George Eliot (73 page)

65
. ‘Evangelical Teaching: Dr Cumming’,
Westminster Review
(October 1855), reprinted
George Eliot: Selected Essays
, pp. 36–68.

66
. Ibid., p. 52.

67
. Cross, I, 384.

68
. Quoted Ashton,
George Eliot: A Life
, p. 146.

69
.
Letters
, II, 233.

70
. Ibid., VIII, 159.

71
. Ibid., VIII, 120.

72
. Ibid., II, 235.

73
. Ibid., II, 233.

74
. Ibid., II, 251.

75
. Ibid., II, 184.

76
. Ibid., II, 197.

77
. Ibid., II, 184.

78
. Ibid., II, 204.

79
. Ibid., II, 202.

80
. ‘Recollections of Ilfracombe 1856’ in GE, Journal, MS Yale.

81
. Ibid.

82
. Ibid.

83
. Ibid.

84
. Ibid.

85
. ‘The Natural History of German Life’,
Westminster Review
(July 1856), reprinted
George Eliot: Selected Essays
, pp. 107–39.

86
. Ibid., p. 127.

87
. Ibid., p. 131.

88
. Ibid., p. 111.

89
. ‘Recollections of Ilfracombe, 1856’, MS Yale.

90
. John Chapman to Barbara Leigh Smith, 17 September 1855, quoted Haight,
George Eliot and John Chapman
, p. 91.

91
. GE, Journal, 20 July 1856, MS Yale.

92
.
Letters
, I, 223n.

93
. ‘How I Came to Write Fiction’, GE, Journal, 6 December 1857, MS Yale.

94
. Ibid.

95
. Ibid.

96
. Ibid.

97
. Ibid.

C
HAPTER
9 ‘The Breath of Cows and the Scent of Hay’

1
.
Letters
, II, 261.

2
. ‘Silly Novels by Lady Novelists’,
Westminster Review
(October 1856), reprinted
George Eliot: Selected Essays
, pp. 140–63.

3
. Ibid., p. 141.

4
. Ibid., p. 148.

5
. Ibid., p. 149.

6
. Ibid., p. 156.

7
. Ibid., p. 162.

8
. GE, Journal, 22 September 1857, MS Yale. Haight points out that GE was probably referring to 23 September,
Letters
, II, 407n.

9
. ‘How I Came to Write Fiction’, GE, Journal, 6 December 1857, MS Yale.

10
.
Scenes of Clerical Life
, p. 41, ‘Amos Barton’, ch.1.

11
. Ibid., p. 85, ch.5.

12
. Ibid., p. 81, ch.5.

13
. Ibid., p. 80, ch.5.

14
. Ibid., p. 44, ch.1.

15
. Ibid., p. 48, ch.1.

16
. Ibid., p. 49, ch.1.

17
. See p. 216.

18
.
Scenes of Clerical Life
, pp. 102–3, ‘Amos Barton’, ch.7.

19
. Ibid., p. 111, ch.9.

20
. Ibid., p. 112, ch.9.

21
. Ibid., p. 113, ch.10.

22
.
Letters
, III, 377n.

23
. Ibid., II, 269.

24
. Ibid.

25
. Ibid., II, 270.

26
. Ibid., II, 272.

27
. Ibid., II, 274.

28
. ‘Worldliness and Other-Worldliness: The Poet Young’,
Westminster Review
(January 1857), reprinted
George Eliot: Selected Essays
, pp. 164–213.

29
.
Letters
, II 290–91.

30
. Ibid., II, 291, 293.

31
. Ibid., II, 292.

32
. Ibid., II, 297.

33
. Ibid., II, 299.

34
. Ibid., II, 308.

35
. Ibid., II, 309.

36
. Ibid., II, 347.

37
.
Scenes of Clerical Life
, p. 322, ‘Jane’s Repentance’, ch.10.

38
.
Letters
, II, 347–8.

39
. Ibid., II, 352–3.

40
. Ibid., II, 353.

41
. Ibid., II, 292.

42
. Cross,
Life
, I, 431.

43
.
Letters
, II, 309–10.

44
. ‘Silly Novels’,
George Eliot: Selected Essays
, p. 161.

45
.
Letters
, II, 436.

46
. Simcox, ‘George Eliot, a Valedictory Article’,
The Nineteenth Century
(May 1881), McKenzie, p. 120.

47
.
Letters
, II, 273–4.

48
. Ibid., II, 275.

49
. Ibid., II, 277.

50
. Ibid., II, 298n.

51
. Ibid., II, 294.

52
. Ibid., II, 410n.

53
. Ibid., II, 435.

54
. Samuel Lucas, unsigned review,
The Times
, 2 January 1858, p. 9. David Carroll, ed.,
The Critical Heritage
(London 1977), p. 61.

55
. Unsigned review,
Saturday Review
, 29 May 1858, v, 566, Carroll,
Critical Heritage
, p. 70.

56
.
Letters
, II, 424.

57
. Ibid., II, 426.

58
. GE, Journal, 17 March 1857, MS Yale.

59
. Haight,
George Eliot
, p. 226.

60
.
Letters
, II, 314.

61
. Ibid., II, 317.

62
. GE, Journal, 2 May 1857, MS Yale.

