GE to Charles Bray, Richmond, 25 March [1858]
Title
GE to Charles Bray, Richmond, 25 March [1858]
Title
GE to Charles Bray, Richmond, 25 March [1858]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Charles Bray
Date(s)
- 1858-03-25
Place
Richmond
Letter Content
GE to Charles Bray, Richmond, 25 March [1858]
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Richmond | March 25.
Dear Friend
We send Buckle today -- glad to be able to make it useful to a friend. Never mind about stamps -- those things balance themselves in the long run. I am unable to pay for parcels by the railway, because there are two different lines between us.
Criticisms are never futile, so pray make them whenever they occur. But as to the celandines and dog violets I believe that, so far as my testimony is worth anything, I can vindicate Mr. Lewes's juxtaposition of them. 1099 About Ilfracombe I have no distinct image of those flowers -- I don't know whether he places them at Ilfracombe -- but at Scilly I distinctly remember noticing the fact that they were in blossom together. I have busied myself a good deal the last two years with Calendars of Natural History, and I find it quite futile to argue from one part of England to another as to the times of the phenomena in plants and animals.
I am so glad to see that pleasant word "I am as happy as it is possible." I'm sure it makes me the happier that you are so.
Ever your affectionate friend,
Marian.
Tell Cara I shall write to her shortly. Mr. and Mrs. Call are coming to see us shortly.
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Richmond | March 25.
Dear Friend
We send Buckle today -- glad to be able to make it useful to a friend. Never mind about stamps -- those things balance themselves in the long run. I am unable to pay for parcels by the railway, because there are two different lines between us.
Criticisms are never futile, so pray make them whenever they occur. But as to the celandines and dog violets I believe that, so far as my testimony is worth anything, I can vindicate Mr. Lewes's juxtaposition of them. 1099 About Ilfracombe I have no distinct image of those flowers -- I don't know whether he places them at Ilfracombe -- but at Scilly I distinctly remember noticing the fact that they were in blossom together. I have busied myself a good deal the last two years with Calendars of Natural History, and I find it quite futile to argue from one part of England to another as to the times of the phenomena in plants and animals.
I am so glad to see that pleasant word "I am as happy as it is possible." I'm sure it makes me the happier that you are so.
Ever your affectionate friend,
Marian.
Tell Cara I shall write to her shortly. Mr. and Mrs. Call are coming to see us shortly.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Charles Bray, Richmond, 25 March [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/92163