GHL to [?], London, 25 January 1877
Title
GHL to [?], London, 25 January 1877
Title
GHL to [?], London, 25 January 1877
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
[?]
Date(s)
- 1877-01-25
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to [?], London, 25 January 1877
Text: Boston Commonwealth, 19 February 1881.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
January 25. 1877.
Dear Sir,
Mrs. Lewes never reads articles written about herself. I have read what you were good enough to send, and, in reply to your question, beg to assure you that every single detail in it is imaginary -- birth, parentage, education, and history are not distorted or exaggerated, they are totally wide of all resemblance to the facts. The circumstantial history might have had Mrs. Smith or Brown for its subject with equal veracity.
One single point will suffice. Mr. Herbert Spencer is said to have been her instructor, and taught her languages. 347 Had the writer troubled himself to make the slightest inquiry, he would have learned that Mr. Herbert Spencer knows very little of one language besides his own, whereas she, before she knew him, was mistress of seven.
Yours truly
G. H. Lewes.
Text: Boston Commonwealth, 19 February 1881.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
January 25. 1877.
Dear Sir,
Mrs. Lewes never reads articles written about herself. I have read what you were good enough to send, and, in reply to your question, beg to assure you that every single detail in it is imaginary -- birth, parentage, education, and history are not distorted or exaggerated, they are totally wide of all resemblance to the facts. The circumstantial history might have had Mrs. Smith or Brown for its subject with equal veracity.
One single point will suffice. Mr. Herbert Spencer is said to have been her instructor, and taught her languages. 347 Had the writer troubled himself to make the slightest inquiry, he would have learned that Mr. Herbert Spencer knows very little of one language besides his own, whereas she, before she knew him, was mistress of seven.
Yours truly
G. H. Lewes.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to [?], London, 25 January 1877, 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/94351