GE to the Editor of the Times, ,[30 November 1859]
Title
GE to the Editor of the Times, ,[30 November 1859]
Title
GE to the Editor of the Times, ,[30 November 1859]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
the Edi
Date(s)
- 1859-11-30
Place
Wandsworth
Letter Content
GE to the Editor of the Times, ,[30 November 1859]
Text: Times, 2 December 1859, p. 10d.
Sir, --
Mr. Newby, the publisher, in issuing a work under the title of Adam Bede, Junior, has not only made use of my title, but has so worded his advertisement as to lead many persons into the belief that I am the author of his so-called "Sequel." The extent to which this belief has spread urges me to come forward with a public statement that I have nothing whatever to do with the work in question, or with Mr. Newby.
I am not the first writer who has had to suffer from this publisher's method of trading. The readers of Currer Bell's life will remember a very unpleasant illustration of it. 410
I am, Sir, yours, etc.,
George Eliot.
Text: Times, 2 December 1859, p. 10d.
Sir, --
Mr. Newby, the publisher, in issuing a work under the title of Adam Bede, Junior, has not only made use of my title, but has so worded his advertisement as to lead many persons into the belief that I am the author of his so-called "Sequel." The extent to which this belief has spread urges me to come forward with a public statement that I have nothing whatever to do with the work in question, or with Mr. Newby.
I am not the first writer who has had to suffer from this publisher's method of trading. The readers of Currer Bell's life will remember a very unpleasant illustration of it. 410
I am, Sir, yours, etc.,
George Eliot.
Signature
George Eliot.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to the Editor of the Times, ,[30 November 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/94146