GE to John Blackwood, Wandsworth, 6 January 1860
Title
GE to John Blackwood, Wandsworth, 6 January 1860
Title
GE to John Blackwood, Wandsworth, 6 January 1860
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1860-01-06
Place
Wandsworth
Letter Content
GE to John Blackwood, Wandsworth, 6 January 1860
MS: National Library of Scotland. Extracts published: Cross, II, 154.
Holly Lodge | January 6. 60.
My dear Sir
"The Mill on the Floss" be it then! The only objections are, that the Mill is not strictly on the Floss, being on its small tributary, and that the title is of rather laborious utterance. But I think these objections do not deprive it of its advantage over "The Tullivers, or Life on the Floss," -- the only alternative, so far as we can see. Pray give the casting vote.
Easter Sunday, I see, is on the 8th April, and I wish to be out by the middle or end of March. Illness apart, I intend to have finished volume 3 by the beginning of that month, and I hope no obstacle will impede the rapidity of the printing. Perhaps, as I wish the attorney 452 to see the earlier sheets of volume 2, it will be well to begin the printing before the writing is done.
Your plan about the Clerical Scenes is thoroughly satisfactory to me. Nothing else occurs to me to say on business this morning. The prospect of seeing Sir Edward is very agreeable to us both.
Ever yours truly
Marian Evans Lewes.
J. Blackwood Esq.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Extracts published: Cross, II, 154.
Holly Lodge | January 6. 60.
My dear Sir
"The Mill on the Floss" be it then! The only objections are, that the Mill is not strictly on the Floss, being on its small tributary, and that the title is of rather laborious utterance. But I think these objections do not deprive it of its advantage over "The Tullivers, or Life on the Floss," -- the only alternative, so far as we can see. Pray give the casting vote.
Easter Sunday, I see, is on the 8th April, and I wish to be out by the middle or end of March. Illness apart, I intend to have finished volume 3 by the beginning of that month, and I hope no obstacle will impede the rapidity of the printing. Perhaps, as I wish the attorney 452 to see the earlier sheets of volume 2, it will be well to begin the printing before the writing is done.
Your plan about the Clerical Scenes is thoroughly satisfactory to me. Nothing else occurs to me to say on business this morning. The prospect of seeing Sir Edward is very agreeable to us both.
Ever yours truly
Marian Evans Lewes.
J. Blackwood Esq.
Signature
Marian Evans Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to John Blackwood, Wandsworth, 6 January 1860, 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/92753