GHL to Robert Lytton, London, 9 May 1870
Title
GHL to Robert Lytton, London, 9 May 1870
Title
GHL to Robert Lytton, London, 9 May 1870
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Robert Lyt
Date(s)
- 1870-05-09
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to Robert Lytton, London, 9 May 1870
MS: Lady Hermione Cobbold.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
May 1870.
My dear Lytton
We reached home on the night of the 6th and found your two letters with enclosures. I like the [Arrogant] 901 very much and think it a good vanity to send a [specimen brick]: all three are dispatched to Fields and I have good hopes of a proposition from him which will meet your views. Smith I shall see tomorrow, if possible, and sound him. It has occurred to me that Fields would not very well be able to print all the Fables in the Atlantic -- if for no other reason than that they would occupy 20 months. Therefore when we have heard from him how many of them he is likely to want, Smith might have some of the others for the [Cornhill.] I shall, therefore, in speaking to him, only mention your intention of leaving Piccadilly, 902 and your desire to arrange about the new volume when ready. By the time you come to London I hope to have both American and Smithian answers.
We stayed a whole week at Salzburg in delicious weather, and in much wished-for peace. There Mrs. Lewes finally got rid of her sore throat; but was too feeble to write to your sweet little wife (je maintiens mon dire: little c'est le mot!) although every day she vowed she would do so. She now sends [Jubal] 903 with her affectionate regards, and reserves for the Priory or Watford all effusive expressions.
From Salzburg, after a visit to Berchtesgaden and K'f6nigsee we went to Munich and stayed there two days, only seeing our old friends the von Siebolds and Baron Schack. 904 Thence to N'fcrnberg, where she was too ill to enjoy the dear old place. Thence to W'fcrtzburg where I saw K'f6lliker, Fick, and von Recklinghausen. 905 Thence to Heidelberg where we saw no one -- to Strasburg -- and finally Paris.
A heap of some 60 letters awaited me and I am toiling through them slowly. Somebody I have heard of used only to answer his letters once a fortnight on the ground that in the interim the majority answered themselves. Mine don't -- d -- n their souls! -- My plan is to make literary sandwiches, namely between two tiresome or uninteresting letters to insert one which has either friendship or interest to give it flavour -- (this letter is a slice of ham, with mustard).
Give my love to your wife and send a bite to Baia. 906 London looks horrible. Glad to have such good news of Karlsbad.
Ever yours affectionately
G. H. Lewes.
Will you address the enclosed to F'fcrstenberg? 907
Mrs. Lewes not content with the idleness of a message has just brought in the enclosed note. 908 Oh! les femmes! La donna e mobile come fiumo al vento! 909
MS: Lady Hermione Cobbold.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
May 1870.
My dear Lytton
We reached home on the night of the 6th and found your two letters with enclosures. I like the [Arrogant] 901 very much and think it a good vanity to send a [specimen brick]: all three are dispatched to Fields and I have good hopes of a proposition from him which will meet your views. Smith I shall see tomorrow, if possible, and sound him. It has occurred to me that Fields would not very well be able to print all the Fables in the Atlantic -- if for no other reason than that they would occupy 20 months. Therefore when we have heard from him how many of them he is likely to want, Smith might have some of the others for the [Cornhill.] I shall, therefore, in speaking to him, only mention your intention of leaving Piccadilly, 902 and your desire to arrange about the new volume when ready. By the time you come to London I hope to have both American and Smithian answers.
We stayed a whole week at Salzburg in delicious weather, and in much wished-for peace. There Mrs. Lewes finally got rid of her sore throat; but was too feeble to write to your sweet little wife (je maintiens mon dire: little c'est le mot!) although every day she vowed she would do so. She now sends [Jubal] 903 with her affectionate regards, and reserves for the Priory or Watford all effusive expressions.
From Salzburg, after a visit to Berchtesgaden and K'f6nigsee we went to Munich and stayed there two days, only seeing our old friends the von Siebolds and Baron Schack. 904 Thence to N'fcrnberg, where she was too ill to enjoy the dear old place. Thence to W'fcrtzburg where I saw K'f6lliker, Fick, and von Recklinghausen. 905 Thence to Heidelberg where we saw no one -- to Strasburg -- and finally Paris.
A heap of some 60 letters awaited me and I am toiling through them slowly. Somebody I have heard of used only to answer his letters once a fortnight on the ground that in the interim the majority answered themselves. Mine don't -- d -- n their souls! -- My plan is to make literary sandwiches, namely between two tiresome or uninteresting letters to insert one which has either friendship or interest to give it flavour -- (this letter is a slice of ham, with mustard).
Give my love to your wife and send a bite to Baia. 906 London looks horrible. Glad to have such good news of Karlsbad.
Ever yours affectionately
G. H. Lewes.
Will you address the enclosed to F'fcrstenberg? 907
Mrs. Lewes not content with the idleness of a message has just brought in the enclosed note. 908 Oh! les femmes! La donna e mobile come fiumo al vento! 909
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Robert Lytton, London, 9 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/95010