GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [London, 10 January 1853]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [London, 10 January 1853]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [London, 10 January 1853]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1853-01-10
Place
[London]
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [London, 10 January 1853]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Jan. 10. 1853. Extract published: Cross, I, 302.
Monday morning.
My dear Sara
Pray do not lay the sins of the article on the Atomic Theory 260 to poor Lewes's charge. How you could take it for his I cannot conceive. It is as remote from his style both of thinking and writing as anything can be. The real author is Dr. Samuel Brown. It is amusing enough that Miss Martineau writes by the same post as you: "Dr. Brown's article is the beauty of the whole. Exquisitely beautiful his articles always appear to me; and he is the poet of scientific history." For my own part I dislike the article extremely, but I have had so much unpleasantness about it already (with Dr. Brown himself) that I have not patience to discuss it any further. I confess, however, that I don't see why you call it "vulgar."
I have read your notice of Esmond 261 -- but, you know, I can't change my opinion without getting a fresh impression from the book itself. Pray thank Mr. Bray for the paper.
I am thinking of paying another visit to my sister by and bye, and then I hope I shall manage to see you all. In haste, dear Sara
Your affectionate
Marian.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Jan. 10. 1853. Extract published: Cross, I, 302.
Monday morning.
My dear Sara
Pray do not lay the sins of the article on the Atomic Theory 260 to poor Lewes's charge. How you could take it for his I cannot conceive. It is as remote from his style both of thinking and writing as anything can be. The real author is Dr. Samuel Brown. It is amusing enough that Miss Martineau writes by the same post as you: "Dr. Brown's article is the beauty of the whole. Exquisitely beautiful his articles always appear to me; and he is the poet of scientific history." For my own part I dislike the article extremely, but I have had so much unpleasantness about it already (with Dr. Brown himself) that I have not patience to discuss it any further. I confess, however, that I don't see why you call it "vulgar."
I have read your notice of Esmond 261 -- but, you know, I can't change my opinion without getting a fresh impression from the book itself. Pray thank Mr. Bray for the paper.
I am thinking of paying another visit to my sister by and bye, and then I hope I shall manage to see you all. In haste, dear Sara
Your affectionate
Marian.
Signature
Marian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [London, 10 January 1853], 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/93851