George Eliot's Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals. Vol. 3 (of 3)

We both enjoyed reading your letter on the morning after our arrival at this enchanting city, where the glorious light, with comparative stillness and total absence of dust, makes a paradise much more desirable than that painted by Tintoretto on the wall of the Consiglio Maggiore. Nothing but the advent of mosquitoes would make it easy for us to tear ourselves away from this place, where every prospect pleases, but also where one is obliged to admit that man is somewhat vile. I am sadly disappointed in the aspect of the Venetian populace. Even physically they look less endowed than I thought them when we were here under the Austrian dominion. We have hardly seen a sweet or noble woman's face since we arrived; but the men are not quite so ill-looking as the women. The singing here (by itinerant performers in gondolas) is disgraceful to Venice and to Italy. Coarse voices, much out of tune, make one shudder when they strike suddenly under the window.

Our days here are passed quite deliciously. We see a few beautiful pictures or other objects of interest, and dwell on them sufficiently every morning, not hurrying ourselves to do much; and afterwards we have a giro in our gondola, enjoying the air and the sight of marvellous Venice from various points of view and under various aspects. Hitherto we have had no heat, only warmth, with a light breeze. To-day, for the first time, one thinks that violent exercise must be terribly trying for our red-skinned fellow-mortals at work on the gondolas and the barges. But for us it is only pleasant to find the air warm enough for sitting out in the evening. We shall not soon run away from Venice unless some plague—e.g., mosquitoes—should arise to drive us. We edify ourselves with what Ruskin has written about Venice, in an agreeable pamphlet shape, using his knowledge gratefully, and shutting our ears to his wrathful innuendoes against the whole modern world. And we are now nearly at the end of Alfieri's autobiography, which is a deeply interesting study of character.

It may well seem incredible to you, for it is hardly credible to myself, that while I have been longing to write to you ever since I received your dear letter, I have not found the time to satisfy my longing. Perhaps you are more able than most people to conceive the difficulty of getting a clear half-hour between the business of travelling and the attention to little details of packing and toilet, over and above the companionship of talk and reading. Certainly I have thought of you all the more, but you have not known that, and I have lost my claim to hear about you—a use and wont which I would not willingly part with.

I wonder whether you have imagined—I believe that you are quick to imagine for the benefit of others—all the reasons why it was left at last to Charles to tell you of the great, once undreamed-of change in my life. The momentous decision, in fact, was not made till scarcely more than a fortnight before my marriage; and even if opportunity had lent itself to my confiding everything to you, I think I could hardly have done it at a time when your presence filled me rather with a sense of your and Emily's trouble[46] than with my own affairs. Perhaps Charles will have told you that the marriage deprives no one of any good I felt bound to render before—it only gives me a more strenuous position, in which I cannot sink into the self-absorption and laziness I was in danger of before. The whole history is something like a miracle-legend. But instead of any former affection being displaced in my mind, I seem to have recovered the loving sympathy that I was in danger of losing. I mean, that I had been conscious of a certain drying-up of tenderness in me, and that now the spring seems to have risen again. Who could take your place within me or make me amends for the loss of you? And yet I should not take it bitterly if you felt some alienation from me. Such alienation is very natural where a friend does not fulfil expectations of long standing.

We have already been ten days at Venice, but we hope to remain as long again, not fearing the heat, which has hitherto been only a false alarm in the minds of English travellers. If you could find time to send me word how you all are—yourself, Dr. Congreve after his holiday, and Emily, with all her cares about removal—a letter sent to the Poste Restante here would reach me, even if we had left before the next ten days were over. We shall hardly be at Witley before the middle of July: but the sense of neighborhood to you at Witley is sadly ended now.

We thought too little of the heat, and rather laughed at English people's dread of the sun. But the mode of life at Venice has its peculiar dangers. It is one thing to enjoy heat when leading an active life, getting plenty of exercise in riding or rowing in the evenings; it is another thing to spend all one's days in a gondola—a delicious, dreamy existence—going from one church to another—from palaces to picture-galleries—sight-seeing of the most exhaustively interesting kind—traversing constantly the piccoli rei, which are nothing more than drains, and with bedroom-windows always open on the great drain of the Grand Canal. The effect of this continual bad air, and the complete and sudden deprivation of all bodily exercise, made me thoroughly ill. As soon as I could be moved we left Venice, on the 23d of June, and went to Innspruck, where we stayed for a week, and in the change to the pure, sweet, mountain air I soon regained strength.

I was made very glad by Gertrude's letter, which assured me that Witley had been enjoyed by you and the little ones. We stayed six days at Innspruck, finding it more and more beautiful under the sunshine which had been wanting to it during our first two days. Then we went on to Munich, and yesterday we arrived here, as a temporary resting-place on our way to Wildbad, which, we hope, will put the finishing-touch to J.'s recovery of his usual health.

I wish I had been able to let you know in time that you could have remained a little longer at Witley, as I think we shall hardly be at home before the 20th if we find Wildbad what we want. Your Mutter is marvellously well and strong. It seems more natural to her to have anxiety than to be free from it. Let us hope that she will not run down like a jelly-fish now that her anxiety is over.

I received your welcome letter yesterday morning, and felt inclined to answer it the next minute. J. is quite well again, but is inclined to linger a little in the sweet air of the Schwarzwald, which comes to one on gently stirred wings, laden with the scent of the pine forests. We mean to drive from here to Baden, which is within easy distance.

Yesterday we sallied forth for a walk over the mountain, to a place where we could rest and lunch, returning in the afternoon. The sky was brilliant. But in half an hour the clouds gathered and threatened a storm. We were prudent enough to turn back, and by the time we were in the hotel again the thunder was rolling and the rain pouring down. This continued till about two o'clock, and then again the sky became clear. I never saw so incalculable a state of weather as we have in this valley. One quarter of an hour the blue sky is only flecked by lightest cirrus clouds, the next it is almost hidden by dark rain clouds. But we are going to start on our promised expedition this morning, the sunshine flattering us that it is quite confirmed.

I think you had better address your next letter Poste Restante, Strasburg, as I am uncertain how long we shall rest at Baden.

Left Wildbad on the 17th July, and had a delightful drive through the Black Forest by Herrenalb to Baden, and thence by Strasburg, Metz, Luxemburg, and Brussels, arriving at Witley on Monday the 26th of July.

We arrived here in all safety last Monday, and if I had not had your welcome little note this morning I think I should soon have written to you without any such extra stimulus.

Mr. Cross had a sharp but brief attack at Venice, due to the unsanitary influences of that wondrous city in the later weeks of June. We stayed a little too long there, with a continuous sirocco blowing, and bad smells under the windows of the hotel; and these conditions found him a little below par from long protracted anxiety before our marriage. But ever since we left Venice (on the 23d of June) he has been getting strong again, and we have enjoyed a leisurely journey through Germany in constant warmth and sunshine, save for an occasional thunderstorm. The climate in this beloved country of ours is a sad exchange, and makes one think of a second bad harvest, with all its consequences. Still, it is a delight to be at home and enjoy perfect stillness, after the noisiness of foreign bells and foreign voices indoors and out. It would be very pretty to pay you a visit next April, if we are all alive, and I think Mr. Cross would like it very much. He sends you, hoping you will accept them, his best remembrances, which have been kept up by our often talking about you. I have been amazingly well through all the exertion of our travels, and in the latter half of the time have done a great deal of walking.

How sweet of you to write me a little welcome as soon as you knew that I was at home again.

Yes, we are both well now, and glad to be at home again, though the change of climate is not of the exhilarating sort. One is so sorry for all the holiday-makers, whose best enjoyment of these three days would have been in the clear air and sunshine.

Do not reproach me for not telling you of my marriage beforehand. It is difficult to speak of what surprises ourselves, and the decision was sudden, though not the friendship which led to the decision.

My heart thoroughly responds to your remembrance of our long—our thirty-years' relation to each other. Let me tell you this once what I have said to others—that I value you as one of the purest-minded, gentlest-hearted women I have ever known, and where such a feeling exists, friendship can live without much aid from sight.

We shall probably not be in town again till the beginning of November. Our address then will be 4 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, where we shall have an outlook on the river and meadows beyond. Just now we have the prospect of going on family visits to married sisters, which prevents us from feeling quite settled.

I expected your letter, and expected, too, just the sort of letter I have received, telling me everything delightfully. I can follow you everywhere in your journeying except to Ober Wesel. I hope you will have enjoyed St. Blasien and some of the walks there consecrated by the beloved Pater's footsteps. We reversed your drive and went to Freiburg, so that I can enter into your enjoyment of the Höllenthal. I am glad that your weather has been temperate. Here we have now had four sunny and really hot days, and this morning promises to be the fifth. That is consolatory as to the harvest, and is very agreeable as to our private life. The last two evenings we have walked in the garden after eight o'clock—the first time by starlight, the second under a vapory sky, with the red moon setting. The air was perfectly still and warm, and I felt no need of extra clothing.

Our life has had no more important events than calls from neighbors and our calls in return. To-morrow we pay our visit to the Druces at Sevenoaks, where, you may remember, Mr. Druce has built a beautiful house. At the beginning of September we are to visit Mr. and Mrs. Otter at Ranby, and after that we shall go to Six-Mile Bottom for a day or two. Then our wanderings will be over.

I went to the Priory the other day, and found a treatise on Blood Pressure, by Dr. Roy, which he had sent me there, and which he has published as the "George Henry Lewes Student." I imagine that he has come to pursue his studies in England, as he intended to do. Delbeuf's article on the last volume of the "Problems" (in the Belgian Athenæum) is very nicely done. He has read the book.

I am pretty well, but find myself more languid than I was when abroad. I think the cause is perhaps the moisture of the climate. There is something languorous in this climate, or, rather, in its effects. J. gets a little better every day, and so each day is more enjoyable.

We have just come home after paying family visits in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, else I should have answered your letter earlier. The former one reached me in Venice, when I was in great trouble on account of Mr. Cross's illness. I had had reason to believe that my letters, ordered to be posted on the 5th of May, had not been delivered; so I asked Charles to inquire about the letter I wrote to you—not because it demanded an answer, but because I wished you to know that I had written.

I am so glad to know that you have been enjoying our brief English summer. The good harvest makes the country everywhere cheerful, and we have been in great, even districts where the fields, full of sheaves or studded with ricks, stretch wide as a prairie. Now, we hope not to leave this place again till November, when we intend to go to Chelsea for the winter and earliest spring.

I almost envy you the opportunity of seeing Wombwell's Menagerie. I suppose I got more delight out of that itinerant institution when I was nine or ten years old than I have ever got out of the Zoological Gardens. The smells and the sawdust mingled themselves with my rapture. Everything was good.

It was very dear of you to write to me before you finished your holiday. My love attends you all.

Your letter this morning is a welcome assurance about you. We have been away in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, paying visits to the Otters and the Halls. The weather, which is now broken, was glorious through all our wandering, which we made very interesting by pausing to see Ely, Peterborough, and Lincoln cathedrals. The Otters have a very pretty, happy household. He is a country gentleman now, acting as a magistrate, and glancing towards Parliament. But he keeps up his reading, and is delightful to talk to. Emily looks very pretty in her matronly position, with three little children. The Halls, too, are very pleasant to behold in their home life. He has done wonders in building nice cottages and schools, and sinking wells where they were wanted, and founding a co-operative store—and, in general, doing whatever opportunity allows towards slowly improving this confused world. We saw (at Six-Mile Bottom) Mr. and Mrs. Sidgwick. Perhaps you know that they have had, and have, the admirable public spirit to let their house and arrange to live for a year in the new Newnham House, in order to facilitate matters for the double institution.

We are very well. Mr. Cross gets stronger and brighter every day. We often mention you, because you are associated with so many of my memories.

Our only bugbear—it is a very little one—is the having to make preliminary arrangements towards settling ourselves in the new house (4 Cheyne Walk). It is a quaint house; and a Mr. Armitage of Manchester, of whom you may have heard, has been superintending the decoration and furnishing, but not to the exclusion of old things, which we must carry and stow, especially wallings of books. I am become so lazy that I shrink from all such practical work.

I have been and am suffering under an attack of a comparatively mild sort, but I expect to be well in two or three days, and am just going to drive to Godalming to meet my husband. Hence I write this hurriedly. We should like to see you and Gertrude from Saturday to Monday some week next month if it would be pleasant to you.

This attack was a recurrence of the renal disorder of the previous year. On the 29th September we went for ten days to Brighton as the most accessible place for a bracing change. The first effects of the sea breezes were encouraging, but the improvement was not maintained. Shortly after our return to Witley Dr. Andrew Clark,[47] "the beloved physician," came down to consult with Mr. Parsons of Godalming—on 22d October. From that time there was gradual but slow improvement, and, during November, a decided recovery of strength. But an English autumn was not favorable to the invalid. Her sensibility to climatic influences was extreme. It will have been noticed in the preceding letters how constantly change of air and scene was required. I had never seen my wife out of England, previous to our marriage, except the first time at Rome, when she was suffering. My general impression, therefore, had been that her health was always very low, and that she was almost constantly ailing. Moreover, I had been with her very frequently during her long, severe illness at Witley in 1879. I was the more surprised, after our marriage, to find that from the day she set her foot on Continental soil till the day she returned to Witley she was never ill—never even unwell. She began at once to look many years younger. During the eleven years of our acquaintance I had never seen her so strong in health. The greater dryness and lightness of the atmosphere seemed to have a magical effect. At Paris we spent our mornings at the Louvre or the Luxembourg, looking at pictures or sculpture, or seeing other sights—always fatiguing work. In the afternoons we took long walks in the Bois, and very often went to the theatre in the evening. Reading and writing filled in all the interstices of time; yet there was no consciousness of fatigue. And we had the same experience at all the places we stayed at in Italy. On our way home she was able to take a great deal of walking exercise at Wildbad and Baden. Decrease of physical strength coincided exactly with the time of our return to the damper climate of England. The specific form of illness did not declare itself until two months later, but her health was never again the same as it had been on the Continent. Towards the middle of October she was obliged to keep her bed, but without restriction as to amount of reading and talking, which she was always able to enjoy, except in moments of acute pain.

During her illness I read aloud, among other books, Comte's "Discours Préliminaire," translated by Dr. Bridges. This volume was one of her especial favorites, and she delighted in making me acquainted with it. For all Comte's writing she had a feeling of high admiration, intense interest, and very deep sympathy. I do not think I ever heard her speak of any writer with a more grateful sense of obligation for enlightenment. Her great debt to him was always thankfully acknowledged. But the appreciation was thoroughly selective, so far as I was able to judge. Parts of his teaching were accepted and other parts rejected. Her attitude towards him, as the founder of a new religion, may be gathered from the references and allusions in the foregoing correspondence, and from the fact that for many years, and up to the time of her death, she subscribed to the Comtist Fund, but never, so far as I am aware, more directly associated herself with the members of the Positivist Church. It was a limited adherence.

