John Blackwood to GHL, Edinburgh, 24 April 1874
Title
John Blackwood to GHL, Edinburgh, 24 April 1874
Title
John Blackwood to GHL, Edinburgh, 24 April 1874
Sender
John Blackwood
Recipient
George Henry Lewes
Date(s)
- 1874-04-24
Place
Edinburgh
Letter Content
John Blackwood to GHL, Edinburgh, 24 April 1874
Text: Copy in Blackwood Letter Book. Hitherto unpublished.
George St. Edinburgh | April 24/74.
My Dear Lewes
The specimen copies of Jubal will go to you tonight and Mr. Simpson will write with explanation. Business has been so dull that we have not been hurrying anything on. We have as I told you printed 1500 copies and the lordship we propose to pay is 1/6 on each copy sold. The Advertising must be so heavy on the first edition that it will not bear more than that, even selling at 6/- which is a high enough price for a Volume of the size. I think however that the appreciators of Mrs. Lewes' Poetry do not care much whether they pay 5/- or 6/-.
I hope you are both well and enjoying this fine weather. Some of our days are almost finer and warmer than anything we had except for two or three days last summer.
Willie can walk for a moderate distance now without visible lameness and he can get on a horse again which is a great solace to him and seems to act like a "hair of the dog that bit him." . . .
This is the "Preachings" here this week and Willie has gone to the country otherwise he would join me in best remembrances to Mrs. Lewes. Our intention is to be in London on 17th May and I was selfishly glad to hear that you would still be there.
Ever Yours Truly
(Signed) John Blackwood.
G. H. Lewes Esq.
Text: Copy in Blackwood Letter Book. Hitherto unpublished.
George St. Edinburgh | April 24/74.
My Dear Lewes
The specimen copies of Jubal will go to you tonight and Mr. Simpson will write with explanation. Business has been so dull that we have not been hurrying anything on. We have as I told you printed 1500 copies and the lordship we propose to pay is 1/6 on each copy sold. The Advertising must be so heavy on the first edition that it will not bear more than that, even selling at 6/- which is a high enough price for a Volume of the size. I think however that the appreciators of Mrs. Lewes' Poetry do not care much whether they pay 5/- or 6/-.
I hope you are both well and enjoying this fine weather. Some of our days are almost finer and warmer than anything we had except for two or three days last summer.
Willie can walk for a moderate distance now without visible lameness and he can get on a horse again which is a great solace to him and seems to act like a "hair of the dog that bit him." . . .
This is the "Preachings" here this week and Willie has gone to the country otherwise he would join me in best remembrances to Mrs. Lewes. Our intention is to be in London on 17th May and I was selfishly glad to hear that you would still be there.
Ever Yours Truly
(Signed) John Blackwood.
G. H. Lewes Esq.
Signature
(Signed) John Blackwood.
Citation
John Blackwood, John Blackwood to GHL, Edinburgh, 24 April 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/95398