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diff --git a/43044-h/43044-h.htm b/43044-h/43044-h.htm index 03ac1e5..0e1ffd7 100644 --- a/43044-h/43044-h.htm +++ b/43044-h/43044-h.htm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> <title> The Project Gutenberg eBook of George Eliot's Life, Vol. II, arranged @@ -158,47 +158,7 @@ padding-right: .5em;} </style> </head> <body> - - -<pre> - -Project Gutenberg's George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3), by George Eliot - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3) - as related in her Letters and Journals - -Author: George Eliot - -Editor: J. W. Cross - -Release Date: June 29, 2013 [EBook #43044] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE, VOL. II *** - - - - -Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Andrew Templeton, JoAnn -Greenwood and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43044 ***</div> <div class="transnote"><p class="center">Transcriber's Note:</p> <p>This is Volume II of a three volume set:</p> @@ -599,7 +559,7 @@ and experience, by going abroad.</p> 1858.</div> <p><i>Jan. 18.</i>—I have begun the "Eumenides," having -finished the "Choephoræ." We are reading Wordsworth +finished the "Choephoræ." We are reading Wordsworth in the evening. At least G. is reading him to me. I am still reading aloud Miss Martineau's History.</p> @@ -739,7 +699,7 @@ Blackwood mentions, in enclosing this letter, that Simpkin & Marshall have sent for twelve additional copies—the first sign of a move since the subscription. The other night we looked into the life of Charlotte -Brontë, to see how long it was before "Jane Eyre" +Brontë, to see how long it was before "Jane Eyre" came into demand at the libraries, and we found it was not until six weeks after publication. It is just three weeks now since I heard news of the subscription for @@ -787,7 +747,7 @@ slowly. Finished the "Eumenides." Bessie Parkes has written asking me to contribute to the <cite>Englishwoman's Journal</cite>—a new monthly which, she says, <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span> -"We are beginning with £1000, and great social interest."</p> +"We are beginning with £1000, and great social interest."</p> <p><i>Feb. 16.</i>—To-day G. went into the City and saw Langford, for the sake of getting the latest news about @@ -852,7 +812,7 @@ Hennell, 1858.</div> <p>Perhaps we may go to Dresden, perhaps not: we -leave room for the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">imprévu</i>, which Louis Blanc found +leave room for the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">imprévu</i>, which Louis Blanc found so sadly wanting in Mr. Morgan's millennial village. You are among the exceptional people who say pleasant things to their friends, and don't feel a too exclusive @@ -969,18 +929,18 @@ our journey to Munich, and now we are comfortably settled in our lodgings, where we hope to remain three months at least. I sit down in my first leisure moments to write a few recollections of our journey, or -rather of our twenty-four hours' stay at Nürnberg; +rather of our twenty-four hours' stay at Nürnberg; for the rest of our journey was mere endurance of railway and steamboat in cold and sombre weather, often rainy. I ought to except our way from Frankfort -to Nürnberg, which lay for some distance—until +to Nürnberg, which lay for some distance—until we came to Bamberg—through a beautifully varied -country. Our view both of Würzburg and Bamberg, +country. Our view both of Würzburg and Bamberg, as we hastily snatched it from our railway carriage, was very striking—great old buildings, crowning heights that rise up boldly from the plain in which stand the main part of the towns. From Bamberg to -Nürnberg the way lay through a wide rich plain +Nürnberg the way lay through a wide rich plain sprinkled with towns. We had left all the hills behind us. At Bamberg we were joined in our carriage by a pleasant-looking elderly couple, who spoke to @@ -988,7 +948,7 @@ each other and looked so affectionately that we said directly, "Shall we be so when we are old?" It was very pretty to see them hold each other's gloved hands for a minute like lovers. As soon as we had -settled ourselves in our inn at Nürnberg—the Baierische +settled ourselves in our inn at Nürnberg—the Baierische Hof—we went out to get a general view of the town. Happily it was not raining, though there was no sun to light up the roof and windows.</p> @@ -996,12 +956,12 @@ no sun to light up the roof and windows.</p> <div class="sidenote">Journal, April, 1858.</div> -<p>How often I had thought I should like to see Nürnberg, +<p>How often I had thought I should like to see Nürnberg, and had pictured to myself narrow streets with dark quaint gables! The reality was not at all like my picture, but it was ten times better. No sombre coloring, except the old churches: all was bright and -varied, each <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">façade</i> having a different color—delicate +varied, each <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">façade</i> having a different color—delicate green, or buff, or pink, or lilac—every now and then <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span> set off by the neighborhood of a rich reddish brown. @@ -1016,8 +976,8 @@ ease and enjoyment in their balcony-windows when the day's work was done.</p> <p>The balcony window is the secondary charm of the -Nürnberg houses; it would be the principal charm of -any houses that had not the Nürnberg roofs and gables. +Nürnberg houses; it would be the principal charm of +any houses that had not the Nürnberg roofs and gables. It is usually in the centre of the building, on the first floor, and is ornamented with carved stone or wood, which supports it after the fashion of a bracket. @@ -1028,11 +988,11 @@ One can fancy that these windows are the pet places for family joys—that papa seats himself there when he comes home from the warehouse, and the little ones cluster round him in no time. But the glory -of the Nürnberg houses is the roofs, which are no +of the Nürnberg houses is the roofs, which are no blank surface of mere tiling, but are alive with lights and shadows, cast by varied and beautiful lines of windows and pinnacles and arched openings. The -plainest roof in Nürnberg has its little windows lifting +plainest roof in Nürnberg has its little windows lifting themselves up like eyelids, and almost everywhere one sees the pretty hexagonal tiles. But the better houses have a central, open sort of pavilion in the @@ -1041,7 +1001,7 @@ This pavilion has usually a beautifully carved arched opening in front, set off by the dark background which <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> is left by the absence of glass. One fancies the old -Nürnbergers must have gone up to these pavilions +Nürnbergers must have gone up to these pavilions to smoke in the summer and autumn days. There is usually a brood of small windows round this central ornament, often elegantly arched and carved. A wonderful @@ -1063,13 +1023,13 @@ market-place, just at the point where stands "The Beautiful Fountain"—an exquisite bit of florid Gothic which has been restored in perfect conformity with the original. Right before us stood the Frauen-Kirche, -with its fine and unusual <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">façade</i>, the chief beauty being +with its fine and unusual <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">façade</i>, the chief beauty being a central chapel used as the choir, and added by Adam Krafft. It is something of the shape of a mitre, and forms a beautiful gradation of ascent towards the -summit of <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">façade</i>. We heard the organ and were +summit of <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">façade</i>. We heard the organ and were tempted to enter, for this is the one Catholic Church -in Nürnberg. The delicious sound of the organ and +in Nürnberg. The delicious sound of the organ and voices drew us farther and farther in among the standing people, and we stayed there I don't know how long, till the music ceased. How the music warmed @@ -1095,8 +1055,8 @@ handkerchief. Yet it touched me deeply; and the thought of the Man of Sorrows seemed a very close thing—not a faint hearsay.</p> -<p>We saw Albert Dürer's statue by Rauch, and Albert -Dürer's house—a striking bit of old building, rich +<p>We saw Albert Dürer's statue by Rauch, and Albert +Dürer's house—a striking bit of old building, rich dark-brown, with a truncated gable and two wooden galleries running along the gable end. My best wishes and thanks to the artists who keep it in repair and @@ -1116,7 +1076,7 @@ place in the world where many people pass peaceful lives.</p> <p>On arriving at Munich, after much rambling, we -found an advertisement of "<span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Zwei elegant möblirte +found an advertisement of "<span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Zwei elegant möblirte Zimmer</span>," No. 15 Luitpold Strasse; and to our immense satisfaction found something that looked like cleanliness and comfort. The bargain was soon made—twenty @@ -1232,7 +1192,7 @@ and posing in mere aping of passion! What a grand, glowing, forceful thing life looks in his pictures—the men such grand-bearded, grappling beings, fit to do the work of the world; the women such real -mothers. We stayed at Nürnberg only twenty-four +mothers. We stayed at Nürnberg only twenty-four hours, and I felt sad to leave it so soon. A pity the place became Protestant, so that there is only one Catholic church where one can go in and out as one @@ -1273,7 +1233,7 @@ and hideous. An Adonis, by Thorwaldsen, is very beautiful.</p> <p>Then to the Pinacothek, where we looked at Albert -Dürer's portrait again, and many other pictures, among +Dürer's portrait again, and many other pictures, among which I admired a group by Jordaens: "A satyr eating, while a peasant shows him that he can blow hot and cold at the same time;" the old grandmother @@ -1331,7 +1291,7 @@ interest the picture he is preparing as a present to the New Museum. In the evening, after walking in the Theresien Wiese, we went to Herr Oldenbourg's, and met Liebig the chemist, Geibel and -Heyse the poets, and Carrière, the author of a work +Heyse the poets, and Carrière, the author of a work on the Reformation. Liebig is charming, with well-cut features, a low, quiet voice, and gentle manners. It was touching to see his hands, the nails black from @@ -1354,30 +1314,30 @@ Easter morning song of the spirits, the Beggar's song, and other things, until after the scene in Auerbach's cellar, which is set with much humor and fancy. But the scene between Faust and Marguerite is bad—"<span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Meine -Ruh ist hin</span>" quite pitiable, and the "<span lang="de" xml:lang="de">König +Ruh ist hin</span>" quite pitiable, and the "<span lang="de" xml:lang="de">König im Thule</span>" not good. Gretchen's second song, in which she implores help of the Schmerzensreiche, touched me a good deal.