We generally began our reading at Witley with some chapters of the Bible, which was a very precious and sacred book to her, not only from early associations, but also from the profound conviction of its importance in the development of the religious life of man. She particularly enjoyed reading aloud some of the finest chapters of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and St. Paul's Epistles. With a naturally rich, deep voice, rendered completely flexible by constant practice; with the keenest perception of the requirements of emphasis, and with the most subtile modulations of tone, her reading threw a glamour over indifferent writing, and gave to the greatest writing fresh meanings and beauty. The Bible and our elder English poets best suited the organ-like tones of her voice, which required, for their full effect, a certain solemnity and majesty of rhythm. Her reading of Milton was especially fine; and I shall never forget four great lines of the "Samson Agonistes" to which it did perfect justice—

"But what more oft in nations grown corrupt,
And by their vices brought to servitude,
Than to love bondage more than liberty,
Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty."

The delighted conviction of justice in the thought—the sense of perfect accord between thought, language, and rhythm—stimulated the voice of the reader to find the exactly right tone. Such reading requires for its perfection a rare union of intellectual, moral, and physical qualities. It cannot be imitated. It is an art, like singing—a personal possession that dies with the possessor, and leaves nothing behind except a memory. Immediately before her illness we had read, together, the first part of "Faust." Reading the poem in the original with such an interpreter was the opening of a new world to me. Nothing in all literature moved her more than the pathetic situation and the whole character of Gretchen. It touched her more than anything in Shakespeare. During the time that we were reading the "Faust" we were also constantly reading, together, Shakespeare, Milton, and Wordsworth: some of Scott's novels and Lamb's essays too, in which she greatly delighted. For graver study we read through Professor Sayce's "Introduction to the Science of Language." Philology was a subject in which she was most deeply interested; and this was my first experience of what seemed to me a limitless persistency in application. I had noticed the persistency before, while looking at pictures, or while hearing her play difficult music; for it was characteristic of her nature that she took just as great pains to play her very best to a single unlearned listener as most performers would do to a room full of critical cognoscenti. Professor Sayce's book was the first which we had read together requiring very sustained attention ("The Divina Commedia" we had read in very short bits at a time), and it revealed to me more clearly the depth of George Eliot's mental concentration. Continuous thought did not fatigue her. She could keep her mind on the stretch hour after hour: the body might give way, but the brain remained unwearied.

Her memory held securely her great stores of reading. Even of light books her recollections were always crisp, definite, and vivid. On our way home from Venice, after my illness, we were reading French novels of Cherbuliez, Alphonse Daudet, Gustave Droz, George Sand. Most of these books she had read years before, and I was astonished to find what clear-cut, accurate impressions had been retained, not only of all the principal characters, but also of all the subsidiary personages—even their names were generally remembered. But, on the other hand, her verbal memory was not always to be depended on. She never could trust herself to write a quotation without verifying it.

In foreign languages George Eliot had an experience more unusual among women than among men. With a complete literary and scholarly knowledge of French, German, Italian, and Spanish, she spoke all four languages with difficulty, though accurately and grammatically; but the mimetic power of catching intonation and accent was wanting. Greek and Latin she could read with thorough delight to herself; and Hebrew was a favorite study to the end of her life. In her younger days, especially at Geneva, inspired by Professor de la Rive's lectures, she had been greatly interested in mathematical studies. At one time she applied herself heartily and with keen enjoyment to geometry, and she thought that she might have attained to some excellence in that branch if she had been able to pursue it. In later days the map of the heavens lay constantly on her table at Witley, and she longed for deeper astronomical knowledge. She had a passion for the stars; and one of the things to which we looked forward on returning to London was a possible visit to Greenwich Observatory, as she had never looked through a great telescope of the first class. Her knowledge of wild-flowers gave a fresh interest each day to our walks in the Surrey lanes, as every hedgerow is full of wonders—to "those who know;" but she would, I think, have disclaimed for herself real botanical knowledge, except of an elementary sort.

This wide and varied culture was accompanied with an unaffected distrust of her own knowledge, with the sense of how little she really knew, compared with what it was possible for her to have known, in the world. Her standard was always abnormally high—it was the standard of an expert; and she believed in the aphorism that to know any subject well we must know the details of it.

During our short married life our time was so much divided between travelling and illness that George Eliot wrote very little, so that I have but slight personal experience of how the creative effort affected her. But she told me that, in all that she considered her best writing, there was a "not herself," which took possession of her, and that she felt her own personality to be merely the instrument through which this spirit, as it were, was acting. Particularly she dwelt on this in regard to the scene in "Middlemarch" between Dorothea and Rosamond, saying that, although she always knew they had, sooner or later, to come together, she kept the idea resolutely out of her mind until Dorothea was in Rosamond's drawing-room. Then, abandoning herself to the inspiration of the moment, she wrote the whole scene exactly as it stands, without alteration or erasure, in an intense state of excitement and agitation, feeling herself entirely possessed by the feelings of the two women. Of all the characters she had attempted she found Rosamond's the most difficult to sustain. With this sense of "possession" it is easy to imagine what the cost to the author must have been of writing books, each of which has its tragedy. We have seen the suffering alluded to in the letters on the "Mill on the Floss," "Felix Holt," and "Romola."

For those who would know the length and the breadth of George Eliot's intellectual capacity she has written her books. Here I am only putting down some of my own personal impressions or recollections, which must be taken for what they are worth. In doing this I should like to dwell on the catholicity of her judgment. Singularly free from the spirit of detraction, either in respect of her contemporaries or her predecessors, she was always anxious to see the best and the most noble qualities of human beings or of books, in cases where she felt some general sympathy notwithstanding particular disagreements. And it was this wide sympathy, this understanding of so many points of view, that gained for her the passionate devotion not only of personal friends, but also of literary admirers, from the most widely sundered sections of society. Probably few people have ever received so many intimate confidences from confidants of such diverse habits of thought.

This many-sidedness, however, makes it exceedingly difficult to ascertain, either from her books or from the closest personal intimacy, what her exact relation was to any existing religious creed or to any political party. Yet George Eliot's was emphatically a religious mind. My own impression is that her whole soul was so imbued with, and her imagination was so fired by, the scientific spirit of the age—by the constant rapid development of ideas in the Western world—that she could not conceive that there was, as yet, any religious formula sufficient nor any known political system likely to be final. She had great hope for the future, in the improvement of human nature by the gradual development of the affections and the sympathetic emotions, and "by the slow, stupendous teaching of the world's events," rather than by means of legislative enactments. Party measures and party men afforded her no great interest. Representative government, by numerical majorities, did not appeal to her as the last word of political wisdom. Generally speaking, she had little patience with talk about practical politics, which seemed to her under our present system to be too often very unpractically handled by ignorant amateurs. The amateur was always a "stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence." Her wrath used often to be roused, in late years, by the increased bitterness in the language of parties, and by the growing habit of attributing, for political effect, the most shameful motives to distinguished statesmen.

She was keenly anxious to redress injustices to women, and to raise their general status in the community. This, she thought, could best be effected by women improving their work—ceasing to be amateurs. But it was one of the most distinctly marked traits in her character that she particularly disliked everything generally associated with the idea of a "masculine woman." She was, and as a woman she wished to be, above all things, feminine—"so delicate with her needle, and an admirable musician." She was proud, too, of being an excellent housekeeper—an excellence attained from knowing how things ought to be done, from her early training, and from an inborn habit of extreme orderliness. Nothing offended her more than the idea that because a woman had exceptional intellectual powers therefore it was right that she should absolve herself, or be absolved, from her ordinary household duties.

It will have been seen from the letters that George Eliot was deeply interested in the higher education of women, and that she was among the earliest contributors to Girton College. After meeting Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, in September, 1880, when they had gone to reside at the new hall of Newnham College for a time, she was anxious to be associated in that work also, but she did not live to carry out the plan herself. The danger she was alive to in the system of collegiate education was the possible weakening of the bonds of family affection and family duties. In her view, the family life holds the roots of all that is best in our mortal lot; and she always felt that it is far too ruthlessly sacrificed in the case of English men by their public school and university education, and that much more is such a result to be deprecated in the case of women. But, the absolute good being unattainable in our mixed condition of things, those women especially who are obliged to earn their own living must do their best with the opportunities at their command, as "they cannot live with posterity," when a more perfect system may prevail. Therefore, George Eliot wished God-speed to the women's colleges. It was often in her mind and on her lips that the only worthy end of all learning, of all science, of all life, in fact, is, that human beings should love one another better. Culture merely for culture's sake can never be anything but a sapless root, capable of producing at best a shrivelled branch.

In her general attitude towards life George Eliot was neither optimist nor pessimist. She held to the middle term, which she invented for herself, of "meliorist." She was cheered by the hope and by the belief in gradual improvement of the mass; for in her view each individual must find the better part of happiness in helping another. She often thought it wisest not to raise too ambitious an ideal, especially for young people, but to impress on ordinary natures the immense possibilities of making a small home circle brighter and better. Few are born to do the great work of the world, but all are born to this. And to the natures capable of the larger effort the field of usefulness will constantly widen.

In her personal bearing George Eliot was seldom moved by the hurry which mars all dignity in action. Her commanding brows and deep, penetrating eyes were seconded by the sweet, restrained, impressive speech, which claimed something like an awed attention from strangers. But to those very near to her there was another side of her nature, scarcely suspected by outside friends and acquaintances. No one could be more capable of enjoying and of communicating genuine, loving, hearty, uncontrollable laughter. It was a deep-seated wish, expressed in the poem of "Agatha"—"I would have young things merry." And I remember, many years ago, at the time of our first acquaintance, how deeply it pained her when, in reply to a direct question, I was obliged to admit that, with all my admiration for her books, I found them, on the whole, profoundly sad. But sadness was certainly not the note of her intimate converse. For she had the distinctively feminine qualities which lend a rhythm to the movement of life. The quick sympathy that understands without words; the capacity for creating a complete atmosphere of loving interest; the detachment from outside influences; the delight in everything worthy—even the smallest thing—for its own sake; the readiness to receive as well as to give impressions; the disciplined mental habit which can hold in check and conquer the natural egoism of a massive, powerful personality; the versatility of mind; the varied accomplishments—these are characteristics to be found more highly developed among gifted women than among gifted men. Add to these the crowning gift of genius, and, in such companionship, we may possess the world without belonging to it.

The November days had come now—cold and clear. My wife was able again to enjoy the daily drives and walks on which she was very dependent for health. The letters continue.

Since I wrote to you I have been much more ill, and have only, during the last few days, begun to feel myself recovering strength. But I have been cared for with something much better than angelic tenderness. The fine, clear air, if it lasts, will induce us to linger in the country; and, indeed, I am not yet quite fit to move; for, though I appear to be quite cured of my main ailment, half my bodily self has vanished. We are having deliciously clear days here, and I get out for short drives and walks. I really have nothing to complain of now except a little lack of strength. I play on the piano again, and walk with perfect ease. There is a long chapter about myself!

Three weeks ago I had a rather troublesome attack, but I am getting well now, though still reduced and comparatively weak. We shall probably linger here till near the end of the month, for the autumnal landscape is very beautiful, and I am not yet quite fit for the exertion of moving. It is a comfort to think that you can be very snug through the winter in your nice house. What a pity we are not within an easy driving distance from you!

Mr. Hall is here to-day. He gave a lecture on Leclaire, the house-painter in Paris who initiated an excellent plan of co-operative sharing for his workmen. It has been printed, and when I have another copy I will send it you. Leclaire is mentioned by John S. Mill in the notes to his "Political Economy," but had not been otherwise taken much notice of. Still, you may know all about him.

Thanks for your loving remembrance of me. We have been kept in the country by two sufficient causes: I have been ill, and the house at Cheyne Walk has not been ready to receive us. I suppose we shall not be there till the end of the month instead of the beginning. One of the good things I look forward to is the sight of your dear face again. You will see little more than half of me, for nearly half has been consumed. But I have been nursed with supreme tenderness, and am daily gaining some strength. Much love to both.

We are lingering here for three reasons: the beauty of the weather, the unreadiness of the house, and my unfitness to bear the hurry of moving. I am getting better, but have not yet been able to bear much exertion.

Thanks for your pretty letter. I do not think I shall have many returns of Novembers, but there is every prospect that such as remain to me will be as happy as they can be made by the devoted tenderness which watches over me. Your years will probably be many, and it is cheering to me to think that you have many springs of happiness in your lot that are likely to grow fuller with advancing time.

I have thought of you all the more because I have not even heard anything of you for several months. You will wonder less why I have not written, as a consequence of those thoughts, when I tell you that I have been ill, and not allowed to do anything but indulge myself and receive indulgence. I am very well now, and am every day consciously gathering strength, so that, if I could like giving trouble, I should look back on my illness as a great opportunity of enjoying the tenderest watching and nursing. I kept my bed only about a week, and have always been equal, except at short intervals, to much reading and talking, so that there is no fair cause for any grumbling on my part. It has not been so bad an illness as that of last summer. You see we are not yet at Cheyne Walk, but we are to be settled there by the end of next week. I have had no trouble, but have remained here on my cushions while Mr. Cross has gone early for several mornings running to superintend the removal. It is difficult to give you materials for imagining my "world." Think of me as surrounded and cherished by family love; by brothers and sisters whose characters are admirable to me, and who have for years been my friends. But there is no excessive visiting among us, and the life of my own hearth is chiefly that of dual companionship. If it is any good for me that my life has been prolonged till now, I believe it is owing to this miraculous affection which has chosen to watch over me.

Dec. 3.—Came to 4 Cheyne Walk.

Dec. 4.—Went to Popular Concert at St. James's Hall. Heard Madame Neruda, Piatti, and Miss Zimmermann.

Only on Friday evening did we get into this new house, and I had deferred writing to you till I could say "Come and see me." I can say so now, but on reflection I have come to the conclusion that you would like yourself to fix a time beforehand, the journey here being rather long. Perhaps you will like to choose a day on which you could go to Emily also, her house being less formidably distant—across the park and down Sloane Street would be an easy way to us. This week we shall be much engaged in household matters, such as the reduction to order of the chaos which still reigns in certain places least obvious to visitors, and the procuring of small objects, either necessary or desirable. But after this week I shall be most glad if you and Dr. Congreve will come to see us just as and when you would find the least inconvenience in doing so—either at lunch-time (half-past one) or at a later hour.

I find myself in a new climate here—the London air and this particular house being so warm compared with Witley. I hope that you too find the air mild, for I know that suits you best.

