GHL to Alexander Main, Blackbrook, [13? October 1873]
Title
GHL to Alexander Main, Blackbrook, [13? October 1873]
Title
GHL to Alexander Main, Blackbrook, [13? October 1873]
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Alexander Main
Date(s)
- 1873-10-13
Place
Blackbrook
Letter Content
GHL to Alexander Main, Blackbrook, [13? October 1873]
Text: Main's copy owned by Mr. John R. Sprunt. Hitherto unpublished.
Blackbrook | Saturday.
My dear Main
Here is the proof. I see you have inserted the word two in the blank I left for volumes. Do you refer to the 1st ed.? In that case it would be two vols. 4to and yours is one vol. 8vo. But I only know Boswell as six or eight vols. 8vo. Ascertain which is right -- I haven't means at hand -- and rectify accordingly. 857
Some time ago you pointed out a lache in Middlemarch. Mrs. Lewes has forgotten what it was, and as a new edition is preparing she wishes to correct it if you can recover the mistake. 858 In great haste
Ever yours
G. H. L.
Text: Main's copy owned by Mr. John R. Sprunt. Hitherto unpublished.
Blackbrook | Saturday.
My dear Main
Here is the proof. I see you have inserted the word two in the blank I left for volumes. Do you refer to the 1st ed.? In that case it would be two vols. 4to and yours is one vol. 8vo. But I only know Boswell as six or eight vols. 8vo. Ascertain which is right -- I haven't means at hand -- and rectify accordingly. 857
Some time ago you pointed out a lache in Middlemarch. Mrs. Lewes has forgotten what it was, and as a new edition is preparing she wishes to correct it if you can recover the mistake. 858 In great haste
Ever yours
G. H. L.
Signature
G. H. L.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Alexander Main, Blackbrook, [13? October 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/94377