GHL to Mr. Charles Lee Lewes and Gertrude [Mrs. Charles Lee] Lewes, [London, 25 March 1865]
Title
GHL to Mr. Charles Lee Lewes and Gertrude [Mrs. Charles Lee] Lewes, [London, 25 March 1865]
Title
GHL to Mr. Charles Lee Lewes and Gertrude [Mrs. Charles Lee] Lewes, [London, 25 March 1865]
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Mr. Charles Lee Lewes and Gertrude [Mrs. Charles Lee] Lewes
Date(s)
- 1865-03-25
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to Mr. Charles Lee Lewes and Gertrude [Mrs. Charles Lee] Lewes, [London, 25 March 1865]
MS: Mrs. Carrington Ouvry. Endorsed: 29 March 65. Extracts published: Paterson, pp. 116-117.
Saturday.
Dearest Children
I could not write to you in time for you to get a letter at Genoa because your own letter came to me too late -- not till yesterday at 1. You may imagine how pleased we were to get such bright glimpses of you as Gertrude's charming letter and your hasty notes gave us! There is sunshine in your hearts and some of it is reflected upon ours!
We have been quiet and headachy since you left. On Tuesday Trollope came to lunch and went with me to the meeting of the Review proprietors. It is finally settled about that important matter, and the advertisements have gone forth. 329 I am in a fever of expectation about contributors; and not very hopeful!
On Wednesday we had the Brougham and went to see Susanna -- very nervous and wretched she is -- as bad as ever with constant terror of Lockjaw! We called on the dear Aunts on our return, and found Margaret happy enough except about her pictures. Grandmamma has had a very bad cold but is better. Nursie we haven't seen.
On Thursday Owen Jones, Pigott, and the Painter 330 came -- the latter stayed dinner. Yesterday we did some shopping; and that is the diary of our days since you left!
Enclosed is what I cut out of the Times for you and thought you might like to preserve. The burnous arrived -- 13/- to pay for carriage. I have remonstrated -- but as yet know not with what effect.
Lord Houghton 331 has sent an invitation to breakfast for Wednesday next and wants to know if the little Mutter has any fixed day for the receipt of visitors. I declined the breakfast, reluctantly, but can't afford to lose a morning now with editorial cares upon me. On Wednesday Trollope gives a dinner at the Garrick for the especial introduction of his brother-in-law Tilley 332 to your Pater. I was pleased that Tilley should wish to know me because I thought it might be no disadvantage to you, so I accepted. It is worth a headache and -- vomiting.
Tell Tom Trollope that I think I have found the right man for his History of Florence -- one of the Eton masters. 333
The Martins, as I feared, are disgusted with my notice of Rosalind. 334 She is so accustomed to be smeared with fulsome undiscriminating praise that criticism is an offence.
God bless you my dearest children. Charles kiss Gertrude -- and Gertrude give him as good as he brings -- for both your loving Mutter and loving
Pater.
MS: Mrs. Carrington Ouvry. Endorsed: 29 March 65. Extracts published: Paterson, pp. 116-117.
Saturday.
Dearest Children
I could not write to you in time for you to get a letter at Genoa because your own letter came to me too late -- not till yesterday at 1. You may imagine how pleased we were to get such bright glimpses of you as Gertrude's charming letter and your hasty notes gave us! There is sunshine in your hearts and some of it is reflected upon ours!
We have been quiet and headachy since you left. On Tuesday Trollope came to lunch and went with me to the meeting of the Review proprietors. It is finally settled about that important matter, and the advertisements have gone forth. 329 I am in a fever of expectation about contributors; and not very hopeful!
On Wednesday we had the Brougham and went to see Susanna -- very nervous and wretched she is -- as bad as ever with constant terror of Lockjaw! We called on the dear Aunts on our return, and found Margaret happy enough except about her pictures. Grandmamma has had a very bad cold but is better. Nursie we haven't seen.
On Thursday Owen Jones, Pigott, and the Painter 330 came -- the latter stayed dinner. Yesterday we did some shopping; and that is the diary of our days since you left!
Enclosed is what I cut out of the Times for you and thought you might like to preserve. The burnous arrived -- 13/- to pay for carriage. I have remonstrated -- but as yet know not with what effect.
Lord Houghton 331 has sent an invitation to breakfast for Wednesday next and wants to know if the little Mutter has any fixed day for the receipt of visitors. I declined the breakfast, reluctantly, but can't afford to lose a morning now with editorial cares upon me. On Wednesday Trollope gives a dinner at the Garrick for the especial introduction of his brother-in-law Tilley 332 to your Pater. I was pleased that Tilley should wish to know me because I thought it might be no disadvantage to you, so I accepted. It is worth a headache and -- vomiting.
Tell Tom Trollope that I think I have found the right man for his History of Florence -- one of the Eton masters. 333
The Martins, as I feared, are disgusted with my notice of Rosalind. 334 She is so accustomed to be smeared with fulsome undiscriminating praise that criticism is an offence.
God bless you my dearest children. Charles kiss Gertrude -- and Gertrude give him as good as he brings -- for both your loving Mutter and loving
Pater.
Signature
Pater.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Mr. Charles Lee Lewes and Gertrude [Mrs. Charles Lee] Lewes, [London, 25 March 1865], 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/94917