GE to Mrs. Frederic Harrison, Witley, 25 May 1879
Title
GE to Mrs. Frederic Harrison, Witley, 25 May 1879
Title
GE to Mrs. Frederic Harrison, Witley, 25 May 1879
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Frederic Harrison
Date(s)
- 1879-05-25
Place
Witley
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Frederic Harrison, Witley, 25 May 1879
MS: Tinker Collection, Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
May 25. 79.
My dear Mrs. Harrison
I had heard of the sorrowful reason for your being shut in. Hence the better news of you brought me by your kind letter this morning is doubly welcome. But apart from any fear about you a sign of your remembrance would make the day pleasanter.
I fell ill the last week I was in town and was obliged to leave much undone, else I should have written to you. I have not yet recovered my former level, but I hope soon to do so under country influences.
Tell Mr. Harrison that I keep by me two letters of his and sometimes re-read them when I feel in need of a moral stimulus which is half rebuke, half encouragement. 241 Believe me always
Yours affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
MS: Tinker Collection, Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
The Heights, Witley, | Nr. Godalming.
May 25. 79.
My dear Mrs. Harrison
I had heard of the sorrowful reason for your being shut in. Hence the better news of you brought me by your kind letter this morning is doubly welcome. But apart from any fear about you a sign of your remembrance would make the day pleasanter.
I fell ill the last week I was in town and was obliged to leave much undone, else I should have written to you. I have not yet recovered my former level, but I hope soon to do so under country influences.
Tell Mr. Harrison that I keep by me two letters of his and sometimes re-read them when I feel in need of a moral stimulus which is half rebuke, half encouragement. 241 Believe me always
Yours affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Frederic Harrison, Witley, 25 May 1879, 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/93448