GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Foleshill, 18 December 1845]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Foleshill, 18 December 1845]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Foleshill, 18 December 1845]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1845-12-18
Place
[FOLESHILL]
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Foleshill, 18 December 1845]
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Thursday Evening.
My dear Sara,
It was pleasant to see a little scrap from you this morning as a proof that you are safe at Clapton. 586 I am not writing to-night out of affection, though there is good store of it prompting thoughts of you many times in the day. I am writing to tell you how vexed I am to see the indistinctness of the Greek in the proof. It makes my eyes ache to look at it, and if it be equally faint in the final impression I think it must be considered a great defect in the getting up of the work. Look for example at p. 371 in the proof of to-day. 587 One had need be Alexis 588 to read it. It may be owing to some cause which is removed in striking off the sheets, for I observe a good many faint places in the English. If not, do make a fuss about it, for it seems to me a very important point.
Not a word more to throw at a dog. So said Rosalind to Celia and so says one to thee, who loves thee as well as Rosalind did her Coz -- 589
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Thursday Evening.
My dear Sara,
It was pleasant to see a little scrap from you this morning as a proof that you are safe at Clapton. 586 I am not writing to-night out of affection, though there is good store of it prompting thoughts of you many times in the day. I am writing to tell you how vexed I am to see the indistinctness of the Greek in the proof. It makes my eyes ache to look at it, and if it be equally faint in the final impression I think it must be considered a great defect in the getting up of the work. Look for example at p. 371 in the proof of to-day. 587 One had need be Alexis 588 to read it. It may be owing to some cause which is removed in striking off the sheets, for I observe a good many faint places in the English. If not, do make a fuss about it, for it seems to me a very important point.
Not a word more to throw at a dog. So said Rosalind to Celia and so says one to thee, who loves thee as well as Rosalind did her Coz -- 589
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Foleshill, 18 December 1845], 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/93806