GHL to John Blackwood, London, [9 January 1869]
Title
GHL to John Blackwood, London, [9 January 1869]
Title
GHL to John Blackwood, London, [9 January 1869]
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
John Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1869-01-09
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to John Blackwood, London, [9 January 1869]
MS: Mr. Philip Leigh-Smith. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Dear Blackwood
Tom Trollope in a letter just received begs me to ask you whether a story entitled [Plagassian] 3 which he sent you for Maga some three months past has reached its destination. Not having heard from you he fears the post may have played him false. He says he doesn't wish to hurry you in reading or deciding on the story but only to know that it has reached you safely. Let me know as I have to write to him -- and if it has arrived I should be glad also to be able to intimate your decision to him.
I have just had sorrowful intelligence from Thornton which I am sure you will sympathize with. 4 The poor fellow has stone in the kidney and his sufferings are so great that I have written to him to come over to England and have the best advice and perhaps go through an operation. The vision of him haunts me incessantly.
Ever yours faithfully,
G. H. Lewes.
MS: Mr. Philip Leigh-Smith. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Dear Blackwood
Tom Trollope in a letter just received begs me to ask you whether a story entitled [Plagassian] 3 which he sent you for Maga some three months past has reached its destination. Not having heard from you he fears the post may have played him false. He says he doesn't wish to hurry you in reading or deciding on the story but only to know that it has reached you safely. Let me know as I have to write to him -- and if it has arrived I should be glad also to be able to intimate your decision to him.
I have just had sorrowful intelligence from Thornton which I am sure you will sympathize with. 4 The poor fellow has stone in the kidney and his sufferings are so great that I have written to him to come over to England and have the best advice and perhaps go through an operation. The vision of him haunts me incessantly.
Ever yours faithfully,
G. H. Lewes.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to John Blackwood, London, [9 January 1869], 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/94668