</p> <p><i>May 1.</i>—In the afternoon Bodenstedt called, and we agreed to spend the evening at his house—a delightful -evening. Professor Löher, author of "<span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Die +evening. Professor Löher, author of "<span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Die Deutschen in America</span>," and another much younger <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">Gelehrter</i>, whose name I did not seize, were there.</p> <p><i>May 2.</i>—Still rainy and cold. We went to the Pinacothek, and looked at the old pictures in the first and second Saal. There are some very bad and some -fine ones by Albert Dürer: of the latter, a full length +fine ones by Albert Dürer: of the latter, a full length figure of the Apostle Paul, with the head of Mark beside him, in a listening attitude, is the one that most remains with me. There is a very striking "Adoration of the Magi," by Johannes van Eyck, with much merit in the coloring, perspective, and figures. Also, -"Christ carrying his Cross," by Albert Dürer, is striking. +"Christ carrying his Cross," by Albert Dürer, is striking. "A woman raised from the dead by the imposition of the Cross" is a very elaborate composition, -by Böhms, in which the faces are of first-rate excellence. +by Böhms, in which the faces are of first-rate excellence. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span></p> <p>In the evening we went to the opera and saw the "Nord Stern."</p> @@ -1409,7 +1369,7 @@ People are so kind to us that we feel already quite at home, sip <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">baierisch Bier</i> with great tolerance, and talk bad German with more and more <i>aplomb</i>. The place, you know, swarms with professors of all sorts—all -<i lang="de" xml:lang="de">gründlich</i>, of course, and one or two of them great. +<i lang="de" xml:lang="de">gründlich</i>, of course, and one or two of them great. There is no one we are more charmed with than Liebig. Mr. Lewes had no letter to him—we merely met him at an evening party; yet he has been particularly @@ -1438,7 +1398,7 @@ say honestly what he thinks; every one may contradict every one else; and if the king suspects any one of a polite insincerity, the too polished man is invited no more. Liebig, the three poets—Geibel, Heyse, and -Bodenstedt—and Professor Löher, a writer of considerable +Bodenstedt—and Professor Löher, a writer of considerable mark, are always at the <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">Tafel-rund</i> as an understood part of their functions; the rest are invited according to the king's direction. Bodenstedt is one @@ -1492,7 +1452,7 @@ the grand myth about the spirits of the dead warriors rising and carrying on the battle in the air. Straightway the German critics began to smoke furiously that <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span> -vile tobacco which they call <i>æsthetik</i>, declared it a +vile tobacco which they call <i>æsthetik</i>, declared it a "<span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Weltgeschichtliches Bild</span>," and ever since Kaulbach has been concocting these pictures in which, instead of taking a single moment of reality and trusting to @@ -1547,14 +1507,14 @@ saw the Germans drinking their beer. The park was lovely.</p> <p><i>May 16.</i>—We were to have gone to Grosshesselohe -with the Siebolds, and went to Frühstück with them at +with the Siebolds, and went to Frühstück with them at 12, as a preliminary. Bodenstedt was there to accompany us. But heavy rain came on, and we spent the time till 5 o'clock in talking, hearing music, and listening to Bodenstedt's "Epic on the destruction of Novgorod." About seven, Liebig came to us and asked us to spend the evening at his house. We went and -found Voelderndorff, Bischoff and his wife, and Carrière +found Voelderndorff, Bischoff and his wife, and Carrière and Frau.</p> <p><i>May 20.</i>—As I had a feeble head this morning, we @@ -1564,7 +1524,7 @@ three Children," pleased us more than ever. It is by Wichmann. The two interiors of Westminster Abbey by Ainmueller admirable. Unable to admire Rothmann's Greek Landscapes, which have a room to -themselves. Ditto Kaulbach's "<span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Zerstörung von Jerusalem</span>."</p> +themselves. Ditto Kaulbach's "<span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Zerstörung von Jerusalem</span>."</p> <p>We went for the first time to see the collection of porcelain paintings, and had really a rich treat. Many @@ -1588,7 +1548,7 @@ of men!</p> <p>In the evening we went to Bodenstedt's, and saw his wife for the first time—a delicate creature who sang us some charming Bavarian <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">Volkslieder</i>. On -Monday we spent the evening at Löher's—Baumgarten, +Monday we spent the evening at Löher's—Baumgarten, <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">ein junger Historiker</i>, Oldenbourg, and the Bodenstedts meeting us.</p> @@ -1658,12 +1618,12 @@ the light it casts on them.</p> to me.</p> <p><i>June 1.</i>—To Grosshesselohe with a party. Siebold -and his wife, Prof. Löher, Fräulein von List, Fräulein +and his wife, Prof. Löher, Fräulein von List, Fräulein <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span> Thiersch, Frau von Schaden and her pretty daughter. It was very pretty to see Siebold's delight in nature—the -Libellulæ, the Blindworm, the crimson and black -Cicadæ, the Orchidæ. The strange whim of Schwanthaler's—the +Libellulæ, the Blindworm, the crimson and black +Cicadæ, the Orchidæ. The strange whim of Schwanthaler's—the Burg von Schwaneck—was our destination.</p> <p><i>June 10.</i>—For the last week my work has been @@ -1815,7 +1775,7 @@ when another <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">Wagen</i> came with its cargo of passeng This was too much for Don Quixote; and when the stout, red-faced <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">Wirth</i> had given him still another answer about the time of starting, he began, in slow -and monotonous indignation, "<span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Warum lügen sie so? +and monotonous indignation, "<span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Warum lügen sie so? Sie werden machen dass kein Mensch diesen Weg kommen wird</span>,"<a name="FNanchor_4_4" id="FNanchor_4_4"></a><a href="#Footnote_4_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a> etc. Whereupon the <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">Wirth</i> looked @@ -1824,11 +1784,11 @@ perceptible expression of face supervening.</p> <p>The next morning the weather looked doubtful, and <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span> -so we gave up going to the König See for that day, -determining to ramble on the Mönchsberg and enjoy +so we gave up going to the König See for that day, +determining to ramble on the Mönchsberg and enjoy the beauties of Salzburg instead. The morning brightened as the sun ascended, and we had a delicious -ramble on the Mönchsberg—looking down on the +ramble on the Mönchsberg—looking down on the lovely, peaceful plain, below the grand old Untersberg, where the sleeping Kaiser awaits his resurrection in that "good time coming;" watching the white @@ -1852,8 +1812,8 @@ way, to our vehicle and home, enjoying the sight of old Watzmann again, and the grand mass of Salzburg Castle on its sloping rock.</p> -<p>We encountered a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">table-d'hôte</i> acquaintance who -had been to Berchtesgaden and the König See, driven +<p>We encountered a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">table-d'hôte</i> acquaintance who +had been to Berchtesgaden and the König See, driven through the salt-mine, and had had altogether a perfect expedition on this day, when we had not had the courage to set off. Never mind! we had enjoyed our @@ -1861,9 +1821,9 @@ day.</p> <p>We thought it wisest the next morning to renounce <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span> -the König See, and pursue our way to Ischl by the +the König See, and pursue our way to Ischl by the <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">Stell-wagen</i>. We were fortunate enough to secure two -places in the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">coupé</i>, and I enjoyed greatly the quiet +places in the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">coupé</i>, and I enjoyed greatly the quiet outlook, from my comfortable corner, on the changing landscape—green valley and hill and mountain; here and there a picturesque Tyrolese village, and @@ -1871,7 +1831,7 @@ once or twice a fine lake.</p> <p>The greatest charm of charming Ischl is the crystal Traun, surely the purest of streams. Away again -early the next morning in the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">coupé</i> of the <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">Stell-wagen</i>, +early the next morning in the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">coupé</i> of the <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">Stell-wagen</i>, through a country more and more beautiful—high, woody mountains sloping steeply down to narrow, fertile, green valleys, the road winding amongst them @@ -1985,7 +1945,7 @@ loss.</p> the "Theseus killing the Centaur," by Canova, which stands in a temple built for its reception. But the garden to be best remembered by us was that at -Schönbrunn, a labyrinth of stately avenues with their +Schönbrunn, a labyrinth of stately avenues with their terminal fountains. We amused ourselves for some time with the menagerie here, the lions especially, who lay in dignified sleepiness till the approach of feeding-time @@ -2162,11 +2122,11 @@ as a painter of human beings.</p> <p>It was a charming life—our six weeks at Dresden. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span> There were the open-air concerts at the Grosser Garten -and the Brühl'sche Terrace; the Sommer Theater, +and the Brühl'sche Terrace; the Sommer Theater, where we saw our favorite comic actor Merbitz; the walks into the open country, with the grand stretch of sky all round; the Zouaves, with their wondrous make-ups -as women; Räder, the humorous comedian at the +as women; Räder, the humorous comedian at the Sink'sche Bad Theater; our quiet afternoons in our pleasant <i>salon</i>—all helping to make an agreeable fringe to the quiet working time.