Dr. and Mrs. Congreve paid their promised visit the week after this letter was written; and Madame Belloc lunched with us the following day. Order was beginning to reign in the new house. The books had all been arranged as nearly as possible in the same order that they had occupied at the Priory, Mr. Radermacher of the Pantechnicon having given his personal attention to this arrangement of some thousands of volumes, for which George Eliot was particularly grateful. Notwithstanding all this care, however, there were many unforeseen details of furnishing still to be completed, which caused a considerable expenditure of time. We continued reading aloud Max Müller's "Lectures on the Science of Language," and Duffield's translation of "Don Quixote;" we were also reading "Hermann and Dorothea," Tennyson's last volume of poems, just published, and Mr. Frederic Myers's volume on Wordsworth. In the evenings we had always a little feast of music, and were becoming in every way reconciled to town life, notwithstanding the loss of country quiet, light, and beauty. On the afternoon of Friday, the 17th December, we went to see the "Agamemnon" performed in Greek by Oxford undergraduates. The representation was a great enjoyment—an exciting stimulus—and my wife proposed that during the winter we should read together some of the great Greek dramas. The following afternoon we went to the Saturday Popular Concert at St. James's Hall. It was a cold day. The air in the hall was overheated, and George Eliot allowed a fur cloak which she wore to slip from her shoulders. I was conscious of a draught, and was afraid of it for her, as she was very sensitive to cold. I begged her to resume the cloak, but, smiling, she whispered that the room was really too hot. In the evening she played through several of the pieces that we had heard at the concert, with all her accustomed enjoyment of the piano, and with a touch as true and as delicate as ever. On Sunday there was very slight trouble in the throat, but not sufficient to prevent her from coming down-stairs to breakfast as usual. In the afternoon she was well enough to receive visits from Mr. Herbert Spencer and one or two other friends. Afterwards she began the following letter to Mrs. Strachey. It was left unfinished in her writing-case, and is printed as it stands.

I have been thinking so much of Lady Colvile, and yet I shrank from troubling even your more indirect sympathetic sorrow with a letter. I am wondering how far her health is in a state to endure this loss—a loss which extends even to me, who only occasionally saw, but was always cheered by, the expression of a wise and sweet nature, which clearly shone in Sir James Colvile's manner and conversation. One great comfort I believe she has—that of a sister's affection.

Here the letter is broken off. The pen which had delighted and comforted so many minds and hearts here made its last mark. The spring, which had broadened out into so wide a river of speech, ceased to flow.

Little more remains to be told. On Monday the doctor treated the case as one of laryngeal sore throat; and when Dr. Andrew Clark came for consultation on Wednesday evening the pericardium was found to be seriously affected. While the doctors were at her bedside she had just time to whisper to me, "Tell them I have great pain in the left side," before she became unconscious. Her long illness in the autumn had left her no power to rally. She passed away, about ten o'clock at night, on the 22d December, 1880.

She died, as she would herself have chosen to die, without protracted pain, and with every faculty brightly vigorous.

Her body rests in Highgate Cemetery, in the grave next to Mr. Lewes. In sleet and snow, on a bitter day—the 29th December—very many whom she knew, very many whom she did not know, pressed to her grave-side with tributes of tears and flowers.

Her spirit joined that choir invisible "whose music is the gladness of the world."

INDEX.

• "Abode of Snow," by Andrew Wilson, iii. 190.
• A breezy common, iii. 108.
• "Adam Bede," progress of, i. 338;
  • second volume finished in Dresden, ii. 42;
  • £800 offered for copyright for four years, 47;
  • its history, 48-52;
  • author's love of, 51;
  • subscription to, 59;
  • cheap edition suggested by working man, 66;
  • sale increasing, 67, 68;
  • quoted in House of Commons, 69;
  • French translation proposed, 73;
  • additional £400 from publishers, 80;
  • fourth edition (5000) sold in a fortnight, 88;
  • sixth edition, 96;
  • seventh edition (2000), 101;
  • Blackwoods propose to pay £800 above agreed price, 101;
  • 16,000 copies sold in one year, 105;
  • copyright conceded, 111;
  • third volume written in six weeks, 113.
• "Adam Bede, Junior," a sequel, advertised, ii. 104.
• "Address to the Working Men," by Felix Holt, iii. 18.
• Adler, Dr. Hermann, appreciation of Jewish character in "Deronda," iii. 207;
  • lecture on "Deronda" by, 215.
• Æsthetic teaching the highest of all teaching, ii. 318.
• Æsthetic, the, not a doctrinal teacher, iii. 237.
• Afghanistan, effect of the sad news from, iii. 278.
• "Agatha" sold to Fields & Osgood for Atlantic Monthly, iii. 63.
• Aix to Vevey, journey to, iii. 205.
• Allbut, Dr. Clifford, Leeds, iii. 41, 42.
• Allingham, William, letter to, on Midland dialect, iii. 218;
  • on his poems, 226.
• Altruism, the need of, iii. 178, 179.
• Amalfi, grand drive, ii. 153.
• America, interest in, i. 219;
  • the war in, anxiety regarding, ii. 242;
  • delight in descriptions of, iii. 115;
  • invited to visit, 118.
• Amsterdam, Jewish synagogues in, ii. 317.
• "An Inquiry concerning the Origin of Christianity," by Charles Hennell, influence of, on George Eliot, i. 68;
  • read again with admiration, 119.
• Anders, Mr., apologizes for the Liggins business, ii. 78.
• Antwerp, pictures at, i. 239, 240.
• Apennines, across the, ii. 168.
• Application, persistence in, iii. 304.
• Appreciation of Dickens's letter, ii. 6.
• Ardennes, journey to the, iii. 176.
• "Aristotle," by G. H. Lewes, ii. 271.
• "Armgart," a dramatic poem, iii. 85.
• Art, the function of, iii. 144;
  • purpose in, 144.
• Articles written by Mr. Lewes, iii. 260, 261;
  • by military men, 265.
• Ashantee War, the, iii. 157.
• Asher's cheap editions of "George Eliot," iii. 124.
• Atkinson, Mr., i. 193.
• Australia, proposed visit to, i. 221.
• Authors and booksellers, meeting of, i. 201.
• Authorship acknowledged to the Brays and Miss Hennell, ii. 83.
• Autobiography, repugnance to, iii. 221.
• Autumn, love for, i. 67; ii. 263, 264.
• "A Word for the Germans," ii. 288.
• Aytoun, Professor, admiration of "Gilfil's Love-Story," i. 326;
  • on "Adam Bede," ii. 81.

• Bâle, a morning in, ii. 87.
• Ballot, dislike of the, iii. 49;
  • the first experiment of the, 161.
• Balzac, a saying of, iii, 41.
• Bancroft, American Minister, Berlin, on "Middlemarch," iii. 157.
• Bank of England visited, iii. 176.
• "Beata," by T. A. Trollope, ii. 239.
• Bedworth, country about, i. 5-7.
• Beesley, Professor Edmund Spencer, iii. 64.
• Bellagio and the Splügen Pass, ii. 181.
• Benisch, Dr., editor of Jewish Chronicle, iii. 216.
• Berlin, popularity of "Middlemarch" in, iii. 157.
• Berlin, visit to the Charité, iii. 77;
  • society and music at, 77;
  • increase in luxury in, 78.
• Berlin recollections: meets Varnhagen, i. 251, 252;
  • impressions of the city, 251;
  • new acquaintances, 253;
  • portrait of Kleist, 253;
  • Fräulein Solmar's salon, 253;
  • General Pfuhl, 254;
  • Baron Sternberg, 254;
  • "Lisez les Chroniques," 254;
  • Professor Gruppe, 255, 263;
  • Waagen on Goethe, 256;
  • Edward Magnus, 257;
  • celebrities, 258;
  • Professor Stahr, 258, 263;
  • Schiller's portrait, 258;
  • Rauch the sculptor, 258;
  • his atelier, 259, 260;
  • Dessoir the actor, 260;
  • "Nathan der Weise," 261;
  • Johanna Wagner, 261;
  • Gluck's "Orpheus," 261;
  • Roger and Arabella Goddard, 264;
  • Vivier anecdotes, 264, 265;
  • works of art, 265;
  • evenings in, 266;
  • table d'hôte, reading between the courses, 266;
  • work at and books read, 268;
  • translating Spinoza's "Ethics," 268;
  • remarks on books read, 270;
  • return to England, 271.
• Bethnal Green, pictures at, iii. 128.
• Biarritz, its natural beauties, iii. 2;
  • the Chambre de l'Amour, 2;
  • journey to Barcelona from, 4.
• Bible and the Liturgy of the English Church, ii. 226.
• Bible reading, iii. 302.
• Bickley, country-house at, iii. 152.
• Birthday greetings, iii. 47.
• Bishop Steignton, visit to, i. 185.
• Blackie, Professor, Edinburgh, letter of sympathy from, ii. 111, 113.
• Blackwood's Magazine on "Adam Bede," ii. 70.
• Blackwood, John, his favorable opinion of "Amos Barton," i. 302;
  • accepts it for "Maga," 304;
  • receives kind letter from author, 307;
  • cautions regarding "huddling up stories," 319;
  • not enthusiastic about "Janet's Repentance," 326;
  • calls on Lewes, and George Eliot reveals herself, ii. 10;
  • letter from George Eliot on artistic combination, 31;
  • offers £800 for copyright of "Adam Bede" for four years, 47;
  • letter to, regarding Liggins, 73;
  • his liberal treatment of George Eliot, 102;
  • proposals for "Mill on the Floss," 110;
  • concedes copyright of "Adam Bede," 111;
  • suggests title of "Mill on the Floss," 112;
  • letter from author on finishing "Mill on the Floss," 114;
  • letter to, from George Eliot at Berne, 182, 183;
  • do. from Florence, 218;
  • offers £5000 for "Felix Holt," 308;
  • letters to, about "Spanish Gypsy," iii. 16, 26;
  • about Scott Commemoration, 97;
  • "Middlemarch," 103;
  • his favorable impressions of "Middlemarch," 106;
  • letter to, from Homburg, 123;
  • New Year's greetings from George Eliot, 138;
  • letter on "Middlemarch," 153;
  • on another book simmering in her head, 157;
  • on corrected edition of "Spanish Gypsy," 161, 162;
  • letter to, with volume of poems, 164;
  • on printing of "Deronda," 190, 191, 197;
  • on re-reading "Romola," 217, 218;
  • offers for second ten-years' copyright, 230;
  • letter to, declining invitation to Strathtyrum, 237;
  • on her continued ill-health, 244;
  • his death, 276.
• Blackwood, Major, his opinion of "Amos Barton," i. 306;
  • hopeful about the "Scenes," 342;
  • calls on Lewes, and suspects identity of George Eliot, 342;
  • letter regarding the Liggins affair, ii. 81;
  • letter from author on "Mill on the Floss," 167.
• Blackwood, William, his favorable news of "Clerical Life," ii. 116;
  • letter to, on Mr. Lewes's illness, iii. 239;
  • on "Theophrastus Such," 254, 263, 271.
• Blanc, Louis, anecdote of, i. 195.
• Bodichon, Madame, discovers author of "Adam Bede," ii. 77;
  • letters to: on artistic combinations, 93;
  • on Mrs. Gaskell's letter, 107;
  • the rewards of the artist, 107;
  • on settling in London, 198;
  • on religious forms and ceremonies, 205;
  • on the necessity of sympathy, 268;
  • on her Spanish tour, iii. 4;
  • on cheerfulness, 172;
  • on "Deronda," 198;
  • on woman's work, 208;
  • on her illness, 225;
  • on improvement in health, 252;
  • letter regarding "Lewes Studentship," 267;
  • letter announcing her marriage, 283;
  • on sympathy with marriage, 289.
• Bohn, Madame, visit from, ii. 293.
• Bologna, its pictures and churches, ii. 169;
  • the leaning towers, 170.
• Bonham-Carter, Miss, letter to, from Madame Bodichon, iii. 264.
• Bonheur, Rosa, her pictures, i. 333.
• Books belong to successive mental phases, ii. 211.
• Books read at Malvern, 1861, ii. 228-230, 234-236.
• Books read, with remarks on, i. 268-271, 322, 341, 344; ii. 58, 299; iii. 25, 41, 68, 71, 72.
• Booksellers and authors, meeting of, i. 201.
• Bookstalls, literary taste at, iii. 51.
• Brabant, Miss, i. 85.
• Bracebridge, Mr., and Liggins, ii. 99.
• Bray, Charles, his work, "The Philosophy of Necessity," i. 67;
  • influence of his opinions, 68;
  • words of affection in time of depression, 135;
  • letter to, on rumors of authorship, ii. 13.
• Bray, Mrs., letters to: on favorite books, i. 86;
  • reading and music, 87;
  • poetry of Christianity, 93;
  • chameleon-like nature, 158;
  • orthodox friends, 162;
  • anxiety for letters, 164;
  • need of encouragement, 165;
  • life in Geneva, 169, 170;
  • Christmas wishes, 174;
  • severe winter, 175;
  • yearning for friends at home, 175;
  • a singular advertisement, 195;
  • Westminster reviewers, 199;
  • love for music, 202;
  • feels well and "plucky," 207;
  • in Edinburgh again, 211;
  • pleasant travelling, 213;
  • a Saturday's work, 214;
  • work in the Strand, 215;
  • domestic grievances, 229;
  • view of union with Mr. Lewes, 235;
  • on careless cooking, 316;
  • on the charms of Richmond Park, 326;
  • unbelief in others' love, 337;
  • authorship acknowledged to, ii. 83;
  • recollections of journey of 1849, 191;
  • asking for music, 241;
  • on her "Physiology for Schools," 267;
  • on writing poetry instead of novels, iii. 31;
  • on happiness in recovery, 313.
• Bremer, Frederica, i. 188, 190.
• Brewing interest in Parliament, the, iii. 188, 189.
• Brewster, Sir David, i. 190.
• Bridges, Dr., Leeds, iii. 42.
• Bright on Ireland, iii. 56.
• Brittany, trip to, ii. 296.
• Broadstairs, delight with, i. 205.
• Brodie, Sir Benjamin, iii. 80.
• Brontë, Charlotte, life of, i. 317.
• Brooks, Shirley, delighted with "Adam Bede," ii. 70.
• "Brother Jacob" written, ii. 199.
• "Brother and Sister," sonnets, iii. 70.
• Brougham, Lord, a delicious non sequitur, i. 214.
• Brown, Dr. John, sends "Rab and his Friends" to author of "Adam Bede," ii. 60;
  • kindly letter in reply, 60.
• Brown, J. C., "Ethics of George Eliot's Works," iii. 266.
• Browne, Dr., chemist, Edinburgh, i. 195.
• Browning, first visit from, ii. 249;
  • "Elisha," iii. 56.
• Browning, Mrs., her "Casa Guidi Windows", ii. 243.
• Buchanan, Robert, his "David Grey," ii. 273.
• Buckle, personal dislike to, ii. 47.
• Buckle's "History of Civilization," i. 341, 345.
• Buckle's ideal not George Eliot's, ii. 220.
• Bulstrode, new view of, iii. 133.
• Bunyan, reading again with pleasure, ii. 105.
• Burne-Jones, Edward, letter to, on the function of art, iii. 144.
• Burne-Jones, Mrs., iii. 29;
  • letter to, on the serious view of life, 172;
  • on her illness, 185;
  • on Christmas plans, 232;
  • on her sense of depression, 239.
• Burton, Mr., wishes to take portrait, ii. 273;
  • his picture of a knight in armor, 277.
• Burton, Sir Frederick, Director of the National Gallery, ii. 240.
• Byron, a vulgar-minded genius, iii. 72.

