GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, London, 6 February [1854]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, London, 6 February [1854]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, London, 6 February [1854]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1854-02-06
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, London, 6 February [1854]
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Cambridge St. | February 6.
My dear Sara
Thank you for your observations. I have not been able to look into the M.S. yet, but when I do I shall consider all your suggestions. Will you have the kindness to return me the M.S. you now have as soon as possible? -- that is, of course, when you have read it. I enclose six stamps, that you may send it as a pamphlet, with the ends open, by post.
I shall send you Feuerbach's Preface soon. I wish you could have the German at the same time to amuse you. It is very curious that while his text is -- for a German -- concise, lucid and even epigrammatic now and then, his Preface reads like a caricature of the faults of German writing generally, one sentence is nearly a page and a half long! 436 I have done my best to save this from appearing in the English, but I wish you to pay particular attention to the Preface and to mark everything which seems odd and does not flow easily -- as it is very important that this preface should be read.
Ever your loving
Pollian.
It is such a comfort to have at least one person who can appreciate one's work. The dreariness of giving such a translation to Mr. Chapman who neither knows what is in itself good English nor what is the difficulty of truly representing German!
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Cambridge St. | February 6.
My dear Sara
Thank you for your observations. I have not been able to look into the M.S. yet, but when I do I shall consider all your suggestions. Will you have the kindness to return me the M.S. you now have as soon as possible? -- that is, of course, when you have read it. I enclose six stamps, that you may send it as a pamphlet, with the ends open, by post.
I shall send you Feuerbach's Preface soon. I wish you could have the German at the same time to amuse you. It is very curious that while his text is -- for a German -- concise, lucid and even epigrammatic now and then, his Preface reads like a caricature of the faults of German writing generally, one sentence is nearly a page and a half long! 436 I have done my best to save this from appearing in the English, but I wish you to pay particular attention to the Preface and to mark everything which seems odd and does not flow easily -- as it is very important that this preface should be read.
Ever your loving
Pollian.
It is such a comfort to have at least one person who can appreciate one's work. The dreariness of giving such a translation to Mr. Chapman who neither knows what is in itself good English nor what is the difficulty of truly representing German!
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, London, 6 February [1854], 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/94055