</p> @@ -2290,7 +2250,7 @@ awaiting Blackwood's opinion and proposals concerning <p><i>Nov. 4.</i>—Received a letter from Blackwood containing warm praise of my third volume, and offering -£800 for the copyright of "Adam Bede" for four +£800 for the copyright of "Adam Bede" for four years. I wrote to accept.</p> <p><i>Nov. 10.</i>—Wilkie Collins and Mr. Pigott came to @@ -2333,7 +2293,7 @@ this and some other recollections of my aunt in one story, with some points in my father's early life and character. The problem of construction that remained was to make the unhappy girl one of the chief <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">dramatis -personæ</i>, and connect her with the hero. At +personæ</i>, and connect her with the hero. At first I thought of making the story one of the series of "Scenes," but afterwards, when several motives had induced me close these with "Janet's Repentance," I @@ -2441,7 +2401,7 @@ I sent the MS. to Blackwood, since the remainder of the third volume could not affect the judgment passed on what had gone before. He wrote back in warm admiration, and offered me, on the part of the firm, -£800 for four years' copyright. I accepted the offer. +£800 for four years' copyright. I accepted the offer. The last words of the third volume were written and despatched on their way to Edinburgh, November the 16th, and now on the last day of the same month I @@ -2470,7 +2430,7 @@ Blackwood, Nov. 1858.</div> <p>I shall be much obliged if you will accept for me -Tauchnitz's offer of £30 for the English reprint of +Tauchnitz's offer of £30 for the English reprint of "Clerical Scenes." And will you also be so good as to desire that Tauchnitz may register the book in Germany, as I understand that is the only security @@ -2656,14 +2616,14 @@ Dickens's Letter—Letter from Mrs. Carlyle—Letter from Faraday— Scenes" moving—John Blackwood calls, and George Eliot reveals herself—Takes MS. of first part of "Adam Bede"—Letters to Charles Bray on reports of authorship—Visit -to Germany—Description of Nürnberg—The Frauen-Kirche—Effect -of the music—Albert Dürer's house—Munich—Lodgings—Pinacothek—Rubens—Crucifixion—Theresien +to Germany—Description of Nürnberg—The Frauen-Kirche—Effect +of the music—Albert Dürer's house—Munich—Lodgings—Pinacothek—Rubens—Crucifixion—Theresien Wiese—Schwanthaler's "Bavaria"—The Alps—Letter to Miss Hennell—Contrast between Catholic and Protestant worship—Glyptothek—Pictures—Statues—Cornelius frescoes—Herr Oldenburg—Kaulbach—Bodenstedt—Professor -Wagner—Martius—Liebig—Geibel—Heyse—Carrière—Prince -Radziwill's "Faust"—Professor Löher—Baron +Wagner—Martius—Liebig—Geibel—Heyse—Carrière—Prince +Radziwill's "Faust"—Professor Löher—Baron Schack—Genelli—Professor Bluntschli—Letter to Miss Hennell—Description of Munich life—Kaulbach's pictures—The Siebolds—The Neue Pinacothek—Pictures and porcelain painting—Mme. @@ -2681,7 +2641,7 @@ Madonna—The Correggios—Dutch school—Murillo—Letter to Miss Hennell—Description of life at Dresden—Health improved—Mention of Strauss at Munich—Dresden to Leipzig—Home to Richmond—Letter to Miss Hennell—Opinion of -Buckle—Blackwood offers £800 for "Adam Bede"—Wilkie +Buckle—Blackwood offers £800 for "Adam Bede"—Wilkie Collins and Mr. Pigott—History of "Adam Bede"—Letter to Charles Bray—Disinterested kindness—Letter to Blackwood suggesting preface to "Adam Bede"—Reading Scott's Life and @@ -2715,7 +2675,7 @@ done: and then we had a delightful walk across Wimbledon Common and through Richmond Park homeward. The air was clear and cold—the sky magnificent.</p> -<p><i>Jan. 31.</i>—Received a check for £400 from Blackwood, +<p><i>Jan. 31.</i>—Received a check for £400 from Blackwood, being the first instalment of the payment for four years' copyright of "Adam Bede." To-morrow the book is to be subscribed, and Blackwood writes @@ -3039,7 +2999,7 @@ to deal with.</p> 1859.</div> <p><i>Feb. 26.</i>—Laudatory reviews of "Adam Bede" in -the <cite>Athenæum</cite>, <cite>Saturday</cite>, and <cite>Literary Gazette</cite>. The +the <cite>Athenæum</cite>, <cite>Saturday</cite>, and <cite>Literary Gazette</cite>. The <cite>Saturday</cite> criticism is characteristic: Dinah is not mentioned!</p> @@ -3438,7 +3398,7 @@ sums of money to be raised on a false supposition of this kind. Don't you think it would be well for <em>you</em> to write a letter to the <cite>Times</cite>, to the effect that, as you find in some stupid quarters my letter has not been -received as a <i>bonâ-fide</i> denial, you declare Mr. Liggins +received as a <i>bonâ-fide</i> denial, you declare Mr. Liggins not to be the author of "Clerical Scenes" and "Adam Bede;" further, that any future applications to you concerning George Eliot will not be answered, since @@ -3708,8 +3668,8 @@ Common, and Tooting Common—the two last like parks rather than commons.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a></span></p> <p><i>May 19.</i>—A letter from Blackwood, in which he -proposes to give me another £400 at the end of the -year, making in all £1200, as an acknowledgment of +proposes to give me another £400 at the end of the +year, making in all £1200, as an acknowledgment of "Adam Bede's" success.</p> <div class="sidenote">Letter to @@ -3805,7 +3765,7 @@ June, 1859.</div> subjects you and Mr. John Blackwood to the reception of insulting letters, and the trouble of writing contradictions. Otherwise, the whole affair is really a subject -for a Molière comedy—"The Wise Men of Warwickshire," +for a Molière comedy—"The Wise Men of Warwickshire," who might supersede "The Wise Men of Gotham."</p> @@ -4069,7 +4029,7 @@ and the three next days were passed by me in quiet chat with the Congreves and quiet resting on my own sofa.</p> -<p><i>July 19.</i>—Spent the morning in Bâle, chiefly under +<p><i>July 19.</i>—Spent the morning in Bâle, chiefly under the chestnut-trees, near the Cathedral, I reading aloud Flourens's sketch of Cuvier's labors. In the afternoon to Paris.</p> @@ -4320,7 +4280,7 @@ always giving a pleasure when you write to me.</p> <p><i>Aug. 11.</i>—Received a letter from an American—Mr. J. C. Evans—asking me to write a story for an American periodical. Answered that I could not -write one for less than £1000, since, in order to do +write one for less than £1000, since, in order to do it, I must suspend my actual work.</p> <div class="sidenote">Letter to @@ -4348,12 +4308,12 @@ words you write me.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a> 1859.</div> <p><i>Aug. 12.</i>—Mr. J. C. Evans wrote again, declaring -his willingness to pay the £1000, and asking for an +his willingness to pay the £1000, and asking for an interview to arrange preliminaries.</p> <p><i>Aug. 15.</i>—Declined the American proposition, which was to write a story of twelve parts (weekly parts) in -the <cite>New York Century</cite> for £1200.</p> +the <cite>New York Century</cite> for £1200.</p> <div class="sidenote">Letter to Miss Sara @@ -4374,7 +4334,7 @@ don't talk as if it had been.</p> 1859.</div> <p><i>Aug. 17.</i>—Received a letter from Blackwood, with -check for £200 for second edition of "Clerical +check for £200 for second edition of "Clerical Scenes."</p> <div class="sidenote">Letter to @@ -4531,7 +4491,7 @@ me to decline. On Monday, the 26th, we set out on a three days' journey to Lincolnshire and back—very pleasant and successful both as to weather and the object I was in search of. A less pleasant business -has been a correspondence with a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">crétin</i>—a Warwickshire +has been a correspondence with a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">crétin</i>—a Warwickshire magistrate, who undertakes to declare the process by which I wrote my books—and who is the chief propagator and maintainer of the story that @@ -4689,7 +4649,7 @@ rather less habitually. Excellent Captain Speke can't write so well, but one follows him out of grave sympathy. That a man should live through such things as that beetle in his ear! Such papers as that make -the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">specialité</i> of <cite>Blackwood</cite>—one sees them nowhere +the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">specialité</i> of <cite>Blackwood</cite>—one sees them nowhere else.</p> <div class="sidenote">Journal, @@ -4706,14 +4666,14 @@ must go at it full speed.</p> <p><i>Oct. 25.</i>—The day before yesterday Herbert Spencer dined with us. We have just finished reading aloud -"Père Goriot"—a hateful book. I have been reading +"Père Goriot"—a hateful book. I have been reading lately and have nearly finished Comte's "Catechism." <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_102" id="Page_102">[102]</a></span></p> <p><i>Oct. 28.</i>—Received from Blackwood a check for -£400, the last payment for "Adam Bede" in the +£400, the last payment for "Adam Bede" in the terms of the agreement. But in consequence of the -great success, he proposes to pay me £800 more at +great success, he proposes to pay me £800 more at the beginning of next year. Yesterday Smith, the publisher, called to make propositions to G. about writing in the <cite>Cornhill Magazine</cite>.</p> @@ -4728,7 +4688,7 @@ Oct. 1859.</div> my thanks for your proposal to give me a further share in the success of "Adam Bede," beyond the terms of our agreement, which are fulfilled by the -second check for £400, received this morning. +second check for £400, received this morning. Neither you nor I ever calculated on half such a success, thinking that the book was too quiet, and too unflattering to dominant fashion, ever to be very @@ -4823,7 +4783,7 @@ but have not yet done so. We have written to Dickens, saying that <em>time</em> is an insurmountable obstacle to his proposition, as he puts it.</p> -<p>I am reading Thomas à Kempis.</p> +<p>I am reading Thomas à Kempis.</p> <p><i>Nov. 19.</i>—Mr. Lockhart Clarke and Mr. Herbert Spencer dined with us.</p> @@ -4868,7 +4828,7 @@ clergyman, and a writer in the <cite>Times</cite>; but these reports about authorship are as often false as true. I think it is, on the whole, the best review we have seen, unless we must except the one in the <cite>Revue des Deux -Mondes</cite>, by Emile Montégut. I don't mean to read +Mondes</cite>, by Emile Montégut. I don't mean to read <em>any</em> reviews of my next book; so far as they would produce any effect, they would be confusing. Everybody admires something that somebody else finds @@ -5012,15 +4972,15 @@ Theory, and all other explanations of processes by which things came to be, produce a feeble impression compared with the mystery that lies under the processes. It is nice to think of you reading our great, -great favorite Molière, while, for the present, we are +great favorite Molière, while, for the present, we are not taking him down from the shelves—only talking about him, as we do very often. I get a good deal of pleasure out of the sense that some one I love is reading and enjoying my best-loved writers. I think the "Misanthrope" the finest, most complete production <em>of its kind</em> in the world. I know you enjoy the -"sonnet" scene, and the one between Arsinoé and -Célimène.