GE Journal, London, 17-19 February 1862
Title
GE Journal, London, 17-19 February 1862
Title
GE Journal, London, 17-19 February 1862
Sender
Ge Journal
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U
Date(s)
- 1862-02-17–<br /> 1862-02-19
Place
London
Letter Content
GE Journal, London, 17-19 February 1862
MS: Yale. Extracts published: Cross, II, 336.
February 17. Monday.
I have written only the two first chapters of my novel besides the Proem, and I have an oppressive sense of the farstretching task before me, health being feeble just now. On Saturday, Dr. Wyatt, 27 Mr. F. Chapman, and Mr. Boner 28 from Munich were our visitors. I was much fatigued and consequently not well on Sunday. We walked to Hampstead in a very cold wind. Today there has been constant rain and fog, and I have not been out of doors.
This evening I read aloud to G. again, at his request the first 45 pages of my romance, Charlie also being present. The rain has been constant all day. Nevertheless we have been to the B. Museum, and I have picked some details from Manni's life of Bartolommeo Scala -- also from Borghini's Discorsi, 29 about the simplicity of the Florentine table equipage.
I have lately read again with great delight Mrs. Browning's Casa Guidi Windows. It contains amongst other admirable things a very noble expression of what I believe to be the true relation of the religious mind to the Past.
MS: Yale. Extracts published: Cross, II, 336.
February 17. Monday.
I have written only the two first chapters of my novel besides the Proem, and I have an oppressive sense of the farstretching task before me, health being feeble just now. On Saturday, Dr. Wyatt, 27 Mr. F. Chapman, and Mr. Boner 28 from Munich were our visitors. I was much fatigued and consequently not well on Sunday. We walked to Hampstead in a very cold wind. Today there has been constant rain and fog, and I have not been out of doors.
This evening I read aloud to G. again, at his request the first 45 pages of my romance, Charlie also being present. The rain has been constant all day. Nevertheless we have been to the B. Museum, and I have picked some details from Manni's life of Bartolommeo Scala -- also from Borghini's Discorsi, 29 about the simplicity of the Florentine table equipage.
I have lately read again with great delight Mrs. Browning's Casa Guidi Windows. It contains amongst other admirable things a very noble expression of what I believe to be the true relation of the religious mind to the Past.
Citation
Ge Journal, GE Journal, London, 17-19 February 1862, 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/91901