GHL to Henry Charlton Bastian, London, [November? 1868]
Title
GHL to Henry Charlton Bastian, London, [November? 1868]
Title
GHL to Henry Charlton Bastian, London, [November? 1868]
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Henry Charl
Date(s)
- 1868-11
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to Henry Charlton Bastian, London, [November? 1868]
MS: Nuneaton Public Library.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Saturday.
My dear Bastian
Your paper seems to me not only valuable in itself but one eminently adapted to the [Fortnightly] were it not that both editor and readers might be repelled by the too technical nature of the introduction; my advice is either that you rewrite the first eight pages with a view to an ignorant audience -- or perhaps safer still -- omit this introduction and begin at once with the question of language. 830 I send you back the paper for your decision on this point, and will gladly forward it when revised to Morley.
Shall I write to him at once saying there is such a paper to be had if he has room for it? In case he says [yes] you could send it him direct when finished. In case he says [no] you can try elsewhere. I would send it to Trollope for you if you liked.
Ever yours truly
G. H. Lewes.
MS: Nuneaton Public Library.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Saturday.
My dear Bastian
Your paper seems to me not only valuable in itself but one eminently adapted to the [Fortnightly] were it not that both editor and readers might be repelled by the too technical nature of the introduction; my advice is either that you rewrite the first eight pages with a view to an ignorant audience -- or perhaps safer still -- omit this introduction and begin at once with the question of language. 830 I send you back the paper for your decision on this point, and will gladly forward it when revised to Morley.
Shall I write to him at once saying there is such a paper to be had if he has room for it? In case he says [yes] you could send it him direct when finished. In case he says [no] you can try elsewhere. I would send it to Trollope for you if you liked.
Ever yours truly
G. H. Lewes.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Henry Charlton Bastian, London, [November? 1868], 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/94554