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.

"Literature: George Eliot's Life." Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904), 16 May 1885, p. 41.

"George Eliot." Newcastle Morning Herald and Miner's Advocate, 21 May 1885, p. 3.

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

"George Eliot's Grave." Daily Yellowstone Journal, 29 May 1885.

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

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

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

Kernahan, Coulson. "Poetry: At the Grave of George Eliot." Tasmanian (Launceston, Tas. : 1881 - 1895), 25
July 1885, p. 3.

Kernahan, Coulson. "At the Grave of George Eliot." Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899), 25 July 1885, p. 2.

"'The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains.'" Pall Mall Gazette, 14 Oct. 1885, p. 4.

"George Eliot's Marriage." Narracoorte Herald, 23 October 1885, p. 1.

"Literary Notes." Daily News, 13 Nov. 1885, p. 6.

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

White, William Hale. "Literary Gossip." The Athenaeum Journal, 3031, 28 November 1885. pp. 702.

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

W. H. C. "The Life and Letters of George Eliot." Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette (Qld. : 1868 - 1919), 3 December 1885, p. 3.

"Literature, Science, & Art." Bucks Herald, 5 Dec. 1885, p. 3.

Unwin, T Fisher. "Matrimonial Happiness." Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, 12 Dec. 1885, p. 12.

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

Bolton, Sarah K. The Lives of Girls Who Became Famous. Thomas Y. Crowell and Co., 1886, pp. 213-39.

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.

Ames, Charles Gordon. George Eliot's Two Marriages. Philadelphia: George H Buchanan and Company, 1886.

Farningham, Marianne. "George Eliot: The Greates Novelist of the Reign of Our Queen." Queens of Literature of the Victorian Era, London, W. Scott, 1886, pp. 185-258.

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Pen Portrait of George Eliot." Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935), 6 March 1886, p. 7.

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

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

Buchanan, Robert. "George Eliot on Old Age." Bacchus Marsh Express (Vic. : 1866 - 1943), 3 April 1886, p. 3.

Moore, Charles C. "George Eliot." Galveston Daily News, 30 Aug. 1886, p. 4.

"George Eliot." Morning Oregonian, 3 Oct. 1886, p. 4.

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

Griswold, Hattie Tyng. Home Life of Great Authors. A. C. McClurg, 1887.

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

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

Buchanan, Robert. "A Talk With George Eliot" & "George Eliot's Life", A Look Round Literature. Ward and Downey, 1887. pp. 218-226 & 314-321.

Louch, Thomas. "The Novels of George Eliot." Victorian Express, 19 Mar. 1887, p. 6.

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

"Nodion O'R Brifddinas." Y Goleuad, 30 Apr. 1887, p. 12.

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

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

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

"Art, Literature, and Society." Leed's Times, 1 Oct. 1887, p. 7.

Ingersoll, Robert. "George Eliot." Boston Investigator, 2 Nov. 1887, p. 5.

"George Eliot." Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate, 11 November 1887, p. 2.

"Religious Services." Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 5 Dec. 1887, p. 3.

"George Eliot." Narracoorte Herald, 29 December 1887, p. 1.

Buchanan, Robert. "A Talk With George Eliot." A Look Around Literature, London: Ward & Downey, 1887, pp. 218-228.

Gray , Helen Cone and Gilder, Jeannette L. Pen-Portraits of Literary Women, vol. 2. Cassell and Company, 1888.

Ireland, Annie E. “George Eliot and Jane Welsh Carlyle.” Gentleman’s Magazine, 264, 1888, pp. 229-238.

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.

"George Eliot." North Australian, 7 January 1888, p. 1.

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

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

"George Eliot." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 3 Mar. 1888, p. 2.

"George Eliot." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 3 Mar. 1888, p. 2.

"News." Sheffield Evening Telegraph, 6 Apr. 1888, p. 2.

"Unitarian Church: Lecture on George Eliot." Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), 19 April 1888, p. 2.

"The Royal Literary Fund." Morning Post, 3 May 1888, p. 2.

