John Blackwood to GE, St. Andrews, 2 October 1879
Title
John Blackwood to GE, St. Andrews, 2 October 1879
Title
John Blackwood to GE, St. Andrews, 2 October 1879
Sender
John Blackwood
Recipient
George Eliot
Date(s)
- 1879-10-02
Place
St. Andrews
Letter Content
John Blackwood to GE, St. Andrews, 2 October 1879
Text: Copy in Blackwood Letter Book. Hitherto unpublished.
Strathtyrum | St. Andrews October 2nd 1879.
My Dear Mrs. Lewes
Willie was here last week and I hope the decision we came to about increased allowance to you as explained in accompanying note and memorandum will fully answer your expectations.
When I read Theophrastus I little thought that the book could be of such money value to you but I was thoroughly convinced that it would not lessen the popularity of your name, otherwise I should have felt bound to say so.
That this wonderful success should have cheered you and done you so much good is the most gratifying feature of all and it is perfectly natural. When you next take the field I hope it will be in your lighter vein and the public rush joyously into your arms, not that light is a proper epithet for anything you write.
I am sorry to say I have not been so well of late and my Doctor calling this morning told me to quit my desk. There have been no end of fine golf matches of late but I have been so scant of breath that I could not keep up with them. However I am much stronger and do not feel pulled down by this little check in my progress.
Always Yours Truly
(Signed) John Blackwood.
Text: Copy in Blackwood Letter Book. Hitherto unpublished.
Strathtyrum | St. Andrews October 2nd 1879.
My Dear Mrs. Lewes
Willie was here last week and I hope the decision we came to about increased allowance to you as explained in accompanying note and memorandum will fully answer your expectations.
When I read Theophrastus I little thought that the book could be of such money value to you but I was thoroughly convinced that it would not lessen the popularity of your name, otherwise I should have felt bound to say so.
That this wonderful success should have cheered you and done you so much good is the most gratifying feature of all and it is perfectly natural. When you next take the field I hope it will be in your lighter vein and the public rush joyously into your arms, not that light is a proper epithet for anything you write.
I am sorry to say I have not been so well of late and my Doctor calling this morning told me to quit my desk. There have been no end of fine golf matches of late but I have been so scant of breath that I could not keep up with them. However I am much stronger and do not feel pulled down by this little check in my progress.
Always Yours Truly
(Signed) John Blackwood.
Signature
(Signed) John Blackwood.
Citation
John Blackwood, John Blackwood to GE, St. Andrews, 2 October 1879, 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/95328