William Blackwood and Sons to GHL, Edinburgh, 21 November 1876
Title
William Blackwood and Sons to GHL, Edinburgh, 21 November 1876
Title
William Blackwood and Sons to GHL, Edinburgh, 21 November 1876
Sender
William Blackwood and Sons
Recipient
George Henry Lewes
Date(s)
- 1876-11-21
Place
Edinburgh
Letter Content
William Blackwood and Sons to GHL, Edinburgh, 21 November 1876
Text: Copy in Blackwood Letter Book. Mrs. Ouvry has the original table. Endorsed [by GHL]: Novr. 1876. Agreement for cheap edition of first 5 English Novels; [by GE] Proposal for Cheap Editions Nov. 1876; [by Mrs. C. L. Lewes] Important as still going in 1897 on that footing. Hitherto unpublished.
Edinburgh | 21st November 1876.
Dear Sir
By the accompanying Table you will see what Adam Bede The Mill Silas Scenes and Felix Holt will produce in their present form and we now beg to offer the following lordship to Author.
On Adam Bede £1.10/on each hundred copies sold
On Mill on the Floss 1. 7.6/on each hundred copies sold
On Silas Marner 1.17.6/on each hundred copies sold
On Scenes of Cl. Life 1.10.0/on each hundred copies sold
On Felix Holt 1.17.6/on each hundred copies sold
This new arrangement to commence from the beginning of 1877 and accounts to be settled annually at that date.
Mr. Blackwood writes along with this in further explanation. We are, Dear Sir
Yours faithfully
Wm. Blackwood and Sons.
G. H. Lewes Esq.
Bede Mill Silas Scenes Holt
Printing Paper Boarding and Cuts 1050 Copies 80.13.- 82.13.- 43.12.- 64.13.- 75.13.-
Advertising and incidents. 5. 9.- 5. 9.- 3.16.- 4.10.- 5. 9.-
2.- 88. 2.- 47. 8.- 69. 3.- 81. 2.-
Yield of 1050 Sold 13 as 12 less 10 per cent 109. 2.6 109. 2.6 76. 7.9 90.11.9 109. 2.6
Gain 23. 0.6 21. 0.6 29. 0.0 21.15.9 28. 0.6
Net profit per 100 copies 2. 3.9 1.19.7 2.14.2 2. 1.6 2.12.1
Proposed payment to Author per 100 1.10.0 1. 7.6 1.17.6 1.10.- 1.17.6
Gain per Vol. 5d 'bc 4d 'be 6d 'bd 5d 6d 'bc
Text: Copy in Blackwood Letter Book. Mrs. Ouvry has the original table. Endorsed [by GHL]: Novr. 1876. Agreement for cheap edition of first 5 English Novels; [by GE] Proposal for Cheap Editions Nov. 1876; [by Mrs. C. L. Lewes] Important as still going in 1897 on that footing. Hitherto unpublished.
Edinburgh | 21st November 1876.
Dear Sir
By the accompanying Table you will see what Adam Bede The Mill Silas Scenes and Felix Holt will produce in their present form and we now beg to offer the following lordship to Author.
On Adam Bede £1.10/on each hundred copies sold
On Mill on the Floss 1. 7.6/on each hundred copies sold
On Silas Marner 1.17.6/on each hundred copies sold
On Scenes of Cl. Life 1.10.0/on each hundred copies sold
On Felix Holt 1.17.6/on each hundred copies sold
This new arrangement to commence from the beginning of 1877 and accounts to be settled annually at that date.
Mr. Blackwood writes along with this in further explanation. We are, Dear Sir
Yours faithfully
Wm. Blackwood and Sons.
G. H. Lewes Esq.
Bede Mill Silas Scenes Holt
Printing Paper Boarding and Cuts 1050 Copies 80.13.- 82.13.- 43.12.- 64.13.- 75.13.-
Advertising and incidents. 5. 9.- 5. 9.- 3.16.- 4.10.- 5. 9.-
2.- 88. 2.- 47. 8.- 69. 3.- 81. 2.-
Yield of 1050 Sold 13 as 12 less 10 per cent 109. 2.6 109. 2.6 76. 7.9 90.11.9 109. 2.6
Gain 23. 0.6 21. 0.6 29. 0.0 21.15.9 28. 0.6
Net profit per 100 copies 2. 3.9 1.19.7 2.14.2 2. 1.6 2.12.1
Proposed payment to Author per 100 1.10.0 1. 7.6 1.17.6 1.10.- 1.17.6
Gain per Vol. 5d 'bc 4d 'be 6d 'bd 5d 6d 'bc
Citation
William Blackwood and Sons, William Blackwood and Sons to GHL, Edinburgh, 21 November 1876, 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/95633