Contemporaries on George Eliot's Works

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

In this section, you will find commentary on Eliot's works published in periodicals during and shortly beyond her lifetime.

The George Eliot Archive offers far more reviews and commentary on Eliot's works than any print volume. As a digital scholarly edition, we are able to continuously expand as new items are identified. We have relied on the work of editors of printed collections as our starting point and continued to build our collection well beyond what has been available. Our digital edition more than quadruples the number of previously collected reviews of Middlemarch, facilitating new avenues of inquiry into the novel's early reception.

We also have an extensive collection of articles reporting on and summarizing lectures presented on George Eliot’s works and on her literary influence within and outside of England. As these documents demonstrate, Eliot's writing garnered widespread acclaim from professional critics and common citizens alike, who generally praised the creativity, wit, complex characters, and the moral philosophy incorporated into her writings.


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"Daniel Deronda." The Jewish Chronicle, 15 December 1876, pp. 585-6

"Daniel Deronda." The Saturday Review, 16 September 1876, pp. 356-8.

"Daniel Deronda." Examiner, 2 September 1876, pp. 993-4.

"Daniel Deronda [A Review]." Academy, 5 February 1876, p. 120.

"Middlemarch [A Review]." The Observer, 17 December 1871.

"George Eliot as a Moral Teacher." Westminster Review, January 1882, pp. 65-81.

"Middlemarch [A Review]." Edinburgh Review, January 1873, pp. 246-63.

"Middlemarch [A Review]." The Saturday Review, 21 December 1872, pp. 796.

"Middlemarch [A Review]." The Saturday Review, 7 December 1872, pp. 733-4.

"Middlemarch [A Review]." Examiner, 7 December 1872, pp. 1204-5.

"Middlemarch [A Review]." The Daily News, 28 November 1871.

"Felix Holt, the Radical [A Review]."Westminster Review, July 1866, pp. 200-207.

"Felix Holt, the Radical [A Review]." Blackwood's Magazine, July 1866, pp. 94-109

"Silas Marner [A Review]." The Saturday Review, 13 April 1861, pp. 369-70

"George Eliot's New Novel." The Leader and Saturday Analyst, 14 April 1860, pp. 335-36.

"George Eliot's New Romance." Leader, 14 April 1860, pp. 355-6

"The Mill on the Floss [A Review]." The Saturday Review, 7 April 1860, pp. 471-2

"The Mill on the Floss [A Review]." The Spectator, 7 Apr. 1860, pp. 330-331

"The Future of Single Women." Westminster Review, vol. 65, Jan. 1884, pp. 151-62

"Adam Bede [A Review]." The Morning Chronicle, 28 Feb. 1859, p. 6.

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

Tomlinson, May. “Rosamond and Lydgate.” South Atlantic Quarterly 17, 1918, pp. 320-29.

Tomlinson, May. “Dodsons and Tullivers.” Sewanee Review 26 July 1918, pp. 319-27.

Tomlinson, May. “The Beginning of George Eliot’s Art: A Study of Scenes of Clerical Life.” Sewanee Review 27, July 1919, pp. 320-329.

Swinburne, Algernon. Fortnightly Review, Vol. 58, Pgs. 830-833

Sweetser, Kate Dickinson. Boys and Girls From George Eliot. New York: Duffield & Company, 1906.

Sully, James. "The Art of George Eliot." Mind, Vol. 6, No. 23, July 1881, pp. 378-394.

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

Stephen, Leslie. "The Moral Element in English Literature." Cornhill Magazine, Jan. 1881, pp. 34–50.

Stephen, Leslie. "George Eliot." Cornhill Magazine, Feb. 1881, pp. 152–168.

Stephen, Leslie. George Eliot. Macmillan & Co., 1902.

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

Smith, George Barnett. George Eliot in Derbyshire. London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, Warwick House, Paternoster Row, 1876, Pgs. 1-91.

