GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Wandsworth, [9 January 1860]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Wandsworth, [9 January 1860]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Wandsworth, [9 January 1860]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1860-01-09
Place
Wandsworth
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Wandsworth, [9 January 1860]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Jany 10. 1860. Hitherto unpublished.
Holly Lodge | Monday.
Dear Sara
Lord Macaulay is going to be buried, and bets are pending. "The bearings o' this remark lies in the applications on it." 454 For which wait until you have answered the following question. What book in all the world do you most long to possess -- of an expensive and less accessible sort? 455 Boswell's Johnson, or C. Lamb's Works, or all Tennyson, or Sir William Hamilton's Metaphysical Works, or Carpenter's Physiology, or Craik's Dictionary, or what? or what? or what?
Answer me quickly, but carefully -- on your conscience.
Ever thine
Pollian.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Jany 10. 1860. Hitherto unpublished.
Holly Lodge | Monday.
Dear Sara
Lord Macaulay is going to be buried, and bets are pending. "The bearings o' this remark lies in the applications on it." 454 For which wait until you have answered the following question. What book in all the world do you most long to possess -- of an expensive and less accessible sort? 455 Boswell's Johnson, or C. Lamb's Works, or all Tennyson, or Sir William Hamilton's Metaphysical Works, or Carpenter's Physiology, or Craik's Dictionary, or what? or what? or what?
Answer me quickly, but carefully -- on your conscience.
Ever thine
Pollian.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Wandsworth, [9 January 1860], 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/94124