• Call, Mr., author of "Reverberations and other Poems," i. 335.
• Calvinism, a libel on, iii. 88.
• Camaldoli, expedition to, ii. 221.
• Cambridge, a visit to, iii. 147;
  • a group of "Trinity" men, 147.
• Cambridgeshire, visit to, iii. 299.
• Caricature, a bastard kind of satire, iii. 228.
• Caritas, the highest love, ii. 252.
• Carlyle, Mrs., pleasant letter from, ii. 7;
  • her conception of George Eliot, 8.
• Carlyle, on the Glasgow artisan, i. 55;
  • eulogium on Emerson, 140;
  • "Life of Sterling," 189;
  • anecdotes of, 190, 257;
  • his denunciation of the opera, 192;
  • letter to George Eliot on "Frederic," 343;
  • G. A. anxious he should read her novels, ii. 63.
• "Carlyle's Memoirs," ii. 208.
• Catholicity of judgment, iii. 307.
• Cavour, Count, ii. 122, 143.
• Cerebellum, function of the, i. 210.
• Chapman, Mrs., on Harriet Martineau, iii. 220.
• Charade party, failure of, ii. 287.
• Charity of the Apostle Paul, the, ii. 251.
• Chart of Ecclesiastical History, i. 45.
• Cheap books, opinion of, iii. 154.
• Cheap edition of "Adam Bede" suggested by working man, ii. 66.
• Cheap editions of novels, arrangements for, iii. 10.
• Cheap music in England, ii. 81.
• Cheerful, now uniformly, iii. 172.
• Chiem See, journey by, ii. 34.
• Childhood's real feelings, i. 91.
• Child's idea of God, a, i. 153, 154.
• Chills, spiritual and physical, iii. 120.
• Chioggia, journey to, ii. 177.
• "Christianity and Infidelity," Baillie Prize Essay, i. 311.
• Chronological order in writing, ii. 211.
• Church-going resumed, i. 82.
• Clark, Sir James, pleasant evening with, i. 222;
  • meeting with, 226, 230.
• Clark, W. G., late public orator at Cambridge, ii. 240;
  • visit to, at Cambridge, iii. 24;
  • resigns his oratorship, 74.
• "Clerical Tutor," discouraged to proceed with, i. 336.
• Club criticism of "Amos Barton," i. 308.
• Coaching days, i. 7.
• Cobbe, Miss, her introduction to Theodore Parker, ii. 253.
• Cobden, disappointed with, i. 196.
• Cologne, journey to, i. 267.
• Colossians, Epistle to the, i. 51.
• Combe, George, friendship with, i. 186;
  • on the Westminster, 204;
  • visit to, in Edinburgh, 211.
• Comprehensive Church, one, iii. 175.
• Comte and his critics, ii. 224;
  • admiration of, 224;
  • delight in his "Politique," iii. 2.
• Comte's "Discours Préliminaire," ii. 264.
• Comte's works, reading, iii. 302.
• Conceptions of new work, iii. 233.
• Confidence, desire for, i. 128.
• Conformity, letter to J. W. Cross on, iii. 155.
• Congreve, Mrs., letters to, ii. 82, 84, 141;
  • visits George Eliot in London, 232;
  • letter to, on Thornton Lewes's illness, iii. 63;
  • leaves for India, 132;
  • returns to Europe, 145;
  • letter to, after marriage with Mr. Cross, 292;
  • invited to Cheyne Walk, 314.
• Congreve, Richard, ii. 62, 67, 73;
  • friendship of Mr. and Mrs., 76, 80;
  • Christmas Day with, 110;
  • his lectures on Positivism, iii. 12;
  • his article Huxley on Comte, 58.
• Conolly, Dr., i. 233.
• Conscience in work, iii. 27.
• Conservative reaction, on the, iii. 143.
• Contemporary fiction, iii. 183.
• Continent, start for, visiting Fontainebleau, Plombières, iii. 149;
  • three months' trip to the, 205.
• Continental tour, six weeks' journey to Baden, etc., iii. 37;
  • St. Märgen, 37;
  • peasant proprietors in the Black Forest, 38.
• Continental trip with the Brays, i. 150.
• Coquelin's acting, iii. 263.
• Correggio's Madonnas, ii. 43.
• Correspondence, views on, i. 134.
• Country, delight in the, iii. 154.
• Country districts, remoteness of, i. 5.
• Country-house, visions of a, ii. 61.
• Country life, monotony of, i. 25;
  • enjoyment of, ii. 275.
• Country quiet, the benefits of, iii. 110.
• Critical attitude, the, iii. 79.
• Criticism, sensibility to, ii. 63.
• Critics, indifference to opinions of, iii. 224.
• Cross, J. W., first meeting at Rome with George Eliot, iii. 59;
  • meet again at Weybridge, 71;
  • letter to, on buying a house, 131;
  • on conformity, 155;
  • on depression, 187;
  • on effect of her writing, 204;
  • on Tennyson, 229;
  • letters to, after Lewes's death, 250-252;
  • his engagement, 279;
  • his marriage, 282;
  • illness in Venice, 294.
• Cross, Miss Eleanor, letter to, iii. 276;
  • on her engagement to Mr. Cross, 279;
  • on her marriage tour, 283.
• Cross, Miss Elizabeth D., "An Old Story and other Poems," iii. 15.
• Cross, Miss Florence, letter to from Milan on the enjoyment of travel, iii. 286.
• Cross, Miss Mary, her "Marie of Villefranche," iii. 100;
  • letter to, on gift of a vase, 166.
• Cross, Mrs., letters to, accepting invitation to Six-Mile Bottom, iii. 121;
  • letter to, from Homburg, 122;
  • on return home, 125;
  • on journey abroad, and country-house at Bickley, 152;
  • on the pleasures of the country, 154;
  • on Christmas invitation, 158;
  • on silence of the country, 167.
• Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, dinner with, iii. 236;
  • their simple manner, 236;
  • guests at table, 236.
• Cruikshank, George, i. 202.
• Cumming, article on, in the Westminster, i. 277.

• D'Albert, M. and Mme. See Durade.
• Dallas, Mr., an admirer of "Adam Bede," ii. 64.
• Daniel, the prophecies of, i. 122.
• "Daniel Deronda," writing, iii. 180;
  • fear for MS. being burned, 190;
  • anticipations of, 193, 194;
  • public interest in, 199, 214;
  • finished, 204;
  • Jewish element in, 211.
• Darwin's "Origin of Species," ii. 104, 105, 108.
• Dawson, Mr. George, lecturer, i. 129; ii. 233; iii. 165.
• Dean Ramsay, letter from, with his "Reminiscences of Scottish Life," ii. 320.
• Death, imagining the nearness of, iii. 170.
• "Debasing the Moral Currency," iii. 266.
• Delight in the country, iii. 154;
  • in old friends, 245.
• Depression from damp, iii. 187.
• Derbyshire, memories of, iii. 47.
• Deutsch, his article on the Talmud, iii. 18.
• "Deutscher Novellenschatz," iii. 96.
• "Development of Industries," effect of, ii. 281.
• Development of religion, iii. 62.
• Dialect in "Adam Bede," ii. 72; iii. 219.
• Dickens, Charles, meeting with, i. 201;
  • letter from, ii. 2;
  • recognizes woman's hand in "Clerical Life," 3;
  • dines at Wandsworth, 102;
  • asks for a story for "All the Year Round," 104;
  • his death, iii. 82;
  • his "Life" by Forster, 104.
• Dinah Morris, the character of, ii. 49.
• Dinner at Greenwich, with Blackwood, Colonel Stewart, Colonel Hamley, and Mr. Skene, ii. 222.
• Discontent of the young, iii. 213.
• Discouraged with her writings, ii. 86.
• D'Israeli's "Tancred," i. 118, 123;
  • his theory of races, 124;
  • funeral oration on the Duke of Wellington, 215.
• Distrust of her own knowledge, iii. 305.
• "Divina Commedia," reading the, with Mr. Cross, iii. 259.
• Dorking, fourth visit to, ii. 254.
• Doyle, Mr., iii. 74.
• Drama, trying a, ii. 280.
• Drawbacks to living abroad, iii. 203.
• Drawings from "Romola," iii. 166.
• Dresden: end of vol. ii. of "Adam Bede" written, ii. 42;
  • Holbein's "Madonna," 42;
  • the "Sistine Madonna," 43;
  • the Correggios, 43;
  • Murillo's "St. Rodriguez," 43;
  • Dutch and Flemish pictures, 44;
  • Veronese, 44;
  • the theatres and concerts, 45.
• Druce, Mr., visit to, at Sevenoaks, iii. 297.
• Dulwich Picture-gallery, ii. 79.
• Durade, M. d'Albert, i. 164;
  • residence with, 165;
  • their household, 166;
  • affection to, 173;
  • paints her portrait, 178;
  • visits England, 181;
  • wished to translate the "Scenes," ii. 109;
  • two days with, 186;
  • translates the "Scenes," 187.
• Dürer, Albert, his paintings, ii. 24.
• Dutch translation of George Eliot's novels, iii. 139.
• Dutch and Flemish pictures in Dresden, ii. 44.
• Dwelling on faults, abstention from, iii. 89.
• Dying in harness, on, iii. 141.
• Dyspeptic troubles and their cure, ii. 288.

• Early death, thoughts on, ii. 290.
• Edinburgh criticisms more favorable than London, ii. 64.
• Edinburgh, enjoyment of, i. 211;
  • visit to Craigcrook, 212.
• Editor's life, i. 215, 221.
• Education of Women, iii. 27;
  • the higher, 146.
• Effect of talking of her own books, ii. 85.
• Effect of writing, the, iii. 306.
• Egotism, cure for, i. 128.
• "Elijah," delight in hearing, i. 112, 118.
• Ellis, Mr. and Mrs., i. 191.
• Emerson, first meeting with, i. 139;
  • Carlyle's eulogium on, 140;
  • his "Man the Reformer," ii. 196.
• Empire in France, the, iii. 168.
• Englefield Green, delightful week at, ii. 244.
• English, attitude of the, towards Orientals, iii. 212;
  • ignorance of the Jews, 212.
• English domestic life versus German, i. 271.
• English and French working classes, difference between, i. 131.
• "Englishwoman's Journal" on the Infant Seamstresses, ii. 97.
• Enjoying the thought of work, ii. 219.
• Enriched with new ideas after journey to Italy, ii. 182.
• "Ethics of George Eliot's Works," by J. C. Brown, iii. 266.
• Evans, Christiana (sister), married to Mr. Edward Clark, surgeon, i. 22;
  • relations between the sisters, 22, 23;
  • her husband's death, 216;
  • plans for her family, 217;
  • letter to her brother Isaac regarding, 318;
  • visit to her sister, ii. 96.
• Evans, Isaac (brother), recollections of his sister, i. 11;
  • her susceptibility to terror, 12;
  • their happy childhood, 12;
  • his marriage, 61;
  • renewed correspondence with his sister on her marriage with Mr. Cross, iii. 287;
  • notice of his family, 287.
• Evans, J. C., offers £1000 for a story for American periodical, ii. 94.
• Evans, Mrs. Samuel (aunt), the Dinah Morris of "Adam Bede," i. 33.
• Evans, Robert (father), his career, i. 1, 2;
  • removed to Griff, 2;
  • influence of his ideas on his daughter, 4;
  • his position, 8;
  • his wife, partly represented in Mrs. Poyser, 10;
  • her death, 22;
  • removal to Foleshill Road, Coventry, 61;
  • strong disapproval of his daughter's religious views, 75;
  • she visits her brother at Griff, 79;
  • regrets her impetuosity, and returns to Foleshill, 81;
  • his illness, 100;
  • visits Dover with his daughter, 107;
  • trip to Isle of Wight, 120;
  • illness increases, and visits St. Leonards, 135;
  • returns to Coventry, 139;
  • his death, 148.
• Evidence, the value of, iii. 109.
• Evil-speaking, contrition for, i. 141.

• "Fables," by Lord Lytton, iii. 162.
• Fairness and pity, where necessary, iii. 228.
• Fame in dreams, ii. 89.
• Family reunion, iii. 268; joys, iii. 286.
• Faraday, letter from, acknowledging presentation copy of "Clerical Life," ii. 9.
• Farming, an epoch in, iii. 271.
• Faucit, Helen, admiration of, i. 222.
• Faults, abstention from dwelling on, iii. 89.
• "Faust," reading in the original, iii. 303.
• Faux, David, Confectioner (Brother Jacob), written, ii. 199.
• Fawcett, Henry, articles on Strikes by, ii. 194.
• "Fawn of Sertorius," i. 108.
• Fechter in "Hamlet," ii. 225;
  • his "Othello," 232.
• Feeling old for her years, ii. 193.
• "Felix Holt," writing commenced, ii. 290;
  • reading for, 292;
  • Blackwood offers £5000 for, 308;
  • pains taken with, 309;
  • finished in excitement, 311;
  • final instalment received from Blackwood, iii. 13;
  • payment for copyright, 13.
• Feminine characteristics, iii. 310, 311.
• Ferrier, Mr., translates Kaufmann's article on "Deronda," iii. 216.
• Feuerbach, translation of, published; first and only time her real name appeared in print, i. 233.
• Fiction, contemporary, iii. 183.
• Fiction-reading condemned, i. 36.
• Fiction-writing, first mention of, i. 296;
  • how I came to write, 298-300.
• First authorship, i. 42.
• First novel, i. 298;
  • title of, 299.
• Flemish and Dutch pictures in Dresden, ii. 44.
• Florence: view from Fiesole and Bellasguardo, ii. 155;
  • the Duomo and Campanile, 156;
  • the palaces and libraries, 157;
  • the Loggia di Lanza, 158;
  • Santa Maria Novella, 158;
  • Santa Croce and the Carmine, 159;
  • the frescoes, 159; S. Maria Novella, 160;
  • San Michele, the shrine, 160;
  • the Uffizi Gallery, 161;
  • and pictures, 162;
  • Pitti pictures, 162;
  • paintings at the Accademia, 163;
  • Galileo's tower, 164;
  • Michael Angelo's house, 165, 166.
• Flower, Mr., i. 191.
• Fontainebleau, visit to, iii. 150.
• Forster, W. E., his article on Slavery, i. 218;
  • "Life of Dickens," iii. 104.
• Foster, Professor Michael, his draught of conditions for Lewes scholar studentship, iii. 267, 269.
• France, the Empire in, iii. 168.
• Franco-German war, iii. 86, 92.
• Franklin, Miss Rebecca, her school at Coventry, i. 17;
  • her death, iii. 149.
• Freethinkers, little sympathy with, as a class, ii. 249.
• French and English working classes, difference between, i. 131.
• French revolution of 1848, i. 129.
• Froude's "Shadows of the Clouds," i. 146.
• Fuller, Margaret, her Journal, i. 198.
• Function of art, the, iii. 144.
• Furnishing, on troubles of, ii. 267.
• "Futile Lying," letter on, ii. 290.

