Contemporaries on George Eliot's Life

An understanding of how George Eliot’s contemporaries were reading and responding to her life and works helps us appreciate her reach, her fame, and her historical significance.

Biographical Studies: In this section, you will find assessments of Eliot’s life by her contemporaries—everything from brief commentary in periodicals, to chapters in collective biographies, to complete, book-length biographies.

Most significant is the 1885 biography written by her husband, John Walter Cross, which includes many of Eliot's letters and journal entries. Reviews of Cross’s biography are collected here for the first time. In our Correspondence section, every one of the 894 letters Cross collected is sortable and searchable.

When she died after a brief illness at the age of sixty-one, George Eliot was one of England's most famous literary celebrities. Obituary notices are well represented in this collection, including several later tributes written by famous authors whose own work was influenced by Eliot’s, including Henry James and Virginia Woolf. 

It is interesting to note how often early biographical sketches included incorrect information. We retain these, of course, for the benefit of comparison and the historical interest of these records.

"Nephew of George Eliot Celebrates His 80th Birthday." Tamworth Herald, 10 June 1922, p. 5.

"Reviews." Derbyshire Times, 22 Jan. 1881, p. 6.

"A Niece of 'George Eliot.'" Tamworth Herald, 11 Sept. 1920, p. 3.

"A Link with George Eliot." Tamworth Herald, 8 Sept. 1923, p. 6.

"News." Western Times, 23 Nov. 1906, p. 5.

"George Eliot Centenary." Tamworth Herald, 2 Aug. 1919, p. 6.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 1 Jan. 1881.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" York Herald, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 5.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Western Mail, 30 Dec. 1880.

"Funeral of George Eliot." Times, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 6.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Standard, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Morning Post, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 6.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Dundee Courier & Argus, 30 Dec. 1880.

"Friend of George Eliot." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 25 Feb. 1905, p. 6.

"Four English Humourists (Murray)." Times, 4 Oct. 1895, p. 4.

"Foreign News and Gossip." Daily Evening Bulletin, 15 Dec. 1881, p. 4.

"Foreign Intelligence." Galveston Daily News, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Foreign Affairs." Daily Evening Bulletin, 23 Dec. 1880.

"Fair Play for English Music." Times, 26 Jul. 1919, p. 15.

"Extracts from New Books." Newcastle Courant, 13 Jul. 1883.

"News Item." Independent Statesman, 12 Feb. 1874, p. 158.

"News." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 22 Apr. 1879, p. 3.

"More Tennysonia." Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph, 16 Jan. 1897, p. 10.

"George Eliot." Freeman's Journal, 11 Jan. 1881, p. 7.

"George Eliot and Mrs Gaskell." Aberdeen Journal, 15 Nov. 1886, p. 6.

"George Eliot." Northern Echo, 9 Feb. 1885, p. 4.

"George Eliot." Liverpool Mercury, 18 June 1883, p. 7.

"Didn't Know of George Eliot." Milwaukee Sentinel, 7 Feb. 1886, p. 4.

"Dickens Said She was a Woman." Barre Evening Telegram, 5 Jul. 1902.

"Deplorable." Milwaukee Sentinel, 24 Nov. 1897, p. 11.

"Death of George Henry Lewes." Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, 6 Dec. 1878, p. 7.

"Death of George Eliot." Adelaide Observer, 1 Jan 1881.

"Death of George Eliot." Georgia Weekly Telegraph, Journal & Messenger, 31 Dec. 1880.

"Death of George Eliot." Daily Evening Bulletin, 23 Dec. 1880, p. 2.

"Death of George Eliot." Nottinghamshire Guardian, 31 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"Death of a Friend of George Eliot." Glasgow Herald, 8 Mar. 1899.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Frank Leslie's Ilustrated Newspaper, 8 Jan 1881, p. 315.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Northampton Mercury, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 2.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 4.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Daily Inter Ocean, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 4.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Western Mail, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 4.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Standard, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Leeds Mercury, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Huddersfield Chronicle and West Yorkshire Advertiser, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 5.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Glasgow Herald, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Dundee Courier & Argus and Northern Warder, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Daily News, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Birmingham Daily Post, 24 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Mount Alexander Mail, 28 Dec. 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Derby Mercury, 29 Dec. 1880.

