GHL to James Thomas Fields, London, 8 May 1870
Title
GHL to James Thomas Fields, London, 8 May 1870
Title
GHL to James Thomas Fields, London, 8 May 1870
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
James Thomas Fields
Date(s)
- 1870-05-08
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to James Thomas Fields, London, 8 May 1870
MS: Huntington Library. Hitherto unpublished.
North Bank. N.W. | 8 May 1870.
Dear Mr. Fields
We returned yesterday from a trip to Vienna, and while there my friend Robert Lytton read me some of his new poems -- a collection of Fables of a novel and I think attractive kind. After which he consulted me about the publication; and as his poems have, I believe some sale in America, we agreed that if the [Atlantic Monthly] would like to have les premiers of some, or all, before they appeared in England, it would be all pure gain to him. I offered to be the channel through which the proposition might be made; and that you might more distinctly appreciate the kind of Fable he has attempted, I suggested that he should submit three of them to you -- one very short -- the other two of moderate length. He has written twenty which will make a small volume. When you have read them and decided as to their publishability in the Atlantic perhaps you will make me the channel of an offer for as many (or all) of them as you may wish. 173
Mrs. Lewes and I regretted not seeing more of you and your charming wife (to whom are sent the sweetest messages compressible in a parenthesis) but we understood your fatigue, and the calls upon you in your hurried visit. We have just gone through the same at Berlin and Vienna and have come back heartily wearied of being lionized -- though it's ungrateful to feel so when everyone is so kind.
What do you think of [Jubal]? Remember me kindly to Mr. Osgood 174 and Mr. Ticknor and believe me
Very truly yours
G. H. Lewes.
T. J. Fields Esq.
MS: Huntington Library. Hitherto unpublished.
North Bank. N.W. | 8 May 1870.
Dear Mr. Fields
We returned yesterday from a trip to Vienna, and while there my friend Robert Lytton read me some of his new poems -- a collection of Fables of a novel and I think attractive kind. After which he consulted me about the publication; and as his poems have, I believe some sale in America, we agreed that if the [Atlantic Monthly] would like to have les premiers of some, or all, before they appeared in England, it would be all pure gain to him. I offered to be the channel through which the proposition might be made; and that you might more distinctly appreciate the kind of Fable he has attempted, I suggested that he should submit three of them to you -- one very short -- the other two of moderate length. He has written twenty which will make a small volume. When you have read them and decided as to their publishability in the Atlantic perhaps you will make me the channel of an offer for as many (or all) of them as you may wish. 173
Mrs. Lewes and I regretted not seeing more of you and your charming wife (to whom are sent the sweetest messages compressible in a parenthesis) but we understood your fatigue, and the calls upon you in your hurried visit. We have just gone through the same at Berlin and Vienna and have come back heartily wearied of being lionized -- though it's ungrateful to feel so when everyone is so kind.
What do you think of [Jubal]? Remember me kindly to Mr. Osgood 174 and Mr. Ticknor and believe me
Very truly yours
G. H. Lewes.
T. J. Fields Esq.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to James Thomas Fields, London, 8 May 1870, 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/94579