GHL to Thomas Adolphus Trollope, London, 26 September 1862
Title
GHL to Thomas Adolphus Trollope, London, 26 September 1862
Title
GHL to Thomas Adolphus Trollope, London, 26 September 1862
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
Thomas Adolphus Trollope
Date(s)
- 1862-09-26
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to Thomas Adolphus Trollope, London, 26 September 1862
MS: University of California Los Angeles.
6 Blandford Square | 26 September 1862.
My dear Trollope
There were four distinct pleasures given by your letter last night. First there was the sight of the familiar hand itself the mere fact of a letter from the Villino Trollope. Next there was the welcome news about la raminga. 581 When she appears in public I have no doubt Froude and Blackwood will see their mistake. Thirdly there was the very cheering news of your dear wife's health, which may God preserve! Fourthly there was your cheering word about [Romola.] Then and at all times would it have been delightful to her to know that you and your wife admired the book, but my wife happened to be at that particular period in an extra state of dumps owing to the visit of a "friend" who had expressed his want of interest in the characters, and general appreciation of the book only as an "immense feat" -- a racer carrying a hundredweight. 582
Mr. Smith, the publisher, who has most cause to be sensitive (after the author) is in high spirits about the book, and I have never had but one opinion on the subject.
I am truly glad that you are hard at work at my book. Glad because I shall rejoice in the work being done; and glad for you because I know how delightful it is to have a serious bit of work in hand.
We have been for a little "outing" by the seaside, 583 but alas! there is not the faintest chance of our getting southwards this year; though we both "languish for the purple seas." 584
I had written thus far when an interruption came in the shape of a German Physiologist who brought a letter from one of the greatest of the teutons, so I had to show him my preparations, give him lunch, and a cigar and talk an "infinite deal of -- something." 585 But his visit entirely scattered my ideas; and as Polly proposes to finish this, with a few lines, I shall leave her to say anything I may have omitted, except my love to your wife and Bice.
Ever truly yours
G. H. Lewes.
MS: University of California Los Angeles.
6 Blandford Square | 26 September 1862.
My dear Trollope
There were four distinct pleasures given by your letter last night. First there was the sight of the familiar hand itself the mere fact of a letter from the Villino Trollope. Next there was the welcome news about la raminga. 581 When she appears in public I have no doubt Froude and Blackwood will see their mistake. Thirdly there was the very cheering news of your dear wife's health, which may God preserve! Fourthly there was your cheering word about [Romola.] Then and at all times would it have been delightful to her to know that you and your wife admired the book, but my wife happened to be at that particular period in an extra state of dumps owing to the visit of a "friend" who had expressed his want of interest in the characters, and general appreciation of the book only as an "immense feat" -- a racer carrying a hundredweight. 582
Mr. Smith, the publisher, who has most cause to be sensitive (after the author) is in high spirits about the book, and I have never had but one opinion on the subject.
I am truly glad that you are hard at work at my book. Glad because I shall rejoice in the work being done; and glad for you because I know how delightful it is to have a serious bit of work in hand.
We have been for a little "outing" by the seaside, 583 but alas! there is not the faintest chance of our getting southwards this year; though we both "languish for the purple seas." 584
I had written thus far when an interruption came in the shape of a German Physiologist who brought a letter from one of the greatest of the teutons, so I had to show him my preparations, give him lunch, and a cigar and talk an "infinite deal of -- something." 585 But his visit entirely scattered my ideas; and as Polly proposes to finish this, with a few lines, I shall leave her to say anything I may have omitted, except my love to your wife and Bice.
Ever truly yours
G. H. Lewes.
Signature
G. H. Lewes.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to Thomas Adolphus Trollope, London, 26 September 1862, 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/95041