GE to Mrs. Elma Stuart, London, 29 March 1874
Title
GE to Mrs. Elma Stuart, London, 29 March 1874
Title
GE to Mrs. Elma Stuart, London, 29 March 1874
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Elma Stuart
Date(s)
- 1874-03-29
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Elma Stuart, London, 29 March 1874
MS: British Museum. Published: Stuart, pp. 20-22.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
March 29. 74.
Dear Elma
The looked-for table 66 more than fulfills my expectations: the design and the colour of the wood both delight me. It seems to me out of keeping to say so common a word as [Thanks] -- let me rather say that your sweet love, and the plenteous signs it makes, are among the blessed influences of my life. That, I am sure, is the end your love contemplates.
Please give my grateful affection to Roly, and tell him that I have tapped my Eau de Cologne with a satisfactory sense of being copiously provided with a relief under the oppression of heated rooms and close railway carriages.
The brush which you have so thoughtfully sent will I hope be used solicitously to hinder any dimming of the beautiful lines chiselled by your skilled hand -- lines which seem to float about the fine brown surface like inspired waters bent on imitating their memory of flowers once flung on them. It is so pretty of you to think of little Blanche! She will not be allowed to eat the Bon-bons, but the quaint shoes will enlarge her imagination. As to the cat, it is a piece of magic.
I spoke to Mrs. Fitzgerald 67 the other day, after having been in doubt about her identity, from the hurry of the scene in which she introduced herself to me, but being guided at last by the benevolent expression in a fine face which repeatedly met mine as if expecting a recognition.
Good bye, dear daughter. Do not let us be very long without hearing of your welfare, which will always make a part in that of
Your affectionate
M. E. Lewes.
MS: British Museum. Published: Stuart, pp. 20-22.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
March 29. 74.
Dear Elma
The looked-for table 66 more than fulfills my expectations: the design and the colour of the wood both delight me. It seems to me out of keeping to say so common a word as [Thanks] -- let me rather say that your sweet love, and the plenteous signs it makes, are among the blessed influences of my life. That, I am sure, is the end your love contemplates.
Please give my grateful affection to Roly, and tell him that I have tapped my Eau de Cologne with a satisfactory sense of being copiously provided with a relief under the oppression of heated rooms and close railway carriages.
The brush which you have so thoughtfully sent will I hope be used solicitously to hinder any dimming of the beautiful lines chiselled by your skilled hand -- lines which seem to float about the fine brown surface like inspired waters bent on imitating their memory of flowers once flung on them. It is so pretty of you to think of little Blanche! She will not be allowed to eat the Bon-bons, but the quaint shoes will enlarge her imagination. As to the cat, it is a piece of magic.
I spoke to Mrs. Fitzgerald 67 the other day, after having been in doubt about her identity, from the hurry of the scene in which she introduced herself to me, but being guided at last by the benevolent expression in a fine face which repeatedly met mine as if expecting a recognition.
Good bye, dear daughter. Do not let us be very long without hearing of your welfare, which will always make a part in that of
Your affectionate
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Elma Stuart, London, 29 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/93409