John Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 27 March 1877
Title
John Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 27 March 1877
Title
John Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 27 March 1877
Sender
John Blackwood
Recipient
George Eliot
Date(s)
- 1877-03-27
Place
Edinburgh
Letter Content
John Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 27 March 1877
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
George Street, | Edinburgh.
March 27/77.
My Dear Mrs. Lewes
Thanks for your pleasant letter and I hope the improved health which had begun when you wrote has gone on with you both in spite of the weather, which with us at least is bad as ever.
We all here incline for an edition of your works in goodly octavo. Can you refer us to the edition of Fielding you possess or send down a volume to guide us? It is difficult to get novels of length such as yours into one volume octavo at once portable and with an open readable page. I would be inclined to go in for 10/- volumes if we fix upon 8vo but uniformity in price would not be necessary.
Pretty early in May I certainly expect to be in London and I am very glad to hear that you are still to retain The Priory. You are quite right to feel your way before finally settling in the Country. I am going for a few days change to North Berwick and my wife and children go with me. The weather is most uninviting but as it has rained steadily for four days we are hopeful and as N. Berwick is only 20 miles off we can easily come back. It is a pretty country and there is a Golfing Links.
I am afraid you will think the Magazine review of Miss Martineau 631 too severe but in the main I think it is right. The paper on the French army 632 I have every reason to think as authentic and accurate as such things can be and you will be glad to see that France seems fit for self defence. It is a fearful comment upon all the talk about peace and goodwill among men to see France and Germany more than ever like two great armed camps watching each other.
We lost our good old Mr. Brown about ten days ago. At the last he only suffered from total prostration of strength. My nephew and Mr. Simpson are both well and join me in best regards to Lewes and you.
always yours truly
John Blackwood.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
George Street, | Edinburgh.
March 27/77.
My Dear Mrs. Lewes
Thanks for your pleasant letter and I hope the improved health which had begun when you wrote has gone on with you both in spite of the weather, which with us at least is bad as ever.
We all here incline for an edition of your works in goodly octavo. Can you refer us to the edition of Fielding you possess or send down a volume to guide us? It is difficult to get novels of length such as yours into one volume octavo at once portable and with an open readable page. I would be inclined to go in for 10/- volumes if we fix upon 8vo but uniformity in price would not be necessary.
Pretty early in May I certainly expect to be in London and I am very glad to hear that you are still to retain The Priory. You are quite right to feel your way before finally settling in the Country. I am going for a few days change to North Berwick and my wife and children go with me. The weather is most uninviting but as it has rained steadily for four days we are hopeful and as N. Berwick is only 20 miles off we can easily come back. It is a pretty country and there is a Golfing Links.
I am afraid you will think the Magazine review of Miss Martineau 631 too severe but in the main I think it is right. The paper on the French army 632 I have every reason to think as authentic and accurate as such things can be and you will be glad to see that France seems fit for self defence. It is a fearful comment upon all the talk about peace and goodwill among men to see France and Germany more than ever like two great armed camps watching each other.
We lost our good old Mr. Brown about ten days ago. At the last he only suffered from total prostration of strength. My nephew and Mr. Simpson are both well and join me in best regards to Lewes and you.
always yours truly
John Blackwood.
Signature
John Blackwood.
Citation
John Blackwood, John Blackwood to GE, Edinburgh, 27 March 1877, 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/95250