Charles Bray to GE, Coventry, [26 June 1859]
Title
Charles Bray to GE, Coventry, [26 June 1859]
Title
Charles Bray to GE, Coventry, [26 June 1859]
Sender
Charles Bray
Recipient
George Eliot
Date(s)
- 1859-06-26
Place
Coventry
Letter Content
Charles Bray to GE, Coventry, [26 June 1859]
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Ivy Cottage | Sunday.
My dear Marian,
I am sorry we did not get another look at you, as I think you would have enjoyed the music from the grounds -- but to find you famous and my convictions confirmed, produced a more agreeable internal confloption than the four and twenty fiddlers all in a row. We had Sara in strong stericks all the way home, because she had missed her final chance of explanation and advice from you. Had she given any of us an intimation of what she wished I am sure it might easily have been accomplished, as I know you would not have grudged the half hour she wanted, although I am quite of opinion, no good could have come of it. I don't believe she can do better and if she likes to amuse herself and spend her money in publishing, she can afford it and she does no one any harm and it may attract some half-doz congenial minds. Thank Mr. Lewes for his letter, I will attend to its purport and trust that we may yet have many happy meetings.
I have no doubt I shall enjoy Adam Bede and Clerical Sketches much more on the 2nd reading, and whether they had been yours or not, I always intended to read them again and the Sketches aloud.
Ever yours both and yours faithfully
C. Bray.
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Ivy Cottage | Sunday.
My dear Marian,
I am sorry we did not get another look at you, as I think you would have enjoyed the music from the grounds -- but to find you famous and my convictions confirmed, produced a more agreeable internal confloption than the four and twenty fiddlers all in a row. We had Sara in strong stericks all the way home, because she had missed her final chance of explanation and advice from you. Had she given any of us an intimation of what she wished I am sure it might easily have been accomplished, as I know you would not have grudged the half hour she wanted, although I am quite of opinion, no good could have come of it. I don't believe she can do better and if she likes to amuse herself and spend her money in publishing, she can afford it and she does no one any harm and it may attract some half-doz congenial minds. Thank Mr. Lewes for his letter, I will attend to its purport and trust that we may yet have many happy meetings.
I have no doubt I shall enjoy Adam Bede and Clerical Sketches much more on the 2nd reading, and whether they had been yours or not, I always intended to read them again and the Sketches aloud.
Ever yours both and yours faithfully
C. Bray.
Signature
C. Bray.
Citation
Charles Bray, Charles Bray to GE, Coventry, [26 June 1859], Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/91729