GHL to Alexander Main, London, [31 January 1876]
Title
GHL to Alexander Main, London, [31 January 1876]
Title
GHL to Alexander Main, London, [31 January 1876]
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Alexander Main
Date(s)
- 1876-01-31
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to Alexander Main, London, [31 January 1876]
Text: Main's copy owned by Mr. John R. Sprunt. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
My dear Main
If the editor does not print both your articles 393 it will assuredly not be because they don't deserve it -- they are admirable -- but because he hasn't space for them. On the first topic he has a note from me, (at his request) in answer to Bain, and as we take the same line he may think yours superfluous carrying of coals to the Newcastle dep'f4t.
In a letter from Ritter we received the other day he plaintively remarks that you haven't written since May last. Now this book is appearing I daresay you will feel the impulse to s'fog'e1rsi on it to him.
Yes, what you say about Mrs. Lewes's happiness in her work is true -- the pain is there but it is delicious pain after all; and the deep feelings she creates in others react upon herself and make her prize her power.
Tomorrow you will have the "Spoiled Child." 394
Ever yours
G. H. L.
Text: Main's copy owned by Mr. John R. Sprunt. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
My dear Main
If the editor does not print both your articles 393 it will assuredly not be because they don't deserve it -- they are admirable -- but because he hasn't space for them. On the first topic he has a note from me, (at his request) in answer to Bain, and as we take the same line he may think yours superfluous carrying of coals to the Newcastle dep'f4t.
In a letter from Ritter we received the other day he plaintively remarks that you haven't written since May last. Now this book is appearing I daresay you will feel the impulse to s'fog'e1rsi on it to him.
Yes, what you say about Mrs. Lewes's happiness in her work is true -- the pain is there but it is delicious pain after all; and the deep feelings she creates in others react upon herself and make her prize her power.
Tomorrow you will have the "Spoiled Child." 394
Ever yours
G. H. L.
Signature
G. H. L.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Alexander Main, London, [31 January 1876], 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/94399