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

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

"George Eliot." Daily Picayune, 29 Jun 1888, p. 4.

"Tattle from 'Truth.'" Sheffield Evening Telegraph and Star, 22 Aug. 1888, p. 4.

"Gossip From Truth." Birmingham Daily Post, 23 Aug. 1888, p. 8.

Humphrey, Frances A. "Literary and Miscellaneous Extracts." Leicester Chronicle and Leicestershire Mercury, 1 Sept. 1888.

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

"Who Are the World's Greatest Women?" Pall Mall Gazette, 30 Nov. 1888, p. 1-2.

"George Eliot as a Talker." Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), 14 December 1888, p. 6.

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

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

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

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

Backus, Truman Jay, and Helen Dawes Brown. The Great English Writers From Chaucer to George Eliot: With Selections Illustrating Their Work. New York, 1889.

W. "The Ethics of Gambling." Standard, 18 Jan. 1889, p. 3.

"The Teaching of George Eliot." Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939), 7 June 1889, p. 4.

"George Eliot." Telegraph, 1889 July 2, p. 5.

"Lecture on George Eliot." Brisbane Courier, 2 July 1889, p. 6.

Atkinson, W. H. S. "George Eliot." Atchison Daily Globe, 6 Jul. 1889.

Chadwick, R. "Shepperton Church." Standard, 29 July 1889, p. 3.

"Literature on 'George Eliot.'" Queensland Times, 3 August 1889, p. 5.

Chadwick, R. "Shepperton Church." Standard, 5 Aug. 1889, p. 6.

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

"George Eliot's Grave." Evening Capital, 19 Oct. 1889.

Unknown. "George Eliot--Her Wit, Humor, and Influence." Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), 14 November 1889.

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

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

Tatler. "Authors and their Biographers." Penny Illustrated Paper, 1 Mar. 1890, p. 137.

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

"In the Sale Rooms." Pall Mall Gazette, 21 May 1890, p. 3.

"Sunday Afternoons with Great Minds: George Eliot." Australian Workman (Sydney, NSW : 1890 - 1897), 18 October 1890, p. 5.

"Obituary." Manchester Times, 31 Oct. 1890.

"Saturday Evening Free Lectures." Leicester Chronicle and Leicestershire Mercury, 15 Nov. 1890, p. 2.

"George Eliot." Australian Star, 17 January 1891, p. 7.

Boyesen, Hjalmar. "Eliot as a Novelist." Milwaukee Sentinel, 3 Feb. 1891, p. 2.

"Wit and Humour." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 14 Feb. 1891, p. 2.

"Two New Stories." Pall Mall Gazette, 25 Feb. 1891, p. 3.

"Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 3 Mar. 1891, p. 5.

"Tit-Bits From 'Truth." Portsmouth Evening News, 11 Mar. 1891, p. 2.

"Letters of Dickens and Thackeray." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 4 Apr. 1891, p. 8.

"The Manuscripts of George Eliot's Works." Pall Mall Gazette, 18 July 1891, p. 6.

"Literary Notes." Morning Post, 7 Oct. 1891, p. 3.

"Our Library Table." Bristol Mercury, 12 Oct. 1891, p. 3.

E. M. "George Eliot and Immortality." London Echo, 19 Oct. 1891, p. 4.

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

Walford, Lucy Bethia. "George Eliot," Twelve English Authoresses. London and New York, 1892. pp. 186-200.

Greenwood, Grace. "Three Great Women." Stories and Sketches. New York, Tait, Sons & Company, 1892, pp. 38-49.

Hamilton, C. J. "George Eliot (Mary Anne Cross)." Women Writers: Their Works and Ways, vol 2, London, Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co, 1892, pp. 216-253.

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

Wakeman, Edgar L. "George Eliot's Home." Pittsburgh Dispatch, 7 May 1892, p. 5.

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

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

"Literary Notes." Morning Post, 10 Feb. 1892, p. 2.

"George Eliot as a Pianist." Bucks Herald, 16 Apr. 1892, p. 6.