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109">[109]</a></span></p> +"sonnet" scene, and the one between Arsinoé and +Célimène.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109">[109]</a></span></p> <div class="sidenote">Letter to Miss Sara @@ -5072,10 +5032,10 @@ Emily at Lichfield.</p> 1859.</div> <p><i>Dec. 15.</i>—Blackwood proposes to give me for "The -Mill on the Floss" £2000 for 4000 copies of an edition +Mill on the Floss" £2000 for 4000 copies of an edition at 31<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i>, and after the same rate for any more -that may be printed at the same price: £150 for -1000 at 12<i>s.</i>, and £60 for 1000 at 6<i>s.</i> I have accepted.</p> +that may be printed at the same price: £150 for +1000 at 12<i>s.</i>, and £60 for 1000 at 6<i>s.</i> I have accepted.</p> <p><i>Dec. 25.</i>—Christmas-day. We all, including Pug, dined with Mr. and Mrs. Congreve, and had a delightful @@ -5114,7 +5074,7 @@ Blackwood, Jan. 1860.</div> <p>I never before had so pleasant a New Year's greeting -as your letter containing a check for £800, for +as your letter containing a check for £800, for which I have to thank you to-day. On every ground—including considerations that are not at all of a monetary kind—I am deeply obliged to you and to @@ -5318,7 +5278,7 @@ his delight in it. To-night G. has read them, and says, "<i>Ganz famos!</i>" Ebenezer!</p> <p><i>Feb. 23.</i>—Sir Edward Lytton called on us. Guy -Darrell in <i>propriâ personâ</i>.</p> +Darrell in <i>propriâ personâ</i>.</p> <div class="sidenote">Letter to John @@ -5336,7 +5296,7 @@ with Dinah; but, of course, I would have my teeth drawn rather than give up either.</p> <p>Jacobi told Jean Paul that unless he altered the -<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">dénouement</i> of his Titan he would withdraw his friendship +<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">dénouement</i> of his Titan he would withdraw his friendship from him; and I am preparing myself for your lasting enmity on the ground of the tragedy in my third volume. But an unfortunate duck can only lay @@ -5346,10 +5306,10 @@ blue eggs, however much white ones may be in demand.</p> 1860.</div> <p><i>Feb. 29.</i>—G. has been in the town to-day, and has -agreed for £300 for "The Mill on the Floss" from +agreed for £300 for "The Mill on the Floss" from Harpers of New York. This evening, too, has come a letter from Williams & Norgate, saying that Tauchnitz -will give £100 for the German reprint; also, that +will give £100 for the German reprint; also, that "Bede Adam" is translated into Hungarian.</p> <p><i>March 5.</i>—Yesterday Mr. Lawrence, the portrait-painter, @@ -5371,7 +5331,7 @@ translation of "Adam Bede" came. It is done by Dr. Frese, the same man who translated the "Life of Goethe."</p> -<p><i>March 20.</i>—Professor Owen sent me his "Palæontology" +<p><i>March 20.</i>—Professor Owen sent me his "Palæontology" to-day. Have missed two days of work from headache, and so have not yet finished my book.</p> @@ -5459,7 +5419,7 @@ Tullivers"—Mrs. Congreve—Letter to Mrs. Congreve—Faith in her—Letter from Madame Bodichon—Reply breathing joy in sympathy—Letter to Major Blackwood—Mr. Anders's apology for the Liggins business—"Adam Bede" worth writing—Dulwich -gallery—Blackwood gives £400 more in acknowledgment +gallery—Blackwood gives £400 more in acknowledgment of "Adam Bede's" success—Letter to Miss Hennell on Mrs. Congreve—On difficulty of getting cheap music in England—Professor Aytoun on "Adam Bede"—Letter to Major Blackwood—Liggins—Mrs. @@ -5470,14 +5430,14 @@ Brays—Bad effect of talking of her books—Letter to Charles Bray—Melancholy that her writing does not produce effect intended—Letter to Mrs. Congreve—To Switzerland by Paris—At Schweizerhof, Lucerne, with Congreves—Mr. Lewes goes to -Hofwyl—Return to Richmond by Bâle and Paris—Fourth edition +Hofwyl—Return to Richmond by Bâle and Paris—Fourth edition of "Adam Bede" (5000) sold in a fortnight—Letter to Mrs. Bray on Mrs. Congreve—On the effect of her books and fame—Herbert Spencer on "Adam Bede"—Pamphlet to prove that Scott's novels were written by Thomas Scott—Letter from Dickens on "Adam Bede" referred to—Letter to John Blackwood on "Pug"—Letter to Charles Lewes—"The Physiology of Common -Life"—American proposition for a story for £1200—Letter +Life"—American proposition for a story for £1200—Letter to Madame Bodichon—Distance from experience artistically necessary—Letter to John Blackwood—Development of stories—Visit to Penmaenmawr—Return by Lichfield to Weymouth—Sixth @@ -5486,18 +5446,18 @@ about new novel—Journey to Gainsboro', Lincolnshire—Letter to Miss Hennell—End of Liggins business—Letter to John Blackwood—A correspondent suggests a sequel to "Adam Bede"—Susceptibility to outside opinion—Seventh edition of "Adam -Bede"—Blackwood proposes to pay £800 beyond the bargain +Bede"—Blackwood proposes to pay £800 beyond the bargain for success of "Adam Bede"—Dickens dines at Holly Lodge—Letter to Miss Hennell—Quotes letter from Mrs. Gaskell—Miss Martineau—Dickens asks for story for <cite>All the Year Round</cite>—"Adam Bede, Junior"—Reading Darwin on "Origin of Species"—Bunyan—Letter to Mr. Bray—Article on "Adam Bede" in -<cite>Bentley</cite>—In <cite>Revue des Deux Mondes</cite>, by Emile Montégut—Reviews +<cite>Bentley</cite>—In <cite>Revue des Deux Mondes</cite>, by Emile Montégut—Reviews generally—16,000 of "Adam Bede" sold in year—Darwin's book—Letter to Charles Lewes—Mentions fondness of algebra—Letter to Madame Bodichon quoting Mrs. Gaskell's letter—Rewards of the artist lie apart from everything personal—Darwin's -book—Molière—Letter to Miss Hennell—Likes to +book—Molière—Letter to Miss Hennell—Likes to see Shakspeare acted—Hears from M. and Mme. d'Albert—<cite>Cornhill Magazine</cite>—Blackwood's terms for "Mill on the Floss"—Christmas-day with Congreves—Letter of sympathy from Professor @@ -5582,7 +5542,7 @@ Susa, where breakfast and the railway came as a desirable variety after our long mountain journey and long fast. One of our companions had been a gigantic French soldier, who had in charge a bag of government -money. He was my <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">vis-à-vis</i> for some time, and +money. He was my <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">vis-à -vis</i> for some time, and cramped my poor legs not a little with his precious bag, which he would by no means part from. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_122" id="Page_122">[122]</a></span></p> @@ -5643,7 +5603,7 @@ the morning sunshine. George was enchanted with the aspect of the place, as we drove or walked along the streets. It was his first vision of anything corresponding to his preconception of Italy. After the Adlergasse, -in Nürnberg, surely no streets can be more +in Nürnberg, surely no streets can be more impressive than the Strada Nuova and Strada Nuovissima, at Genoa. In street architecture I can rise to the highest point of the admiration given to the Palladian @@ -5738,11 +5698,11 @@ almost every one was cross and busy, to see a dog making his way quietly out with a bone in his mouth. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_126" id="Page_126">[126]</a></span></p> -<p>Getting into our railway carriage, our <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">vis-à-vis</i>—a +<p>Getting into our railway carriage, our <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">vis-à -vis</i>—a stout, amiable, intelligent Livornian, with his wife and son, named Dubreux—exclaimed, "<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">C'en est fini d'un -peuple qui n'est pas capable de changer une bêtise -comme ça!</span>" George got into pleasant talk with him, +peuple qui n'est pas capable de changer une bêtise +comme ça!</span>" George got into pleasant talk with him, and his son, about Edinburgh and the scientific men there—the son having been there for some time in order to go through a course of practical science. @@ -5768,8 +5728,8 @@ the omnibuses—that is, the chance of finding no place left for us in the hotels. And so it was. Every one wanted to go to the Hotel d'Angleterre, and every one was disappointed. We, at last, by help of some fellow-travellers, -got a small room <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">au troisième</i> at the -Hotel d'Amérique; and as soon as that business was +got a small room <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">au troisième</i> at the +Hotel d'Amérique; and as soon as that business was settled we walked out to look at Rome—not without a rather heavy load of disappointment on our minds from the vision we had of it from the omnibus windows. @@ -5786,7 +5746,7 @@ with my preconceptions.</p> directly from the Piazza del Popolo to the Piazza di Spagna. We went to the latter for our first walk, and arriving opposite the high, broad flights of stone steps -which lead up to the Trinità di Monte, stopped for the +which lead up to the Trinità di Monte, stopped for the first time with a sense that here was something not quite common and ugly. But I think we got hardly any farther, that evening, than the tall column at the @@ -5816,7 +5776,7 @@ to the Capitol from the opposite side is also impressive: on the right hand the broad, steep flight of steps leading up to the Church and Monastery of Ara Cœli, placed, some say, on the site of the Arx; in the front -a less steep flight of steps <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">à cordon</i> leading to that +a less steep flight of steps <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">à cordon</i> leading to that lower, flatter portion of the hill which was called the <i>Intermontium</i>, and which now forms a sort of piazza, with the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius in the @@ -5843,7 +5803,7 @@ Soracte farther on to the left. Then, wandering back across the Campagna, it searches for the Sister Hills, hardly distinguishable now as hills. The Palatine is conspicuous enough, marked by the ruins of the -Palace of the Cæsars, and rising up beyond the extremity +Palace of the Cæsars, and rising up beyond the extremity of the Forum. And now, once resting on the Forum, the eye will not readily quit the long area that begins with the Clivus Capitolinus and extends to the @@ -5866,7 +5826,7 @@ arc of the Coliseum and the arch of Constantine.