John Blackwood to GHL, Edinburgh, 20 November 1867
Title
John Blackwood to GHL, Edinburgh, 20 November 1867
Title
John Blackwood to GHL, Edinburgh, 20 November 1867
Sender
John Blackwood
Recipient
George Henry Lewes
Date(s)
- 1867-11-20
Place
Edinburgh
Letter Content
John Blackwood to GHL, Edinburgh, 20 November 1867
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
George Street | Edinburgh.
November 20/67.
My Dear Lewes
The precious M.S. of Part one of the Poem arrived safely today. Tell Mrs. Lewes to make her mind easy. The M.S. is lying on table beside me and in spite of endless matters calling for immediate attention I have been wasting!! my day plunging into and dwelling upon these wonderful pages.
My expression above reminds me of a favourite story of mine which may amuse Mrs. Lewes. Old Hugh Philp 685 the Golf Club maker was as fond of playing the game as any of us and after a keen contest with me one day he said with much energy "It's a nasty enteecing gemm. It takes a man aff his business."
I shall put the "enticing game" into the Printing Office speedily.
ever yours truly
John Blackwood.
G. H. Lewes Esq.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
George Street | Edinburgh.
November 20/67.
My Dear Lewes
The precious M.S. of Part one of the Poem arrived safely today. Tell Mrs. Lewes to make her mind easy. The M.S. is lying on table beside me and in spite of endless matters calling for immediate attention I have been wasting!! my day plunging into and dwelling upon these wonderful pages.
My expression above reminds me of a favourite story of mine which may amuse Mrs. Lewes. Old Hugh Philp 685 the Golf Club maker was as fond of playing the game as any of us and after a keen contest with me one day he said with much energy "It's a nasty enteecing gemm. It takes a man aff his business."
I shall put the "enticing game" into the Printing Office speedily.
ever yours truly
John Blackwood.
G. H. Lewes Esq.
Signature
John Blackwood.
Citation
John Blackwood, John Blackwood to GHL, Edinburgh, 20 November 1867, 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/95385