GE to William Blackwood, London, 3 May 1879
Title
GE to William Blackwood, London, 3 May 1879
Title
GE to William Blackwood, London, 3 May 1879
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
William Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1879-05-03
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to William Blackwood, London, 3 May 1879
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
May 3. 79.
My dear Mr. William
A very handsome translated edition of my works sent me from Holland is, I see, published by Van Druten. Hence he is a man to deal with. The difficulty is to know whether he and Bohn of Haarlem want the early sheets for the same purpose or purposes, in which case I suppose it would not be according to usage in Holland to send early sheets to both. If Van Druten wants to translate and Bohn to reprint, it would clearly be well to accept B's offer and send terms to Van Druten. 232 I suppose that Bohn knows the size and character of the book, since he makes an offer without inquiring. I see that I had £40 from Holland for Deronda, so that £20 for Theophrastus would be in handsome proportion.
You will have received my letter enclosing one from Tauchnitz this morning. If you and Mr. Blackwood think that any offer for a continental edition is to be entertained, the offer should be a very handsome one. Published at this time the German reprint would have a great sale among the wandering English, and I should think you send a certain number of a new book to Germany and Switzerland, for we found foreigners taking in even so expensive a book as the English edition of Deronda.
We have a cruel wind here with the sunshine, and I get endless headache. I hope you are all more fortunate.
Always yours truly
M. E. Lewes.
I should be glad to see the cover and lettering.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
May 3. 79.
My dear Mr. William
A very handsome translated edition of my works sent me from Holland is, I see, published by Van Druten. Hence he is a man to deal with. The difficulty is to know whether he and Bohn of Haarlem want the early sheets for the same purpose or purposes, in which case I suppose it would not be according to usage in Holland to send early sheets to both. If Van Druten wants to translate and Bohn to reprint, it would clearly be well to accept B's offer and send terms to Van Druten. 232 I suppose that Bohn knows the size and character of the book, since he makes an offer without inquiring. I see that I had £40 from Holland for Deronda, so that £20 for Theophrastus would be in handsome proportion.
You will have received my letter enclosing one from Tauchnitz this morning. If you and Mr. Blackwood think that any offer for a continental edition is to be entertained, the offer should be a very handsome one. Published at this time the German reprint would have a great sale among the wandering English, and I should think you send a certain number of a new book to Germany and Switzerland, for we found foreigners taking in even so expensive a book as the English edition of Deronda.
We have a cruel wind here with the sunshine, and I get endless headache. I hope you are all more fortunate.
Always yours truly
M. E. Lewes.
I should be glad to see the cover and lettering.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to William Blackwood, London, 3 May 1879, 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/94201