GHL to Charles Lee Lewes, Earlswood Common, 17 August 1874
Title
GHL to Charles Lee Lewes, Earlswood Common, 17 August 1874
Title
GHL to Charles Lee Lewes, Earlswood Common, 17 August 1874
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Charles Lee Lewes
Date(s)
- 1874-08-17
Place
Earlswood Common
Letter Content
GHL to Charles Lee Lewes, Earlswood Common, 17 August 1874
Text: Paterson, pp. 166-167.
The Cottage, | Red Hill. | August 17, 1874.
Dearest Charles,
I went to the Priory the other day 140 and found there the Diploma of Foreign Membership to the Hungarian Academy which the President had sent me, stating in his letter that my "highly distinguished scientific merits have caused" me "to be admitted among the celebrious Foreign Members." The tribute is pleasant and the honour of a kind some men run after, but I cannot feel as elated as I suppose I ought.
The little Mutter has been variable in health and I do not get strong as I hoped and expected, yet getting through my work steadily enough. I must tell you of the continued sale of "Middlemarch" and the poem -- the cheap edition sold over 5,000 copies in two months and is going on as brisk as ever. Our love.
Ever your
Pater.
Text: Paterson, pp. 166-167.
The Cottage, | Red Hill. | August 17, 1874.
Dearest Charles,
I went to the Priory the other day 140 and found there the Diploma of Foreign Membership to the Hungarian Academy which the President had sent me, stating in his letter that my "highly distinguished scientific merits have caused" me "to be admitted among the celebrious Foreign Members." The tribute is pleasant and the honour of a kind some men run after, but I cannot feel as elated as I suppose I ought.
The little Mutter has been variable in health and I do not get strong as I hoped and expected, yet getting through my work steadily enough. I must tell you of the continued sale of "Middlemarch" and the poem -- the cheap edition sold over 5,000 copies in two months and is going on as brisk as ever. Our love.
Ever your
Pater.
Signature
Pater.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Charles Lee Lewes, Earlswood Common, 17 August 1874, 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/94455