Smith, George Barnett. Women of Renown. Wyman and Sons, Limited, Printers, London and Redhill 1893, Pgs. 85-117.

Smith, George Barnett. "George Eliot." Saint Paul's Magazine, May 1873, pp. 592–616.

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Sheppard, Nathan. The Essays of George Eliot. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Publishers, 1883

Seguin, Lisbeth Gooch. Scenes and Characters from the Works of George Eliot. A. Strahan, 1888.

Saintsbury, George. "Daniel Deronda." Academy, 9 Sept. 1876, pp. 253–254.

S. P. "On George Eliot's 'Armgart.'" Nottinghamshire Guardian, 9 Oct. 1874, p. 6.

Robertson, James Craigie. "Eliot's Novels." The Quarterly Review, Oct. 1860, pp. 469–499.

Robertson, Eric S., English Poetesses. Cassell and Company, 1883, Pgs. 326-334.

Hutton, R. H., "George Eliot's Middlemarch," Spectator, vol. 44, 16 December 1871, pp. 1528-1529.

Hutton, R. H., "Felix Holt," Spectator, vol. 39, 23 June 1866, pp. 692-693.

Primrose, Deborah. "Fetishism." Hearth and Home, 30 Jan. 1896, p. 440.

Picciotto, James. "Deronda the Jew." The Gentleman's Magazine. New York, AMS Press, 1876. pp. 593-603.

Pettle, Z. F. "George Eliot." Burlington Weekly Post, 11 May 1887.

Penelope. "Our Ladies' Column." Northampton Mercury, 16 Apr. 1881, p. 8.

Parkinson, S. Scenes From the "George Eliot" Country. Leeds, R. Jackson, 1888.

Belloc, Bessie Rayner. In a Walled Garden. Macmillan & Co., 1895, pp. 209-210, 250-251.

Belloc, Bessie Rayner. "Dorothea Casaubon and George Eliot." In a Walled Garden. Macmillan & Co., 1895, pp. 1-24.

Bessie Rayner Parkes, Dorothea Casaubon and George Eliot, Contemporary Review, Vol. LXV. Jan-June, 1894.

Oliphant, James. "George Eliot." Victorian Novelists. London, Blackie & Son, 1899, pp. 78-143.

Olcott, Charles S. (Charles Sumner). George Eliot, Scenes And People In Her Novels. New York: T. Y. Crowell & co, 1910.

Olcott, Charles S., George Eliot: Scenes and People in Her Novels, London ; Cassell, 1911.

Olcott, Charles S. "George Eliot: Scenes and People In her Novels." Cassell, 1910.

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

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Newby, Thos Cautley . "Adam Bede, Jun." Times, 5 Dec. 1859, p. 7.

Mulock, Dinah. To Novelists - And a Novelist. Macmillan's Magazine, April 1861, pp. 441-8

Mottram, William. The True Story of George Eliot In Relation to "Adam Bede": Giving the Real Life History of the More Prominent Characters. American ed. Chicago: McClurg, 1906.

Morley, John. "George Eliot's Novels." Australasian, 3 November 1866, p. 6.

Morley, John. "Felix Holt, the Radical." The Saturday Review, 16 June 1866, pp. 722-4

Morley, John. "George Eliot's Novels." Macmillan's Magazine, May 1866, pp. 272–279.

Milnes, Richard Monckton. Middlemarch: a Study of Provincial Life. Edinburgh Review [American Review], Jan. 1873, pp. 126–135.

Matheson, Annie. “Children in the Novels of George Eliot.” Macmillan’s Magazine 46, 1882, pp. 488-97.

Main, Alexander. Wise, Witty and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse, selected from the Works of George Eliot, Edinburgh & London: Blackwood, 1872

Lucas, Samuel. "Recent Novels - Scenes of Clerical Life and White Lies." The Times, 2 Jan. 1858, p. 9.

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

Louch, Rev. Thomas. "Contributor's Column: The Novels of George Eliot." Victorian Express, 19 March 1887, p. 6.