"The Late George Eliot." Daily News, 27 Dec. 1880.

"Current Mention." Independent Statesman, 30 Jan. 1879.

"Current Literature." Daily Evening Bulletin, 7 Mar. 1885.

"Clergymen of the Old School." Star, 8 Jan. 1881.

"Charles Sumner." Daily Evening Bulletin, 1 May 1873.

"Celebrated Authoresses." Illustrated Household Journal and Englishman's Domestic Magazine, 1 Feb. 1881, pp. 84-87

"Cambridge University Local Letters." Cornishman, 22 Nov. 1906, p. 2.

"By and of 'George Eliot.'" Rocky Mountain News, 1 Mar. 1885, p. 9.

"Brilliants from Boston." St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 19 Mar. 1883, p. 3.

"Book's and Magazines." Devon and Exeter Gazette, 17 Sept. 1895, p. 3.

"Books and Authors." North American, 14 Mar. 1885.

"Biography." Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 22 Apr. 1876.

"Biography." Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, 16 Sept. 1876.

"Biographical Sketch." Women's Herald, 30 Jan 1892, p. 3-4.

"News Item." Boston Daily Advertiser, 20 Aug. 1859.

"Art, Literature, Music &c." Royal Cornwall Gazette Falmouth Packet, Cornish Weekly News, & General Advertiser, 25 Feb 1881, p. 6.

"Art, Literature, and Society." Leeds Times, 1 Oct. 1887, p. 7.

"Art and Literary Gossip." Manchester Times, 7 Feb. 1885.

"Art and Literary Gossip." Manchester Times, 24 Jan. 1885.

"Art and Literary Gossip." Manchester Times, 26 Mar. 1881.

"Another French Critic of George Eliot." Pall Mall Gazette, 22 Jul. 1885.

"Another 'Story' About George Eliot." Hamilton Spectator, 16 Jul. 1881, p. 2.

"Anecdotes Worth Telling." Galveston Daily News, 29 Mar. 1896, p. 10.

"Multiple News Items." Galveston Daily News, 7 Jul. 1881.

"Among Our Exchanges." Congregationalist, 10 Apr. 1873.

"A Wonderful Woman." Rocky Mountain News, 5 Oct. 1881, p. 2.

"A Woman of Rare and Noble Endowments, A Great." Times, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"A Visit to the Grave of George Eliot." Evening Star, 25 May 1907.

"A Study of George Eliot." Boston Daily Advertiser, 20 Nov. 1885, p. 5.

"A Study of George Eliot." St. Louis Gobe-Democrat, 18 Nov. 1883, p. 4.

"A Reviving Fame." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 12 Jun. 1901, p. 4.

"A Reminiscence of George Eliot." Pall Mall Gazette, 23 Jan 1885.

"A Question of Affinities." Daily Inter Ocean, 22 May 1880, p. 9.

"A Platonic Marriage." Daily Globe, 4 Jan. 1879.

"A Niece of 'George Eliot.'" Tamworth Herald, 11 Sept. 1920, p. 3.

"A New Midland Industry." Tamworth Herald, 18 May 1907, p. 7.

"A New Edition." Illustrated London News, 19 Dec. 1885, p. 649.

"A Memorial Library." Daily Inter Ocean, 11 Apr. 1896, p. 11.

"A Link with George Eliot." Tamworth Herald, 8 Sept. 1923, p. 6.

"A George Eliot Memorial." Tamworth Herald, 8 Jun. 1907, p. 2.

"A Distinction." Morning Oregonian, 22 Jun. 1887, p. 2.

"A Country Vicar and his Friend Mr. 'Eliot.'" York Herald, 21 Dec. 1888, p. 3.

"A Correspondent Writes." Women's Penny Paper, 21 Sept. 1889, p. 11.

"A Correspondent Writes." Dundee Courier & Argus, 10 Jul. 1880.

"$20,000 for Norton." News and Observer, 4 Apr. 1897.

"Cheverel Manor." Tamworth Herald, 6 Jan. 1906, p. 7.

