Sara Hennell's notice of Herbert Spencer's book; No Specific Text Given [x]

Title

Sara Hennell's notice of Herbert Spencer's book; No Specific Text Given [x]

Text Read

Sara Hennell's notice of Herbert Spencer's book; No Specific Text Given [x]

Author

Hennell, Sara Sophia

Original Source

London: the Coventry Herald, 1855. October 12. p. 2a-b

Digitized by

Not Applicable

Publication Date

1855

Date(s) of Reading

  • 1855-10-16

Evidence

George Eliot to Sara Sophia Hennell, 16 October 1855. “Herbert Spencer is no longer at Tréport. According to the latest news, he is in England, "moving along the coast," but we are ignorant of his precise whereabouts. It is a pity for him not to have your nice notice of his book just now, before tributes have become numerous. We were amused to see the British Quarterly (in its short reviews) belauding a book so utterly destructive of its own theology. That is the only notice, besides yours, that I have seen at present.” GEL 2: 219 "Hennell, Sara S., rev of WR, Coventry Herald (Oct. 12) p. 2a-b." Source: Avrom Fleischman, George Eliot - George Henry Lewes Studies, September 2008, No. 54/55 (September 2008), p. 19.

Citation

Hennell, Sara Sophia, Sara Hennell's notice of Herbert Spencer's book; No Specific Text Given [x], George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57828