GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 27 February [1871]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 27 February [1871]
Title
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 27 February [1871]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray
Date(s)
- 1871-02-27
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 27 February [1871]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: 1871. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory | 21 North Bank | February 27.
My dear Cara
I am much obliged to you for sending me the Coventry paper containing the notice of Mr. Noel's publication 259 which I had not before known of. Even among those whose minds have been strenuously occupied with wider public troubles there can have been few who have not felt some sympathetic indignation on behalf of Mr. Frank Noel and his friends. It is altogether as felicitous a way of carrying out his vindication as one could imagine, to publish these letters, which must speak better for him than the finest eloquence apr'e8s coup. His father must have suffered heavily.
I hope that you have all weathered this winter pretty well and are entering bravely on the usual severities of spring. I have had more than my usual sense of bodily weakness, and Mr. Lewes has become headachy again of late, but otherwise all is well with our private lot.
The last time I saw Mrs. Call she told me the bad news about her Frank, which I felt to be very grievous for her. Since then I have remained in ignorance about her, but I shall beg Mr. Lewes to call some day soon, and find out any more cheering [The rest of this letter is lacking.]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: 1871. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory | 21 North Bank | February 27.
My dear Cara
I am much obliged to you for sending me the Coventry paper containing the notice of Mr. Noel's publication 259 which I had not before known of. Even among those whose minds have been strenuously occupied with wider public troubles there can have been few who have not felt some sympathetic indignation on behalf of Mr. Frank Noel and his friends. It is altogether as felicitous a way of carrying out his vindication as one could imagine, to publish these letters, which must speak better for him than the finest eloquence apr'e8s coup. His father must have suffered heavily.
I hope that you have all weathered this winter pretty well and are entering bravely on the usual severities of spring. I have had more than my usual sense of bodily weakness, and Mr. Lewes has become headachy again of late, but otherwise all is well with our private lot.
The last time I saw Mrs. Call she told me the bad news about her Frank, which I felt to be very grievous for her. Since then I have remained in ignorance about her, but I shall beg Mr. Lewes to call some day soon, and find out any more cheering [The rest of this letter is lacking.]
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Caroline [Mrs. Charles] Bray, London, 27 February [1871], 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/93297