GE to William Blackwood, London, 5 November 1861
Title
GE to William Blackwood, London, 5 November 1861
Title
GE to William Blackwood, London, 5 November 1861
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
William Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1861-11-05
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to William Blackwood, London, 5 November 1861
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
November 5. 61.
My dear Sir
I am very much obliged to you for relieving me from all possibility of anxiety about my corrected copies. Of course, after the fashion of authors, I hold my manuscript to be among those precious things peculiarly liable to casualties in this perverse world.
Your uncle gives us a pleasant picture of his enjoyment in being once again with his brother and playmate, Major Archibald Blackwood. There are few things sweeter than these revivals of early memories. I hope we shall know something of the same sort with our boys, if they ever go far away from us.
Apropos of boys, we are sincerely obliged to you for thinking of Thornie at all, and only hope he will not bore you. Young gentlemen of seventeen have often immense resources for boring their elders. 866
Mr. Lewes, I am glad to tell you, keeps up his improved health and enjoys the mornings over his desk. I have not yet got clear of the effects of a wretched cold, which is a common trouble to London people just now; and either the cold, or a keener perception of fact, makes me feel myself one of the most stupid people in existence -- which is not agreeable, as long as one's resignation is not perfect. 867
I want to get well, that we may go and see Fechter in Othello, a wish you will understand, if you saw him in Hamlet when you were in London.
Mr. Lewes unites with me in kind regards.
Ever yours truly
M. E. Lewes.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
November 5. 61.
My dear Sir
I am very much obliged to you for relieving me from all possibility of anxiety about my corrected copies. Of course, after the fashion of authors, I hold my manuscript to be among those precious things peculiarly liable to casualties in this perverse world.
Your uncle gives us a pleasant picture of his enjoyment in being once again with his brother and playmate, Major Archibald Blackwood. There are few things sweeter than these revivals of early memories. I hope we shall know something of the same sort with our boys, if they ever go far away from us.
Apropos of boys, we are sincerely obliged to you for thinking of Thornie at all, and only hope he will not bore you. Young gentlemen of seventeen have often immense resources for boring their elders. 866
Mr. Lewes, I am glad to tell you, keeps up his improved health and enjoys the mornings over his desk. I have not yet got clear of the effects of a wretched cold, which is a common trouble to London people just now; and either the cold, or a keener perception of fact, makes me feel myself one of the most stupid people in existence -- which is not agreeable, as long as one's resignation is not perfect. 867
I want to get well, that we may go and see Fechter in Othello, a wish you will understand, if you saw him in Hamlet when you were in London.
Mr. Lewes unites with me in kind regards.
Ever yours truly
M. E. Lewes.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to William Blackwood, London, 5 November 1861, 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/94205