Wakeman, Edgar L. "Wakeman's Wanderings: Some Features of George Eliot's Girlhood Home." Morning News, 8 May 1892.

Wakeman, Edgar L. "George Eliot." Daily Picayune, 8 May 1892, p. 16.

Wakeman, Edgar L. "The Home of George Eliot." Delaware Gazette and State Journal, 12 May 1892.

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

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

"George Eliot as a Pianist." Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 27 September 1892.

"Dramatic Recital." Hastings and St. Leonards Observer, 26 Nov. 1892, p. 2.

Walters, J. Cuming."Glimpses of George Eliot's Warwickshire Scenery." Bygone Warwickshire, edited by William Andrews. Hull : W. Andrews & co, 1893, pp. 261-279.

"News." Morning Post, 18 Mar. 1893, p. 3.

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

"Cuttings From 'Punch.'" Huddersfield Chronicle, 6 May 1893, p. 3.

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

Hubbard, Elbert. Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great: George Eliot. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1894.

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

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

Farrison, Narnie. "George Eliot." Galveston Daily News, 23 Feb. 1894, p. 4.

"News Item." Blackburn Standard, 17 Mar. 1894, p. 3.

"A Traveller's Experiences in the Georg Eliot Country." Leicester Chronicle and the Leicestershire Mercury, 9 Jun. 1894, p. 11.

"Steinway Hall." Morning Post, 8 Oct. 1894, p. 3.

"The Example of George Eliot." Sheffield Evening Telegraph, 18 Oct. 1894, p. 2.

"Literature and Art." Berrow's Worcester Journal, 17 Nov. 1894, p. 6.

"George Eliot and George Henry Lewes." Age, 24 Nov. 1894, p. 11.

White, William Hale. "Dr. John Chapman," The Athenaeum Journal, 3502, 8 December 1894. pp. 790.

Field, Kate. "George Eliot's Face." Scrutineer and Berrima District Press, 8 December 1894, p. 3.

Escott, T.H.S. "Lions and Lionesses in the 60s and Since." Platform, Press, Politics & Play: Being Pen and Ink Sketches of Contemporary Celebrities from the Tone to the Thames, via Avon and Isis. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., 1895, pp. 256-267.

""George Eliot's Face." Petersburg Times, 4 January 1895, p. 3.

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

"George Eliot." Daily Picayune, 4 Mar. 1895, p. 2.

"George Eliot's Union with Lewes." Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 16 March 1895, p. 3.

"Obituary." Times, 11 May 1895, p. 11.

Wakeman, Edgar L. "George Eliot's Early Home." Leeds Mercury, 18 May 1895.

"Death of Mr. Francis Otter." Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 31 May 1895, p. 6.

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

Housing, Maskel and Mary Hickson. "George Eliot and George Henry Lewes." London Echo, 15 Jun. 1895, p. 4.

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

"Saturday's New Books." Standard, 24 June 1895, p. 3.

"George Eliot." Huddersfield Chronicle, 23 Aug. 1895, p. 4.

"George Eliot." Huddersfield Daily Chronicle, 23 Aug. 1895, p. 4.

"George Eliot." Huddersfield Chronicle, 24 Aug. 1895, p. 3.

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

"Some Past Authoresses." Newcastle Courant, 31 Aug. 1895, p. 6.

Linton, Lynn. "My Impressions of George Eliot." St. James's Gazette, 17 Sept. 1895, p. 5.

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

"Gossip of the Week." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 21 Sept. 1895, p. 2.

"The Evolution of the Novel." Birmingham Daily Post, 24 Sept. 1895, p. 5.

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

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

Linton, Eliza Lynn. "Recollections of George Eliot." Geelong Advertiser, 8 October 1895, p. 4.

"Mr. Justing McCarthyon Distinguished Writers." Huddersfield Chronicle, 17 Oct. 1895, p. 4.

"George Eliot." Friend of India & Statesman, 30 Oct. 1895, p. 5.