</p> haunt during our stay at Rome; and one day, near the end of it, we entered the enclosure of the Clivus Capitolinus and the excavated space of the Forum. The -ruins on the Clivus—the façade of massive columns on +ruins on the Clivus—the façade of massive columns on the right, called the temple of Vespasian; the two Corinthian columns, called the temple of Saturn, in the centre; and the arch of Septimius Severus on the @@ -5909,7 +5869,7 @@ of their arabesques, seen by the light of torches, in the now damp and gloomy spaces; the glimpse of the Tarpeian rock, with its growth of cactus and rough herbage; the grand, bare arch brickwork of the Palace of -the Cæsars rising in huge masses on the Palatine; the +the Cæsars rising in huge masses on the Palatine; the theatre of Marcellus bursting suddenly into view from among the crowded mean houses of the modern city, and still more the Temple of Minerva and Temple of @@ -6048,7 +6008,7 @@ well the first glimpse we had as we drove out towards it, of the outline of the dome like a new constellation on the black sky. I thought <em>that</em> was the final illumination, and was regretting our tardy arrival, from the -<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">détour</i> we had to make, when, as our carriage stopped +<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">détour</i> we had to make, when, as our carriage stopped in front of the cathedral, the great bell sounded, and in an instant the grand illumination flashed out and turned the outline of stars into a palace of gold. Venus @@ -6081,7 +6041,7 @@ being rapt by his anger, and terrible without self-consciousness. To look at the statue of Christ, after the other works of Michael Angelo at Rome, was a surprise; in this the fault seems to incline slightly to the -namby-pamby. The Pietà in St. Peter's has real tenderness +namby-pamby. The Pietà in St. Peter's has real tenderness in it.</p> <p>The visit to the Farnesina was one of the most interesting @@ -6113,7 +6073,7 @@ seigneur.</p> <p>Frey is a very meritorious landscape painter—finished in execution and poetic in feeling. His Egyptian scenes—the Simoon, the Pair in the Light of Sunset, -and the Island of Philæ—are memorable pictures; +and the Island of Philæ—are memorable pictures; so is the View of Athens, with its blue, island-studded sea. Riedel interested us greatly with his account of the coincidence between the views of light and colors @@ -6169,7 +6129,7 @@ spot! We ought to have gone there again.</p> the view is grand. The precious sculptures once there are all at Munich now; and the most remarkable remnants of the collection are the bas-relief of Antinous, -and the Æsop. The Antinous is the least beautiful +and the Æsop. The Antinous is the least beautiful of all the representations of that sad loveliness that I have seen—be it said in spite of Winckelmann; attitude and face are strongly Egyptian. In an outside @@ -6437,7 +6397,7 @@ a rainy sky, alas! but not so rainy as to prevent our feeling the beauty of the city and bay, and declaring it to surpass all places we had seen before. The weather cleared up soon after our arrival at the Hotel -des Étrangers, and after a few days it became brilliant, +des Étrangers, and after a few days it became brilliant, <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_145" id="Page_145">[145]</a></span> showing us the blue sea, the purple mountains, and bright city, in which we had almost disbelieved as we @@ -6463,18 +6423,18 @@ a bright, warm day, with a slipshod Neapolitan driver, whom I christened Baboon, and who acted as our charioteer throughout our stay at Naples. Beyond picturesque Pozzuoli, jutting out with precipitous piles -of building into the sea, lies Baiæ. Here we halted to +of building into the sea, lies Baiæ. Here we halted to look at a great circular temple, where there was a wonderful echo that made whispers circulate and become loud on the opposite side to that on which they were uttered. Here, for our amusement, a young maiden and a little old man danced to the sound of a tambourine -and fife. On our way to Baiæ we had stopped +and fife. On our way to Baiæ we had stopped to see the Lake Avernus, no longer terrible to behold, -and the amphitheatre of Cumæ, now grown over with +and the amphitheatre of Cumæ, now grown over with greensward, and fringed with garden stuff.</p> -<p>From Baiæ we went to Miseno—the Misenum where +<p>From Baiæ we went to Miseno—the Misenum where <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_146" id="Page_146">[146]</a></span> Pliny was stationed with the fleet—and looked out from the promontory on the lovely isles of Ischia and @@ -6522,7 +6482,7 @@ groups of trees in the foreground.</p> <p>One day we went, from this drive, along the Poggio Reale to the cemetery—the most ambitious burying-place I ever saw, with building after building of elaborate -architecture, serving as tombs to various <i>Arci-confraternità</i> +architecture, serving as tombs to various <i>Arci-confraternità </i> as well as to private families, all set in the midst of well-kept gardens. The humblest kind of tombs there were long niches for coffins, in a wall bordering @@ -6573,7 +6533,7 @@ Heads of Plato and Seneca.</p> <p>But our greatest treat at the Museo Borbonico could only be enjoyed after our visit to Pompeii, where we went, unhappily, in the company of some Russians -whose acquaintance G. had made at the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">table d'hôte</i>. +whose acquaintance G. had made at the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">table d'hôte</i>. I hope I shall never forget the solemnity of our first entrance into that silent city, and the walk along the street of tombs. After seeing the principal houses we @@ -6636,7 +6596,7 @@ on it that you <em>must</em> go and see the thing <em>they</em> have seen—there is nothing like it. We shall bore you in that way, I dare say—so prepare yourself. Our plan at present is to spend the next week in seeing -Pæstum, Amalfi, Castellamare, and Sorrento, and drinking +Pæstum, Amalfi, Castellamare, and Sorrento, and drinking in as much of this Southern beauty, in a quiet way, as our souls are capable of absorbing.</p> @@ -6697,7 +6657,7 @@ ranged around the tribune, Naples being famous for gold and silver sanctities.</p> <p>When we had been a week at Naples we set off in -our carriage with Baboon on an expedition to Pæstum, +our carriage with Baboon on an expedition to Pæstum, arriving the first evening at Salerno—beautiful Salerno, with a bay as lovely, though in a different way, as the bay of Naples. It has a larger sweep; grander piles @@ -6708,7 +6668,7 @@ extending to the promontory of Sicosa.</p> <p>From Salerno we started early in the morning for <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_152" id="Page_152">[152]</a></span> -Pæstum, with no alloy to the pleasure of the journey +Pæstum, with no alloy to the pleasure of the journey but the dust, which was capable of making a simoon under a high wind. For a long way we passed through a well-cultivated plain, the mountains on our left and @@ -6718,7 +6678,7 @@ who lay in groups, comfortably wallowing in the muddy water, with their grand, stupid heads protruding horizontally.</p> -<p>On approaching Pæstum, the first thing one catches +<p>On approaching Pæstum, the first thing one catches sight of is the Temple of Vesta, which is not beautiful either for form or color, so that we began to tremble lest disappointment were to be the harvest of our dusty @@ -6862,7 +6822,7 @@ history.</p> <p>Even apart from its venerable historical glory, the exterior of the Duomo is pleasant to behold when the -wretched, unfinished <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">façade</i> is quite hidden. The soaring +wretched, unfinished <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">façade</i> is quite hidden. The soaring pinnacles over the doors are exquisite; so are the forms of the windows in the great semicircle of the apsis; and on the side where Giotto's Campanile is @@ -6989,7 +6949,7 @@ mere outline, were not without their interest. I used to feel my heart swell a little at the sight of the inscription on Dante's tomb—"<span lang="it" xml:lang="it">Onorate l'altissimo poeta</span>."</p> -<p>In the Church of the Trinità also there are valuable +<p>In the Church of the Trinità also there are valuable frescoes by the excellent Domenico Ghirlandajo, the master of Michael Angelo. They represent the history of St. Francis, and happily the best of them is in the @@ -7108,7 +7068,7 @@ like—of great technical merit; but better than all these I remember a Holy Family, with a very fine St. Ann, <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_163" id="Page_163">[163]</a></span> and the portraits of himself and his fatal, auburn-haired -wife. Of Fra Bartolomeo there is a Pietà of memorable +wife. Of Fra Bartolomeo there is a Pietà of memorable expression,<a name="FNanchor_16_16" id="FNanchor_16_16"></a><a href="#Footnote_16_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a> a Madonna enthroned with saints, and his great St. Mark. Of Titian, a Marriage of St. @@ -7159,7 +7119,7 @@ of the Shepherds; a fine Lippo Lippi; and an Assumption, by Perugino, which I like well for its cherubs and angels, and for some of the adoring figures below. In the smaller room there is a lovely -Pietà by Fra Angelico; and there is a portrait of Fra +Pietà by Fra Angelico; and there is a portrait of Fra Angelico himself by another artist.</p> <p>One of our drives at Florence, which I have not @@ -7182,7 +7142,7 @@ palace, and the cemetery. Of the churches we saw only the cathedral, the Chapel of St. John the Baptist, and San Domenico. The cathedral has a <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_165" id="Page_165">[165]</a></span> -highly elaborate Gothic façade, but the details of the +highly elaborate Gothic façade, but the details of the upper part are unsatisfactory—a square window in the centre shocks the eye, and the gables are not slim and aspiring enough. The interior is full of interest: @@ -7197,7 +7157,7 @@ an adjoining chapel a series of frescoes by Pinturicchio, to which Raphael is said to have contributed designs and workmanship, and wonderfully illuminated old choir-books. The Chapel of St. John the Baptist -has a remarkable Gothic façade, and a baptismal font +has a remarkable Gothic façade, and a baptismal font inside, with reliefs wrought by Ghiberti and another Florentine artist. To San Domenico we went for the sake of seeing the famous Madonna by Guido da @@ -7364,7 +7324,7 @@ in other points the two pictures are quite diverse.