John Blackwood to GHL, Edinburgh, 7 March 1864
Title
John Blackwood to GHL, Edinburgh, 7 March 1864
Title
John Blackwood to GHL, Edinburgh, 7 March 1864
Sender
John Blackwood
Recipient
George Henry Lewes
Date(s)
- 1864-03-07
Place
Edinburgh
Letter Content
John Blackwood to GHL, Edinburgh, 7 March 1864
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
Edinburgh | March 7/64.
My Dear Lewes
Inclosed is a statement of the position of the works of George Eliot as at January /64 and I wish for all our sakes I had a more flourishing account of sales to show; indeed you would have heard from me long ago if I had been able to give cheery news. Adam you will see goes on and Silas slightly but the Mill is very stationary. From this statement I make out that there is payable to Mrs. Lewes £90 for the 6/- edition of the Mill printed in /62 and £60 for the 6/- edition of Silas and Scenes printed last year, and I now inclose cheque £150 for these two amounts.
The 6/- edition of Adam and of Scenes and Silas being nearly out we have printed 1000 more of the former and 500 of the latter volume.
Of your Physiology and Seaside studies the sale I am sorry to say seems past as you will see from state of stock.
This is a horrible day of snow and sleet and instead of this dull account of old favourites standing still I wish I had occasion to enliven myself and you by intelligence as of old of Adam or some of his successors being rapidly bought up by an impatient public, but after such a burst of success a lull might be expected. I hope Mrs. Lewes and you are well and with best regards to her believe me
always yours truly
John Blackwood.
G. H. Lewes Esq.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
Edinburgh | March 7/64.
My Dear Lewes
Inclosed is a statement of the position of the works of George Eliot as at January /64 and I wish for all our sakes I had a more flourishing account of sales to show; indeed you would have heard from me long ago if I had been able to give cheery news. Adam you will see goes on and Silas slightly but the Mill is very stationary. From this statement I make out that there is payable to Mrs. Lewes £90 for the 6/- edition of the Mill printed in /62 and £60 for the 6/- edition of Silas and Scenes printed last year, and I now inclose cheque £150 for these two amounts.
The 6/- edition of Adam and of Scenes and Silas being nearly out we have printed 1000 more of the former and 500 of the latter volume.
Of your Physiology and Seaside studies the sale I am sorry to say seems past as you will see from state of stock.
This is a horrible day of snow and sleet and instead of this dull account of old favourites standing still I wish I had occasion to enliven myself and you by intelligence as of old of Adam or some of his successors being rapidly bought up by an impatient public, but after such a burst of success a lull might be expected. I hope Mrs. Lewes and you are well and with best regards to her believe me
always yours truly
John Blackwood.
G. H. Lewes Esq.
Signature
John Blackwood.
Citation
John Blackwood, John Blackwood to GHL, Edinburgh, 7 March 1864, 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/95427