GE to Mrs. Mark Pattison, London, 17 November 1873
Title
GE to Mrs. Mark Pattison, London, 17 November 1873
Title
GE to Mrs. Mark Pattison, London, 17 November 1873
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Mrs. Mark Pattison
Date(s)
- 1873-11-17
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Mrs. Mark Pattison, London, 17 November 1873
MS: British Museum. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
November 17. 73.
Dear Figliuolina
There was plenty of "sweetness and light" 883 in our country home, but not enough of more prosaic desirabilities. The house is old and needed much repairing and rebuilding. We were sorry to give it up, as we did, at the end of October. Now we are keeping eyes and ears open for any hint of another little country place that will present the antithetic conditions of "the cab-stand before and the desert behind." But we mean to keep this London nook all the same.
Glad to hear a good account of the Rector. Best regards, and congratulations that he is able to carry armour and weapons well.
We are unusually "up" in the literature of our time -- have been reading aloud Max M'fcller's Science of Religions and Mill's Autobiography, and are in the middle of Spencer's Essays on Sociology. 884 But in the mornings my dwelling is among the tombs, farther back than the times of the Medici. 885
I gather that you are in excellent health, and am glad. We are not without some venerable infirmities.
Yours affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
MS: British Museum. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
November 17. 73.
Dear Figliuolina
There was plenty of "sweetness and light" 883 in our country home, but not enough of more prosaic desirabilities. The house is old and needed much repairing and rebuilding. We were sorry to give it up, as we did, at the end of October. Now we are keeping eyes and ears open for any hint of another little country place that will present the antithetic conditions of "the cab-stand before and the desert behind." But we mean to keep this London nook all the same.
Glad to hear a good account of the Rector. Best regards, and congratulations that he is able to carry armour and weapons well.
We are unusually "up" in the literature of our time -- have been reading aloud Max M'fcller's Science of Religions and Mill's Autobiography, and are in the middle of Spencer's Essays on Sociology. 884 But in the mornings my dwelling is among the tombs, farther back than the times of the Medici. 885
I gather that you are in excellent health, and am glad. We are not without some venerable infirmities.
Yours affectionately
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Mrs. Mark Pattison, London, 17 November 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/93535