• Gambler, a girl, iii. 124.
• Garibaldi at the Crystal Palace, ii. 276.
• Gaskell, Mrs., suspected to have written "Adam Bede," ii. 82;
  • letter from, 102;
  • expresses admiration of "Scenes" and "Adam Bede," 107.
• Gaskell's, Mrs., "Ruth," i. 219.
• Geneva, life at Campagne Plongeon, i. 151-157;
  • Genevese preachers, 153, 154;
  • Fête of Navigation, 157;
  • effect of change of life, 159;
  • plans for lessons, 160;
  • Baronne de Ludwigsdorff, 161;
  • home remembrances, 170;
  • beauty of scenery, 171;
  • delight in town life, 171;
  • the Juras, 178;
  • last days in, 179.
• Genevese preachers, i. 153, 154.
• Genoa, the cathedral, ii. 124.
• George Eliot.—1819-37:
  • Birth at Arbury farm, i. 1;
  • removal to Griff, 2;
  • anecdotes of father, 9;
  • character of mother, 10;
  • at Dame's school, 10;
  • at Miss Lathom's school at Attleboro, 11;
  • happy childhood, 12;
  • first books read, 13;
  • first journey to Staffordshire, 15;
  • Miss Wallington's school at Nuneaton, 15;
  • writes out "Waverley," 16;
  • favorite books, 17;
  • charade-acting, 17;
  • riot at Nuneaton, 20;
  • first letter to Miss Lewis, 21;
  • mother's illness and death, 22;
  • housekeeper at Griff, 24;
  • life and studies there, 24.
• 1838-41:
  • First visit to London, i. 28;
  • religious asceticism, 29;
  • nineteenth birthday, 32;
  • religious objections to music, 32;
  • religious reflections, 34;
  • besetting sin, ambition, 35;
  • objections to fiction-reading, 36;
  • first poem, 42;
  • books read and studies pursued, 44;
  • German lessons begun, 45;
  • chart of ecclesiastical history, 46;
  • Italian studies, 49;
  • dislike to housekeeping work, 50;
  • reads Isaac Taylor, 51;
  • visits Birmingham to hear "Messiah," 53;
  • translates German poem, 54;
  • her reading, 57;
  • removal to Foleshill Road, Coventry, 59.
• 1841-46: Coventry life, i. 61;
  • mental depression, 64;
  • friendship with Mr. and Mrs. Bray, 67;
  • reads Charles Hennell's "Inquiry," 67, 68;
  • effect of this book, 74;
  • gives up going to church, 75;
  • family difficulties, 79;
  • regrets her impetuosity, 81;
  • resumes going to church, 82;
  • intimacy with Miss Sara Hennell and Mr. and Mrs. Bray, 83;
  • attitude towards immortality, 84;
  • excursion to Stratford and Malvern, 85;
  • meets Robert Owen, 86;
  • studies German and music, 86, 87;
  • opinion in regard to conformity, 89;
  • translation of Strauss's "Leben Jesu," 90;
  • despair about publication of Strauss, 94;
  • trip to the Highlands, 97.
• 1846-49:
  • Strauss translation published, i. 107;
  • classical books wanted, 108;
  • suspected of novel-writing, 108;
  • reading Foster's life, 109;
  • thoughts on Jesus at Emmaus, 110;
  • a child's idea of God, 111, 112;
  • visits London and hears "Elijah," 112;
  • re-reading Hennell's "Inquiry," 119;
  • visit to Isle of Wight with father, 120;
  • admiration of Richardson, 121;
  • delight in George Sand's "Lettres d'un Voyageur," 122;
  • dislike to Jews, 125;
  • supremacy of Hebrew poetry, 125;
  • admiration of Roberts and Creswick, 127;
  • opinion of Mr. Dawson the lecturer, 129;
  • sympathy with revolution, 130;
  • France and England contrasted, 131;
  • sympathy with nonconformity, 133;
  • visit to St. Leonards, 135;
  • father's illness, 135;
  • mental depression, 136;
  • how to be overcome, 136;
  • admiration of Louis Blanc, 137;
  • recovery from depression, 138;
  • opinion of "Jane Eyre," 138;
  • meets Emerson, 138;
  • again suffering from depression, 141;
  • contrition for evil-speaking, 141;
  • reading Macaulay's "History," 142;
  • bodily suffering, 143;
  • on the influence of Sand's and Rousseau's writings, 143, 144;
  • writes review of the "Nemesis of Faith," 145;
  • translates Spinoza's "Tractatus Theologico-Politicus," 147;
  • father's death, 148.
• 1849-50:
  • Goes abroad with Mr. and Mrs. Bray, 150;
  • Geneva, life at Campagne Plongeon, 151, 152;
  • prophetic anticipation of position seven years later, 158;
  • effect of change of life, 159;
  • plans for lessons, 160;
  • finds apartments in Geneva, 164;
  • enjoyment of society, 165;
  • need of encouragement, 165;
  • life in Geneva, 169, 170;
  • yearning for friends at home, 170;
  • remarks on translations of Spinoza, 172;
  • desire for a woman's duty, 173;
  • portrait by M. d'Albert, 178;
  • remarks on education of children, 179;
  • leaving Geneva, 180.
• 1850-54: Return to England, 181;
  • reviews Mackay's "Progress of the Intellect" in Westminster, 184;
  • assistant editor of Westminster Review, 186;
  • introduced to Mr. Lewes, 189;
  • intimacy begins, 192;
  • help in despondency, 198;
  • growing intimacy with Mr. Herbert Spencer, 201;
  • dislike of scrap-work, 203;
  • visit to Edinburgh, 211;
  • an editor's life, 214, 215;
  • ill with rheumatism, 218;
  • interest in America, 219;
  • growing intimacy with Mr. Lewes, 221, 232;
  • contemplates publishing "The Idea of a Future Life," 229;
  • union with Mr. Lewes, 234, 235;
  • letter to Mrs. Bray, 235, 236.
• 1854-55:
  • Visits Antwerp with Mr. Lewes, i. 239;
  • extracts from journal, 239 et seq.;
  • Weimar, i. 240-251;
  • Berlin recollections, 251-268;
  • work at Weimar and Berlin, 268;
  • remarks on books read, 268-271;
  • return to England, 271.
• 1855-57:
  • Articles written, i. 275;
  • effect of article on Cumming, 278;
  • reading on physiology, 279;
  • miscellaneous writing, 280;
  • Spinoza's "Ethics," translation finished, 281;
  • wishes not to be known as translator, 283;
  • articles on Young and Riehl, 286;
  • tendency to scientific accuracy, 287;
  • naturalistic experiences, 288;
  • first mention of fiction-writing, 296;
  • "how I came to write fiction," 298;
  • correspondence about "Amos Barton," 300;
  • "Mr. Gilfil's Love-story" begun, 305;
  • Blackwood's high admiration of the story, 307;
  • name of George Eliot assumed, 309;
  • artistic bent, 310;
  • Caterina and the dagger scene, 313;
  • trip to the Scilly Isles, 313;
  • social life at St. Mary's, 316;
  • on conclusions of stories, 319;
  • Jersey recollections, 319-322;
  • Mr. Liggins, 323;
  • opinions of "Mr. Gilfil's Love-story," 324, 325;
  • happiness in her life, 328;
  • Blackwood's opinion of "Janet's Repentance," 329;
  • haunted by new story, 334;
  • "Adam Bede" begun, 337;
  • receives £120 for first edition of "Clerical Life," 337;
  • unbelief in others' love, 337;
  • sympathy with individuals, 339;
  • objection to theism, 339;
  • evening studies, 342;
  • Major Blackwood suspects identity of George Eliot, 324;
  • review of the year 1857.
• 1858:
  • The Times reviews of "Scenes of Clerical Life," ii. 1;
  • letter from Charles Dickens, recognizing woman's hand, 3;
  • from Froude, 3;
  • from Mrs. Carlyle, 7;
  • reveals herself to John Blackwood, 10;
  • visit to Germany, 14-46;
  • progress with "Adam Bede," 32;
  • latter half written, 42;
  • description of life at Dresden, 45;
  • history of "Adam Bede," 48-52;
  • retrospect of year, 55.
• 1859-60:
  • Reading up for "Mill on the Floss," ii. 58;
  • letter to John Blackwood on "Adam Bede," 58;
  • wishes Carlyle to read her novels, 63;
  • awakening to fame, 68;
  • Mr. Liggins said to be author of "Adam Bede," 71;
  • finished the "Lifted Veil," 75;
  • reveals herself to Brays as author of "Adam Bede," 83;
  • trip to Switzerland, 87;
  • fourth edition (5000) of "Adam Bede" sold in a fortnight, 88;
  • receives £800 beyond bargain for success, 102;
  • 16,000 sold in one year, 107;
  • Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, 115;
  • "Mill on the Floss" finished, 116;
  • start for Italy, 116.
• 1860:
  • First journey to Italy, ii. 120;
  • Rome, first sight of, 126;
  • description of Naples, 144, 145;
  • visit to Pompeii, 148;
  • Florence, 155;
  • first mention of Italian novel, 168;
  • Venice, 172;
  • home by Berne and Geneva, 181;
  • enriched with new ideas, 182.
• 1860-61:
  • "Mill on the Floss" success, ii. 185;
  • sitting to Lawrence for portrait, 194;
  • independence secured, 203;
  • the queen's admiration of "Mill on the Floss," 203;
  • success of "Silas Marner," 214;
  • second journey to Italy, 216;
  • hopeful about future work, 220;
  • began "Romola," 230;
  • studying for, 235, 236.
• 1862-65:
  • Begins "Romola" again, ii. 238;
  • offered £10,000 for "Romola" for the Cornhill, but idea given up, 244;
  • £7000 accepted under new terms, 245;
  • the effect of writing "Romola," 255;
  • continued ill-health, 256, 258;
  • letter from Frederick Maurice, 259;
  • third visit to Italy, 278;
  • trying a drama, 280;
  • retrospect of year 1864, 282;
  • "A Word for the Germans" written, 288;
  • "Felix Holt" begun, 290;
  • readings, 292;
  • expedition to Brittany, 296;
  • retrospect of 1865, 299.
• 1866:
  • Mr. Harrison's legal help in "Felix Holt," ii. 303, 304, 310;
  • offered £5000 for "Felix Holt" by Blackwood, 308;
  • visit to Holland and Germany, 312;
  • "The Spanish Gypsy" taken up again, 317;
  • reading for, 321;
  • start for Spain, 324.
• 1867:
  • Journey to Spain, iii. 1;
  • learning Spanish, 3;
  • letters from Spain, 4-9;
  • return to the Priory, 9;
  • two months' visit to North Germany, 14;
  • acquaintance with Mrs. Cross and family, 15;
  • "Address to the Working Men," 19.
• 1868:
  • Month's visit to Torquay, iii. 25;
  • "Spanish Gypsy" finished, 29;
  • notes on the "Spanish Gypsy," 30;
  • on the writing of poetry instead of novels, 36;
  • six weeks' journey to Baden, 37;
  • meditating subject of Timoleon, 49;
  • retrospect of the year, 50;
  • cheap edition of novels, 51.
• 1869-72:
  • Poem on "Agatha," iii. 55;
  • writing "How Lisa Loved the King," 56;
  • fourth visit to Italy, 57;
  • religion of the future, 62;
  • "Sonnets on Childhood" finished, 65;
  • the phenomena of spiritualism, 67;
  • the Byron scandal, 72;
  • "Legend of Jubal" begun, 73;
  • letter on the Positivist problem, 75;
  • visit to Germany, 76;
  • three days' visit to Oxford, 80;
  • growing dislike of migratory life, 82;
  • "Armgart" begun, 85;
  • industrial schemes, 90;
  • visit to Petersfield, 94;
  • visit from Tennyson, 99;
  • delight in intellectual activity, 101;
  • reception of "Middlemarch," 103;
  • Foster's "Life of Dickens," 104;
  • "Middlemarch" finished, 121;
  • a month's visit to Homburg, 122;
  • a girl gambler, 124;
  • memorial article on author of "Thorndale," 126;
  • "Maga" on "Middlemarch," 130.
• 1873-75:
  • Reception of "Middlemarch," iii. 138;
  • Dutch translation of novels, 139;
  • German reprints, 140;
  • visit to Cambridge, 147;
  • visit to the Master of Balliol, 149;
  • nine weeks' trip to the Continent, 150;
  • another book simmering in her thoughts, 157;
  • retrospect of 1873, 160;
  • cheaper edition of novels, 162;
  • "Legend of Jubal" published, 167;
  • journey to the Ardennes, 176;
  • sales of her books, 180;
  • value of early religious experience, 182;
  • not satisfied with "Deronda," 193;
  • depression in finishing, 194.
• 1876-78:
  • Public interest in "Deronda," iii. 199;
  • Mrs. Stowe's admiration of "Deronda," 202;
  • letter to J. W. Cross, 204;
  • trip to the Continent, 205;
  • Jewish appreciation of "Deronda," 209;
  • Dr. Adler's lecture on, 216;
  • Mrs. Stowe and the Byron case, 221;
  • appreciation of Tennyson, 229;
  • gaining strength at Witley, 231;
  • meets Crown Prince and Princess of Germany, 236;
  • visit to Oxford, 236;
  • Mr. Lewes's ill-health, 239;
  • reception at the Priory, 241;
  • Mr. Lewes's last illness and death, 245-247.
• 1879-80:
  • First weeks of loneliness, iii. 249;
  • announcement of "Theophrastus Such" delayed, 252;
  • project of Physiological Studentship, 254;
  • dissatisfied with "Theophrastus," 254;
  • letter to J. W. Cross asking counsel, 258;
  • reception of "Theophrastus" by the public, 263, 264;
  • serious renal attack, 265;
  • conditions for the studentship, 267;
  • renewed interest in social news, 270;
  • Dr. Roy appointed to studentship, 275;
  • death of John Blackwood, 276;
  • engagement to Mr. Cross, 279;
  • married at St. George's, Hanover Square, 283;
  • left for the Continent, 283;
  • letters from France and Italy, 284-294;
  • Mr. Cross's illness in Venice, 294;
  • arrival in England, 295;
  • recurrence of illness, 300;
  • recovery of strength, 313;
  • settled in Cheyne Walk, 313;
  • first appearance of sore throat, 315;
  • letter to Mrs. Strachey (unfinished), 316;
  • sudden death, 316.
• German editions of "Middlemarch," iii. 114.
• German poem, translation of, i. 54.
• German reading, iii. 124.
• German Revolution of '48 caused by real oppression, i. 258.
• German translation of "Adam Bede," ii. 116;
  • first volume received, 116.
• Germans, Vivier's anecdotes of, i. 264, 265;
  • domestic life of, 271.
• Germany, North, journey to, iii. 14;
  • places revisited and new scenes, 15.
• Germany, second visit to, 1854:
  • Munich, ii. 14-34;
  • Ischl, 37;
  • Vienna, 38;
  • Prague, 40;
  • Dresden, 45;
  • Leipzig, 46.
• Germany, visit to, in 1854;
  • extracts from journal: Weimar, i. 240;
  • Berlin, 251, 252.
• Gift of a vase from Miss Mary Cross, iii. 166.
• Girl gambler, a, iii. 124.
• Girton College scheme, iii. 18.
• Goethe on Spinoza, ii. 298.
• Goschen, Mr., dinner with, iii. 236;
  • meets Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, 236.
• Got's acting, iii. 101.
• Granada, the Alhambra, iii. 7;
  • view from, 8.
• Grand Chartreuse, expedition to the, iii. 285.
• Grandcourt and Lush, iii. 200.
• Grandison, Sir Charles, i. 121.
• Green, Professor T., iii. 149.
• Ground of moral action, iii. 178.
• Gurney, Mr. Edmund, iii. 147.
• Gurney, Rev. Archer, on "Scenes of Clerical Life," i. 324.
• Guthrie, Dr., address by, i. 230.

