GE to Charles Bray, [London, 15 November 1853]
Title
GE to Charles Bray, [London, 15 November 1853]
Title
GE to Charles Bray, [London, 15 November 1853]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Charles Bray
Date(s)
- 1853-11-15
Place
[London]
Letter Content
GE to Charles Bray, [London, 15 November 1853]
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Dear Friend
Very good of you to send me the Herald that I might have something luminous to read in the fog which has really set in this morning. 393 I have been writing by candlelight except in occasional intervals of slight rarification.
Your article on Prof. Maurice 394 is excellent though certainly not in a style usual to newspaper writers and, I should think, rather strong meat for the Coventry people. Between ourselves I should say Prof. Maurice is muddy rather than "profound." The Prospective calls his essays "the divine vapour of a noble mind" 395 -- a complimentary way of saying that he is dim and foggy.
I am sure if you had seen the Bookcase in my room you would have concurred with me as to the desirability of getting it out again. Nevertheless you have done a good deed all the same. Cara is dumb to me -- makes no sign of love. Notwithstanding mine is with her.
Ever yours affectionately
Marian Evans.
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Dear Friend
Very good of you to send me the Herald that I might have something luminous to read in the fog which has really set in this morning. 393 I have been writing by candlelight except in occasional intervals of slight rarification.
Your article on Prof. Maurice 394 is excellent though certainly not in a style usual to newspaper writers and, I should think, rather strong meat for the Coventry people. Between ourselves I should say Prof. Maurice is muddy rather than "profound." The Prospective calls his essays "the divine vapour of a noble mind" 395 -- a complimentary way of saying that he is dim and foggy.
I am sure if you had seen the Bookcase in my room you would have concurred with me as to the desirability of getting it out again. Nevertheless you have done a good deed all the same. Cara is dumb to me -- makes no sign of love. Notwithstanding mine is with her.
Ever yours affectionately
Marian Evans.
Signature
Marian Evans.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Charles Bray, [London, 15 November 1853], 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/92081