"Cheverel Manor." Tamworth Herald, 13 Aug. 1904, p. 3.

"The Authorship of Adam Bede." Times, 6 Jun. 1859, p. 10.

"Personal." Press and Tribune, 6 Jun. 1859, p. 3.

"News." Westmorland Gazette, 13 Aug. 1859, p. 7.

"Gossip About 'George Eliot.'" Clarksville Weekly Chronicle, 30 Nov. 1866, p. 1.

"George Eliot: Her Recent Marriages." Chicago Daily Tribune, 3 Jun. 1880.

"George Eliot." Chicago Daily Tribune, 25 Dec. 1880.

"George Eliot." Dodge City Times, 21 Jun. 1879.

"George Eliot." St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 19 Feb. 1878, p. 2.

"George Eliot." St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 8 May 1876, p. 3.

"Gadding About London." Daily Inter Ocean, 1 Jul. 1882, p. 11.

"Fame and Happiness for Women." Daily Evening Bulletin, 30 Jun. 1883.

"English Authoresses." Belmont Chronicle, 14 Jun. 1866.

"Correction." Boston Investigator, 2 May 1883, p. 5.

"Charles Dickens and George Eliot." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 2 Jan. 1881, p. 3.

"Authors Peculiarities." Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, 15 Jun. 1898, p. 6.

"Anecdote of George Eliot's Anonymity." Dundee Courier & Argus, 3 Jan. 1881.

"An Unpleasant Picture of George Eliot." Milwaukee Sentinel, 7 Dec. 1899, p. 4.

"An Impression of George Eliot." Lowell Daily Citizen and News, 20 Aug. 1875.

"An Authoress's Charm." Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, 10 Nov. 1873, p. 6.

"A Woman's Estimate of George Eliot." St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 10 May 1885, p. 6.

"A Sketch of George Eliot." Evening News, 8 Aug. 1878, p. 2.

"A Platonic Marriage." Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, 2 Jan. 1879.

"A George Eliot Case." Galveston Daily News, 24 Mar. 1890, p. 8.

"A Dog's Patience." Bangor Daily Whig & Courier, 4 Sept. 1896.

"A Criticism of George Eliot." Milwaukee Sentinel, 25 May 1885, p. 4.

"New Twelfth-night Characters." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 11 Jan. 1877, p. 2.

"Reviews: A New Work on George Eliot." Derby Mercury, 19 Dec. 1883, p. 6.

"Literature." Derby Mercury, 4 Feb. 1885, p. 6.

"News." Morning Post, 19 Mar. 1886, p. 3.

"Multiple News Items." Dundee Courier and Argus, 24 Dec. 1880.

"The Rev. G. M. Murphy's Successor." Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 30 Sept. 1887, p. 5.

"Literary Gleanings." Hampshire Advertiser County Newspaper, 30 Dec. 1882, p. 7.

"Miss Mathilde Blind." Blackburn Standard and Weekly Express, 11 Jan. 1890, p. 2.

"Weekly Diary." Hull Daily Mail, 16 Dec. 1910, p. 2.

"More Reminiscences of George Eliot's Life." Star; Guernsey, 7 Jan. 1886.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" York Herald, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 5.

"The Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Berrows Worcester Journal, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 7.

"The Late George Eliot." North Wales Chronicle, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 5.

"George Eliot." Northern Echo, 16 Feb. 1885, p. 3.

"Where George Eliot Wrote Her First Story." Newcastle Courant, 25 Aug. 1900, p. 6.

"George Eliot Interviewed." Newcastle Courant, 21 Apr. 1876, p. 6.

"Life of George Eliot." Newcastle Courant, 6 Feb. 1885, p. 6.

"Gossip About George Eliot." Newcastle Courant, 4 Feb. 1881, p. 6.

"The Late George Eliot." Daily News, 27 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"George Eliot's Marriage." Dundee Courier and Argus, 17 May 1880.

"The Health of George Eliot." Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 22 Apr. 1879, p. 3.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Standard, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"Multiple News Items." Standard, 24 June 1895, p. 3.

