GE TO SARA SOPHIA HENNELL, LONDON, [13 OCTOBER 1851]
Title
GE TO SARA SOPHIA HENNELL, LONDON, [13 OCTOBER 1851]
Title
GE TO SARA SOPHIA HENNELL, LONDON, [13 OCTOBER 1851]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
SARA SOPHIA HENNELL
Date(s)
- 1851-10-13
Place
LONDON
Letter Content
GE TO SARA SOPHIA HENNELL, LONDON, [13 OCTOBER 1851]
MS: Yale. Extracts published: Cross, I, 262-263.
Strand | Monday.
Dear Sara
I have read your dear letter twice, and shall read it again.
Mrs. Chapman quite enjoys Miss Bremer's society now, and all the world is doing its devoir to the great little authoress.
I went to the Ex[hibition] on Saturday to hear the final God save the Qu[een] and the three times three 1032 -- [C]était un beau moment,' but headache, headache! [9 lines deleted.] <Miss Tilley is coming back today.>
Mr. Greg thought the Review [well done, and in a kindly spirit,] -- but thought there was not much in it -- dreadful true, since there was only all his book. I think he did not like the apology for his want of theological learning -- which however was just the thing most needed, for the Eclectic 1033 trips him up on that score.
Went to Mr. Mackay's yesterday with Mr. C. Mr. M. will give us £200 -- Mr. Woodfall 1034 also £200. Miss S. Hughes 1035 £20. No circulars have yet been sent out.
Newman's article on Direct Legislation 1036 is already come. We can get no one to write on the Peerage.
Carlyle was very amusing the other morning to Mr. Chapman about the Ex[hibition]. He has no patience with the Prince and [that Cole] 1037 assembling Sawneys from all parts of the land till you can't get along Piccadilly. He has been worn to death with bores all summer, who present themselves by twos and threes in his study, saying "Here we are," etc., etc.
The [Thin student] is no such thing but a beneficed clergyman who admires Strauss, discusses the Immortality of the soul, and preaches [extrumpery] to his poor Dorsetshire parishioners, who have seen nothing beyond their native hedgerows. Love to all. In haste
Pollian.
MS: Yale. Extracts published: Cross, I, 262-263.
Strand | Monday.
Dear Sara
I have read your dear letter twice, and shall read it again.
Mrs. Chapman quite enjoys Miss Bremer's society now, and all the world is doing its devoir to the great little authoress.
I went to the Ex[hibition] on Saturday to hear the final God save the Qu[een] and the three times three 1032 -- [C]était un beau moment,' but headache, headache! [9 lines deleted.] <Miss Tilley is coming back today.>
Mr. Greg thought the Review [well done, and in a kindly spirit,] -- but thought there was not much in it -- dreadful true, since there was only all his book. I think he did not like the apology for his want of theological learning -- which however was just the thing most needed, for the Eclectic 1033 trips him up on that score.
Went to Mr. Mackay's yesterday with Mr. C. Mr. M. will give us £200 -- Mr. Woodfall 1034 also £200. Miss S. Hughes 1035 £20. No circulars have yet been sent out.
Newman's article on Direct Legislation 1036 is already come. We can get no one to write on the Peerage.
Carlyle was very amusing the other morning to Mr. Chapman about the Ex[hibition]. He has no patience with the Prince and [that Cole] 1037 assembling Sawneys from all parts of the land till you can't get along Piccadilly. He has been worn to death with bores all summer, who present themselves by twos and threes in his study, saying "Here we are," etc., etc.
The [Thin student] is no such thing but a beneficed clergyman who admires Strauss, discusses the Immortality of the soul, and preaches [extrumpery] to his poor Dorsetshire parishioners, who have seen nothing beyond their native hedgerows. Love to all. In haste
Pollian.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE TO SARA SOPHIA HENNELL, LONDON, [13 OCTOBER 1851], 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/93939