GHL to John Blackwood, Dorking, [29? March 1863]
Title
GHL to John Blackwood, Dorking, [29? March 1863]
Title
GHL to John Blackwood, Dorking, [29? March 1863]
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1863-03-29
Place
Dorking
Letter Content
GHL to John Blackwood, Dorking, [29? March 1863]
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
Dorking, Sunday.
My dear Blackwood
Mrs. Lewes, who I am sorry to say continues far from well, and has been ailing for some months, wishes me to say for her that she thinks the better title page will be
Scenes of Clerical Life and Silas Marner without the additions of subtitles either as to the Scenes or as to Silas. Would it not also be better to have the distinction of type more marked on the second page? At present the titles of [Scenes] and [Silas] too closely resemble the separate names of the scenes.
Her work gets on but slowly owing to the combination of feeble health and strong misgivings. You know her tendency that way; years and success rather increase instead of diminishing it.
I have been much better of late, and next month shall run over to Switzerland to see my youngest boy. We return to town tomorrow. Mrs. Lewes begs me to add her kind regards. And believe me
Yours ever faithfully
G. H. Lewes.
John Blackwood Esq.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
Dorking, Sunday.
My dear Blackwood
Mrs. Lewes, who I am sorry to say continues far from well, and has been ailing for some months, wishes me to say for her that she thinks the better title page will be
Scenes of Clerical Life and Silas Marner without the additions of subtitles either as to the Scenes or as to Silas. Would it not also be better to have the distinction of type more marked on the second page? At present the titles of [Scenes] and [Silas] too closely resemble the separate names of the scenes.
Her work gets on but slowly owing to the combination of feeble health and strong misgivings. You know her tendency that way; years and success rather increase instead of diminishing it.
I have been much better of late, and next month shall run over to Switzerland to see my youngest boy. We return to town tomorrow. Mrs. Lewes begs me to add her kind regards. And believe me
Yours ever faithfully
G. H. Lewes.
John Blackwood Esq.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to John Blackwood, Dorking, [29? March 1863], 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/94594