GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Wandsworth, 26 November 1859
Title
GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Wandsworth, 26 November 1859
Title
GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Wandsworth, 26 November 1859
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Charles Lee Lewes
Date(s)
- 1859-11-26
Place
Wandsworth
Letter Content
GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Wandsworth, 26 November 1859
Text: Paterson, 78-79. Published: Cross. II. 145-146.
Holly Lodge, | Wandsworth. | November 26, 1859.
My dear Charles,
It was very pretty and generous of you to send me a nice long letter out of your turn, and I think I shall give you, as a reward, other opportunities of being generous in the same way, for the next few months, for I am likely to be a poor correspondent, having my head and hands full.
We have the whole of Vilmar's "Literatur Geschichte" 406 but not the remainder of the "Deutsche Humoristik." I agree with you in liking the history of German literature, especially the earlier ages -- the birth time of the legendary poetry. Have you read the "Nibelungenlied" yet?
Whereabouts are you in Algebra? It would be very pleasant to study it with you, if I could possibly find time to rub up my knowledge. It is now a good while since I looked into Algebra, but I was very fond of it in old days, though I daresay I never went so far as you have gone. Tell me your latitude and longitude.
I have no memory of an autumn so disappointing as this. It is my favourite season. I delight especially in the golden and red tints under the purple clouds. But this year the trees were almost stripped of their leaves before they had changed colour -- dashed off by wind and rain. We have had no autumnal beauty.
I am writing at night -- very tired -- so you must not wonder if I have left out words or been otherwise incoherent.
Your loving
Mutter.
Text: Paterson, 78-79. Published: Cross. II. 145-146.
Holly Lodge, | Wandsworth. | November 26, 1859.
My dear Charles,
It was very pretty and generous of you to send me a nice long letter out of your turn, and I think I shall give you, as a reward, other opportunities of being generous in the same way, for the next few months, for I am likely to be a poor correspondent, having my head and hands full.
We have the whole of Vilmar's "Literatur Geschichte" 406 but not the remainder of the "Deutsche Humoristik." I agree with you in liking the history of German literature, especially the earlier ages -- the birth time of the legendary poetry. Have you read the "Nibelungenlied" yet?
Whereabouts are you in Algebra? It would be very pleasant to study it with you, if I could possibly find time to rub up my knowledge. It is now a good while since I looked into Algebra, but I was very fond of it in old days, though I daresay I never went so far as you have gone. Tell me your latitude and longitude.
I have no memory of an autumn so disappointing as this. It is my favourite season. I delight especially in the golden and red tints under the purple clouds. But this year the trees were almost stripped of their leaves before they had changed colour -- dashed off by wind and rain. We have had no autumnal beauty.
I am writing at night -- very tired -- so you must not wonder if I have left out words or been otherwise incoherent.
Your loving
Mutter.
Signature
Mutter.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Charles Lee Lewes, Wandsworth, 26 November 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/92223