GE to Fields, Osgood and Co., London, 20 May 1869
Title
GE to Fields, Osgood and Co., London, 20 May 1869
Title
GE to Fields, Osgood and Co., London, 20 May 1869
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Fields, Osgood and Co.
Date(s)
- 1869-05-20
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Fields, Osgood and Co., London, 20 May 1869
Text: Facsimile of MS following title page in the Household Edition of Romola, Boston, 1869.
To Messrs. Fields Osgood and Co.
Dear Sirs
Your intimation that my friends in America would welcome a new uniform edition of my novels with the latest corrections, is very gratifying to me. Some of the most intelligent and generous sympathy I have received has come to me from your side of the Atlantic, and has given me a belief in my public there which is a precious source of encouragement. I have also good reasons, not probably peculiar to myself among the English authors whose works you have reproduced, for especially wishing my books to appear under the auspices of your firm; and I therefore gladly authorize you to publish the proposed edition, leaving the form and price to your more experienced judgment. I remain, dear Sirs,
Yours faithfully
George Eliot.
London | May 20th, 1869.
Text: Facsimile of MS following title page in the Household Edition of Romola, Boston, 1869.
To Messrs. Fields Osgood and Co.
Dear Sirs
Your intimation that my friends in America would welcome a new uniform edition of my novels with the latest corrections, is very gratifying to me. Some of the most intelligent and generous sympathy I have received has come to me from your side of the Atlantic, and has given me a belief in my public there which is a precious source of encouragement. I have also good reasons, not probably peculiar to myself among the English authors whose works you have reproduced, for especially wishing my books to appear under the auspices of your firm; and I therefore gladly authorize you to publish the proposed edition, leaving the form and price to your more experienced judgment. I remain, dear Sirs,
Yours faithfully
George Eliot.
London | May 20th, 1869.
Signature
George Eliot.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Fields, Osgood and Co., London, 20 May 1869, 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/92325