63
.
Letters
, II, 331.

64
. Ibid., II, 333.

65
. Ibid., II, 336–7.

66
. Ibid., II, 346.

67
. Ibid., II, 350.

68
. Ibid., II, 350.

69
. Ibid., II, 364.

70
. Ibid., II, 342; ibid., III, 26.

71
. ‘The
Antigone
and Its Moral’,
Leader
(29 March 1856), reprinted
George Eliot: Selected Essays
, pp. 363–6.

72
. GE, Journal, 31 December 1857, MS Yale.

73
.
Letters
, II, 387.

74
. GE, Journal, 28 February 5 March 1858, MS Yale.
Letters
, II, 439n.

75
.
Letters
, II, 452.

76
. GE, Journal, 14 April 1858, MS Yale.

77
.
Letters
, II, 454.

78
. GE, Journal, 17–24 June 1858, MS Yale.

79
.
Letters
, II, 451.

80
.
Adam Bede
, pp. 223–4, Bk.2, ch. 17.

81
.
Letters
, II, 474.

82
. Ibid., II, 445–6.

83
. Ibid., II, 504.

84
. Ibid., II, 484.

85
. Ibid., II, 492.

86
. ‘The History of
Adam Bede
’, GE, Journal, 30 November 1858, MS Yale.

87
.
Adam Bede
, p. 50, Bk.1, ch.1.

88
. Ibid., pp. 53–4, Bk.1, ch.1.

89
. Ibid., pp. 258–9, Bk.2, ch.19.

90
.
Letters
, III, 25.

91
. ‘The History of
Adam Bede
’, MS Yale.

92
.
Adam Bede
, p. 359, Bk.4, ch.29.

93
. Ibid., p. 170, Bk.1, ch.12.

94
. Ibid., p. 199, Bk.1, ch.15.

95
. Ibid., p. 293, Bk.3, ch.22.

96
. Ibid., p. 324, Bk.3, ch.25.

97
. See p. 180.

98
. ‘The History of
Adam Bede
’, MS Yale.

99
.
Letters
, II, 324.

C
HAPTER
10 ‘A Companion Picture of Provincial Life’

1
.
Letters
, III, 55.

2
. Ibid., II, 505.

3
. Ibid., II, 509.

4
. Ibid., II, 513.

5
.
The Times
, 12 April 1859, Carroll,
Critical Heritage
, p. 77.

6
.
Letters
, III, 148.

7
. Ibid., III, 18.

8
. J. A. Froude to GE, 13 March 1859, quoted Haight,
George Eliot
, p. 275.

9
.
Letters
, III, 9.

10
. Quoted Haight,
George Eliot
, p. 273.

11
. These paintings are still in the possession of the Queen and hang at Buckingham Palace.

12
.
Letters
, III, 44.

13
. GHL, Journal, 12 February 1859,
Letters
, III, 12.

14
.
Letters
, III, 25.

15
. Ibid., III, 7.

16
. Ibid., III, 33.

17
. Ibid., III, 89.

18
. Ibid., III, 152.

19
. Ibid., III, 41.

20
. Redinger,
George Eliot
, p. 393.

21
.
Letters
, II, 461.

22
. Ibid., III, 44.

23
. Ibid., III, 50.

24
. Ibid., III, 68, 73.

25
. Ibid., III, 77.

26
. Ibid., III, 93.

27
. Ibid., III, 103.

28
. Ibid., III, 109n.

29
. Ibid., III, 109.

30
. Ibid., III, 94.

31
. Ibid., III, 151.

32
. Ibid., III, 160.

33
. Ibid., III, 161.

34
. Ibid., III, 161–2.

35
. Ibid., III, 183.

36
. Ibid., III, 188, 184–5.

37
. Ibid., III, 190.

38
. Ibid., III, 191–2.

39
. Ibid., III, 192.

40
. Ibid., III, 194.

41
. Ibid., III, 204–5.

42
. Ibid., III, 208.

43
. Ibid., III, 115.

44
. Ibid., III, 43.

45
. Ibid., III, 204.

46
. Ibid., III, 173.

47
. Ibid., III, 215.

48
. Ibid., III, 216.

49
. Ibid., III, 217.

50
. Ibid., III, 217.

51
. Ibid., III, 218.

52
. Ibid., III, 236.

53
. Ibid., II, 337.

54
. Ibid., III, 98.

55
. Fanny Houghton to Isaac Evans, 13 June 1866, quoted Haight,
George Eliot
, p. 394.

56
.
Letters
, II, 457.

57
. Ibid., II, 458.

58
. Ibid., II, 459–60.

59
. Ibid., II, 375.

60
. Ibid., II, 376.

61
. Ibid., III, 83–5.

62
. Ibid., III, 85–6.

63
. Ibid., III, 110n.

64
. Ibid., III, 179.

65
. Ibid., III, 155–7.

66
. Ibid., III, 174–7.

67
. Ibid., II, 486.

68
. Ibid., II, 443.

69
. GHL, Journal, 23 June 1859,
Letters
, III, 90.

70
.
Letters
, III, 945.

71
. Ibid., III, 90.

72
. Ibid., III, 95–6.

73
. Ibid., II, 494n.

74
. Spencer,
Autobiography
, I, 38.