John Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 15 July 1867(2)
Title
John Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 15 July 1867(2)
Title
John Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 15 July 1867(2)
Sender
John Blackwood
Recipient
George Eliot
Date(s)
- 1867-07-15
Place
Edinburgh
Letter Content
John Blackwood to Ge, Edinburgh, 15 July 1867
MS: Copy, National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
George Street | Edinburgh.
July 15/67.
My Dear Madam
I inclose an order for Two Thousand One hundred and Sixty Six Pounds 13/4 (£2166.13/4) being final instalment (£1666.13.4) for Felix Holt and £500 final instalment for the ten years copyright of Adam Bede and the other Novels as agreed.
The new edition of the Novels, I am sorry to say, is not selling as I calculated upon at all. The sale in numbers is a failure, but in the volume of Adam we have sold about 3000, and I think it is going on steadily. I fear however that there is no chance whatever of the payment contingent to you on the sale of a certain number of this present edition becoming due, which is a disappointment and loss to us both. Believe me, Dear Madam
always yours truly
John Blackwood.
Mrs. Lewes.
MS: Copy, National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
George Street | Edinburgh.
July 15/67.
My Dear Madam
I inclose an order for Two Thousand One hundred and Sixty Six Pounds 13/4 (£2166.13/4) being final instalment (£1666.13.4) for Felix Holt and £500 final instalment for the ten years copyright of Adam Bede and the other Novels as agreed.
The new edition of the Novels, I am sorry to say, is not selling as I calculated upon at all. The sale in numbers is a failure, but in the volume of Adam we have sold about 3000, and I think it is going on steadily. I fear however that there is no chance whatever of the payment contingent to you on the sale of a certain number of this present edition becoming due, which is a disappointment and loss to us both. Believe me, Dear Madam
always yours truly
John Blackwood.
Mrs. Lewes.
Signature
John Blackwood.
Citation
John Blackwood, John Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 15 July 1867(2), 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/95190