John Blackwood to William Blackwood, St. Andrews, 15 October 1877
Title
John Blackwood to William Blackwood, St. Andrews, 15 October 1877
Title
John Blackwood to William Blackwood, St. Andrews, 15 October 1877
Sender
John Blackwood
Recipient
William Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1877-10-15
Place
St. Andrews
Letter Content
John Blackwood to William Blackwood, St. Andrews, 15 October 1877
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
Strathtyrum | St. Andrews | N.B.
October 15/77.
My Dear Willie
I have been considering the calculations for the works of George Eliot. I have long felt that we could make but very little of this edition and the author not much but it will be a steady on-going thing, a capital leading franchise in the business and we must do the best we possibly can for the author. I feel that in not beginning to pay a lordship until we have sold 750 copies we are making ourselves too much dormie. If Simpson can reconcile himself to it I incline to offer 1/2 per volume for the Novels and to begin the lordship after the sale of 500 copies.
This edition must be the permanent one of these works and the publisher of it the natural successor to all the people's editions which surely will come. The Lewes's have I think our calculations of the printing and will feel that we are doing what we can for them as well as presenting her works in the handsomest possible shape. Write what Simpson and you think of this. . . .
ever yours affectionately
John Blackwood.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
Strathtyrum | St. Andrews | N.B.
October 15/77.
My Dear Willie
I have been considering the calculations for the works of George Eliot. I have long felt that we could make but very little of this edition and the author not much but it will be a steady on-going thing, a capital leading franchise in the business and we must do the best we possibly can for the author. I feel that in not beginning to pay a lordship until we have sold 750 copies we are making ourselves too much dormie. If Simpson can reconcile himself to it I incline to offer 1/2 per volume for the Novels and to begin the lordship after the sale of 500 copies.
This edition must be the permanent one of these works and the publisher of it the natural successor to all the people's editions which surely will come. The Lewes's have I think our calculations of the printing and will feel that we are doing what we can for them as well as presenting her works in the handsomest possible shape. Write what Simpson and you think of this. . . .
ever yours affectionately
John Blackwood.
Signature
John Blackwood.
Citation
John Blackwood, John Blackwood to William Blackwood, St. Andrews, 15 October 1877, 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/95477