GE to John Blackwood, London, 6 March 1874
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, 6 March 1874
Title
GE to John Blackwood, London, 6 March 1874
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1874-03-06
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to John Blackwood, London, 6 March 1874
MS: National Library of Scotland. Mostly published: Cross, III, 227-228.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
March 6. 74.
My dear Mr. Blackwood
I send you by this post a small collection of my poems which Mr. Lewes wishes me to get published in May. 47
Such of them as have been already printed in a fugitive form have been received with many signs of sympathy, and every one of those I now send you represents an idea which I care for strongly and wish to propagate as far as I can. Else I should forbid myself from adding to the mountainous heap of poetical collections.
The form of volume I have in my eye is a delightful duodecimo edition of Keats's poems (without the Endymion) 48 published during his life. It is printed on good paper and contains thirteen poems -- about 200 pages of 18 lines: just the volume to slip in the pocket. Mine will be the least bit thicker.
I should like a darkish-green cover, with Roman lettering. But you will consider the physique and price of the book, and kindly let me know your thoughts.
Please thank Mr. William for his letter, enclosing one of those endless requests for an autograph which I have learned to leave unnoticed, and thus giving the otherwise worthless enclosure a pleasant value.
Always yours sincerely
M. E. Lewes.
We have been grieved to see in the [Times] that Lady Lytton has lost another boy -- the one that came to console her after the loss of the fine Little Roland. 49
MS: National Library of Scotland. Mostly published: Cross, III, 227-228.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
March 6. 74.
My dear Mr. Blackwood
I send you by this post a small collection of my poems which Mr. Lewes wishes me to get published in May. 47
Such of them as have been already printed in a fugitive form have been received with many signs of sympathy, and every one of those I now send you represents an idea which I care for strongly and wish to propagate as far as I can. Else I should forbid myself from adding to the mountainous heap of poetical collections.
The form of volume I have in my eye is a delightful duodecimo edition of Keats's poems (without the Endymion) 48 published during his life. It is printed on good paper and contains thirteen poems -- about 200 pages of 18 lines: just the volume to slip in the pocket. Mine will be the least bit thicker.
I should like a darkish-green cover, with Roman lettering. But you will consider the physique and price of the book, and kindly let me know your thoughts.
Please thank Mr. William for his letter, enclosing one of those endless requests for an autograph which I have learned to leave unnoticed, and thus giving the otherwise worthless enclosure a pleasant value.
Always yours sincerely
M. E. Lewes.
We have been grieved to see in the [Times] that Lady Lytton has lost another boy -- the one that came to console her after the loss of the fine Little Roland. 49
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to John Blackwood, London, 6 March 1874, 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/92691