GHL to William Blackwood, London, [5 October 1871]
Title
GHL to William Blackwood, London, [5 October 1871]
Title
GHL to William Blackwood, London, [5 October 1871]
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
William Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1871-10-05
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to William Blackwood, London, [5 October 1871]
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Dear Willie
Owen Jones 373 has come in to urgently suggest the following alterations in the title page: that the vignette be lowered and brought down to x. (the outer line being removed altogether, so as to make a vignette and not a medallion. that the Book I Miss Brooke be lowered to y. This will give a lighter and more graceful effect.
Further he and Mrs. Lewes consider the green too yellow and would prefer one of the shade enclosed -- taken from the book of specimens you sent some time ago.
We should also be glad if you could let us see a proof of the page on two papers as nearly as possible approaching the buff and yellow enclosed, so that with 3 pages before us a decisive choice might be made. 374
Yours truly
G. H. L.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Dear Willie
Owen Jones 373 has come in to urgently suggest the following alterations in the title page: that the vignette be lowered and brought down to x. (the outer line being removed altogether, so as to make a vignette and not a medallion. that the Book I Miss Brooke be lowered to y. This will give a lighter and more graceful effect.
Further he and Mrs. Lewes consider the green too yellow and would prefer one of the shade enclosed -- taken from the book of specimens you sent some time ago.
We should also be glad if you could let us see a proof of the page on two papers as nearly as possible approaching the buff and yellow enclosed, so that with 3 pages before us a decisive choice might be made. 374
Yours truly
G. H. L.
Signature
G. H. L.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to William Blackwood, London, [5 October 1871], 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/95086