Lonsdale, Margaret. George Eliot: Thoughts Upon Her Life, Her Books, and Herself. Kegan Paul, Trench and Company, 1886.

Linton, Eliza Lynn. "George Eliot." Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations, London, Hurst & Blackett, limited, 1897, pp. 61-115.

Linton, Eliza Lynn. "George Eliot." Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations, Hurst and Blackett, 1897, pp. 63–115.

Lilly, W. S. "George Eliot as a Humourist." Huddersfield Chronicle, 4 Feb. 1895, p. 4.

Lewes, M. E. "A Letter from George Eliot." St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 22 Jan. 1881, p. 10.

Simcox, Edith. "Middlemarch." The Academy, 1 Jan. 1873, p. 1-4.

Lancaster, H. H. "George Eliot's Novels." The North British Review, Sept. 1866, pp. 197–228.

Laing, Robert. "Middlemarch, a Study of Provincial Life." The Quarterly Review, Apr. 1873, pp. 336–369.

Kingsley, Rose G. “The Country of George Eliot.” Century Magazine 30, 1885, pp. 339-52.

Kebbel, T. E. "Village Life of George Eliot." Fraser's Magazine, Feb. 1881, pp. 263–276.

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Kaufmann, David. George Eliot and Judaism: An Attempt to Appreciate Daniel Deronda. Translated from the German by J. W. Ferrier. Edinburgh & London: 1877.

Kaufmann, David. George Eliot and Judaism: An attempt to Appreciate "Daniel Deronda." Translated by J. W. Ferrier, Edinburgh, W. Blackwood, 1878

Johnson, R. Brimley. "'Jane Eyre' to 'Scenes of Clerical Life.'" The Women Novelists, London, W. Collins sons & co., ltd, 1918, pp. 179-203.

Johnson, R. Brimley. "The Woman's Man: An Ideal and a Point of View." The Women Novelists, London, W. Collins sons & co., ltd, 1918, pp. 245-262.

Johnson, R. Brimley. The Great Four. London [etc.] W. Collins sons & co., ltd. 1918, Pgs. 226-244.

Johnson, R. Brimley. The Great Four. London [etc.] W. Collins sons & co., ltd. 1918, Pgs. 204-225.

Ruskin, John. "Mr. Ruskin on George Eliot." Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 3 February 1891.

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Jewsbury, Geraldine. "Adam Bede [A Review]." Athenaeum, 26 Feb. 1859, p. 284.

James, Henry. Review of the Spanish Gypsy. Nation, Vol. 7, 1868, Pgs. 12-14

James, Henry. "Daniel Deronda: A Conversation." Atlantic Monthly, Dec. 1876, pp. 684–694.

James, Henry. "Middlemarch." The Galaxy, Mar. 1873, pp. 424–428.

James, Henry. "Felix Holt, the Radical [A Review]." The Nation, 16 Aug. 1866, pp. 127–128.

James, Henry. "The Novels of George Eliot." Atlantic Monthly, Oct. 1866, vol. 18, pp. 479–492.

James, H. "About Some of the George Eliot's Novels." Treasury of Literature and the Ladies' Treasury, 2 Aug. 1869, p. 56-63.

Jacobs, Joseph. "George Eliot." George Eliot, Matthew Arnold, Browning, Newman : Essays and Reviews From the 'Athenaeum,' London, D. Nutt, 1891, pp. 1-73.

Jacobs, Joseph. "Mordecai: A Protest Against the Critics by a Jew." Macmillan's Magazine, June 1877, pp. 101–111.

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

Hutton, R.H. Essays on Some of the Modern Guides to English Thought in Matters of Faith. London Macmillan and Co. 1891, Pgs. 153-310.

Hutton, R. H. "Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life [A Review]." British Quarterly Review, vol. 57, 1873, pp. 407–429.

Hutton, R. H. "George Eliot Heroines." The Spectator, 12 Feb. 1876.

