GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, London, [1 October 1853]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, London, [1 October 1853]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, London, [1 October 1853]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1853-10-01
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, London, [1 October 1853]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Oct. 1st. 1853. Extracts published: Cross, 1, 313-314.
Strand | Saturday Evening.
My dear Sara
I meant to write to you today in time for tonight's post, but I have been busied about my lodgings all afternoon. I am not going to Albion St., but to 21 Cambridge St., Hyde Park Square.
You will have seen by the papers that Savill and Edward's printing office was burnt down yesterday morning. 373 The W[estminster] R[eview] narrowly escaped the fate of the Leader, the Lit[erary] Gazette and poor Dr. Vaughan's 374 elaborate article on the Religious Tendencies of the Age, intended for the next number of the B[ritish] Quarterly.
I hope you will be pleased with our present number. If you don't think the Universal Postulate 375 first-rate, I shall renounce you as a critic.
Why don't you write grumbling letters to me when you are out of humour with life, instead of making me ashamed of myself for ever having grumbled to you? I have been a more good-for-nothing correspondent than usual lately -- this affair of getting lodgings, added to my other matters, has taken up my time and thoughts. But I don't deserve to be punished for this by your not writing to me for the next six weeks.
I have promised to do some work tonight and tomorrow for a person is rather more idle than myself, so I have not a moment to spare.
Ever your loving
Pollian.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Oct. 1st. 1853. Extracts published: Cross, 1, 313-314.
Strand | Saturday Evening.
My dear Sara
I meant to write to you today in time for tonight's post, but I have been busied about my lodgings all afternoon. I am not going to Albion St., but to 21 Cambridge St., Hyde Park Square.
You will have seen by the papers that Savill and Edward's printing office was burnt down yesterday morning. 373 The W[estminster] R[eview] narrowly escaped the fate of the Leader, the Lit[erary] Gazette and poor Dr. Vaughan's 374 elaborate article on the Religious Tendencies of the Age, intended for the next number of the B[ritish] Quarterly.
I hope you will be pleased with our present number. If you don't think the Universal Postulate 375 first-rate, I shall renounce you as a critic.
Why don't you write grumbling letters to me when you are out of humour with life, instead of making me ashamed of myself for ever having grumbled to you? I have been a more good-for-nothing correspondent than usual lately -- this affair of getting lodgings, added to my other matters, has taken up my time and thoughts. But I don't deserve to be punished for this by your not writing to me for the next six weeks.
I have promised to do some work tonight and tomorrow for a person is rather more idle than myself, so I have not a moment to spare.
Ever your loving
Pollian.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, London, [1 October 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/93932