"Life of George Eliot." Standard, 27 Jan. 1885.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"George Eliot." Standard, 25 Dec. 1880, p. 5.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Standard, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"George Eliot's Letter to 'Dinah Morris.'" York Herald, 10 Jan. 1881, p. 6.

"The Late 'George Eliot.'" Northern Warder and Bi-weekly Courier and Argus, 28 Dec. 1880.

"Popular Lectures." Wrexham Advertiser, 4 Apr. 1885, p. 5.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Dundee Courier and Argus, 30 Dec. 1880.

"The Late 'George Eliot.'" Dundee Courier and Argus, 29 Dec. 1880.

"Multiple News Items." The Northern Warder and Bi-weekly Courier and Argus, 18 May 1880.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Dundee Courier, 24 Dec. 1880.

"The Late 'George Eliot.'" Dundee Courier and Argus, 27 Dec. 1880.

"To Correspondents." Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 2 Feb. 1884, p. 11.

"Latest News." Royal Cornwall Gazette, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 5.

"George Eliot." Royal Cornwall Gazette, 31 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"The Late George Eliot." York Herald, 28 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"A Country Vicar and His Friend Mr. 'Eliot.'" York Herald, 21 Dec. 1888, p. 3.

"George Eliot." Lancaster Gazette, 10 May 1876.

"George Eliot's Life." Morning Post, 27 Jan. 1885, p. 2.

"A County Vicar and His Friend Mr. 'Eliot.'" York Herald, 22 Dec. 1888, p. 5.

"A Sketch of George Eliot." Daily Gazette For Middlesbrough, 12 Aug. 1878, p. 3.

"George Eliot." Northern Echo, 9 Feb. 1885, p. 4. George Eliot Archive.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 6.

"George Eliot." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 8 May 1876, p. 3.

"The Late George Eliot." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 27 Dec. 1880, p. 8.

"Reported Death of a Novelist." Portsmouth Evening News, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"George Eliot's Letters." Standard, 2 Apr. 1884, p. 5.

"A Sketch of George Eliot." Portsmouth Evening News, 8 Aug. 1878, p. 2.

"The Late 'George Eliot.'" Western Times, 28 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"The Will of George Eliot." Western Times, 19 Feb. 1881, p. 4.

"George Eliot as a Pianist." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 16 July 1892, p. 2.

"George Eliot's Courtship and Marriage." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 7 Feb. 1885, p. 2.

"George H. Lewes, George Eliot, and Liszt." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 23 Apr. 1887, p. 2.

"Recollections of George Eliot." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 17 Jan. 1885, p. 2.

"Friend of George Eliot." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 25 Feb. 1905, p. 6.

"To-day." Hull Daily Mail, 22 Nov. 1895, p. 3.

"George Eliot as a Talker." Sheffield Evening Telegraph, 1 Nov. 1888, p. 2.

"Mr. Frederic Harrison and George Eliot." Western Times, 4 Aug. 1902, p. 6.

"George Eliot Letters Destroyed." Tamworth Herald, 4 Oct. 1924, p. 3.

"Literature. Science. and Art: 'Death of George Eliot.'" Chelmsford Chronicle, 31 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"Latest News." Chelmsford Chronicle, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 4.

"Feminine Foibles, Fancies, and Fashions." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 3.

"The Will of George Eliot." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 22 Feb. 1881, p. 8.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"Reminiscences of George Eliot." Aberdeen Journal, 9 Jan. 1886, p. 8.

"Reminiscences of George Eliot's Life." Aberdeen Journal, 4 Jan. 1886, p. 6.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 6.

"The Late 'George Eliot.'" Glasgow Herald, 28 Dec. 1880, p. 2.

"George Eliot." Glasgow Herald, 25 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"The Family of 'George Eliot.'" Leeds Mercury, 1 June 1895, p. 4.

"The Death of 'George Eliot.'" Glasgow Herald, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 5.

"Some Recollections of George Eliot." Leeds Mercury, 10 Jan. 1885, p. 6.

"Some Recollections of George Eliot." Leeds Mercury, 6 Jan. 1885, p. 8.

"Obituary: Miss Sarah Sophia Hennell." Daily News, 8 Mar. 1899, p. 9.

