re-writes everything of importance, though in all the earlier years of his authorship he would never take that trouble.
We are so happy in the neighbourhood of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Congreve. She is a sweet, intelligent, gentle creature. I already love her; and his fine beaming face does me good, like a glimpse of an Olympian.
I mourn for Cara's disappointment, and shall trust to you to give me the pleasure of knowing that she has got a satisfactory substitute for "Jane's cousin." We have a new servant at last who is promising. 107
Ever your affectionate
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Wandsworth, 19 April 1859], 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/93872