Krout, Mary H. "Fresh London Notes." Daily Inter Ocean, 21 Nov. 1895, p. 10.

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

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

"What the Queen Reads." North-Eastern Daily Gazette, 3 Jan. 1896.

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

Cross, A. F. "Proposed George Eliot Memorial Library." Standard, 3 Mar. 1896, p. 3.

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

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

"A Portrait of George Eliot." Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), 6 June 1896, p. 6.

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

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

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

"Ipswich Literary Society." Ipswich Journal, 18 July 1896, p. 8.

"Light on George Eliot." Indianapolis Journal, 26 Jul. 1896.

"George Eliot." Queanbeyan Observer, 11 August 1896, p. 1.

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

"English Studies." Morning Post, 30 Sept. 1896, p. 3.

"Obituary." Yorkshire Herald, 28 Nov. 1896, p. 5.

"Days of the Week." Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, 20 Dec. 1896, p. 8.

"To-day." Hull Daily Mail, 22 Dec. 1896, p. 4.

"To-day." Hull Daily Mail, 22 Dec. 1896, p. 4.

"George Eliot and Methodism." Express and Telegraph, 26 December 1896, p. 5.

"George Eliot on Methodism." Chronicle, 2 January 1897, p. 35.

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

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

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

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

"News." Hull Daily Mail, 28 Dec. 1897, p. 2.

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

"Interesting Forthcoming Lectures at Truro." Royal Cornwall Gazette, 13 Jan. 1898.

"George Eliot." North American, 1 Mar. 1898, p. 5.

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

"An Author's Memories." Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle, 7 May 1898.

"George Eliot." Evening Journal, 14 May 1898, p. 5.

"Floral." Cornishman, 26 May 1898, p. 9.

Daily Picayune, 27 May 1898, p. 4.

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

"Sale of Autograph Letters." Morning Post, 18 July 1898, p. 7.

"Literature." Morning Post, 26 Aug. 1898, p. 3.

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

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

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

Gribble, Francis. "[A Review of] John Blackwood by Mrs. Gerald Porter." London Review, 19 Nov. 1898, p. 14.

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

Linton, Eliza Lynn. My Literary Life: Reminiscences of Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, etc., Hodder and Stoughton, 1899.

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

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

"Miss Sarah Sophia Hennel." Daily News, 8 Mar. 1899.

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

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

"A Story of George Eliot." Atchison Daily Globe, 17 Mar. 1899, p. 6.

"A Visit to George Eliot." Yorkshire Evening Post, 29 June 1899, p. 5.

"George Eliot." Century Magazine, vol. 58, Jul. 1899, pp. 442-446

"A Visit to George Eliot." Atchison Daily Globe, 8 Jul. 1899, p. 2.

"Some Famous Authors." Blackburn Standard, 22 July 1899, p. 9.

"Women in Literature: Women Writers and their Successes." Blackburn Standard, 29 July 1899, p. 7.

"A Visit to George Eliot." Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), 9 September 1899, p. 36.

"Acquaintance with George Eliot." London Mainly About People, 2 Dec. 1899, p. 519.

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

Betham-Edwards, M. "Anglo-French Relations." Times. 7 Dec. 1899. p. 11.

"The Women's Club." Evening Times Republican, 15 Mar. 1900.

"Mrs. Lynn Linton on George Eliot." Temora Star (NSW : 1881 - 1883; 1899 - 1906; 1914; 1925; 1933), 4 April 1900, p. 2.

"Mrs. Lynn Linton on George Eliot." Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser (NSW : 1874 -1908), 13 April 1900, p. 1.

"Mrs. Lynn-Linton on George Eliot." Scrutineer and Berrima District Press (NSW : 1892 - 1948), 14 April 1900, p. 3.

"Mrs. Lynn-Linton on George Eliot." Liverpool Herald (NSW : 1897 - 1907), 14 April 1900, p. 9.

"Mrs. Lynn-Linton on George Eliot." Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW : 1893 - 1953), 20 April 1900, p. 5.

