GE to James A. H. Murray, London, 5 December 1879
Title
GE to James A. H. Murray, London, 5 December 1879
Title
GE to James A. H. Murray, London, 5 December 1879
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
James A. H. Murray
Date(s)
- 1879-12-05
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to James A. H. Murray, London, 5 December 1879
MS: Girton College.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
December 5. 79.
Dear Sir
I am obliged by your communication of the 3d. So far as I can answer for the self of seventeen years ago, I believe that I was determined in the choice of adust 508 rather than dusty partly by the feeling of rhythm which accompanies my prose writing and partly by the (perhaps fallacious) impression that by adust the imagination was less restricted and could be led to include other conditions of which dustiness is one sign. But I did not intend to represent the latin adustus. I dared to form my word analogically.
I wish always to be quoted as George Eliot. Thanking you for your courteous solicitude on this point, I remain
Yours very truly
M. E. Lewes.
MS: Girton College.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
December 5. 79.
Dear Sir
I am obliged by your communication of the 3d. So far as I can answer for the self of seventeen years ago, I believe that I was determined in the choice of adust 508 rather than dusty partly by the feeling of rhythm which accompanies my prose writing and partly by the (perhaps fallacious) impression that by adust the imagination was less restricted and could be led to include other conditions of which dustiness is one sign. But I did not intend to represent the latin adustus. I dared to form my word analogically.
I wish always to be quoted as George Eliot. Thanking you for your courteous solicitude on this point, I remain
Yours very truly
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to James A. H. Murray, London, 5 December 1879, 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/92540