"More Reminiscences of George Eliot's Life." Birmingham Daily Post, 5 Jan. 1886, p. 7.

"The Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Birmingham Daily Post, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 7.

"Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Hull Packet, 31 Dec. 1880, p. 6.

"Funeral of 'George Eliot.'" Western Mail, 30 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" Western Mail, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"George Eliot's Life: Second Notice." Liverpool Mercury, 28 Jan. 1885, p. 7.

"Literary Notes." Liverpool Mercury, 1 Apr. 1886, p. 7.

"President Porter's Recollections of George Eliot." Manchester Times, 19 Feb. 1881, p. 62.

"George Eliot." Leeds Mercury, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 12.

"George Eliot." Liverpool Mercury, 25 Dec. 1880, p. 3.

"Another French Critic of George Eliot." Pall Mall Gazette, 22 July 1885, p. 2.

"George Eliot and Womens Suffrage." Pall Mall Gazette, 19 Mar. 1885, p. 11.

"Funeral of George Eliot." Aberdeen Journal, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 2.

"Our Illustrations: Reminiscences of 'George Eliot.'" Graphic, 8 Jan. 1881, p. 27.

"George Eliot and Derbyshire." Derby Mercury, 18 Apr. 1883, p. 5.

"Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Freeman's Journal, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 6.

"Two Aspects of George Eliot." Freeman's Journal, 17 Nov. 1881, p. 7.

"Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Derby Mercury, 29 Dec. 1880, p. 8.

"The Reader." Graphic, 21 Feb. 1885, p. 194.

"George Eliot and her Correspondents." Pall Mall Gazette, 5 Jan. 1886,p. 6.

"George Eliot's Life." Pall Mall Gazette, 27 Jan. 1885, p. 11.

"Some Recollections of George Eliot." Pall Mall Gazette, 5 Jan. 1885. p. 11.

"Charles Bray on George Eliot." The Critic, vol. 5, 1885, pp. 56-57.

"George Eliot and George Lewes." Cincinnati Commercial, 18 Feb. 1881, p. 2.

"Books and their Writers." London News Of The Week, 12 Nov. 1898, p. 7.

"George Eliot." Guardian, 25 Mar. 1885, p. 460.

"George Eliot's Answer." Denver Jewish News, 31 Aug. 1921.

"George Eliot." Guardian, 29 Dec. 1880, p. 1838-1839.

"Miss Sarah Sophia Hennel." The Standard, 9 Mar. 1899.

"Round About Notes." Hackney Express And Shoreditch Observer, 20 June 1896, p. 4.

"Death of Mr. Herbert Spencer." The Standard, 9 Dec. 1903, p. 3.

"George Eliot and Mr. Lewes." London Mid Surrey Times And General Advertiser, 15 Feb. 1896.

"Literary Notes." American Register, 24 Jan. 1885, p. 4.

"Literary Gossip." The Independent and Nonconformist, 25 Jun. 1896, p. 455.

"George Eliot." Philadelphia Times, 1 Mar. 1885, p. 7.

"The Literary World." St. James's Gazette, 11 Mar. 1899, p. 12.

"Points From the Press." London Echo, 10 Sept. 1901.

"A Reader's Gleanings." London Middlesex Gazette, 25 Mar. 1893, p. 8.

"Magazines for March." Guardian, 11 Mar. 1885, p. 378.

"George Eliot at Home." Mid Surrey Times And General Advertiser, 24 Sept. 1892, p. 6.

"George Eliot." Woman's Herald, 30 Jan. 1892, p. 1.

"Lady Dilke." Standard, 13 Jun. 1905, p. 5.

"More About the House of Blackwood." St. James's Gazette, 7 Nov. 1898, p. 11.

"'Echo' Gossip: A New Literary Discovery." London Echo, 23 Jan. 1894, p. 1.

"The County Council." Standard, 20 Jul. 1904, p. 8.

"George Eliot and 'Mark Rutherford.'" St. James's Gazette, 30 Jul. 1902, p. 6.

"Books of the Day." The Standard, 18 May 1900, p. 4.

"Here and There." South London Gazette and Camberwel News, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 2.

