GE to William Blackwood, London, 18 March 1879
Title
GE to William Blackwood, London, 18 March 1879
Title
GE to William Blackwood, London, 18 March 1879
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
William Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1879-03-18
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to William Blackwood, London, 18 March 1879
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21 North Bank | March 18. 79.
My dear Mr. William
I trust you will not interpret it as a sign of slight regard if I ask you to communicate with me by letter only at present. I have not yet received any friend male or female -- except three gentlemen who are helping me to carry out a plan I have at heart. 198 You will think this weakness -- and so it is. This week for the first time I am going to see a lady friend, 199 but people have been so good to me, my obligations for their kindly expressed sympathy are so mountainous, that I am afraid to break my silence and my solitude lest by showing gratitude to some I should seem ungrateful to others.
Will you kindly send me the specimens you mention? -- and since you write letters with so much ease and clearness, will you send me a note of any suggestions for my guidance?
Would it not be desirable to defer the publication till October?
I like to think that you walk now without pain or difficulty. You have had a long and trying discipline.
Shall you remain in London more than a week?
Always sincerely yours
M. E. Lewes.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21 North Bank | March 18. 79.
My dear Mr. William
I trust you will not interpret it as a sign of slight regard if I ask you to communicate with me by letter only at present. I have not yet received any friend male or female -- except three gentlemen who are helping me to carry out a plan I have at heart. 198 You will think this weakness -- and so it is. This week for the first time I am going to see a lady friend, 199 but people have been so good to me, my obligations for their kindly expressed sympathy are so mountainous, that I am afraid to break my silence and my solitude lest by showing gratitude to some I should seem ungrateful to others.
Will you kindly send me the specimens you mention? -- and since you write letters with so much ease and clearness, will you send me a note of any suggestions for my guidance?
Would it not be desirable to defer the publication till October?
I like to think that you walk now without pain or difficulty. You have had a long and trying discipline.
Shall you remain in London more than a week?
Always sincerely yours
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to William Blackwood, London, 18 March 1879, 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/94192