</p> <p>The following morning we took a carriage and were diligent in visiting the churches. San Petronio has -the melancholy distinction of an exquisite Gothic façade, +the melancholy distinction of an exquisite Gothic façade, which is carried up only a little way above the arches of the doorways; the sculptures on these arches are of wonderful beauty. The interior is of lofty, airy, @@ -7629,7 +7589,7 @@ and some singularly painstaking wood-carving, representing, in one compartment of wainscot, above the seats that surrounded the upper hall, a bookcase filled with old books, an inkstand and pen set in front of -one shelf <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">à s'y méprendre</i>.</p> +one shelf <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">à s'y méprendre</i>.</p> <p>But of all Tintoretto's paintings the best preserved, and perhaps the most complete in execution, is the @@ -7814,7 +7774,7 @@ the Villa Somma Riva in the morning, and in the evening to the Serbellone Gardens, from the heights of which we saw the mountain-peaks reddened with the last rays of the sun. The next day we reached -lovely Chiavenna, at the foot of the Splügen Pass, and +lovely Chiavenna, at the foot of the Splügen Pass, and spent the evening in company with a glorious mountain torrent, mountain peaks, huge bowlders, with rippling miniature torrents and lovely young flowers @@ -7824,7 +7784,7 @@ we set off by post and climbed the almost perpendicular heights of the Pass—chiefly in heavy rain that would hardly let us discern the patches of snow when we reached the table-land of the summit. About five -o'clock we reached grassy Splügen and felt that we +o'clock we reached grassy Splügen and felt that we had left Italy behind us. Already our driver had been German for the last long post, and now we had come to a hotel where host and waiters were German. @@ -7869,7 +7829,7 @@ two days' holiday with us.</p> <p>We have had a wonderful journey. From Florence we went to Bologna, Ferrara, and Padua, on our way to Venice; and from Venice we have come by Verona, -Milan, and Como, and across the Splügen to Zurich, +Milan, and Como, and across the Splügen to Zurich, where we spent yesterday, chiefly in the company of Moleschott the physiologist—an interview that has helped to sharpen Mr. Lewes's appetite for a return @@ -7914,7 +7874,7 @@ Museum—Shelley's and Keats's graves—Letter to Mrs. Congreve—Pope's blessing—Easter ceremonies—From Rome to Naples—Description—Museo Borbonico—Visit to Pompeii—Solemnity of street of tombs—Letter to Mrs. Congreve—From Naples -to Salerno and Pæstum—Temple of Vesta—Temple of +to Salerno and Pæstum—Temple of Vesta—Temple of Neptune fulfils expectations—Amalfi—Drive to Sorrento—Back to Naples—By steamer to Leghorn—To Florence—Views from Fiesole and Bellosguardo—The Duomo—Baptistery—Palaces—Churches—Dante's @@ -7929,7 +7889,7 @@ Chapel—Venice by moonlight—Doge's Palace—St. Mark's—Pict di San Rocco—Accademia—Gondola to Chioggia—From Venice to Verona—Milan—Brera Gallery and Ambrosian Library—Disappointment with cathedral—Bellagio—Over -Splügen to Switzerland—Letter to Blackwood—Saw Moleschott +Splügen to Switzerland—Letter to Blackwood—Saw Moleschott at Zurich—Home by Berne and Geneva.</p></blockquote> @@ -8118,7 +8078,7 @@ have no doubt you had good reasons for preferring the more impersonal style.</p> <p>Mr. Lewes sends his kind regards, and when Du -Bois Reymond's book on Johannes Müller, with other +Bois Reymond's book on Johannes Müller, with other preoccupations of a like thrilling kind, no longer stand in the way, he will open <em>his</em> copy of the "Thoughts in <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_190" id="Page_190">[190]</a></span> @@ -8692,7 +8652,7 @@ theory and Spencer's. I don't know what gave you that impression, for <em>I</em> never said so. I see your meaning distinctly in that parallel. If you referred to something in Mr. Lewes's letter, let me say, once for all, that -you must not impute <em>my</em> opinions to <em>him</em> nor <i>vice versâ</i>. +you must not impute <em>my</em> opinions to <em>him</em> nor <i>vice versâ</i>. The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions. In this respect @@ -9312,7 +9272,7 @@ that we have had two musical treats this week; but the enjoyment of such things is much diminished by the gas and bad air. Indeed, our long addiction to a quiet life, in which our daily walk among the still -grass and trees was a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">fête</i> to us, has unfitted us for the +grass and trees was a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">fête</i> to us, has unfitted us for the sacrifices that London demands. Don't think about <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_216" id="Page_216">[216]</a></span> reading "Silas Marner" just because it is come out. @@ -9344,7 +9304,7 @@ Lewes, 1861.</div> <p>We have had a paradisaic journey hitherto. It does -one good to look at the Provençals—men and women. +one good to look at the Provençals—men and women. They are quite a different race from the Northern French—large, round-featured, full-eyed, with an expression of <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">bonhomie</i>, calm and suave. They are very @@ -9364,7 +9324,7 @@ and, in the distance, mountains of varying outline. looking at this peaceful, generous nature; and you often came across the green blades of corn, and made her love it all the better. We had meant to go on to -Fréjus that night, but no horses were to be had; so +Fréjus that night, but no horses were to be had; so we made up our minds to rest at Vidauban, and went out to have a stroll before our six-o'clock dinner. Such a stroll! The sun had kindly come out for us, @@ -9377,7 +9337,7 @@ Pater and me very happy as we wandered. The next morning we set off early, to be sure of horses before they had been used up by other travellers. The country was not quite so lovely, but we had the sunlight -to compensate until we got past Fréjus, where we +to compensate until we got past Fréjus, where we had our first view of the sea since Toulon, and where the scenery changes to the entirely mountainous, the road winding above gorges of pine-clad masses for a @@ -9773,7 +9733,7 @@ is occasionally admirable; for example, "And for my soul, what can he do to that?" etc., is given by Fechter with perfect simplicity, whereas the herd of English actors imagine themselves in a pulpit when -they are saying it. <i>À propos</i> of the pulpit, I had another +they are saying it. <i>À propos</i> of the pulpit, I had another failure in my search for edification last Sunday. Mme. Bodichon and I went to Little Portland Street Chapel, and lo! instead of James Martineau there was @@ -10179,7 +10139,7 @@ my book.</p> <p><i>Dec. 13.</i>—Read Poggiana. In the afternoon walked to Molini's and brought back Savonarola's "<span lang="la" xml:lang="la">Dialogus de Veritate Prophetica</span>," and "<span lang="la" xml:lang="la">Compendium Revelationum</span>," -for £4!<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_235" id="Page_235">[235]</a></span></p> +for £4!<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_235" id="Page_235">[235]</a></span></p> <p><i>Dec. 14.</i>—In the evening came Mr. Huxley, Mr. Pigott, and Mr. Redford.</p> @@ -10214,9 +10174,9 @@ Religieux</span>," Sacchetti's "Novelle," Sismondi's "History of the Italian Republics," "<span lang="it" xml:lang="it">Osservatore Fiorentino</span>," Tennemann's "History of Philosophy," T. A. Trollope's "Beata," Sismondi's "<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Le Moyen -Age Illustré</span>," "The Monks of the West," "Introduction -to Savonarola's Poems," by Audin de Réans, -Renan's "<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Études d'Histoire Religieuse</span>," Virgil's +Age Illustré</span>," "The Monks of the West," "Introduction +to Savonarola's Poems," by Audin de Réans, +Renan's "<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Études d'Histoire Religieuse</span>," Virgil's "Eclogues," Buhle's "History of Modern Philosophy," Hallam on the "Study of Roman Law in the Middle Ages," Gibbon on the "Revival of Greek @@ -10228,7 +10188,7 @@ Politian's "Epistles," Marchese's Works, <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_236" id="Page_236">[236]</a></span> Tiraboschi, Rock's "Hierurgia," Pettigrew "On Medical Superstition," Manni's "Life of Burchiello," -Machiavelli's Works, Ginguené, Muratori +Machiavelli's Works, Ginguené, Muratori "On Proper Names," Cicero "<span lang="la" xml:lang="la">De Officiis</span>," Petrarch's Letters, Craik's "History of English Literature," "<span lang="it" xml:lang="it">Conti Carnivaleschi</span>," Letters of Filelfo, @@ -10377,7 +10337,7 @@ Hennell, 14th Jan. 1862.</div> -<p>I hope you are able to enjoy Max Müller's great +<p>I hope you are able to enjoy Max Müller's great and delightful book during your imprisonment. It tempts me away from other things. I have read most of the numbers of "Orley Farm," and admire it very @@ -10586,7 +10546,7 @@ anything?<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_244" id="Page_244">[244]</a></span> <p><i>Feb. 27.</i>—George Smith, the publisher, brought the proof of G.'s book, "Animal Studies," and laid before -him a proposition to give me £10,000 for my new +him a proposition to give me £10,000 for my new novel—<i>i.e.</i>, for its appearance in the <cite>Cornhill</cite>, and the entire copyright at home and abroad.</p> @@ -10621,7 +10581,7 @@ a grand life.</p> <p><i>March 11.</i>—On Wednesday last, the 5th, G. and I set off to Englefield Green, where we have spent a delightful week at the Barley Mow Inn. I have finished -Pulci there, and read aloud the "<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Château d'If</span>."</p> +Pulci there, and read aloud the "<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Château d'If</span>."</p> <div class="sidenote">Letter to Miss Sara @@ -10663,7 +10623,7 @@ headache since you saw him. But then he is better tempered and more cheerful <em>with</em> headache than most people are without it; and in that way he lightens his burden. Have you noticed in the <cite>Times</cite> Mr. Peabody's -magnificent deed?—the gift of £150,000 for +magnificent deed?—the gift of £150,000 for the amelioration (body and soul, I suppose) of the poorer classes in London. That is a pleasant association to have with an American name.</p> @@ -10701,7 +10661,7 @@ we have all our conveniences about us.</p> <p><i>May 23.</i>—Since I wrote last, very important decisions have been made. I am to publish my novel -of "Romola" in the <cite>Cornhill Magazine</cite> for £7000, +of "Romola" in the <cite>Cornhill Magazine</cite> for £7000, paid in twelve monthly payments. There has been the regret of leaving Blackwood, who has written me <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_246" id="Page_246">[246]</a></span> @@ -11404,7 +11364,7 @@ and that I <em>do</em> care for what happens to you.