"Death of 'George Eliot.'" London Daily News, 24 Dec. 1880, p. 5.

"The Literary Youth of George Eliot." London Mainly about People, 31 Dec. 1898, p. 712.

"George Eliot Criticised." London Mid Surrey Times and General Advertiser, 7 Aug. 1897, p. 3.

"Mrs. Lynn Linton on George Eliot." Westminster Budget, 30 Aug. 1895, p. 23.

"Eminent Women." Nonconformist and Independent, 23 Aug. 1883, p.754.

"New Books and New Editions." St. James's Gazette, 21 Feb. 1888, p. 7.

"George Eliot at Home." London Mercury, 7 Dec. 1895, p. 7.

"George Eliot." Cootamundra Herald, 19 Feb. 1881.

"The Week." East London Press, 7 Feb. 1885, p. 2.

"A Trouble on Christmas Eve." London Magnet, 20 Jun. 1881, p. 6.

"New Books: George Eliot's Letters and Journals." Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, 15 Feb. 1885, p. 4.

"News." North London News and Finsbury Gazette, 9 Feb. 1895.

"Mr. Escott's Reminiscences." Standard, 2 Oct. 1895, p. 2.

"The Week." Mid-Surrey Times, 7 Feb. 1885.

"Eyes in Fiction." St. James's Gazette, 13 Oct. 1898, p. 12.

"Miss Betham-Edward's Reminiscences." Standard, 25 Apr. 1898, p. 4.

"George Eliot, Lord Tennyson, and Carlyle." Westminster Budget, 27 Oct. 1893, p. 25.

"The Encyclopedia Britannica: The Third New Volume." Standard, 11 Jul. 1902, p. 4.

Nonconformist and Independent, 29 Jan. 1885, p. 111.

St. James's Gazette, 2 Feb. 1903, p. 17.

"Recollections of George Eliot." Westminster Budget, 26 Jun. 1896, p. 14.

"[A Review of] The Life of George Eliot." The Guardian, 2 Dec. 1885, pp. 1829.

"Obituary." Academy, vol. 18, 24 December 1880, p. 460.

"George Eliot." British Quarterly Review, vol. 81, Apr. 1885, pp. 316-33

"George Eliot." Westminster Review, vol. 124, July 1885, pp. 161-208

Underwood, Sara A., "George Eliot," Heroines of Freethought. New York, 1876. pp. 295-327.

Trollope, Thomas Adolphus. What I Remember. Vol. 1-2, Richard Bentley and Son, 1887.

Trollope, Thomas Adolphus. What I Remember. Vol. 1, Richard Bentley and Son, 1887.

Trollope, T. A. "A Picture of George Eliot." Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), 11 February 1888, p. 14.

Tozer, F. Eustace. "A Literary Study: George Eliot." Leeds Mercury, 2 June 1888, p. 1.

Tozer, F. Eustace. "A Literary Study." Leeds Mercury, 2 Jun. 1888.

Timmins, Sam. A History of Warwickshire. London, E. Stock, 1889.

Thomson, Clara. George Eliot. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1901.

Thomas, Henry and Dana Lee Thomas. "George Eliot." Living Biographies of Famous Women. Garden City Publishing Co, 1942, pp. 113-125.

Sydes, Mary. "George Eliot." Daily Mail, 29 November 1919, p. 12.

Swinburne, Algernon Charles. A Note on Charlotte Brontë. Chatto & Windus, 1877.

Stuart, Roland. Letters from George Eliot to Elma Stuart. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & CO., LTD. 1909.

Stephen, Leslie. George Eliot. London, Macmillan & co. ltd, 1902.

Spencer, Herbert. An Autobiography Vol 2. London, Williams and Norgate, 1904.

Spencer, Herbert. An Autobiography Vol 1. New York, D. Appleton, 1904.

Spencer, Herbert. An Autobiography. Vol. 1, Williams and Norgate, April 1904.

Spencer, C. H. "George Eliot." Melbourne Review, 1 Apr. 1876, p. 145-162.

"Sir Leslie Stephen on George Eliot." Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 23 August 1902, p. 5.

