GE to John Blackwood, London, 18 November 1875
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, 18 November 1875
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, 18 November 1875
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1875-11-18
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to John Blackwood, London, 18 November 1875
MS: National Library of Scotland. Extracts published: Cross, III, 266.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
November 18. 75.
My dear Mr. Blackwood
Your enjoyment of the proofs cheers me greatly. And pray thank Mr. Blackwood for his valuable hints on equine matters. I have not only the satisfaction of using these hints -- I allow myself the inference that where there is no criticism on like points I have made no mistake.
As to the division Mr. Lewes has made up his mind decidedly -- he will tell you to what effect, among the other points about which he is writing to you.
I should be much obliged to Mr. Simpson -- whom I am glad that Gwendolen has captivated -- if he would rate the printers a little about their want of spacing. There are really some lines where the words all run into each other as in an ancient greek inscription. I am anxious that my poor heroes and heroines should have all the advantage that paper and print can give them.
Has the colour of the wrapper been at all discussed? The lettering I want to have large, simple Roman.
It will perhaps be a little comfort to you to know that poor Gwen is spiritually saved, but "so as by fire." 341 Don't you see the process already beginning? I have no doubt you do, for you are a wide-awake reader.
But what a climate to expect good writing in! Skating in the morning and splashy roads in the afternoon is just typical of the alternations from frigid to flaccid in the author's bodily system, likely to give a corresponding variety to the style.
I leave all other questions to Mr. Lewes's letter.
Yours always truly
M. E. Lewes.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Extracts published: Cross, III, 266.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
November 18. 75.
My dear Mr. Blackwood
Your enjoyment of the proofs cheers me greatly. And pray thank Mr. Blackwood for his valuable hints on equine matters. I have not only the satisfaction of using these hints -- I allow myself the inference that where there is no criticism on like points I have made no mistake.
As to the division Mr. Lewes has made up his mind decidedly -- he will tell you to what effect, among the other points about which he is writing to you.
I should be much obliged to Mr. Simpson -- whom I am glad that Gwendolen has captivated -- if he would rate the printers a little about their want of spacing. There are really some lines where the words all run into each other as in an ancient greek inscription. I am anxious that my poor heroes and heroines should have all the advantage that paper and print can give them.
Has the colour of the wrapper been at all discussed? The lettering I want to have large, simple Roman.
It will perhaps be a little comfort to you to know that poor Gwen is spiritually saved, but "so as by fire." 341 Don't you see the process already beginning? I have no doubt you do, for you are a wide-awake reader.
But what a climate to expect good writing in! Skating in the morning and splashy roads in the afternoon is just typical of the alternations from frigid to flaccid in the author's bodily system, likely to give a corresponding variety to the style.
I leave all other questions to Mr. Lewes's letter.
Yours always truly
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to John Blackwood, London, 18 November 1875, 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/92624