• Hamilton, Sir William, valuable contributions, i. 278.
• Hamley, Colonel (now General Sir Edward Hamley), impressions of, ii. 315;
  • thanks for letter to the Times, iii. 93.
• Handel Festival, the, ii. 82.
• Hannay, Mr., on "Romola," ii. 252.
• Happiness in recovery of health, iii. 313.
• Hare, Mrs. Julius, ii. 263;
  • her death, 273.
• Harrison, Frederic, letter to, on industrial co-operation, ii. 303;
  • his legal advice in "Felix Holt," 303;
  • more consultations with, 305, 306;
  • letter to, on æsthetic teaching, etc., 318;
  • receives a copy of "Spanish Gypsy," iii. 36;
  • consultation with, 186.
• Harrogate, its lovely walks, ii. 281.
• Haughton, Mrs., letters to:
  • on contrition for evil-speaking, i. 141;
  • on friends at home, 159;
  • on the bondage of luxuries, 177;
  • on her proof-reading, 231.
• Haunted by new story, i. 334.
• Hawthorne, admiration of, i. 208.
• Heine, article on, in Westminster, i. 279.
• Helps, Arthur, dinner with, i. 230;
  • incident in Spain, 242;
  • on "Clerical Life," ii. 2.
• Hemans's "The Forest Sanctuary," i. 57.
• Hennell, Charles, analysis of "An Inquiry Concerning the Origin of Christianity," i. 68-74;
  • his marriage, 85.
• Hennell, Miss Mary, author of "An Outline of the various Social Systems founded on the Principle of Co-operation," her death, i. 84.
• Hennell, Miss Sara, first meeting with, i. 82;
  • letters to, on mental characteristics, 84;
  • dangers of nonconformity, 89, 90;
  • translating Strauss, 92;
  • Strauss difficulties, 96;
  • title of translation, 98;
  • finishing translation, 101;
  • longing for idleness, 102;
  • thankfulness for help in translation, 103;
  • visit to Mrs. Hennell, 107;
  • desire for classics, 108;
  • relief from work, 109;
  • admiration of "Heliados," 111;
  • philosophy and religion, 121;
  • "Live and teach," 122;
  • "sweet uses" of adversity, 135;
  • depression by father's illness, 136;
  • the "Romanticist," 139;
  • a longing for sympathy, 141;
  • bodily suffering, 143;
  • return to England, 180, 181;
  • Mr. Chapman's soirées, 190;
  • delight with change of life, 206;
  • letter from Berlin, 262;
  • on essay "Christianity and Infidelity," 311;
  • peacefully busy, 334;
  • delight in Mr. Lewes's books, ii. 11;
  • on the death of a mother, 12;
  • admiration of Liebig, 25;
  • sympathy with, on her mother's death, 32;
  • letter from Dresden, 45;
  • about Mrs. Clarke, 66, 67;
  • recollections of Mr. Liggins, 72;
  • authorship acknowledged to, 83;
  • "expecting disappointments," 201, 202;
  • settled in new house, 204, 205;
  • on the blessings of good health, 229;
  • old remembrances, 233;
  • on her low health, 306;
  • a birthday letter, iii. 129.
• Hereditary misfortunes, iii. 34.
• Hereford, Dean of, i. 227.
• Herts, country-house in, iii. 186.
• Higher education of women, iii. 13, 146.
• History of "Adam Bede," ii. 48-52.
• "History of Europe," Alison's, i. 282.
• History reading, iii. 234.
• Holbein's Madonna, ii. 42.
• Holland and Germany, journey to, ii. 312;
  • the route taken, 315.
• Holland, Sir Henry, visit from, ii. 321.
• Holmwood Common, iii. 174.
• Homburg, the gaming-tables, iii. 122.
• Home, enjoyment of, iii. 208.
• Home for Girls, iii. 181.
• Home life, i. 13; iii. 107, 108.
• "Horsedealer in Syria," ii. 101.
• Housekeeping work, dislike of, i. 50.
• How I came to write fiction, i. 298-300.
• Hungarian, "Adam Bede" translated into, ii. 115.
• Hunt, Leigh, his "The Religion of the Heart," i. 226.
• Huth, Mrs. and Miss, iii. 147.
• Hutton, R. H., letter to, on "Romola," ii. 261.
• "Huxley on M. Comte," Dr. Congreve's article on, iii. 58.
• Huxley, Mr., an agreeable evening with, i. 220.
• Hyrtl, the German anatomist, ii. 39.

• "Idea of a Future Life," contemplates publishing, i. 229.
• Ilfracombe recollections: journey to, i. 285;
  • naturalistic experiences, 288;
  • zoological expeditions, 289;
  • Devonshire lanes, 289;
  • Rev. Mr. Tugwell, 290;
  • the scientific spirit, 291;
  • leave for Tenby, 292.
• Illness a partial death, iii. 155.
• Illustrations in cheap edition, not queerer than in other books, iii. 217.
• Impetuosity regretted, i. 81.
• "Impossibility of marrying," dangers of speaking of, ii. 212.
• Incentive to production, iii. 224.
• Independence of external good, i. 81.
• Indian newspaper-writing, iii. 237.
• Individual versus the general, the, iii. 33.
• Industrious poor, helping the, iii. 90.
• Inkermann, battle of, a mere brave blundering, iii. 182.
• Inman, Dr., Liverpool, ii. 114.
• Innspruck and Wildbad, iii. 294, 295.
• Intellectual activity, enjoyment of, iii. 101.
• Intellectual superciliousness, ii. 255.
• "Introduction to the Science of Language," iii. 303.
• "Iphigenia in Aulis," iii. 145.
• Irregular verses, the use of, iii. 40.
• Ischl, the Gmunden See, ii. 37;
  • voyage down the Danube, 38.
• Isle of Wight, trip to the, ii. 72, 256.
• Italian novel, first mention of, ii. 168.
• Italian studies, i. 49.
• Italy, first journey to, 1860:
  • Turin, ii. 122;
  • Genoa, 123;
  • Leghorn, 124;
  • Pisa, 125;
  • Rome, 126-144;
  • Naples, 144;
  • Salerno, 151;
  • Pæstum, 152;
  • Amalfi, 153;
  • Sorrento, 153, 154;
  • Florence, 155;
  • Bologna, 168;
    • Padua, 170;
  • Venice, 172;
  • Verona, 179;
  • Milan, 179-181.
• Italy, second journey to, ii. 216;
  • stay at Florence, 217;
  • renewed delight in, 219;
  • work during the visit, 221.
• Italy, third visit to, ii. 277;
  • Mr. Burton's companionship, 278;
  • the Alps by the St. Gothard, 278.
• Italy, fourth visit to, iii. 57;
  • places visited, 58.
• Italy, fifth visit to: Milan, iii. 288;
  • Verona, 289;
  • Venice, 291.

• "Jane Eyre," opinion of, i. 138.
• Jansa, Herr, takes lessons from, ii. 271.
• Jersey recollections, 1857:
  • scenery, i. 319;
  • inland walks, 320, 321;
  • coast beauties, 321;
  • books read, 322.
• Jesus at Emmaus, thoughts on, i. 110.
• Jewish appreciation of "Deronda," iii. 207, 216.
• Jews, dislike of, i. 125;
  • English ignorance of the, iii. 212.
• Jones, Mr. Owen, decorates the new house, ii. 265, 266.
• Journal, 1855:
  • Third book of "Ethics," preface written, i. 273;
  • Westminster Review, 274;
  • wrote for the Leader, 275.
• 1856:
  • Working at Spinoza, i. 281;
  • first mention of fiction-writing, 296;
  • "Mr. Gilfil's Love-story" begun, 305.
• 1857:
  • Pleasant letters regarding "Gilfil," i. 323, 324;
  • finished "Janet's Repentance," 336;
  • began "Adam Bede," 336;
  • books read, 342;
  • the year's work, 344.
• 1858:
  • News from the city regarding "Clerical Life," ii. 12;
  • visit to Germany, 14-46;
  • "Adam Bede" finished, 48.
• 1859:
  • A trip to Lucerne, ii. 87;
  • return to England, 88;
  • declined American offer for new story, 94;
  • anxiety and doubt about new novel, 97.
• 1860:
  • Seeing friends, ii. 114;
  • first journey to Italy, 120-182.
• 1861:
  • Second journey, ii. 216;
  • struggling constantly with depression, 227;
  • continued ill-health, 243-245;
  • despondency, 279.
• 1868:
  • Books, reading, iii. 25;
  • retrospect of year, 50.
• 1869:
  • Work in prospect, iii. 55;
  • beginning "Middlemarch," 69;
  • "Legend of Jubal" begun, 73.
• 1870:
  • In languid health, iii. 79.
• 1871:
  • First part of "Middlemarch" published, iii. 104.
• 1873:
  • Success of "Middlemarch," iii. 138;
  • retrospect of year, 159.
• 1875:
  • Sales of books, iii. 180.
• 1876:
  • Depression in writing "Deronda," iii. 194.
• 1877:
  • Cabinet edition decided on, iii. 230;
  • declined to renew copyright agreement, 230;
  • close of her journal, 233.
• 1879:
  • Seeing visitors, iii. 260.
• 1880:
  • Her marriage with Mr. Cross, iii. 283;
  • came to 4 Cheyne Walk, 311.
• Jowett, Mr., Master of Balliol, visit to, iii. 149.
• Julian the Apostate, Strauss's pamphlet on, i. 139.
• Justification in writing, iii. 173.

• Kaufmann, Dr. David, letter to, on his estimate of "Daniel Deronda," iii. 222;
  • on the function of the teacher, 226;
  • on Lewes's death, 257.
• Kenelm Chillingly, iii. 141.
• Knight, Charles, i. 202.

