GHL to William Blackwood, London, [November 1871]
Title
GHL to William Blackwood, London, [November 1871]
Title
GHL to William Blackwood, London, [November 1871]
Sender
George Henry Lewes
Recipient
William Blackwood
Date(s)
- 1871-11
Place
London
Letter Content
GHL to William Blackwood, London, [November 1871]
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Saturday.
My dear Willie
We are both charmed with the design of the title-page, and also agree that the green is more effective (and less clerical) than the mauve.
[Brush] away as vigorously as you will, only don't [overbrush] it -- I mean don't come to grief in your excitement.
Yes -- the book may appear with the Magazines on the 1st. Would it not be well to insert a slip: Middlemarch Book II Old and Young will be published on the 1 February -- or do you propose putting it on the back -- before or after the announcement of the [Beauties]? 409 -- I think the slip more effective.
Ever yours
G. H. L.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
Saturday.
My dear Willie
We are both charmed with the design of the title-page, and also agree that the green is more effective (and less clerical) than the mauve.
[Brush] away as vigorously as you will, only don't [overbrush] it -- I mean don't come to grief in your excitement.
Yes -- the book may appear with the Magazines on the 1st. Would it not be well to insert a slip: Middlemarch Book II Old and Young will be published on the 1 February -- or do you propose putting it on the back -- before or after the announcement of the [Beauties]? 409 -- I think the slip more effective.
Ever yours
G. H. L.
Signature
G. H. L.
Citation
George Henry Lewes, GHL to William Blackwood, London, [November 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/95090