Hutton, R. H. "The Strong Side of Daniel Deronda." The Spectator, 29 July 1876.

Hutton, R. H. "The Hero of Daniel Deronda." The Spectator, 10 June 1876.

Hutton, R. H. "Daniel Deronda [A Review]." The Spectator, 8 Apr. 1876.

"The Melancholy of 'Middlemarch.'" The Spectator, 1 June 1872, pp.685-687.

Hutton, R.H. "Romola [A Review]." The Spectator, 18 July 1863.

Humphrey, Jennett and E. W. B. "George Eliot and Joseph Liggins." Leeds Mercury, 7 Feb. 1885, p. 12.

Howells, W.D., Heroines of Fiction, Harper and Brothers Publishing, New York & London 1901, Pgs. 102-113.

Henry, Maria Louise. “The Morality of Thackeray and George Eliot.” Atlantic Monthly 51, Feb. 1883, pp. 243-248.

Henley, W. E. "Views and Reviews; Essays in Appreciation." London, D. Nutt, 1890. pp. 130-132.

Haskell, Jessica J. "George Eliot's 'The Mill on the Floss'--(I.)" The Journal of Education, 28 Oct 1915, Vol. 82, No. 15 (2051), p. 403, 408.

Harrison, Frederic. Studies in Early Victorian Literature. Edward Arnold, copyright 1895, Pgs. 205-224.

Hammond, Eleanor P. "The Use of Episode in the Teaching of Fiction." Modern Language Notes, vol. 17, no. 2. Feb 1902, pp. 33-36.

Hamilton, C. J. Women Writers: Their Works and Ways Volume 1. London, Ward, Lock, Bowden and co., 1892-93.

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Eliot, George, 1819-1880. "Transatlantic Latter-Day Poetry." The Leader, vol. 7, 7 June 1856, pp. 547-48.

Eliot, George. "George Eliot on Human Nature." Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), 16 November 1908, p. 6.

Eliot, George, 1819-1880. "George Eliot on Human Nature." Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), 20 April 1933, p. 8.

Eliot, George, 1819-1880. "George Eliot on Human Nature." Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), 2 December 1937, p. 5.

Eliot, George, 1819-1880. "George Eliot on Human Nature." Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 - 1954), 14 May 1935, p. 6.

Eliot, George, 1819-1880. "George Eliot on Human Nature." Traralgon Record (Traralgon, Vic. : 1886 - 1932), 6 November 1908, p. 5.

Eliot, George. "'Sayings,' by George Eliot ('Adam Bede')." Williamstown Chronicle (Vic. : 1856 - 1954), 5 April 1873, p. 6.

Eliot, George. "George Eliot: Some Sayings from Her Novels." Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA : 1905 - 1952), 14 October 1911, p. 6.

Eliot, George. "George Eliot on Human Nature." Bairnsdale Advertiser and Tambo and Omeo Chronicle (Vic. : 1882 - 1918), 7 November 1908.

Eliot, George. "A Prayer by George Eliot." South Australian Weekly Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1881 - 1889), 27 December 1884, p. 16.

Eliot, George. "George Eliot: Some Sayings from Her Novels." Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times (Albury, NSW : 1903 - 1920), 16 November 1910.

Eliot, George. "George Eliot on Human Nature." Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 - 1954), 14 November 1908, p. 6.

Eliot, George. "Belles Lettres: Three Novels." Westminster Review, LXVI, October 1856, pp. 571-78.

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Eliot, George. "Gems From George Eliot." Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser, 12 April 1907, p. 2.

George Eliot. "George Eliot on Women." Queanbeyan Age, 26 September 1911, p. 3.

Eliot, George. "Sayings From George Eliot." Australian Worker, 10 June 1915, p. 19.

Eliot, George. "Sayings From George Eliot." Daily Herald, 7 August 1915, p. 10.

Eliot, George. "Sayings of George Eliot." Herald, 28 March 1881, p. 3.

