GE to John Blackwood, London, 13 January 1879
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, 13 January 1879
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, 13 January 1879
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1879-01-13
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to John Blackwood, London, 13 January 1879
MS: Yale. Published: Cross, III, 346-347.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
January 13. 1879.
My dear Mr. Blackwood
It was a long while before I read any letters, and as yet I have written none except such as business required of me. You will believe that this has not been for want of gratitude to all my friends for their goodness to me. I can trust to your understanding of a sorrow which has broken my life.
I write now because I ought not to allow any disproportionate expense to be incurred about my printed sheets. To me now the writing seems all trivial stuff, but since he wished it to be printed, and you seem to concur, I will correct the sheets (if you will send me the remainder) gradually as I am able, and they can be struck off and laid by for a future time. I submit this proposition to your judgment, not knowing what may be the most expedient for your printing office.
Only two days before he died he asked me to let him see the specimen page (I had told him of it the morning it came -- five days before), looked at it closely and said with a satisfied expression, [O how nice!]
Thank you for all your kind words.
Yours always truly
M. E. Lewes.
MS: Yale. Published: Cross, III, 346-347.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
January 13. 1879.
My dear Mr. Blackwood
It was a long while before I read any letters, and as yet I have written none except such as business required of me. You will believe that this has not been for want of gratitude to all my friends for their goodness to me. I can trust to your understanding of a sorrow which has broken my life.
I write now because I ought not to allow any disproportionate expense to be incurred about my printed sheets. To me now the writing seems all trivial stuff, but since he wished it to be printed, and you seem to concur, I will correct the sheets (if you will send me the remainder) gradually as I am able, and they can be struck off and laid by for a future time. I submit this proposition to your judgment, not knowing what may be the most expedient for your printing office.
Only two days before he died he asked me to let him see the specimen page (I had told him of it the morning it came -- five days before), looked at it closely and said with a satisfied expression, [O how nice!]
Thank you for all your kind words.
Yours always truly
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to John Blackwood, London, 13 January 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/92608