GE to Sidney Colvin, London, 2 January 1873
Title
GE to Sidney Colvin, London, 2 January 1873
Title
GE to Sidney Colvin, London, 2 January 1873
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sidney Colvin
Date(s)
- 1873-01-02
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Sidney Colvin, London, 2 January 1873
MS: Fitzwilliam Museum. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
January 2. 1873.
My dear Mr. Colvin 684
I was very glad to see Mr. Jebb, 685 for I had a pre-established respect for him, and should willingly have invited him. In general, as you divine, we are averse to the enlargement of our circle by the hasty introduction of "friends," seeing that very charming people are capable of having decidedly uncharming friends.
Thanks for your pretty intention of sending me the photographs. I hunted up Mr. Newton's article, 686 but was little the wiser for its wise dubieties.
The "Fortnightly" 687 is not yet come to us. When it does come, my husband will hinder me, according to his usual prescription for my mental hygi'e8ne, from reading what is said about myself. All he will allow me is an occasional quotation of what he thinks will gratify me by its tone or bearing. But be assured that we should neither of us readily impute to you a conscious lack of courtesy.
I have been keeping the New Year dolorously with face-ache and sore throat, and am still a prisoner in an upper room.
Yours always truly
M. E. Lewes.
MS: Fitzwilliam Museum. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
January 2. 1873.
My dear Mr. Colvin 684
I was very glad to see Mr. Jebb, 685 for I had a pre-established respect for him, and should willingly have invited him. In general, as you divine, we are averse to the enlargement of our circle by the hasty introduction of "friends," seeing that very charming people are capable of having decidedly uncharming friends.
Thanks for your pretty intention of sending me the photographs. I hunted up Mr. Newton's article, 686 but was little the wiser for its wise dubieties.
The "Fortnightly" 687 is not yet come to us. When it does come, my husband will hinder me, according to his usual prescription for my mental hygi'e8ne, from reading what is said about myself. All he will allow me is an occasional quotation of what he thinks will gratify me by its tone or bearing. But be assured that we should neither of us readily impute to you a conscious lack of courtesy.
I have been keeping the New Year dolorously with face-ache and sore throat, and am still a prisoner in an upper room.
Yours always truly
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sidney Colvin, London, 2 January 1873, 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/94140