Sims, George R. "The 'Grove of the Evangelist.'" Evening News, 14 May 1917, p. 2.

Simcox, Edith. "George Eliot." The Nineteenth Century, May 1881, pp. 778–801.

Sharp, William. "The Country of George Eliot." Literary Geography. London, Pall Mall Publications, 1904, p. 74-86.

Scott, Walter. "George Eliot: The Greatest Novelist of the Reign of our Queen." Queens of Literature of the Victorian Era. London, 1886. pp. 183-258.

Saintsbury, George. "Some Great Biographies." Macmillans Magazine, Vol. 66, 1892, pp. 97-107.

Ruskin, John. "Fiction—Foul and Fair." Nineteenth Century, 1880, pgs. 941-963.

Roberton, John M. George Eliot, Moralist and Thinker. W. Brown, 1884.

Rhotert, Karl. Die Frau bei George Eliot. Berlin, E. Ebering, 1915.

Reid, T. Wemyss. "'George Eliot.'" Standard, 29 Dec. 1880, p. 2.

Reade, Charles. "George Eliot v. Charles Reade: Professional Jealousy." Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 29 August 1903, p. 4.

Reade, Charles. "Charles Reade v. George Eliot: Professional Jealousy." Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), 16 September 1903, p. 3.

Reade, Charles. "Charles Reade v. George Eliot: Professional Jealousy." Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1939), 2 September 1903, p. 6.

Raimond, C. E. (Elizabeth Robins). George Mandeville's Husband. New York, D. Appleton and company, 1894.

R. W. L. "The Book World: Women Novelists of To-Day." Black and White, 01 Oct. 1904, p. 484.

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart. "George Eliot." Boston Daily Advertiser, 14 Apr. 1881.

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart. "Poetry." Leicester Chronicle, 26 Feb. 1881.

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart. “Last Words from George Eliot.” Harper’s Magazine, 66, Mar. 1883, pp. 568-71.

Peirce, Z. F. "George Eliot." Boston Daily Advertiser, 27 Jan. 1877.

Pearson, Karl. "''The Woman's Question'." The Ethic of Freethought: A Selection of Essays and Lectures. London: Unwin, 1888, pp. 370-94.

Parton, James. "George Eliot." Daughters of Genius: A Series of Sketches of Authors, Artists, Reformers, and Heroines, Queens, Princesses, and Women of Society, Women Eccentric and Peculiar, from the Most Recent and Authentic Sources, Philadelphia, Hubbard Brothers, 1888, pp. 91-112.

Parton, James. Noted Women of Europe and America. 1883, Phoenix Publishing Company, Hartford, Conn. pp. 91-112.

Parton, James. Eminent Women. 1890, Hubbard Brothers, pp. 91-112.

Parton, James. "George Eliot." Noted Women of Europe and America: Authors, Artists, Reformers, and Heroines, Queens, Princesses and Women of Society, Women Eccentric or Peculiar: From the Most Recent and Authentic Sources, Hartford, Conn., Phoenix publishing co., 1883, pp. 91-112.

P. W. B. "George Eliot Artistry: Essence of England." Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 12 October 1940, p. 8.

Owen, W. O. "George Eliot." South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1868 - 1881), 19 February 1881.

Oliphant, Margaret. "The Ethics of Biography." Contemporary Review, Vol. 44, Pgs. 76-93, 1883.

Oliphant, Margaret. "The Life and Letters of George Eliot." Edinburgh Review, Apr. 1885, vol. 161, pp. 514–553.

O'Connor, T. P. "Men, Women and Memories." Sunday Times, 4 Sept. 1921, p. 7.

Norland, Annie. "George Eliot." Galveston Daily News, 27 May 1877.

Newdigate-Newdigate, Anne Emily Garnier. The Cheverels of Cheverel Manor. London, Longmans, Green, and co., 1898.

Myers, F. W. H. "George Eliot," Modern Essays, London: Macmillan and Co. 1885. pp. 251-275.

Muriel. "The Victorian Exhibition." Newcastle Courant, 12 Dec. 1891, p. 5.

Moscheles, Mrs. Felix. "A George Eliot Story." Daily News, 15 January 1927, p. 8.

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