GHL to John Blackwood, London, [11 January 1868]
Title
GHL to John Blackwood, London, [11 January 1868]
Title
GHL to John Blackwood, London, [11 January 1868]
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1868-01-11
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to John Blackwood, London, [11 January 1868]
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Saturday.
My dear Blackwood
I have returned after a most successful visit to Bonn and Heidelberg, where spending the whole day in the anatomical theatres and the evening over the microscope I learned more in two weeks than I could here have learned in twelve months. Nothing could exceed the kindness and attention shown me -- all the scientific men seem to know (directly or indirectly) both [Seaside Studies] and the Physiology; so that besides their interest in the biographer of Goethe they were disposed to show all their material to a confr'e8re. The weather was bitterly cold and travelling at this season made me regard myself as a [Martyr of Science] fit for a new edition of Brewster. 720 I came back to find Maga (both copies) had been whisked away by eager son and mother, so I must wait till tomorrow before I read Felix in full costume.
The poem advances with increasing power and a new instalment will shortly be sent you, if health does not interrupt. We are both so delighted at your appreciation of it -- to her especially it is a support.
I am going to beg for a couple of copies of [Seaside Studies] to send to my German friends. By the way at Heidelberg I was asked if George
Eliot was Mrs. Lewes and on my affirming that, I was shown the Museum Catalogue in which her works are headed thus: George Eliot (Mrs. Howther) [Adam Bede] etc. etc. etc. etc. No doubt Mrs. Howther was one of the disclosed Unknowns of whom we used to hear in the Liggins days. How droll it is to look back on those days!
Ever yours faithfully
G. H. Lewes.
John Blackwood Esq.
Kind regards to Willie.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Saturday.
My dear Blackwood
I have returned after a most successful visit to Bonn and Heidelberg, where spending the whole day in the anatomical theatres and the evening over the microscope I learned more in two weeks than I could here have learned in twelve months. Nothing could exceed the kindness and attention shown me -- all the scientific men seem to know (directly or indirectly) both [Seaside Studies] and the Physiology; so that besides their interest in the biographer of Goethe they were disposed to show all their material to a confr'e8re. The weather was bitterly cold and travelling at this season made me regard myself as a [Martyr of Science] fit for a new edition of Brewster. 720 I came back to find Maga (both copies) had been whisked away by eager son and mother, so I must wait till tomorrow before I read Felix in full costume.
The poem advances with increasing power and a new instalment will shortly be sent you, if health does not interrupt. We are both so delighted at your appreciation of it -- to her especially it is a support.
I am going to beg for a couple of copies of [Seaside Studies] to send to my German friends. By the way at Heidelberg I was asked if George
Eliot was Mrs. Lewes and on my affirming that, I was shown the Museum Catalogue in which her works are headed thus: George Eliot (Mrs. Howther) [Adam Bede] etc. etc. etc. etc. No doubt Mrs. Howther was one of the disclosed Unknowns of whom we used to hear in the Liggins days. How droll it is to look back on those days!
Ever yours faithfully
G. H. Lewes.
John Blackwood Esq.
Kind regards to Willie.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to John Blackwood, London, [11 January 1868], 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/94614