GHL to Alfred Tennyson, Witley, 18 June 1877
Title
GHL to Alfred Tennyson, Witley, 18 June 1877
Title
GHL to Alfred Tennyson, Witley, 18 June 1877
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Alfred Tennyson
Date(s)
- 1877-06-18
Place
Witley
Letter Content
GHL to Alfred Tennyson, Witley, 18 June 1877
MS: Tennyson Research Centre, Lincoln. Mostly published: Alfred Lord Tennyson, A Memoir, 2 vols., 1898, II, 192.
The Heights, Witley, Godalming.
June 1877.
My dear Tennyson
We have just read [Harold] (for the first time) and [Mary] (for the fourth) and greatly wished you had been here to read certain scenes, especially that masterly interview between Harold and William, 371 or that most pathetic close of Mary. 372 It is needless for me to say how profound a pleasure both works have given us. They are great contributions, and your wretched critics, who would dissuade you from enriching Literature with such dramas must be forgiven "for they know not what they say." 373
It is not, however, to carry the coals of applause to your Newcastle that I scribble these lines, but to inquire whether there is a hope of your being at Blackdown this summer and of our seeing you? 374
We should be glad to hear that Mrs. Tennyson was better -- and news of yourself and the "boys" would be welcome to
Yours truly
G. H. Lewes.
MS: Tennyson Research Centre, Lincoln. Mostly published: Alfred Lord Tennyson, A Memoir, 2 vols., 1898, II, 192.
The Heights, Witley, Godalming.
June 1877.
My dear Tennyson
We have just read [Harold] (for the first time) and [Mary] (for the fourth) and greatly wished you had been here to read certain scenes, especially that masterly interview between Harold and William, 371 or that most pathetic close of Mary. 372 It is needless for me to say how profound a pleasure both works have given us. They are great contributions, and your wretched critics, who would dissuade you from enriching Literature with such dramas must be forgiven "for they know not what they say." 373
It is not, however, to carry the coals of applause to your Newcastle that I scribble these lines, but to inquire whether there is a hope of your being at Blackdown this summer and of our seeing you? 374
We should be glad to hear that Mrs. Tennyson was better -- and news of yourself and the "boys" would be welcome to
Yours truly
G. H. Lewes.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Alfred Tennyson, Witley, 18 June 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/94432