</p> <p>Renan is a favorite with me. I feel more kinship with his mind than with that of any other living French author. But I think I shall not do more than look -through the Introduction to his "<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Vie de Jésus</span>"—unless +through the Introduction to his "<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Vie de Jésus</span>"—unless I happen to be more fascinated by the constructive part than I expect to be from the specimens I have seen. For minds acquainted with the European @@ -11591,7 +11551,7 @@ unknown to me. I hope your life will be enriched very much by these coming months; but above all, I hope that Mr. Congreve will come back strong. Tell him I have been greatly moved by the "<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Discours -Préliminaire</span>."<a name="FNanchor_37_37" id="FNanchor_37_37"></a><a href="#Footnote_37_37" class="fnanchor">[37]</a></p> +Préliminaire</span>."<a name="FNanchor_37_37" id="FNanchor_37_37"></a><a href="#Footnote_37_37" class="fnanchor">[37]</a></p> <div class="sidenote">Letter to Miss Sara @@ -11822,7 +11782,7 @@ more out of <i>rapport</i> with the public taste. I have read Renan's book, however, which has proved to be eminently <em>in</em> the public taste. It will have a good influence on the whole, I imagine; but this "<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Vie de -Jésus</span>," and still more, Renan's "Letter to Berthelot" +Jésus</span>," and still more, Renan's "Letter to Berthelot" in the <cite>Revue des Deux Mondes</cite>, have compelled me to give up the high estimate I had formed of his mind. Judging from the indications in some other writings @@ -11901,7 +11861,7 @@ beautiful place before you turn your backs on Italy. As it is, there is no hope of such a meeting. March is Charlie's holiday month, and when he goes out we like to stay at home for the sake of recovering for -that short time our unbroken <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">tête-à-tête</i>. We have +that short time our unbroken <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">tête-à -tête</i>. We have every reason to be cheerful if the fog would let us. Last night I finished reading the last proofs of the "Aristotle," which makes an octavo volume of rather @@ -12003,7 +11963,7 @@ things to its lowest ebb.</p> the skyey influences than I am. The soul's calm sunshine in me is half made up of the outer sunshine. However, we are going on Friday to hear the Judas -Maccabæus, and Handel's music always brings me a +Maccabæus, and Handel's music always brings me a revival.</p> <p>I have had a great personal loss lately in the death @@ -12044,8 +12004,8 @@ apart their hour for it, find it easy to cover reams of paper with talk from the end of the pen.</p> <p>You say nothing of yourself, which is rather unkind. -We are enjoying a perfect <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">tête à tête</i>. On Friday we -are going to hear the Judas Maccabæus, and try if +We are enjoying a perfect <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">tête à tête</i>. On Friday we +are going to hear the Judas Maccabæus, and try if possible to be stirred to something heroic by "Sound an alarm."</p> @@ -12122,7 +12082,7 @@ years hence. But fog, east wind, and headache are not great dramatic motives.</p> <p>Your letter was a reinforcement of the delicious -sense of <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">bien être</i> that comes with the departure of +sense of <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">bien être</i> that comes with the departure of bodily pain; and I am glad, retrospectively, that beyond our fog lay your moonlight and your view of the glorious sea. It is not difficult to me to believe that @@ -12317,7 +12277,7 @@ Hennell, <p>I am distressed to find that I have let a week pass without writing in answer to your letter, which made me very glad when I got it. Remembering you just -a minute ago, I started up from Max Müller's new volume, +a minute ago, I started up from Max Müller's new volume, with which I was consoling myself under a sore throat, and rushed to the desk that I might not risk any further delay.</p> @@ -12342,7 +12302,7 @@ with some hope.</p> <p>Our boy's love-story runs smoothly, and seems to promise nothing but good. His attraction to Hampstead -gives George and me more of our dear old <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">tête-à-tête</i>, +gives George and me more of our dear old <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">tête-à -tête</i>, which we can't help being glad to recover.</p> <p>Dear Cara and Mr. Bray! I wish they too had joy @@ -12689,7 +12649,7 @@ brightened by our wintry expedition, which ended just in time for us to escape the heavy fall of snow.</p> <p>We are very happy, having almost recovered our -old <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">tête-à-tête</i>, of which I am so selfishly fond that I +old <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">tête-à -tête</i>, of which I am so selfishly fond that I <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_287" id="Page_287">[287]</a></span> am beginning to feel it an heroic effort when I make up my mind to invite half a dozen visitors. But it is @@ -12901,7 +12861,7 @@ Rationalism" for the <cite>Fortnightly</cite>. For nearly a fortnight I have been ill, one way or other.</p> <p><i>May 10.</i>—Finished a letter of Saccharissa for the -<cite>Pall Mall</cite>. Reading Æschylus, "Theatre of the +<cite>Pall Mall</cite>. Reading Æschylus, "Theatre of the Greeks," Klein's "History of the Drama," etc.</p> <div class="sidenote">Letter to @@ -13014,7 +12974,7 @@ religious rite, with pealing organ and full-voiced choir.</p> <p>I agree with you in your feeling about Mill. Some of his works have been frequently my companions of late, and I have been going through many <i>actions de -grâce</i> towards him. I am not anxious that he should +grâce</i> towards him. I am not anxious that he should be in Parliament: thinkers can do more outside than inside the House. But it would have been a fine precedent, and would have made an epoch, for such a man @@ -13141,8 +13101,8 @@ determining our route.</p> 1865.</div> <p><i>Sept. 7.</i>—We returned home after an expedition into -Brittany. Our course was from Boulogne to St. Valéry, -Dieppe, Rouen, Caen, Bayeux, St. Lô, Vire, Avranches, +Brittany. Our course was from Boulogne to St. Valéry, +Dieppe, Rouen, Caen, Bayeux, St. Lô, Vire, Avranches, Dol, St. Malo, Rennes, Avray, and Carnac—back by Nantes, Tours, Le Mans, Chartres, Paris, Rouen, Dieppe, Abbeville, and so again to Boulogne.</p> @@ -13188,7 +13148,7 @@ to me. Whatever else my growth may have been, it has not been towards irreverence and ready rejection of what other minds can give me. You once unhappily mistook my feeling and point of view in something I -wrote <i>à propos</i> of an argument in your "Aids to Faith," +wrote <i>à propos</i> of an argument in your "Aids to Faith," and <em>that</em> made me think it better that we should not write on large and difficult subjects in hasty letters. But it has often been painful to me—I should say, it @@ -13213,7 +13173,7 @@ book is out of your hands, you will like to move from home a little and see your London friends?</p> <p>Our travelling in Brittany was a good deal marred -and obstructed by the emperor's <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">fête</i>, which sent all the +and obstructed by the emperor's <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">fête</i>, which sent all the world on our track towards Cherbourg and Brest. But the Norman churches, the great cathedrals at Le Mans, Tours, and Chartres, with their marvellous @@ -13241,7 +13201,7 @@ about him, especially when the man is first-rate and the "others" are third-rate. As Goethe said long ago about Spinoza, "<span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Ich zog immer vor von dem Menschen zu erfahren <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">wie er dachte</i> als von einem anderen -zu hören <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">wie er hätte denken +zu hören <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">wie er hätte denken sollen</i>.</span>"<a name="FNanchor_41_41" id="FNanchor_41_41"></a><a href="#Footnote_41_41" class="fnanchor">[41]</a> However, I am not fond of expressing criticism or disapprobation. @@ -13296,7 +13256,7 @@ Hennell, to read an article of Professor Tyndall's "On the Constitution of the Universe." It is a splendid piece of writing on the higher physics, which I know will interest -you. <i>À propos</i> of the feminine intellect, I had a +you. <i>À propos</i> of the feminine intellect, I had a bit of experience with a superior woman the other day, which reminded me of Sydney Smith's story about his sermon on the Being of a God. He says, that after @@ -13357,7 +13317,7 @@ Charles is happy.</p> <p class="center">JANUARY, 1862, TO DECEMBER, 1865.