GHL to John Blackwood, Gorey, [20 June 1857]
Title
GHL to John Blackwood, Gorey, [20 June 1857]
Title
GHL to John Blackwood, Gorey, [20 June 1857]
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1857-06-20
Place
Gorey
Letter Content
GHL to John Blackwood, Gorey, [20 June 1857]
MS: National Library of Scotland.
Jersey, Saturday.
My dear Blackwood
If it is not too late I wish you would insert the following sentence in my paper. At that passage where I am speaking of the paradoxes presented by fishes, find some available place to wedge in this: --
"And although in general Fish are neither vocal nor eloquent, there are many of them capable of uttering sounds: there are Fish that snarl, Fish that grunt, like a pig, and Fish that send forth the cuckoo's note. Aristotle knew this, and Johannes von M'fcller has recently explained the mechanism whereby it is accomplished." (M'fcller's Archiv f'fcr Anat. 1857 p. 269.)
I think the passage will best come in just before the close where I speak of Fishes, bisexual and metamorphic. 323
Ever faithfully yours
G. H. Lewes.
MS: National Library of Scotland.
Jersey, Saturday.
My dear Blackwood
If it is not too late I wish you would insert the following sentence in my paper. At that passage where I am speaking of the paradoxes presented by fishes, find some available place to wedge in this: --
"And although in general Fish are neither vocal nor eloquent, there are many of them capable of uttering sounds: there are Fish that snarl, Fish that grunt, like a pig, and Fish that send forth the cuckoo's note. Aristotle knew this, and Johannes von M'fcller has recently explained the mechanism whereby it is accomplished." (M'fcller's Archiv f'fcr Anat. 1857 p. 269.)
I think the passage will best come in just before the close where I speak of Fishes, bisexual and metamorphic. 323
Ever faithfully yours
G. H. Lewes.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to John Blackwood, Gorey, [20 June 1857], 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/94602