John Chapman to Robert Chambers, London, 16 October 1854
Title
John Chapman to Robert Chambers, London, 16 October 1854
Title
John Chapman to Robert Chambers, London, 16 October 1854
Sender
John Chapman
Recipient
Robert Chambers
Date(s)
- 1854-10-16
Place
London
Letter Content
John Chapman to Robert Chambers, London, 16 October 1854
MS: W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh. Extract published: Haight, George Eliot, p. 167.
London October 16. 1854.
My dear Sir,
I am extremely obliged by your kindness respecting the Deed; please to retain it until you hear from me again. I may now venture to assure you that my settlement is all but completed. It has been a terrible trial. The contest with Dr. Hodgson and Mr. Martineau has been very painful to me. I am sorry to hear that you suffer much from Orr & Co's failure. They say he has been living at a fearfully extravagant rate, -- I hope this report is not true.
A word about Miss E[vans]. -- I am very anxious that what I said to you about her especially, should be regarded as strictly confidential. I mention this because Mr. Bray connected your name with a rumour about her; and I should be sorry &unknown;that&unknown; to be thought disposed to disparage her. I only dropped the word I did because I felt that Lewes was not as you imagined almost alone to blame. Still I think him much the most blameworthy in the matter. Now I can only pray, against hope, that he may prove constant to her; otherwise she is utterly lost.
She has a noble nature which in good circumstances and under good influences would have shone out.
Yours very sincerely
John Chapman.
MS: W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh. Extract published: Haight, George Eliot, p. 167.
London October 16. 1854.
My dear Sir,
I am extremely obliged by your kindness respecting the Deed; please to retain it until you hear from me again. I may now venture to assure you that my settlement is all but completed. It has been a terrible trial. The contest with Dr. Hodgson and Mr. Martineau has been very painful to me. I am sorry to hear that you suffer much from Orr & Co's failure. They say he has been living at a fearfully extravagant rate, -- I hope this report is not true.
A word about Miss E[vans]. -- I am very anxious that what I said to you about her especially, should be regarded as strictly confidential. I mention this because Mr. Bray connected your name with a rumour about her; and I should be sorry &unknown;that&unknown; to be thought disposed to disparage her. I only dropped the word I did because I felt that Lewes was not as you imagined almost alone to blame. Still I think him much the most blameworthy in the matter. Now I can only pray, against hope, that he may prove constant to her; otherwise she is utterly lost.
She has a noble nature which in good circumstances and under good influences would have shone out.
Yours very sincerely
John Chapman.
Signature
John Chapman.
Citation
John Chapman, John Chapman to Robert Chambers, London, 16 October 1854, 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/95499