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_301" id="Page_301">[301]</a></span></p> -<blockquote class="small"><p>Begins "Romola" again—Letter to Miss Hennell—Max Müller's +<blockquote class="small"><p>Begins "Romola" again—Letter to Miss Hennell—Max Müller's book—"Orley Farm"—Anthony Trollope—T. A. Trollope's "Beata"—Acquaintance with Mr. Burton and Mr. W. G. Clark—George Smith, publisher, suggests a "magnificent offer"—Depression @@ -13366,10 +13326,10 @@ of music—Pantomime—First visit to Dorking—Letter to Madame Bodichon—Impatience of concealment—Anxiety about war with America—Sympathy with queen—Mr. Lewes begins "History of Science"—Mrs. Browning's "Casa Guidi Windows"—Depression—George -Smith offers £10,000 for "Romola" for the +Smith offers £10,000 for "Romola" for the <cite>Cornhill</cite>—Idea given up—Visit to Englefield Green—Working under a weight—Second visit to Dorking for three weeks—Delight -in spring—Accepts £7000 for "Romola" in <cite>Cornhill</cite>—Regret +in spring—Accepts £7000 for "Romola" in <cite>Cornhill</cite>—Regret at leaving Blackwood—Palsy in writing—Visit to Littlehampton and to Dorking third time—Letter to Mrs. Congreve—Mr. Lewes at Spa—George Eliot in better spirits—Letter to @@ -13390,12 +13350,12 @@ to Miss Hennell—Thornton Lewes—London amusements—Opera—Reading Mommsen, Liddell's "Rome," and "Roba di Roma"—Letter from Frederick Maurice referred to as most generous tribute ever given—Letter to Mrs. Peter Taylor—Renan's -"<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Vie de Jésus</span>"—Visit to Worthing—Mrs. Hare—Return +"<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Vie de Jésus</span>"—Visit to Worthing—Mrs. Hare—Return to London—Depression—Letter to R. H. Hutton on "Romola"—The importance of the medium in which characters move—Letter to Madame Bodichon—Effect of London on health—Letter to Mrs. Bray—Delight in autumn—Mommsen's History—Letter -to Mrs. Congreve—The "<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Discours Préliminaire</span>"—Removal +to Mrs. Congreve—The "<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Discours Préliminaire</span>"—Removal to the Priory—Mr. Owen Jones decorates the house—Jansa the violinist—Letter to Mrs. Bray—"Physiology for Schools"—Letter to Madame Bodichon—Enjoying rest, and music with Jansa—Letter @@ -13411,7 +13371,7 @@ with Mr. Burton for seven weeks—Return to London—Charles Lewes's engagement to Miss Gertrude Hill—Pleasure in Mr. Burton's companionship in travel—Letter to Mrs. Congreve—Present of mats—Depression—Reading Gibbon—Gieseler—Letter to Miss -Hennell—Reading Max Müller—Reference to the "Apologia"—Newman—Reading +Hennell—Reading Max Müller—Reference to the "Apologia"—Newman—Reading about Spain—Trying a drama—Letter to Miss Hennell—Harrogate—Development of Industries—Scarborough—Letters to Mrs. Congreve—Pleasure in her visit—Letter @@ -13431,7 +13391,7 @@ to Mrs. Congreve after visit—Letter to Mrs. Bray on a young friend's death—Deep depression—Admiration of Mr. Lewes's good spirits—"Felix Holt" begun—Article on Lecky's "History of Rationalism" in <cite>Fortnightly</cite>—Reading -Æschylus, "Theatre of the Greeks"—Klein's "History of the +Æschylus, "Theatre of the Greeks"—Klein's "History of the Drama"—Letter to Mrs. Congreve—First number of the <cite>Fortnightly</cite>—Frederic Harrison's article—Reading Mill, Comte, and Blackstone—Aristotle's "Poetics"—Dine with Congreves at @@ -13576,7 +13536,7 @@ about four hours each day, and the walks are so various that each time we have turned out we have found a new one. George is already much the better for the perfect rest, quiet, and fresh air. Will you give -my thanks to Mr. Congreve for the "Synthèse" which +my thanks to Mr. Congreve for the "Synthèse" which I have brought with me and am reading? I expect to understand three chapters well enough to get some edification.</p> @@ -13651,7 +13611,7 @@ of mine will appear. I can never reckon on myself.</p> Theocritus still, and English History and Law.</p> <p><i>March 17.</i>—To St. James's Hall hearing Joachim, -Piatti, and Hallé in glorious Beethoven music. +Piatti, and Hallé in glorious Beethoven music. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_307" id="Page_307">[307]</a></span></p> <div class="sidenote">Letter to @@ -13729,7 +13689,7 @@ surprised if I write in a dreamy way.</p> <p><i>April 21.</i>—Sent MS. of two volumes to Blackwood.</p> -<p><i>April 25.</i>—Blackwood has written to offer me £5000 +<p><i>April 25.</i>—Blackwood has written to offer me £5000 for "Felix Holt." I have been ailing, and uncertain in my strokes, and yesterday got no further than p. 52 of Vol. III.</p> @@ -13967,13 +13927,13 @@ that we should find no one here—that the Prussians would break up the railways, etc., etc.—Nassau being one of the majority of small states who are against Prussia. I fear we are a little in danger -of becoming like the Bürger in "Faust," and making it +of becoming like the Bürger in "Faust," and making it too much the entertainment of our holiday to have a</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza" lang="de" xml:lang="de"> -<span class="i0">"Gespräch von Krieg und Kriegsgeschrei<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Wenn hinten, weit, in der Türkei,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Die Völker auf einander schlagen."<br /></span> +<span class="i0">"Gespräch von Krieg und Kriegsgeschrei<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Wenn hinten, weit, in der Türkei,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Die Völker auf einander schlagen."<br /></span> </div></div> <p>Idle people are so eager for newspapers that tell @@ -13989,11 +13949,11 @@ seem. I am too refined to say anything about our excellent quarters and good meals; but one detail, I know, will touch your sympathy. We dine in our own room! It would have marred the <i>Kur</i> for me if -I had had every day to undergo a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">table d'hôte</i> where +I had had every day to undergo a <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">table d'hôte</i> where almost all the guests are English, presided over by the British chaplain. Please don't suspect me of being scornful towards my fellow countrymen or women: -the fault is all mine that I am miserably <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">gênée</i> by the +the fault is all mine that I am miserably <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">gênée</i> by the glances of strange eyes.</p> <p>We want news from you to complete our satisfaction, @@ -14042,7 +14002,7 @@ so much for me, will be continued? I mean, that you will help me by your thoughts and your sympathy—not that you will be teased with my proofs.</p> -<p>I meant to write you a long letter about the æsthetic +<p>I meant to write you a long letter about the æsthetic problem; but Mr. Lewes, who is still tormented with headachy effects from our rough passage, comes and asks me to walk to Hampstead with him, so I send @@ -14099,7 +14059,7 @@ Schlangenbad, where we stayed till we feared the boats would cease to go to and fro; and, in fact, only left just in time to get down the Rhine to Bonn by the Dutch steamer. From Bonn, after two days, we went -to Aix; then to dear old Liége, where we had been +to Aix; then to dear old Liége, where we had been together thirteen years before; and, to avoid the King of the Belgians, ten minutes backwards to the baths <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_316" id="Page_316">[316]</a></span> @@ -14118,7 +14078,7 @@ many—when we had the good fortune, at Antwerp, to see a placard announcing that the company from the Ober-Ammergau, Bavaria, would represent, that Sunday evening, the <i lang="de" xml:lang="de">Lebensgeschichte</i> of our Saviour Christ, -at the <span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Théatre des Variétés</span>. I remembered that you +at the <span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Théatre des Variétés</span>. I remembered that you had seen the representation with deep interest—and these actors are doubtless the successors of those you saw. Of course we went to the theatre. And the @@ -14214,10 +14174,10 @@ though they can hardly press upon you as they do on me, who have gone through again and again the severe effort of trying to make certain ideas thoroughly incarnate, as if they had revealed themselves to me -first in the flesh and not in the spirit. I think æsthetic +first in the flesh and not in the spirit. I think æsthetic teaching is the highest of all teaching, because it deals with life in its highest complexity. But if it ceases to -be purely æsthetic—if it lapses anywhere from the +be purely æsthetic—if it lapses anywhere from the picture to the diagram—it becomes the most offensive of all teaching. Avowed Utopias are not offensive, because they are understood to have a scientific and @@ -14338,7 +14298,7 @@ people's minds, deep undermost in a heap of trash.</p> 1866.</div> <p><i>Sept. 15.</i>—Finished Depping's "<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Juifs au Moyen -Âge</span>." Reading Chaucer, to study English. Also +Âge</span>." Reading Chaucer, to study English. Also reading on Acoustics, Musical Instruments, etc.</p> <p><i>Oct. 15.</i>—Recommenced "The Spanish Gypsy," intending @@ -14383,7 +14343,7 @@ being able to enjoy it.</p> 1866.</div> <p><i>Nov. 22.</i>—Reading Renan's "<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Histoire des Langues -Sémitiques</span>"—Ticknor's "Spanish Literature."</p> +Sémitiques</span>"—Ticknor's "Spanish Literature."</p> <p><i>Dec. 6.</i>—We returned from Tunbridge Wells, where we have been for a week. I have been reading Cornewall @@ -14452,7 +14412,7 @@ good to tell. No; in any case I shall write, because I shall want to hear all about you. Tell Dr. Congreve we carry the "Politique" with us. Mr. Lewes gets more and more impressed by it, and also by what he -is able to understand of the "Synthèse." I am writing +is able to understand of the "Synthèse." I am writing <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_324" id="Page_324">[324]</a></span> in the dark. Farewell. With best love to Emily, and dutiful regards to Dr. Congreve.</p> @@ -14471,11 +14431,11 @@ the south.<br /><br /></p> <blockquote class="small"><p>Letters to Frederic Harrison on Industrial Co-operation—Consults him about law in "Felix Holt"—Asks his opinion on other questions—Letter to Mrs. Congreve—Visit to Tunbridge Wells—Reading -Comte's "Synthèse"—Letter to F. Harrison on +Comte's "Synthèse"—Letter to F. Harrison on "case" for "Felix Holt"—Letter to Miss Hennell—Joy in the world getting better—Letter to Madame Bodichon—"Felix Holt" growing like a sickly child—Want of sincerity in England—Desire -for knowledge increases—Blackwood offers £5000 for +for knowledge increases—Blackwood offers £5000 for "Felix Holt"—Letters to John Blackwood renewing correspondence—Thanks for encouragement—Painstaking with "Felix Holt"—Letter to F. Harrison on legal points—The book finished—Inscription—Letter @@ -14487,11 +14447,11 @@ sympathy—Letter to John Blackwood—Colonel Hamley—Letter to Miss Hennell describing German trip—Miracle play at Antwerp—Amsterdam synagogue—Takes up drama "The Spanish Gypsy" again—Reading on Spanish subjects—Letter to F. Harrison—Need -of sympathy—Æsthetic teaching—Tells him of the +of sympathy—Æsthetic teaching—Tells him of the proposed drama—Letters to John Blackwood—Dean Ramsay—Sir Henry Holland—Article on "Felix Holt" in <cite>Macmillan's Magazine</cite>—"The Spanish Gypsy" recommenced—Reading Renan's -"<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Histoire des Langues Sémitiques</span>" and Ticknor's "Spanish +"<span lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Histoire des Langues Sémitiques</span>" and Ticknor's "Spanish Literature"—Visit to Tunbridge Wells for a week—Reading Cornewall Lewis's "Astronomy of the Ancients"—Ockley's "History of the Saracens," and Spanish Ballads—Letter to Miss @@ -14692,383 +14652,6 @@ April."</p> 1861"—original reads "1860."</p> </div> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3), by -George Eliot - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE, VOL. 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