"Mrs. Lynn-Linton on George Eliot." Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer (NSW : 1898 - 1954), 21 April 1900, p. 4.

"Mrs. Lynn-Linton on George Eliot." Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser (NSW : 1898 - 1952), 21 April 1900, p. 5.

"Mrs. Lynn-Linton on George Eliot." Mountaineer (Katoomba, NSW : 1894 - 1908), 27 April 1900, p. 3.

"Mrs. Lynn Linton on George Eliot." Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate (NSW :
1881 - 1947), 28 April 1900, p. 1.

"Mrs. Lynn Linton on George Eliot." Yass Evening Tribune (NSW : 1899 - 1928), 7 May 1900, p. 4.

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

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

"Mrs. Kendal on the Drama." Northern Echo, 5 Dec. 1900, p. 3.

"Temperance at St. Leonards." Hastings and St. Leonards Observer, 22 Dec. 1900, p. 2.

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

Howells, W. D. Heroines of Fiction, v. 2. New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1901. pp. 44-94.

Gosse, Edmund. "The Custom of Biography." The Anglo-Saxon Review, vol. 8, March 1901, pp. 195-208.

"George Eliot's Home." Morning Bulletin, 2 March 1901, p. 3.

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

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

Hyatt, Alfred. "Arts and Letters." London Middlesex Gazette, 12 Oct. 1901, p. 7.

"George Eliot's Secret Sorrow." Age, 26 October 1901, p. 17.

"The Brontes." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 5 Nov. 1901, p. 4.

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

Lord, John. Beacon Lights of History, volume VII, James Clarke and Co, 1902.

Hamilton, C. J. "Books and their Writers." Sunday Times, 22 Jun. 1902, p. 2.

"George Eliot's Face." Bismarck Daily Tribune, 30 Jun. 1902.

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

A. R. "George Eliot." Westminster Budget, 18 Jul. 1902, p. 21.

"George Eliot: Where Famous Novelist Found Her Pseudonyme." Evening Star, 21 Jul. 1902.

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

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

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

"Names." Western Times, 14 Aug. 1902, p. 6.

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

"George Eliot's Experience." London Mainly About People, 8 Nov. 1902, p. 492.

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

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." Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1939), 2 September 1903, p. 6.

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

"Charles Reade v. George Eliot: Professional Jealousy." Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette (Qld. : 1868 - 1919), 17 September 1903, p. 2.

"George Eliot." Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 23 Oct. 1903, p. 1.

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

"The Dead Philosopher." Yorkshire Evening Post, 9 Dec. 1903, p. 4.

"Friendship with George Eliot." London Mainly about People, 19 Dec. 1903, p. 772.

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

Morley, John. "The Life of George Eliot." Critical Micellanies. London, Macmillan and Co., 1904.

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

Blind, Mathilde. George Eliot. Boston, Little, Brown, & Company, 1904.

"George Eliot and Spencer." Sunday Times, 31 January 1904, p. 5.

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

"'George Eliot' and Wirksworth." Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 23 May 1904, p. 7.

"Lady Newdegate and Chilvers Coton." Tamworth Herald, 18 June 1904, p. 3.

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

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

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

"George Eliot on George Sand." Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930), 11 September 1904, p. 5.

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

F. H. A. "The Country of George Eliot." Tamworth Herald, 15 Oct. 1904, p. 2.

"He Knew Everyone, Even George Eliot." Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), 10 November 1904, p. 6.

"George Eliot's Schoolmate." Australian Star, 26 December 1904, p. 6.

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

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

"Sutton Coldfield." Tamworth Herald, 4 Mar. 1905, p. 6.

"George Eliot's Study." Australian Town and Country Journal, 17 May 1905, p. 38.

"George Eliot's Convictions." Westralian Worker, 26 May 1905, p. 4.

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

"When George Eliot Visited Florence." Sunday Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1903 - 1910), 16 July 1905, p. 5.

"News." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 5 Aug. 1905, p. 10.

"George Eliot." Times Literary Supplement, 29 Dec. 1905, p. 463.

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