GE Journal, Richmond, 16 February 1858
Title
GE Journal, Richmond, 16 February 1858
Title
GE Journal, Richmond, 16 February 1858
Sender
Ge Journal
Recipient
U
Date(s)
- 1858-02-16
Place
Richmond
Letter Content
GE Journal, Richmond, 16 February 1858
MS: Yale. Published: Cross, II, 13-14.
Feb. 16th
Today G. went into the city and saw Langford, for the sake of getting the latest news about our two books -- his Sea-[Side] Studies having been well launched about a fortnight or ten days ago with a subscription of 800. He brought home good news. The Clerical Scenes are moving off at a moderate but steady pace. Langford remarked that while the press had been uniformly favourable, not one critical notice had appeared. G. went to Parker's 1085 in the evening, and gathered a little gossip on the subject. Savage, 1086 author of the "Falcon Family" and now editor of the Examiner, said he was reading the C.S. -- had read some of them already in Blackwood, but was now reading the volume; G. Eliot was "a writer of great merit." A barrister named Smythe 1087 said he had seen "the bishop" reading them the other day. As a set-off against this, Mrs. Schlesinger 1088 "couldn't bear the book." She is a regular novel reader; but hers is the first unfavourable opinion we have heard.
MS: Yale. Published: Cross, II, 13-14.
Feb. 16th
Today G. went into the city and saw Langford, for the sake of getting the latest news about our two books -- his Sea-[Side] Studies having been well launched about a fortnight or ten days ago with a subscription of 800. He brought home good news. The Clerical Scenes are moving off at a moderate but steady pace. Langford remarked that while the press had been uniformly favourable, not one critical notice had appeared. G. went to Parker's 1085 in the evening, and gathered a little gossip on the subject. Savage, 1086 author of the "Falcon Family" and now editor of the Examiner, said he was reading the C.S. -- had read some of them already in Blackwood, but was now reading the volume; G. Eliot was "a writer of great merit." A barrister named Smythe 1087 said he had seen "the bishop" reading them the other day. As a set-off against this, Mrs. Schlesinger 1088 "couldn't bear the book." She is a regular novel reader; but hers is the first unfavourable opinion we have heard.
Citation
Ge Journal, GE Journal, Richmond, 16 February 1858, 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/91939