GE to George Combe, London, [24 February 1852]
Title
GE to George Combe, London, [24 February 1852]
Title
GE to George Combe, London, [24 February 1852]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
George Combe
Date(s)
- 1852-02-24
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to George Combe, London, [24 February 1852]
MS: National Library of Scotland. Endorsed: London | 24 Feby 1852 | Marian Evans.
42 Strand.
My dear Sir
Yours M.S. was sent to the printer on Saturday, but when we receive it '91in slip'92 I shall be able to insert the quotations from Montaigne -- at least the first, which is remarkably piquant. 60
I have read your article with great interest and admiration, as I have done everything else proceeding from your pen. I think it will serve at once the cause it advocates and the reputation of the Review. In consequence of your permission, I have rather regretfully suppressed one or two of the less telling quotations from Mr. Ellis's book. My reason for doing so was our great embarassment from want of space for the unexpectedly large amount of matter which it is incumbent on us to insert in the April number. I feel sure that there is no omission which you will consider important, though your selections were all so good that one would have been glad to retain them under other circumstances.
Mr. Bray is with me just now and hearing that I am writing to you he begs me to say to you, that he does not think Mr. Thornton Hunt's difficulties 61 are of his own creating but that they arise from his having worked gratuitously for the Leader for six months, 62 from his having had several long illnesses, and from the living in common with persons over whose expenses he had not the same control as over his own. 63
The article on Employers and Employed is by Mr. Greg 64 -- that on Direct Legislation by Newman. 65 Your idea of an article on the Sandwich Island Report must be considered.
I am glad to tell you that Mr. Chapman's feud with the Booksellers is not on his part a mere struggle for self-interest. He is convinced that he is making a stand against a system of dealing ultimately injurious to the general Book Trade and to the Diffusion of Literature.
I am sorry to write in haste to you, but I am anxious not to lose the post. With kind regards to Mrs. Combe, I am, my dear Sir
Yours very sincerely
Marian Evans.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Endorsed: London | 24 Feby 1852 | Marian Evans.
42 Strand.
My dear Sir
Yours M.S. was sent to the printer on Saturday, but when we receive it '91in slip'92 I shall be able to insert the quotations from Montaigne -- at least the first, which is remarkably piquant. 60
I have read your article with great interest and admiration, as I have done everything else proceeding from your pen. I think it will serve at once the cause it advocates and the reputation of the Review. In consequence of your permission, I have rather regretfully suppressed one or two of the less telling quotations from Mr. Ellis's book. My reason for doing so was our great embarassment from want of space for the unexpectedly large amount of matter which it is incumbent on us to insert in the April number. I feel sure that there is no omission which you will consider important, though your selections were all so good that one would have been glad to retain them under other circumstances.
Mr. Bray is with me just now and hearing that I am writing to you he begs me to say to you, that he does not think Mr. Thornton Hunt's difficulties 61 are of his own creating but that they arise from his having worked gratuitously for the Leader for six months, 62 from his having had several long illnesses, and from the living in common with persons over whose expenses he had not the same control as over his own. 63
The article on Employers and Employed is by Mr. Greg 64 -- that on Direct Legislation by Newman. 65 Your idea of an article on the Sandwich Island Report must be considered.
I am glad to tell you that Mr. Chapman's feud with the Booksellers is not on his part a mere struggle for self-interest. He is convinced that he is making a stand against a system of dealing ultimately injurious to the general Book Trade and to the Diffusion of Literature.
I am sorry to write in haste to you, but I am anxious not to lose the post. With kind regards to Mrs. Combe, I am, my dear Sir
Yours very sincerely
Marian Evans.
Signature
Marian Evans.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to George Combe, London, [24 February 1852], 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/92458