Eliot, George. "George Eliot on Women." Tumut and Adelong Times, 15 September 1911, p. 3.

Eliot, George. "George Eliot on Women." Sunday Sun, 2 September 1906, p. 10.

Eliot, George. "George Eliot on Women." Sunday Sun, 2 September 1906, p. 10.

Eliot, George. "George Eliot on Women." Picton Post, 27 September 1911, p. 7.

Eliot, George. "Sayings of George Eliot." Maitland Daily Mercury, 17 September 1898, p. 5.

Eliot, George. "Sayings From George Eliot." Zeehan and Dundas Herald, 16 June 1915, p. 4.

Eliot, George. "Gems From George Eliot." Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, 30 March 1907, p. 11.

Eliot, George. "Gems From George Eliot." Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser, 28 May 1907, p. 6.

Eliot, George. "Detached Thoughts." Wallaroo Times, 15 June 1887, p. 4.

Eliot, George. "Gems From George Eliot." Maitland Daily Mercury, 21 May 1907, p. 2.

George Eliot. "George Eliot on Women." Wollondilly Press, 13 September 1911, p. 3.

Eliot, George. "Adam Bede." Times, 16 Apr. 1859, p. 7.

Eliot, George. "Adam Bede." Times, 2 Dec. 1859, p. 10.

G.W. S. "News Item." New York Tribune, 26 Jul. 1875.

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Francillon, R. E. "George Eliot's First Romance." The Gentleman's Magazine. New York, AMS Press, 1876. pp. 411 - 427.

Forster, John. "Adam Bede." Edinburgh Review [American Edition], July 1859, pp. 223-246.

Fairley, Edwin. "The Art of George Eliot in 'Silas Marner'." The English Journal, Apr 1913, vol 2, no 4, pp. 221-30.

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

F. C. "Felix Holt, the Radical." Western Times, 14 Aug. 1866, p. 2.

F. C. "Felix Holt, the Radical." Western Times, 14 Aug. 1866, p. 2.

F. C. "Felix Holt, the Radical." Western Times, 7 Aug. 1866, p. 6.

"'George Eliot' and Her Teachings." Age, 27 April 1889, p. 11.

Elton, Oliver. A Survey of English Literature: 1780-1880. Vol. 2. The Macmillan Company, 1920, pp. 93-99. George Eliot Archive.

Eliot, George. Poems, Essays, And Leaves From a Note Book. Edited by Esther Wood. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1904.

Eliot, George. "Women: George Eliot." Worker, 23 May 1908, p. 10.

Eliot, George. "George Eliot and the Jews." Nottinghamshire Guardian, 7 Jan. 1881, p. 8.

E. W. B. "'Shepperton Church'." Standard, 2 Aug. 1889, p. 3.

Dowden, Edward. The Contemporary Review, Vol. 29, 1877, Pgs. 348-369.

The Contemporary Review, vol. 20, Aug. 1872, pp. 403–422.

Dickens, Charles. "Charles Dickens and George Eliot." Daily Evening Bulletin, 27 Jan. 1881.

Dickens, Charles. "Mr. Charles Dickens and George Eliot." Star; Guernsey, 13 Jan. 1881.

Dickens, Charles. "Mr. Charles Dickens and George Eliot." Morning Post, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 2.

Dickens, Charles. "Charles Dickens and 'George Eliot.'" Portsmouth Evening News, 1 Jan. 1881, p. 3.

Davidson, Hannah Amelia. The Study of Romola. Study Guide Series, 1897.

The Times, 29 Apr. 1861, p. 12.

Dallas, E. S. "Felix Holt." The Times, 26 June 1866, p. 6.

Dallas, E. S. "The Mill on the Floss [A Review]." The Times, 19 May 1860, p. 10.

Dallas, E. S. "Adam Bede." The Times, 12 Apr. 1859, p. 5.

Courthorpe, W. J. "The Reflection of English Character in English Art." The Quarterly Review, vol. 147, Jan. 1879, pp. 81–112.

