GE to George Combe, London, 14 December 1852
Title
GE to George Combe, London, 14 December 1852
Title
GE to George Combe, London, 14 December 1852
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
George Combe
Date(s)
- 1852-12-14
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to George Combe, London, 14 December 1852
MS: National Library of Scotland. Endorsed: London | Miss Evans | 16 Dec. ansd.
42 Strand | December 14. 1852.
My dear Sir
I anticipated several of your criticisms on Mr. Greg's article. Immediately after I had read the MS. we sent him the passage on capital punishments with a request that he would alter it, and he returned it, slightly modified indeed, but still not essentially less objectionable. The passage on Negro Emancipation we have determined, after some correspondence with Mr. Greg, to omit. 148 He is so unused to editorial suggestion or criticism and so unwilling to modify anything when it is once out of his hands, that there is no alternative but to let the article stand in its present unsatisfactory state or to reject it altogether. The whole matter is more vexatious to me than anything which has occurred since we had the management of the Review.
I have not read your pamphlet, and should like to do so. I suppose I can get a copy from Simpkin and Marshall?
Mrs. Stirling's 149 sketch of Madame de Sevign'e9 is charmingly done. Pray tell her, with my kind regards, that I have had much pleasure in reading it.
I am overwhelmed with details that must be attended to at once, having accumulated during a two days' absence of mine at Rosehill, where I went to get refreshed. Otherwise I should have written to you more at length.
With kindest regards to Mrs. Combe, I am my dear Sir
Yours very truly
Marian Evans.
It is unnecessary to send me back the proof.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Endorsed: London | Miss Evans | 16 Dec. ansd.
42 Strand | December 14. 1852.
My dear Sir
I anticipated several of your criticisms on Mr. Greg's article. Immediately after I had read the MS. we sent him the passage on capital punishments with a request that he would alter it, and he returned it, slightly modified indeed, but still not essentially less objectionable. The passage on Negro Emancipation we have determined, after some correspondence with Mr. Greg, to omit. 148 He is so unused to editorial suggestion or criticism and so unwilling to modify anything when it is once out of his hands, that there is no alternative but to let the article stand in its present unsatisfactory state or to reject it altogether. The whole matter is more vexatious to me than anything which has occurred since we had the management of the Review.
I have not read your pamphlet, and should like to do so. I suppose I can get a copy from Simpkin and Marshall?
Mrs. Stirling's 149 sketch of Madame de Sevign'e9 is charmingly done. Pray tell her, with my kind regards, that I have had much pleasure in reading it.
I am overwhelmed with details that must be attended to at once, having accumulated during a two days' absence of mine at Rosehill, where I went to get refreshed. Otherwise I should have written to you more at length.
With kindest regards to Mrs. Combe, I am my dear Sir
Yours very truly
Marian Evans.
It is unnecessary to send me back the proof.
Signature
Marian Evans.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to George Combe, London, 14 December 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/92463