• La Bruyère's wisdom, iii. 235.
• Lamartine as a poet, i. 130.
• Languages, her knowledge of, iii. 305.
• La Vernia, description of, ii. 223.
• Lawrence wishes to take her portrait, ii. 115;
  • sits for it, 194.
• Lecky's "History of Rationalism," ii. 291.
• Lecture on "Daniel Deronda," by Dr. Adler, iii. 216.
• Leeds, the horrible smoke of, iii. 43;
  • its fine hospital, 44.
• "Legend of Jubal," some verses written, iii. 73;
  • published as "Legend of Jubal, and other Poems," 167;
  • new edition of, 169.
• Leghorn, the Jewish synagogue, ii. 125;
  • to Civita Vecchia, 125;
  • a pleasant companion, 126.
• Leipzig, two days at, ii. 45;
  • its picture-gallery, 45.
• Leroux, Pierre, his theories, i. 194.
• Letters to her friends almost all destroyed, ii. 207.
• "Letter to Berthelot," Renan's, ii. 269.
• Lewes, Charles, first letter to, ii. 91;
  • on musical parties, 98;
  • on liking for algebra, 106;
  • returns from Hofwyl, 185;
  • receives appointment in Post-office, 194;
  • letters from Florence to, 216, 219, 221;
  • from Isle of Wight, 257;
  • his engagement, 278;
  • letters to, on Harrison's paper, iii. 262;
  • on printing the "Problems," 276;
  • from Grenoble, 285;
  • from Milan, 288; from Venice, 291;
  • from Stuttgart and Wildbad, 294, 295;
  • on his visit to St. Blasien, 297;
  • on recurrence of illness, 300.
• Lewes, George H., i. 188;
  • first introduction to Miss Evans, 189;
  • meet at the theatre, 192;
  • article on "Julia von Krüdener," 192;
  • his Comte papers, 209;
  • growing intimacy, 221;
  • his "History of Philosophy," 227;
  • illness, 231;
  • intimate relations with Miss Evans, 232;
  • their union, 235;
  • completed life of Goethe at Weimar, 267;
  • estimation of George Eliot, 277;
  • necessity for hard work, 277;
  • proposes sending boys to Hofwyl, 284;
  • goes to Switzerland with them, 297;
  • highly pleased with "Amos Barton," 300;
  • letter to John Blackwood with MS. of "Scenes of Clerical Life," 300;
  • George Eliot revealed to John Blackwood, ii. 10;
  • suggestions in "Adam Bede," 49, 50;
  • extract from Journal, 55;
  • "Physiology of Common Life," 92;
  • "Studies in Animal Life," 113;
  • dispassionate judgment, 202;
  • delicate health, 223;
  • busy with Aristotle, 233;
  • "History of Science" begun, 243;
  • views of Bible-reading, 251;
  • buoyant nature, 290;
  • walking expedition with Mr. Spencer, iii. 15;
  • acquaintance with Mrs. Cross, 15;
  • visits Bonn, 20;
  • death of his mother, 91;
  • proposed for Rectorship of St. Andrews, 232;
  • continued illness, 240;
  • his death, 247.
• Lewes, Herbert, his death, iii. 189.
• Lewes Studentship proposed, iii. 253;
  • plans for, and trustees, 254.
• Lewes, Thornton, leaves for Natal, ii. 264;
  • returns, iii. 63;
  • his death, 73.
• Lewis, Miss, Leamington, iii. 192.
• Lewis, Miss, letters to:
  • On first visit to London, i. 28;
  • on living for eternity, 30;
  • emulation of Wilberforce, 31;
  • oratorios, 32;
  • bad effect of novels, 37;
  • religious controversies, 39;
  • first authorship, 42;
  • studies pursued, 44;
  • Italian studies, 49;
  • Mrs. Somerville's "Connection of the Physical Sciences," 50;
  • opinions of Isaac Taylor, 51;
  • German translation, 54;
  • a walled-in world, 55;
  • sensitiveness, 57;
  • war's purgations, 59;
  • satisfaction with new life, 62;
  • depression of mind, 64;
  • mind requiring rest, 65;
  • desire for brain waves, 66;
  • religious doubts and difficulties, 74, 75;
  • on self-denial, 78.
• Lichfield, recollections of, ii. 96.
• Liddell, Dean, Oxford, iii. 173.
• Liebig, Professor, ii. 23;
  • admiration of, 25, 29.
• "Life of Goethe," i. 275.
• "Lifted Veil," finished April, 1859, ii. 75;
  • the idea of the story, iii. 141.
• Liggins, Mr., first mention of, i. 323;
  • calls himself George Eliot, ii. 71;
  • some recollections of, 72;
  • Mr. Anders's apology, 78;
  • Mr. Bracebridge's letter regarding, 99.
• Limitations of scientists, iii. 182.
• Lincoln, President, anecdote of, iii. 82.
• Lincoln, the Rector of, iii. 81.
• Lincolnshire, visits to, iii. 288.
• "Lisa," writing rhymed poem on, iii. 55.
• Literary biography, iii. 163.
• Literary taste at bookstalls, iii. 51.
• Littlehampton, trip to, ii. 247.
• Liturgy of the English Church and the Bible, ii. 226.
• Living abroad, drawbacks to, iii. 203.
• Lockhart, Captain, his writings, iii. 98, 193.
• Lonely days: "here I and sorrow sit," iii. 249.
• Louis Blanc, admiration of, i. 138.
• Louis Philippe and his sons, i. 130.
• Lowell's "My Study Windows," iii. 96.
• Lucerne, a trip to, ii. 87;
  • visit from Mrs. Congreve, 87.
• Lush and Grandcourt, iii. 200.
• Lushington, Mrs. Vernon, iii. 220.
• Lyrics for "Spanish Gypsy," iii. 16.
• Lytton, Hon. Mrs. Robert (now Lady Lytton), letter of sympathy to, iii. 83;
  • on thoughts of death, 99, 100;
  • on Lord Lytton's Indian experiences, 281.
• Lytton, Hon. Robert (now Lord Lytton), on pronunciation in "Spanish Gypsy," iii. 52;
  • explanation of errors, 52.
• Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer, letter from, thanking author of "Adam Bede," ii. 74, 75;
  • visit from, 115;
  • criticises "Adam Bede," 115;
  • his criticisms of "Maggie," 190.

• Macaulay, interest in, i. 142.
• Mackay's "Progress of the Intellect" reviewed, i. 183;
  • extracts from, 183-185, 190.
• "Macmillan," article on "The Mill on the Floss" in, ii. 212.
• Macmillan, Mr., his proposal for volume on Shakespeare, iii. 231.
• Madrid, the Gallery, iii. 9.
• Madonna di San Sisto, first impression of, ii. 43.
• Main, Mr., collector of "The Wise, Witty, and Tender Sayings of George Eliot," iii. 103;
  • opinions of, 105.
• Maine, Sir Henry, on Lewes's "Physiology," iii. 267.
• Malvern, trip to, ii. 228;
  • improved health from, 230, 231.
• "Man's Nature and Development," i. 187.
• "Marie of Villefranche," by Miss Mary Cross, iii. 100.
• Marriage, possibilities in, iii. 181.
• Marriage, the ideal, iii. 142.
• Martineau, Harriet, "The Crofton Boys," i. 93;
  • meeting with, 94, 193;
  • invitation from, 197;
  • article on "Niebuhr," 203;
  • visit to, at Ambleside, 212;
  • respect for her, ii. 103;
  • her autobiography, iii. 214, 219.
• Martineau, James, i. 192;
  • critique of Kingsley's "Phaethon," 219;
  • on Sir William Hamilton, 223;
  • invitation from, 54; "Comte," 55.
• Martineau, Maria, her death, ii. 274.
• "Masculine woman," dislike of the, iii. 308.
• Masson, Mr., on Recent Philosophy, ii. 298.
• Mathematics, her love for, iii. 305.
• Matlock, recollections of, iii. 47.
• Maurice, Frederick, generous tribute from, ii. 259.
• Mazzini, asked to write on "Freedom v. Despotism," i. 194;
  • his speeches, 198.
• Mazzini Fund, the, ii. 294.
• Mazzini's death, iii. 113.
• "Meliorist," the word, iii. 217.
• Memorial article on author of "Thorndale," iii. 126.
• Mendelssohn's "Letters," iii. 84.
• Mental characteristics described, i. 84.
• "Middlemarch," writing introduction, iii. 69;
  • reading for, 71, 72;
  • the design of, 99;
  • anticipations of, 103;
  • first part published, 104;
  • French and German interest in, 112;
  • delayed by ill-health, 113;
  • £1200 from Harpers for reprint, 114;
  • finished, 121;
  • reviewed in Blackwood's Magazine, 130;
  • new edition called for, 153;
  • number sold in 1873, 160;
  • December, 1874, 20,000 sold, 180.
• Milan, the Ambrosian Library, ii. 180;
  • the "Brera," 180;
  • Church of San Ambrogio, 181;
  • the "Luini" pictures, iii. 288.
• Military men, articles by, iii. 265.
• Mill, John Stuart, his "Autobiography," iii. 158.
• "Mill on the Floss," first volume finished as "Sister Maggie," ii. 101;
  • Blackwood's proposals for, 110;
  • discussions as to title, 111;
  • Blackwood's suggestion adopted, 112;
  • Harpers, New York, give £300 for American edition, 115;
  • third volume finished, 116;
  • inscription on, 116;
  • sad at finishing, 117;
  • first and second editions (6000) sold, 185.
• Miracle play at Antwerp, the, ii. 316.
• Miscellaneous writing, i. 280.
• Misconception of others, on, ii. 197.
• "Miss Brooke," experimenting on, iii. 91.
• Mixed marriages in Germany, ii. 28.
• Modern German art, ii. 27.
• Mohl, Madame, dinner with, iii. 1.
• Moleschott, of Zurich, ii. 182.
• Molière's "Misanthrope," ii. 108.
• Mommsen's "History of Rome," ii. 264.
• Mont Cenis, passage of, ii. 120.
• Moral action, ground of, iii. 178.
• Moral sanction is obedience to facts, iii. 34.
• Morality with the "Bible shut," i. 230.
• More, Mrs. Hannah, her letters, i. 123.
• Müller, Max, ii. 239; iii. 149.
• Munich, the opera, ii. 18;
  • Samson and Delilah, 18;
  • Schwanthaler's "Bavaria," 19;
  • appreciation of Rubens, 20;
  • Catholic and Protestant worship, 21;
  • the Glyptothek and Pinnacothek, 21;
  • Kaulbach, Bodenstedt, and Genelli, 22, 23;
  • Professor Wagner, 23;
  • Professor Martius, 23;
  • Liebig, 23, 25;
  • Heyse and Geibel, 23;
  • music of the "Faust," 24;
  • Professor Löher, 24;
  • Albert Dürer's paintings, 24;
  • Bluntschli and Melchior Meyr, 25;
  • the Tafel-rund, 26;
  • the Siebolds, 26, 33;
  • Kaulbach's pictures, 27;
  • mixed marriages, 28;
  • porcelain-painting, 30;
  • Madame Bodenstedt, 30;
  • visit to Grosshesselohe, 31;
  • Lewes leaves for Switzerland, 33;
  • leaves for Dresden, 33.
• Murillo's St. Rodriguez, ii. 43.
• Music, cheap, inconveniences connected with, in England, ii. 81.
• Musical evenings with Mr. Pigott and Mr. Redford, ii. 227, 229, 230.
• Musical parties, ii. 99.
• Myers, Mr. Frederick, Cambridge, iii. 147.
• "My Vegetarian Friend," written, ii. 285.

• Nancy, the Germans at, iii. 151.
• Naples: first impressions, ii. 144;
  • visits to Baiæ, Avernus, and Misena, 145;
  • to Pozzuoli and Capo di Monte, 146;
  • the Cemetery, 147;
  • Museo Borbonico, 147;
  • Pompeii, 148;
  • its remains, 149;
  • beauty of, 150;
  • the pictures at, 151;
  • Giotto's frescoes, 151;
  • leave for Florence, 154.
• Nearness of death, imagining the, iii. 170.
• Negative attitude unsatisfactory, iii. 156.
• "Nemesis of Faith," reviews the, i. 145;
  • note from Froude, 145.
• New house, enjoyment of, ii. 269, 270.
• Newman, Francis, i. 140; iii. 165.
• Newman's "Apologia," ii. 280.
• Newman's, J. H., "Lectures on the Position of Catholics," i. 192.
• New misery in writing, i. 227.
• New Year's wishes, iii. 139.
• Nichol's "Architecture of the Heavens," i. 65.
• Nightingale, Miss Florence, note from, i. 206; ii. 61.
• Noel, Mr., i. 191.
• Nonconformity, effect of, i. 79;
  • dangers of, 90.
• Normandy, trip to, ii. 296.
• North British, favorable review, ii. 199.
• Notes on the "Spanish Gypsy," iii. 30, 31.
• Novel-writing, suspected of, i. 108.
• Nuneaton, riot at, i. 20.
• Nürnberg, description of, ii. 14;
  • its roofs and balconies, 15;
  • the Frauen-Kirche, 16;
  • effect of Catholic "Function," 17;
  • Albert Dürer's house, 17.

• Old people's judgments, i. 118.
• "Old Town Folks," appreciation of, iii. 66.
• Oliphant, Lawrence, and the colonizing of Palestine, iii. 252.
• Oliphant, Mrs., the novelist, ii. 11.
• Once a Week, a story requested for, ii. 104, 106.
• Oratorios at Birmingham, i. 53.
• Oratorios condemned, i. 32.
• Orientals, English attitude towards, iii. 211.
• Osborne, Bernal, on "Deronda," iii. 200.
• Otter, Francis, letter to, on his engagement, iii. 180, 181.
• Owen, Professor, i. 202;
  • on the cerebellum, 210;
  • sends his "Palæontology," ii. 116.
• Owen, Robert, i. 86.
• Oxford, first visit to, iii. 80;
  • people met with, 80.
• Oxford Tracts and Christian Year, i. 48.

• Padua, Church of San Antonio, ii. 170;
  • the Arena Chapel, 171;
  • Giotto's painting, 171.
• Pæstum, the Temple of Neptune, ii. 152.
• Paris, visit to Comte's apartment, ii. 286.
• Parkes, Miss (Madame Belloc), friendship with, i. 195; iii. 289.
• "Pascal," by Principal Tulloch, iii. 235.
• Passionate affliction, defence against, iii. 84.
• Patience, the need of, iii. 128.
• "Paul Bradley," by Mrs. Bray, iii. 164.
• Pays no visits in London, ii. 215.
• Peabody, George, his magnificent gift, ii. 245.
• Pears, Mrs., letters to: on religious difficulties, i. 76;
  • on desire for truth, 77;
  • on her impetuosity, 81;
  • her friendship with Mr. Robert Evans, 147.
• Penmaenmawr, ii. 96.
• Permanent influence of ideas, the, iii. 89.
• Persistence in application, iii. 304.
• Personal bearing, her, iii. 310.
• Personal portraiture objected to, iii. 228.
• Personality, independence of our, iii. 84.
• Phenomena of spiritualism, the, iii. 67.
• Philosophical Club, first meeting of, ii. 248;
  • dissolution of, 253.
• "Philosophy of Necessity," the, i. 339.
• Phrenological indications, i. 78.
• Phrenology, the position of, i. 340.
• Physiological reading, i. 279.
• Physiological Studentship, the purpose of, iii. 256.
• "Physiology for Schools," Mrs. Bray's, ii. 267.
• Pigott, Mr. Edward Smith, i. 293.
• Pisa, description of, ii. 125;
  • the cathedral, 125.
• Pity and fairness, where requisite, iii. 228.
• Plain living and high thinking, iii. 161.
• Plombières and the Vosges, iii. 150.
• Poem in Christian Observer, i. 43.
• Poetry instead of novels, on writing, iii. 36.
• Poetry of Christianity, i. 93; ii. 251.
• Poets, the value of, iii. 184.
• Political and religious standpoint, iii. 308.
• Pompeii and its remains, ii. 149, 150, 154.
• Ponsonby, Hon. Mrs. (now Lady Ponsonby), letter to, on the idea of God an exaltation of human goodness, etc., iii. 176;
  • on the desire to know the difficulties of others, 184;
  • on excess of public-houses, 188;
  • on pity and fairness, 228.
• Poor, helping industrious, iii. 90.
• "Popular author," characteristics of the, ii. 59.
• Popular Concerts, Monday, ii. 204, 248.
• Popular judgment of books, iii. 62.
• Popular preacher, a, iii. 87.
• Positivism in "The Spanish Gypsy," iii. 49.
• Positivism regarded as one-sided, ii. 224.
• Possession, the sense of, iii. 306.
• Power of the will, the, iii. 179.
• Poyser, Mrs., her dialogue, ii. 54;
  • quoted in House of Commons, 69.
• Prague: the Jewish burial-ground, ii. 40;
  • impressive view, 41.
• Preacher, a popular, criticised, iii. 87.
• Presentation copies never sent, ii. 216.
• Press notices of "Adam Bede," ii. 60.
• "Pretended comforts," ii. 296.
• Prince Albert, admiration of, i. 202.
• Printed rancor, on, iii. 221.
• Priory, receptions at the, iii. 241.
• Private correspondence almost all destroyed, ii. 207.
• Private theatricals, i. 176, 178.
• "Problems of Life and Mind," by G. H. Lewes, iii. 203, 210.
• Prospective Review, i. 219;
  • on Goethe, 224.
• Psychical troubles, i. 232.
• Public-houses, excess of, iii. 188.
• Public interest in "Deronda," iii. 199.
• Public school and University education, iii. 309.
• Publishing books, on different methods of, iii. 190, 191.
• "Pug," letter to John Blackwood on, ii. 91.

