James Thomson to GE, London, 20 June 1874
Title
James Thomson to GE, London, 20 June 1874
Title
James Thomson to GE, London, 20 June 1874
Sender
James Thomson
Recipient
George Eliot
Date(s)
- 1874-06-20
Place
London
Letter Content
James Thomson to GE, London, 20 June 1874
MS: Alderman Library, University of Virginia. Hitherto unpublished.
Tachbrook St., S.W. | 20 June '74.
Dear Madam,
In my note of Thursday I omitted to qualify, as I intended, the general statements by the distinct admission, of what however is in all likelihood quite obvious, that the poem in question was the outcome of much sleepless hypochondria. I am aware that the truth of midnight does not exclude the truth of noonday, though one's nature may lead him to dwell in the former rather than in the latter.
Pray pardon me for troubling you on so small a matter.
Yours very respectfully,
James Thomson
(B.V.).
MS: Alderman Library, University of Virginia. Hitherto unpublished.
Tachbrook St., S.W. | 20 June '74.
Dear Madam,
In my note of Thursday I omitted to qualify, as I intended, the general statements by the distinct admission, of what however is in all likelihood quite obvious, that the poem in question was the outcome of much sleepless hypochondria. I am aware that the truth of midnight does not exclude the truth of noonday, though one's nature may lead him to dwell in the former rather than in the latter.
Pray pardon me for troubling you on so small a matter.
Yours very respectfully,
James Thomson
(B.V.).
Signature
James Thomson
Citation
James Thomson, James Thomson to GE, London, 20 June 1874, 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/95156