William Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 23 November 1879
Title
William Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 23 November 1879
Title
William Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 23 November 1879
Sender
William Blackwood
Recipient
George Eliot
Date(s)
- 1879-11-23
Place
Edinburgh
Letter Content
William Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 23 November 1879
Text: Copy in Blackwood Letterbook. Hitherto unpublished.
George Street Edinburgh | November 23/79.
My dear Mrs. Lewes
Your last letter was so kind and considerate and so like your usual warm thoughtfulness that I cannot sufficiently thank you. I do feel overwhelmed with all my duties and responsibilities but every one is so kind that I hope to overtake what is necessary without injurious delay.
Your suggestions about the new supplement to "The Sayings" are all very sound and practicable and your wishes will be attended to. Any exuberances on the part of Mr. Main, from whom we heard yesterday, will be curbed.
I am going to London tomorrow for a few days about some business matters and I hope you are now strong enough to [allow] me the happiness of going to see you and although our conversation cannot fail to be very sad and painful [it] may prove to be a great relief to us both to talk of those who have gone from us and on whom we have leaned so very much. Would either Wednesday or Thursday between 12 and 1 o'clock suit you? My address will be 106A Jermyn Street (Miss Williamson) where I have procured rooms as the [house] in Arlington Street -- where I have been in the habit of going is full.
I am sorry you have dropped the old familiar form of "Mr. William" in writing to me and if you do not mind I had much rather you returned to it. It will I think and hope be less painful to you to write to me and I should feel happier and more at [ease] under it.
Looking forward to shaking you by the hand again soon, believe me Dear Mrs. Lewes
Always yours Sincerely
(signed) William Blackwood.
Text: Copy in Blackwood Letterbook. Hitherto unpublished.
George Street Edinburgh | November 23/79.
My dear Mrs. Lewes
Your last letter was so kind and considerate and so like your usual warm thoughtfulness that I cannot sufficiently thank you. I do feel overwhelmed with all my duties and responsibilities but every one is so kind that I hope to overtake what is necessary without injurious delay.
Your suggestions about the new supplement to "The Sayings" are all very sound and practicable and your wishes will be attended to. Any exuberances on the part of Mr. Main, from whom we heard yesterday, will be curbed.
I am going to London tomorrow for a few days about some business matters and I hope you are now strong enough to [allow] me the happiness of going to see you and although our conversation cannot fail to be very sad and painful [it] may prove to be a great relief to us both to talk of those who have gone from us and on whom we have leaned so very much. Would either Wednesday or Thursday between 12 and 1 o'clock suit you? My address will be 106A Jermyn Street (Miss Williamson) where I have procured rooms as the [house] in Arlington Street -- where I have been in the habit of going is full.
I am sorry you have dropped the old familiar form of "Mr. William" in writing to me and if you do not mind I had much rather you returned to it. It will I think and hope be less painful to you to write to me and I should feel happier and more at [ease] under it.
Looking forward to shaking you by the hand again soon, believe me Dear Mrs. Lewes
Always yours Sincerely
(signed) William Blackwood.
Signature
(signed) William Blackwood.
Citation
William Blackwood, William Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 23 November 1879, 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/95650