GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [15 November 1846]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [15 November 1846]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [15 November 1846]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1846-11-15
Place
FOLESHILL
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [15 November 1846]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Nov. 1. Partly published: Cross, I, 150-151.
Dear Sara,
The review of Strauss 644 contains some very just remarks, though, on the whole I think it shallow and in many cases unfair. The praise it gives to the translation is just what I should have wished -- indeed I cannot imagine anything more gratifying in the way of laudation. Is it not droll that Wicksted should have chosen one of my interpolations or rather paraphrases to dilate on? The expression "granite," applied to the sayings of Jesus is nowhere used by Strauss, but is an impudent addition of mine to eke out his metaphor. 645
Did you notice the review of Foster's life? 646 I am reading the life and thinking all the time how Sara would like it. It is deeply interesting to study the life of a genius under circumstances amid which genius is so seldom to be found. Some of the thoughts in his journal are perfect gems.
You say in your note to Rosehill this morning that Mr. Chapman has sent me the books. I have not received them. There is some provoking fault somewhere, for I have not had a parcel which Dr. Brabant sent more than a week ago.
Glad to hear that you are flourishing in body and mind. Love to Mrs. Hennell.
Thine,
Pollian.
Foleshill | Sunday.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Nov. 1. Partly published: Cross, I, 150-151.
Dear Sara,
The review of Strauss 644 contains some very just remarks, though, on the whole I think it shallow and in many cases unfair. The praise it gives to the translation is just what I should have wished -- indeed I cannot imagine anything more gratifying in the way of laudation. Is it not droll that Wicksted should have chosen one of my interpolations or rather paraphrases to dilate on? The expression "granite," applied to the sayings of Jesus is nowhere used by Strauss, but is an impudent addition of mine to eke out his metaphor. 645
Did you notice the review of Foster's life? 646 I am reading the life and thinking all the time how Sara would like it. It is deeply interesting to study the life of a genius under circumstances amid which genius is so seldom to be found. Some of the thoughts in his journal are perfect gems.
You say in your note to Rosehill this morning that Mr. Chapman has sent me the books. I have not received them. There is some provoking fault somewhere, for I have not had a parcel which Dr. Brabant sent more than a week ago.
Glad to hear that you are flourishing in body and mind. Love to Mrs. Hennell.
Thine,
Pollian.
Foleshill | Sunday.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, Foleshill, [15 November 1846], 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/93895