GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, [London, 3? December 1873]
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, [London, 3? December 1873]
Title
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, [London, 3? December 1873]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon
Date(s)
- 1873-12-03
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, [London, 3? December 1873]
MS: Mr. Philip Leigh-Smith. Hitherto unpublished.
[The beginning of this letter is lacking.] great many people, and yearning backward a little towards our country life.
George's head has got better since I wrote to you. He has consulted Dr. Andrew Clarke who says there is nothing serious the matter with him and prescribes only small changes in diet.
The Amberleys are going to Egypt, and that interesting Mr. Spalding 891 whom you may have seen here and may remember as having made some important experiments on the instinctive actions of birds (published in Macmillan) is going with them as tutor to their son. He is consumptive, and this is the reason for taking him. Pretty -- is it not?
Our children are very well -- little Blanche eatably dear, and Charles growing in spiritual graces though not in bodily: composing rather good music and writing usefully on practical questions.
We had occasion to go to Brighton a fortnight ago, 892 and called on the Taylors. Mr. T. is apparently quite strong now and they seem very cheerfully settled.
Everyone talks of Mill's autobiography, and I think the effect of the book is good which is what I feared would not be the case when we read it at Blackbrook. I feared then that the exaggerated expressions in which he conveys his feeling about his wife would neutralize all the good that might have come from the beautiful fact of his devotion to her. Not one person to whom I have spoken on the subject has had anything but delight to express about the book. Here and there in the newspapers only I have seen something to verify my fears.
Goodnight, dear. My head is heavy, and I am going to bed. "God bless you" is a favourite word of mine too, and seems to say well what I feel.
Ever your loving
Marian.
MS: Mr. Philip Leigh-Smith. Hitherto unpublished.
[The beginning of this letter is lacking.] great many people, and yearning backward a little towards our country life.
George's head has got better since I wrote to you. He has consulted Dr. Andrew Clarke who says there is nothing serious the matter with him and prescribes only small changes in diet.
The Amberleys are going to Egypt, and that interesting Mr. Spalding 891 whom you may have seen here and may remember as having made some important experiments on the instinctive actions of birds (published in Macmillan) is going with them as tutor to their son. He is consumptive, and this is the reason for taking him. Pretty -- is it not?
Our children are very well -- little Blanche eatably dear, and Charles growing in spiritual graces though not in bodily: composing rather good music and writing usefully on practical questions.
We had occasion to go to Brighton a fortnight ago, 892 and called on the Taylors. Mr. T. is apparently quite strong now and they seem very cheerfully settled.
Everyone talks of Mill's autobiography, and I think the effect of the book is good which is what I feared would not be the case when we read it at Blackbrook. I feared then that the exaggerated expressions in which he conveys his feeling about his wife would neutralize all the good that might have come from the beautiful fact of his devotion to her. Not one person to whom I have spoken on the subject has had anything but delight to express about the book. Here and there in the newspapers only I have seen something to verify my fears.
Goodnight, dear. My head is heavy, and I am going to bed. "God bless you" is a favourite word of mine too, and seems to say well what I feel.
Ever your loving
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Barbara [Mme Eugene] Bodichon, [London, 3? December 1873], 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/92973