Copeland, Charles Townsend "George Eliot and Mrs. Humphry Ward." The North American Review, 1892. p. 503-505.

Colvin, Sydney. "Critical Notices." The Fortnightly Review Volume XII. London, Virtue and Co., 1 January 1873, pp. 142-148.

Colvin, Sydney. The Fortnightly Review Vol XIII. London, Virtue and Co., 1 January 1873.

Colvin, Sidney. "Daniel Deronda." Fortnightly Review, vol. 26, Nov. 1876, pp. 601–616.

Fortnightly Review, vol. 19, Jan. 1873, pp. 142–147.

Blackwood's Magazine, vol. 87, May 1860, pp. 490-504

Collins, Rev. W. Lucas. "The Mill on the Floss." Blackwood's Magazine, vol. 87, May 1860, pp. 611–623.

Collins, W. Lucas. "Middlemarch." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 112, Dec. 1872, pp. 727–745.

Collins, John Churchton. Studies in Poetry and Criticism. London, G. Bell and Sons, 1905.

Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth. George Eliot's Poetry, and Other Studies. Funk and Wagnalls, 1885.

Westminster Review [American Edition], vol. 71, Apr. 1859, pp. 269–283.

Chadwick, R. "Shepperton Church." Standard, 31 July 1889, p. 3.

Bullett, Gerald. George Eliot, Her Life and Books. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1948.

Brownell, W. C. "George Eliot." Victorian Prose Masters; Thackeray - Carlyle - George Eliot - Mathew Arnold - Ruskin - George Meredith. New York, Charles Scribner's Son, 1901, pp. 99-145.

Broome, Frederick Napier. "Middlemarch." The Times, 7 Mar. 1873, p. 3.

Brock, Ashford. "The Bookmarker." Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 17 Apr. 1914, p. 9.

Boyce, Arthur E. "Letters on Men and Things: On George Eliot (Continued)." Kentish Mail Greenwich And Deptford Observer, 19 Mar. 1909, p. 3.

Boyce, Arthur E. "Letters on Men and Things: On George Eliot." Kentish Mail Greenwich and Deptford Observer, 12 Mar. 1909, p. 3.

Bowker, R. R. "Daniel Deronda." International Review, IV, Jan. 1877, pp. 68–76.

Bonnell, Henry H. (Henry Houston). Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, Jane Austen: Studies In Their Works. New York [etc.]: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902.

Bonnell, Henry Houston. "George Eliot: The Literature of Power and Cup of Strength." Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Jane Austin. New York, Longmans, Green, and co., 1902, pp. 131-322.

Block, Louis James. "The Poetry of George Eliot." The Sewanee Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Jan 1918, pp. 85-91.

Berle, Lina Wright. George Eliot and Thomas Hardy: A Contrast. Mitchell Kennerley, 1917.

Bennett, Joan. George Eliot: Her Mind and Her Art. Cambridge University Press, 1948.

Bell, James. George Eliot as a Novelist. Aberdeen: Walker & Company 1888, Pgs. 5-72.

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

B. N. C. "George Eliot's Novels." Calcutta Review, p. 78-89.

B. A. B. "Worth the Reading." Morning Oregonian, 6 Sept. 1896, p. 12.

Westminster Review, vol. 125, Jan. 1886, pp. 207–222.

[R. W. L.] "The Book World: Women Novelist of To-Day." Black And White, 01 Oct. 1904, p. 484.

[M. E. C.] "The Influence of George Eliot's Early Novels." The Guardian, 27 May 1896, p. 830.

Allen, Walter Ernest. George Eliot. New York, Macmillan Publishers, 1964.

Agnus, Joseph. "George Eliot has adopted a plan with the publication of Middlemarch..." Westminster Review, Jan 1872, p. 131-2.

[George Eliot?]. "Despair." Atchison Daily Globe, 25 Aug. 1893.

[G. W. S.]. New York Tribune, 26 Jul. 1875.

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