GHL to Mrs. Elma Stuart, Earlswood Common, 25 August 1874
Title
GHL to Mrs. Elma Stuart, Earlswood Common, 25 August 1874
Title
GHL to Mrs. Elma Stuart, Earlswood Common, 25 August 1874
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Mrs. Elma Stuart
Date(s)
- 1874-08-25
Place
Earlswood Common
Letter Content
GHL to Mrs. Elma Stuart, Earlswood Common, 25 August 1874
MS: British Museum. Published: Stuart, pp. 25-26.
The Cottage | Earlswood Common | 25 August 74.
Dear Friend
For half an hour we will not see you; but if you will spend the afternoon with us, you shall be received with and enfolded by outstretched arms! I told you when you went away that I counted on your being able to come again; and on Tuesday next 1 September if you find the times convenient, I propose that you leave Charing Cross at 11.15 which will bring you to Red Hill by 12.15. There I will meet you and conduct you to your loving mother, with whom you must stay till 'bd past 4; and so get back to town by 5.18. However, you will understand that these hours are merely proposed on the supposition that they fall in with your other arrangements. Look into Bradshaw and propose any others -- (or any other day) -- and be assured that they will suit us equally well. 142 We only protest against the "Half-hours with Great Authors" -- a work too snatchy for our tastes.
Polly has been decidedly better of late, and if her Hebrew and Oriental studies were a little less absorbing and exhausting she would be what the racing men call in [good form.]
The shepherd's crook is a faithful companion and you may be said to walk out with me every day.
God bless you.
Ever yours affectionately
G. H. Lewes.
MS: British Museum. Published: Stuart, pp. 25-26.
The Cottage | Earlswood Common | 25 August 74.
Dear Friend
For half an hour we will not see you; but if you will spend the afternoon with us, you shall be received with and enfolded by outstretched arms! I told you when you went away that I counted on your being able to come again; and on Tuesday next 1 September if you find the times convenient, I propose that you leave Charing Cross at 11.15 which will bring you to Red Hill by 12.15. There I will meet you and conduct you to your loving mother, with whom you must stay till 'bd past 4; and so get back to town by 5.18. However, you will understand that these hours are merely proposed on the supposition that they fall in with your other arrangements. Look into Bradshaw and propose any others -- (or any other day) -- and be assured that they will suit us equally well. 142 We only protest against the "Half-hours with Great Authors" -- a work too snatchy for our tastes.
Polly has been decidedly better of late, and if her Hebrew and Oriental studies were a little less absorbing and exhausting she would be what the racing men call in [good form.]
The shepherd's crook is a faithful companion and you may be said to walk out with me every day.
God bless you.
Ever yours affectionately
G. H. Lewes.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Mrs. Elma Stuart, Earlswood Common, 25 August 1874, 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/94932