John Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 14 December 1875
Title
John Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 14 December 1875
Title
John Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 14 December 1875
Sender
John Blackwood
Recipient
George Eliot
Date(s)
- 1875-12-14
Place
Edinburgh
Letter Content
John Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 14 December 1875
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
George Street, | Edinburgh.
December 14/75.
My Dear Mrs. Lewes
I was very sorry to see by a note from Lewes to Simpson that in the change of weather you had caught a bad cold, but I hope the steady continuance of the milder weather has put you all right again. 361 It has enabled me to golf and my wife and daughter to ride, both things conducive to the family health and happiness.
I often wonder how you are getting on with the Great Book and I never venture to ask how far you have got with your wondrous tale of human life.
Mr. Langford evidently felt so left out in the cold while we were all full of Daniel that I told Simpson to send him a copy of the sheets for private perusal. He returned them to me with an excellent rapturous letter which may be summed up in his own statement that when he finished the second volume he felt inclined to "rush up to the Priory and throw himself on his knees before you." The idea of the tableau is amusing, but the same genuine feeling will be shared by many, so great is the mastery of the book.
Mr. Simpson has arranged with the Australian paper but could not get them above the £200.
You will be glad to hear that Middlemarch is going on selling and there is also good life in The Spanish Gipsy and Jubal.
Hoping soon to get good accounts of your health, believe me
always yours truly
John Blackwood.
A two volume 8'b0ree; life of Heine 362 has been sent to me and I propose to send it to Lewes if he has not got a copy. I inclose a poetic letter from Lockhart to me which may amuse you and has intensely delighted the golfing world. 363
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
George Street, | Edinburgh.
December 14/75.
My Dear Mrs. Lewes
I was very sorry to see by a note from Lewes to Simpson that in the change of weather you had caught a bad cold, but I hope the steady continuance of the milder weather has put you all right again. 361 It has enabled me to golf and my wife and daughter to ride, both things conducive to the family health and happiness.
I often wonder how you are getting on with the Great Book and I never venture to ask how far you have got with your wondrous tale of human life.
Mr. Langford evidently felt so left out in the cold while we were all full of Daniel that I told Simpson to send him a copy of the sheets for private perusal. He returned them to me with an excellent rapturous letter which may be summed up in his own statement that when he finished the second volume he felt inclined to "rush up to the Priory and throw himself on his knees before you." The idea of the tableau is amusing, but the same genuine feeling will be shared by many, so great is the mastery of the book.
Mr. Simpson has arranged with the Australian paper but could not get them above the £200.
You will be glad to hear that Middlemarch is going on selling and there is also good life in The Spanish Gipsy and Jubal.
Hoping soon to get good accounts of your health, believe me
always yours truly
John Blackwood.
A two volume 8'b0ree; life of Heine 362 has been sent to me and I propose to send it to Lewes if he has not got a copy. I inclose a poetic letter from Lockhart to me which may amuse you and has intensely delighted the golfing world. 363
Signature
John Blackwood.
Citation
John Blackwood, John Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 14 December 1875, 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/95186