GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, 26 January 1846
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, 26 January 1846
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, 26 January 1846
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1846-01-26
Place
FOLESHILL
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, 26 January 1846
MS: Yale. Extracts published: Cross, I, 138.
Foleshill | January 26 /46.
Dearest Sara,
I have sent a parcel for you by the Railway. I hope to hear of its safe arrival. I have been sadly occupied for the last ten days. My Father has been ill and has required much attention, and my own head was very middling for some days, so that I send you but a poor cargo of new M.S. Indeed on looking through the last quire of paper this morning for the purpose of putting in the Greek, it seemed all very poor to me but the subject is by no means inspiring, and no muse would condescend to visit such an uncertain votary as I have been for the last week or so.
You will see that I have put the name of a sect which Strauss mentions in pencil, because I am not certain as to the English form of the word. Will you be so good as to find out the correct mode of spelling? There are some loose leaves in the first quire of paper, on the [discourses of Jesus.] I have trusted to your care and goodness to fasten them.
How is it that I have only had one proof this week? You know we are five hundred pages in advance of the printer, so you need not be dreadfully alarmed.
I have been so pleased to hear some of your letters read to me, but alas! I can reflect no pleasure at this moment for I have a woful pain and am in a desperate hurry.
Ever thine,
Mary Ann.
MS: Yale. Extracts published: Cross, I, 138.
Foleshill | January 26 /46.
Dearest Sara,
I have sent a parcel for you by the Railway. I hope to hear of its safe arrival. I have been sadly occupied for the last ten days. My Father has been ill and has required much attention, and my own head was very middling for some days, so that I send you but a poor cargo of new M.S. Indeed on looking through the last quire of paper this morning for the purpose of putting in the Greek, it seemed all very poor to me but the subject is by no means inspiring, and no muse would condescend to visit such an uncertain votary as I have been for the last week or so.
You will see that I have put the name of a sect which Strauss mentions in pencil, because I am not certain as to the English form of the word. Will you be so good as to find out the correct mode of spelling? There are some loose leaves in the first quire of paper, on the [discourses of Jesus.] I have trusted to your care and goodness to fasten them.
How is it that I have only had one proof this week? You know we are five hundred pages in advance of the printer, so you need not be dreadfully alarmed.
I have been so pleased to hear some of your letters read to me, but alas! I can reflect no pleasure at this moment for I have a woful pain and am in a desperate hurry.
Ever thine,
Mary Ann.
Signature
Mary Ann.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, 26 January 1846, 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/93918