GHL to John Chapman, Dresden, 23 July 1858
Title
GHL to John Chapman, Dresden, 23 July 1858
Title
GHL to John Chapman, Dresden, 23 July 1858
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
John Chapman
Date(s)
- 1858-07-23
Place
Dresden
Letter Content
GHL to John Chapman, Dresden, 23 July 1858
MS: Medical Library, Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
B. Waisenhaus Strasse | Dresden | 23 July 1858.
My dear Chapman
Here we are deliciously settled in a magnificent suite of rooms looking on a pretty all'e9e where nothing but sky and trees, and promenaders are to be seen, and birds to be heard -- carriages not having the right of way -- and for this we pay 18/- a week! Is it not to make the mental mouth water? We quite regret that we can only stay here till the end of August, for the lodgings are so charming, the place so agreeable, and the pictures in the gallery so divine that it will be heartrending to tear oneself away.
Munich we left without any regret, unless it was to leave so many kind and illustrious friends. Polly, although very popular, did not enjoy Munich; but I learned so much there from Liebig, Von Siebold, Bischoff, Harless, 1164 and others that the place will be ever memorable to me. Polly saw Strauss the day before we left, and was much pleased with him. He called while I was at a meeting of physiologists to whom Jacubowitzsch 1165 showed his 50,000 preparations of the spinal column!
On leaving Munich we had an exquisite tour through the Tyrol, down the Danube to Vienna, where we stayed three days, and called on Hyrtl, 1166 the great anatomist whose injections are the marvel of Europe. He was very friendly, and quite pleased to show Marian preparations which no woman -- not even his wife -- had ever expressed a wish to see. From Vienna we went to Prague -- the most splendid city in Germany -- where we stayed a day -- and then came through the "Saxon Switzerland" to this place, having had an intoxicating draught of beauty -- lakes, mountains, and valleys such as will long live in the memory.
She has not been well since we left, and in Munich was for one week in bed, but here at Dresden she seems in capital condition and will I trust continue so.
I have nearly finished the article on German novels, 1167 but unless you much wish to have it before, I should prefer keeping it till our return on the 1 Sept. because meanwhile I may have fresh books to add, or modifications to make. If however you want the paper earlier I will send it when required. As far as I can guess it will run to six or eight and twenty pages, but extract type puts me out, and it may be much less.
Let us hear all about you and anyone else in whom we are interested. Spencer I suppose is at Treport. Do you know anything of the new Quarterly that is to be published by Bentley? 1168 My authority is Galignani. Have you heard from the Calls? Where are the Lintons? "These be questions!" -- Polly who is writing in the next room shouts, in answer to my question whether she has any message to send "only my kindest regards."
Ever faithfully yours,
G. H. Lewes.
MS: Medical Library, Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
B. Waisenhaus Strasse | Dresden | 23 July 1858.
My dear Chapman
Here we are deliciously settled in a magnificent suite of rooms looking on a pretty all'e9e where nothing but sky and trees, and promenaders are to be seen, and birds to be heard -- carriages not having the right of way -- and for this we pay 18/- a week! Is it not to make the mental mouth water? We quite regret that we can only stay here till the end of August, for the lodgings are so charming, the place so agreeable, and the pictures in the gallery so divine that it will be heartrending to tear oneself away.
Munich we left without any regret, unless it was to leave so many kind and illustrious friends. Polly, although very popular, did not enjoy Munich; but I learned so much there from Liebig, Von Siebold, Bischoff, Harless, 1164 and others that the place will be ever memorable to me. Polly saw Strauss the day before we left, and was much pleased with him. He called while I was at a meeting of physiologists to whom Jacubowitzsch 1165 showed his 50,000 preparations of the spinal column!
On leaving Munich we had an exquisite tour through the Tyrol, down the Danube to Vienna, where we stayed three days, and called on Hyrtl, 1166 the great anatomist whose injections are the marvel of Europe. He was very friendly, and quite pleased to show Marian preparations which no woman -- not even his wife -- had ever expressed a wish to see. From Vienna we went to Prague -- the most splendid city in Germany -- where we stayed a day -- and then came through the "Saxon Switzerland" to this place, having had an intoxicating draught of beauty -- lakes, mountains, and valleys such as will long live in the memory.
She has not been well since we left, and in Munich was for one week in bed, but here at Dresden she seems in capital condition and will I trust continue so.
I have nearly finished the article on German novels, 1167 but unless you much wish to have it before, I should prefer keeping it till our return on the 1 Sept. because meanwhile I may have fresh books to add, or modifications to make. If however you want the paper earlier I will send it when required. As far as I can guess it will run to six or eight and twenty pages, but extract type puts me out, and it may be much less.
Let us hear all about you and anyone else in whom we are interested. Spencer I suppose is at Treport. Do you know anything of the new Quarterly that is to be published by Bentley? 1168 My authority is Galignani. Have you heard from the Calls? Where are the Lintons? "These be questions!" -- Polly who is writing in the next room shouts, in answer to my question whether she has any message to send "only my kindest regards."
Ever faithfully yours,
G. H. Lewes.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to John Chapman, Dresden, 23 July 1858, 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/94822