GHL to John Blackwood, Witley, 9 July 1877
Title
GHL to John Blackwood, Witley, 9 July 1877
Title
GHL to John Blackwood, Witley, 9 July 1877
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1877-07-09
Place
Witley
Letter Content
GHL to John Blackwood, Witley, 9 July 1877
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Heights, Witley, | Godalming | 9 July 77.
My dear Blackwood
By this post I send you the German pamphlet on George Eliot and Judaism. On a second reading I find it -- as two friends also do -- a very remarkable production, eloquent and highly interesting even to outsiders. It is so finely written that you will do well to be careful in selecting a competent translator and then I think the public will welcome it. At all events it will do the books good.
Since you left we have had cold winds which have not increased our happiness -- the more so as Madonna's renal troubles are incessant; she has never two days of consecutive quiet; not often great pain, but constant uneasiness with headache, sickness and inability to work.
We continue exploring the beauties of this country and enjoy our solitude, and our books. By the way tell Lockhart that his opening number 721 kept me in one gurgle of delight -- so very different from the constant grating of "A Woman Hater"! Jonas Lie also was pleasant. Now we are reading Mad. D'Agoult's M'e9moires 722 -- not for her sake but for the sake of her daughter Mad. Wagner.
Lytton sends me this story taken from the official report of ex[amination] of Native Students.
"Describe the Horse."
"The horse is a noble animal; but if irritated he will not do so." Mrs. Lewes sends kindest regards to you and yours.
Ever yours
G. H. L.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Heights, Witley, | Godalming | 9 July 77.
My dear Blackwood
By this post I send you the German pamphlet on George Eliot and Judaism. On a second reading I find it -- as two friends also do -- a very remarkable production, eloquent and highly interesting even to outsiders. It is so finely written that you will do well to be careful in selecting a competent translator and then I think the public will welcome it. At all events it will do the books good.
Since you left we have had cold winds which have not increased our happiness -- the more so as Madonna's renal troubles are incessant; she has never two days of consecutive quiet; not often great pain, but constant uneasiness with headache, sickness and inability to work.
We continue exploring the beauties of this country and enjoy our solitude, and our books. By the way tell Lockhart that his opening number 721 kept me in one gurgle of delight -- so very different from the constant grating of "A Woman Hater"! Jonas Lie also was pleasant. Now we are reading Mad. D'Agoult's M'e9moires 722 -- not for her sake but for the sake of her daughter Mad. Wagner.
Lytton sends me this story taken from the official report of ex[amination] of Native Students.
"Describe the Horse."
"The horse is a noble animal; but if irritated he will not do so." Mrs. Lewes sends kindest regards to you and yours.
Ever yours
G. H. L.
Signature
G. H. L.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to John Blackwood, Witley, 9 July 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/94819