GHL Journal, London, 2 October 1864
Title
GHL Journal, London, 2 October 1864
Title
GHL Journal, London, 2 October 1864
Sender
Ghl Journal
Recipient
U
Date(s)
- 1864-10-02
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL Journal, London, 2 October 1864
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Sunday 2nd.
Yesterday afternoon we returned from a three weeks outing which was rendered necessary by my debility and dyspepsia, and by Polly's general malaise. . . . All the time we were away did nothing but rub up my Spanish and read Don Quijote. Polly also began Spanish and as[k]ed to read pages aloud to me. I read Tennyson Idylls to her occasionally. On our way back stopped at Peterborough for night and half the day. The Cathedral not comparable to that of York, but the facade with its three arches one of the most exquisite we have seen. -- Ben in a state of irrepressible rapture on our arrival!
With this month ceases my consulting editorship of the Cornhill Magazine began May 1862 . . . the diminished and constantly diminishing circulation no longer permitting the Magazine to be at such an expence which could be spared. I regret the loss of the income very much, the more so because the duties were so light and agreeable but on the other hand it is a tie loosened. When I was very poorly, before going to Harrowgate, George Smith strongly urged me to try horse exercise. I took four lessons at a riding school and went away before they could be prolonged. The exercise seemed to stir up my liver into unpleasant activity -- but perhaps that was too brief a trial. I am doubtful about resuming it.
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Sunday 2nd.
Yesterday afternoon we returned from a three weeks outing which was rendered necessary by my debility and dyspepsia, and by Polly's general malaise. . . . All the time we were away did nothing but rub up my Spanish and read Don Quijote. Polly also began Spanish and as[k]ed to read pages aloud to me. I read Tennyson Idylls to her occasionally. On our way back stopped at Peterborough for night and half the day. The Cathedral not comparable to that of York, but the facade with its three arches one of the most exquisite we have seen. -- Ben in a state of irrepressible rapture on our arrival!
With this month ceases my consulting editorship of the Cornhill Magazine began May 1862 . . . the diminished and constantly diminishing circulation no longer permitting the Magazine to be at such an expence which could be spared. I regret the loss of the income very much, the more so because the duties were so light and agreeable but on the other hand it is a tie loosened. When I was very poorly, before going to Harrowgate, George Smith strongly urged me to try horse exercise. I took four lessons at a riding school and went away before they could be prolonged. The exercise seemed to stir up my liver into unpleasant activity -- but perhaps that was too brief a trial. I am doubtful about resuming it.
Citation
Ghl Journal, GHL Journal, London, 2 October 1864, 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/94316