GHL Journal, London, 25 December 1863
Title
GHL Journal, London, 25 December 1863
Title
GHL Journal, London, 25 December 1863
Sender
Ghl Journal
Recipient
U
Date(s)
- 1863-12-25
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL Journal, London, 25 December 1863
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Christmas Day.
Bertie came home from Scotland for a few days on the 22nd and delighted us by his great improvement moral and physical, and by the evident interest he displays in farming. Our Christmas dinner was a quiet affair, quieter than usual from the fact that both Charles and I were out of sorts. We played whist in the evening. In the morning I called on Owen Jones and Dallas, where I heard of Thackeray's sudden death. 216 In the afternoon on Mother (whom I found laid up with diarrhoea) and Nursie.
Yesterday had an interesting visit from a young poet Robert Buchanan, 217 who four years ago sent me some m.s.s. for my advice, and whom I advised to refrain from publishing for 3 years. He has waited 4, and now his volume of Undertones appears, and seems to have some success. He stayed lunch with us, and made a favorable impression. I pointed out a subject to him, and told him if he would take pains with it, I would get it inserted in the [Cornhill.] I hope I shall be able to assist him, for he has a hard struggle to live, and seems a man of high and noble aims.
MS: Yale. Hitherto unpublished.
Christmas Day.
Bertie came home from Scotland for a few days on the 22nd and delighted us by his great improvement moral and physical, and by the evident interest he displays in farming. Our Christmas dinner was a quiet affair, quieter than usual from the fact that both Charles and I were out of sorts. We played whist in the evening. In the morning I called on Owen Jones and Dallas, where I heard of Thackeray's sudden death. 216 In the afternoon on Mother (whom I found laid up with diarrhoea) and Nursie.
Yesterday had an interesting visit from a young poet Robert Buchanan, 217 who four years ago sent me some m.s.s. for my advice, and whom I advised to refrain from publishing for 3 years. He has waited 4, and now his volume of Undertones appears, and seems to have some success. He stayed lunch with us, and made a favorable impression. I pointed out a subject to him, and told him if he would take pains with it, I would get it inserted in the [Cornhill.] I hope I shall be able to assist him, for he has a hard struggle to live, and seems a man of high and noble aims.
Citation
Ghl Journal, GHL Journal, London, 25 December 1863, 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/94319