• Quackery of infidelity, i. 89.
• Quarterly on "The Mill on the Floss," ii. 201.
• Queen's admiration of "The Mill on the Floss," ii. 203.
• Quiet joy in success, ii. 72.
• Quirk, Mr., finally renounces Liggins, ii. 96.

• Race characteristics, i. 125.
• Ragatz, "The Cure" at, iii. 206;
  • gain in health from, 210.
• Rancor, on printed, iii. 221.
• Rawlinson, Professor, iii. 80.
• Reade, Charles, on "Adam Bede," ii. 70.
• Reading aloud, the effect of her, iii. 302, 303.
• Reading world very narrow, iii. 131.
• Reeves, Sims, singing "Adelaide," ii. 205.
• Religion and art, i. 126;
  • the development of, iii. 62.
• Religious controversies, i. 39, 47;
  • aspirations, 63;
  • doubts and difficulties, 74, 76;
  • forms and ceremonies, ii. 205;
  • assemblies, the need of, iii. 156;
  • and political standpoint, 308.
• Renan, estimate of, ii. 269;
  • his appearance, iii. 3.
• Renan's "Vie de Jésus," ii. 260.
• Renunciation, on, iii. 35.
• Repugnance to autobiography, iii. 221.
• Responsibility of authorship, ii. 89.
• Retrospect of year 1819, i. 4, 5;
  • of 1857, 346;
  • of 1858, ii. 55;
  • of 1864, 285;
  • of 1865, 300;
  • of 1868, iii. 50;
  • of year 1873, 159.
• Reviews, effect of, ii. 192;
  • abstains from reading, 193.
• Reviews of "Spanish Gypsy," iii. 40, 44.
• Revolution, sympathy with, i. 130.
• Revolutionary spirit, i. 138.
• "Revue des Deux Mondes," review of "Adam Bede," ii. 105;
  • Lewes accepts editorship of periodical on plan of, ii. 287.
• Rewards of the artist, the, ii. 107.
• Richmond Park, the charms of, i. 326;
  • sunset effects, 341.
• Riehl's "Die Familie," i. 344.
• Ritualistic services at Ryde, iii. 91.
• Rive, M. le Professeur de la, his lectures, i. 175, 177.
• Romance in real life, a, ii. 258, 259.
• Rome: from Civita Vecchia to, ii. 126;
  • first sight of, 126;
  • disappointed with, 127;
  • view from the Capitol, 128;
  • the Sabine and Alban hills, 128;
  • the temples and palaces, 129;
  • the arches and columns, 129, 130;
  • the Coliseum and baths, 130;
  • the Lateran and Vatican sculptures, 131;
  • St. Peter's, 132;
  • mediæval churches, 133;
  • Sistine chapel, 133;
  • palaces, 133, 134;
  • illumination of St. Peter's, 134;
  • the Quirinal, 134;
  • San Pietro in Vincoli, 134;
  • Michael Angelo's "Moses," 135;
  • modern artists, 135;
  • Riedel and Overbeck, 136;
  • Pamfili Doria gardens, 137;
  • Villa Albani and Frascati, 137;
  • Tivoli, 138;
  • pictures at the Capitol, 139;
  • the Lateran Museum, 139;
  • Shelley's and Keats's graves, 140;
  • removal to apartments, 142;
  • the French occupation, 143;
  • beautiful mothers and children, 143;
  • the Pope's blessing, 144.
• "Romola," first conception of, ii. 197;
  • began the first chapter, 230;
  • studying for, 234;
  • begins it again, 238;
  • Smith offers £10,000 for it to appear in the Cornhill, 244;
  • £7000 accepted, 245;
  • slow progress in writing, 246, 250;
  • opinions of, 252;
  • strain of writing, 255;
  • finished Part XIII., 255;
  • completion of, 256;
  • application to translate into Italian, iii. 216.
• Rosehill, visit to, i. 193.
• Roundell, Mr. and Mrs. Charles, iii. 149.
• Roy, Dr. Charles, elected Lewes Physiological student, iii. 275;
  • his treatise on "Blood Pressure," 298.
• Rubens, appreciation of, ii. 20.
• Rumors of authorship, ii. 13.
• Ruskin and Alfieri, reading, iii. 292.
• Ruskin's Works, opinion of, ii. 5.
• Ryde, visit to, iii. 91;
  • ritualistic service at, 91.

• Salerno, visit to, ii. 151.
• Salzburg, description of scenery, ii. 36.
• Sand's, George, "Lettres d'un Voyageur," i. 122.
• Saragossa, the old cathedral, iii. 5.
• Saturday Popular Concerts, last visit to, iii. 315.
• Saturday Review, the, i. 281.
• Saveney on "La Physique Moderne," iii. 3.
• Scarborough, visit to, ii. 281.
• "Scenes of Clerical Life:" "Sad Fortunes of Amos Barton," i. 299;
  • offered to Blackwood, 300;
  • accepted, 304;
  • sensitiveness of author, 304;
  • "Mr. Gilfil's Love-story" begun, 305;
  • "Amos Barton," published in January (1856) Magazine, 305;
  • opinions regarding authorship, 308, 309;
  • assumes the name of George Eliot, 310;
  • Caterina and the dagger scene, 313;
  • "Mr. Gilfil" finished, 319;
  • epilogue to, 319;
  • opinions of, 324;
  • "Janet's Repentance" begun, 326;
  • Blackwood's opinion of, 328;
  • increased circulation, 342;
  • favorable opinions of, ii. 10.
• Scherer, Professor, Geneva, iii. 8.
• School-fellows, excels her, i, 19.
• Schwalbach, description of, ii. 312.
• Scientists, limitations of, iii. 182.
• Scilly Islands, recollections of: St. Mary's, i. 314;
  • Beauties of the coast, 314;
  • sunlight on the waves, 315;
  • social life, 316.
• Scotch Reign of Terror, disbelief in a, i. 132.
• Scotland, trip to, i. 97; visit to, ii. 275.
• Scott Commemoration, afraid of journey to, iii. 97, 98.
• Scott, Life of Sir Walter, ii. 61.
• Scrap-work, dislike of, i. 203.
• Sculpture and painting, i. 127.
• Sensibility to criticism, ii. 63.
• Sequel to "Adam Bede" proposed, ii. 100.
• Shakespeare's "Passionate Pilgrim," i. 273.
• Shakespeare, the acting preferred to the reading, ii. 109.
• Shakespeare, volume on, requested by Macmillan, iii. 231.
• Sheffield, visit to, iii. 46; early recollections of, 46.
• Shelley's "Cloud," i. 53.
• Shottermill, life at, iii. 94.
• Sibree, John, letters to, i. 123;
  • on "Tancred" and D'Israeli, 123, 124;
  • race characteristics, 125;
  • religion and art, 126;
  • painting and sculpture, 127;
    • sympathy with him, 128;
  • necessity of utterance, 132;
  • desire for a change, 133.
• Sibree, Miss Mary (Mrs. John Cash), her recollections of Miss Evans at Coventry, i. 113-116;
  • letter to, 327.
• Sidgwick, Mr. Henry, iii. 147.
• Siebold the anatomist, ii. 26.
• Siena, expedition to, ii. 164;
  • the Cathedral, 164, 165;
  • its paintings, 165.
• "Silas Marner, the Weaver of Raveloe," a sudden inspiration, ii. 204;
  • story begun, 207;
  • its sombre character, 210;
  • subscription to, 5500, 212.
• Silence of the country, iii. 107.
• "Silly Novels by Lady Novelists," article on, finished, i. 297.
• Simpson, Mr. George, Edinburgh, letter to, iii. 135;
  • proposed a yet cheaper edition of novels, 162;
  • author's regret at not adopting the plan, 162.
• "Small upper room" 1866 years ago, comparison with, ii. 285.
• Smith, Albert, on "Amos Barton," i. 308.
• Smith, Barbara (Madame Bodichon), i. 205, 295.
  • See Madame Bodichon.
• Smith, Mr. George, offers £10,000 for "Romola," to appear in the Cornhill, ii. 244;
  • accepted for £7000, 245.
• Smith, Mrs. William, letters to, on the Memoir of her husband, iii. 126, 142;
  • on the higher education of women, 146;
  • on her poems, 160.
• Smith, Sydney, anecdote of, ii. 299.
• Smith, William, author of "Thorndale," ii. 5, 212;
  • his illness, iii. 109;
  • his death, 119;
  • memoir of, 185.
• Social dangers, i. 56.
• Somerville's, Mrs., "Connection of the Physical Sciences," i. 50.
• "Sonnets on Childhood," iii. 65.
• Sorrento, visit to, ii. 153;
  • its neighborhood, Vico, and the Syren Isles, 154.
• Spain, set off on journey to, ii. 324;
  • return home, iii. 9.
• "Spanish Gypsy," reading for, ii. 280;
  • first act finished, 283;
  • taken up again, 317;
  • reading for, 321;
  • recommenced in new form, 321;
  • reading for, iii. 15;
  • Mr. Lewes's opinion of, 22;
  • shortening of, 29;
  • finished, 29;
  • notes on, 30;
  • the motif of the poem, 30;
  • reviews of, 39, 40;
  • second and third editions, 42, 45;
  • reprinted in Germany, 140;
  • number sold in 1873, 160;
  • fifth edition published, 180.
• Spanish grammar, studying, ii. 282.
• Spanish, new system of learning, iii. 3;
  • scenery, 4;
  • travelling, 6.
• Speke, Captain, the African traveller, ii. 95, 101.
• Spencer, Herbert, first meeting with, i. 187;
  • intimacy with, 201, 203;
  • "Universal Postulate," 225;
  • "Genesis of Science," 234;
  • Essays, 371;
  • his influence on Lewes, ii. 55, 56;
  • enthusiastic letter from, 89;
  • his new work, 206;
  • visit from, 276;
  • introduces Lewes to Mrs. Cross, iii. 15;
  • his teaching, 184;
  • last visit from, 315.
• Spencer, Mr., senior, teacher, ii. 272.
• Spinoza's "Ethics," desires not to be known as translator, i. 283.
• Spinoza's "Tractatus Theologico-Politicus," i. 147, 172.
• Spiritualistic evidence, iii. 111;
  • phenomena, 116.
• "Spiritual Wives," a nasty book, iii. 130.
• Spiritualism, the phenomena of, iii. 67;
  • one aspect of, 117.
• Splügen Pass, journey across, ii. 181.
• Springs of affection reopened, iii. 280.
• Stachelberg and Klönthal, iii. 207.
• Staffordshire, first journey to, i. 15.
• Stanley, Lord, his opinion of the "Scenes," i. 325.
• Statesman review of "Clerical Life," ii. 6.
• Stella Collas in "Juliet," ii. 259.
• Stephenson, George, one of her heroes, ii. 241.
• St. Blasien, in the Schwarz Wald, iii. 207.
• St. Leonards, visit to, i. 223.
• St. Paul's, charity children singing, i. 203.
• Stories, on conclusions of, i. 319.
• Stowe, Mrs., Miss Cobbe's rejoinder to, ii. 253;
  • letters to, iii. 60;
  • on early memories of, 60;
  • the popular judgment of books, 61;
  • the development of religion, 62;
  • a woman's experience, 63;
  • on appreciation of "Old Town Folks," 66;
  • Professor Stowe's psychological experience, 67;
  • phenomena of spiritualism, 67;
  • on the benefits of country quiet, 110;
  • on spiritualistic phenomena, 116;
  • on Goethe, 175;
  • on her admiration for "Deronda," 202;
  • on the Jewish element in "Deronda," 211.
• Stowe, Mrs., letter to Mrs. Follen, i. 220.
• Stowe, Professor, his psychological experience, iii. 66;
  • a story by, iii. 129.
• Strachey, Mrs., letter to (unfinished), iii. 315.
• "Stradivarius," referred to, iii. 228.
• Strain of writing "Romola," ii. 255.
• Strauss, translation of, i. 90, 94;
  • delay in publication, 95;
  • difficulties, 96;
  • title, 98;
  • finishing translation, 101;
  • Miss Hennell's help in translation, 103;
  • review of, 109;
  • interview with, 240;
  • renewed acquaintance with, ii. 46.
• Strength while abroad, iii. 301.
• Stuart, Mrs., visit from, iii. 255.
• Study, enjoyment of, ii. 322.
• Studying for "Romola," ii. 234, 240, 246, 249, 250.
• Sturgis, Julian, high opinion of, iii. 257.
• Sully, James, letter to, on Mr. Lewes's articles, iii. 260, 269, 273;
  • thanking him for proof-reading, 274.
• "Sunshine through the Clouds," i. 233.
• Surrey, enjoyment, iii. 170.
• Surrey hills preferred to the sea-side, iii. 272.
• Swansea, cockle-women at, i. 292.
• Swayne, Rev. Mr., his delight with "Mr. Gilfil's Love-Story," i. 311.
• Switzerland, letters during residence in 1849, i. 151-179.
• Sympathy, with other women, iii. 100;
  • the necessity of, ii. 269;
  • recovery of, iii. 293.

• Tauchnitz offers for "Clerical Life," ii. 52;
  • offers £100 for German reprint of "Adam Bede," 115.
• Taylor, Isaac, influence of, i. 51.
• Taylor, Mrs. Peter, i. 196;
  • sympathy with, 197;
  • letters to, 218, 219;
  • generous letter from, with reply, 293, 294;
  • on her domestic position, ii. 213, 214;
  • letter to, on Christmas at Weybridge, iii. 159;
  • on difficulties of note writing, 181;
  • on the Lewes Studentship, 273.
• Taylor, Professor Tom, i. 201.
• Tenby, zoological delights, i. 293;
  • St. Catherine's Rock, 295;
  • work done here, 295;
  • Mr. Pigott's visit, 296;
  • leave and return to Richmond, 297.
• Tennyson, appreciation of, iii. 229.
• "Terror" in religious education, iii. 48.
• Thackeray, Miss, "The Story of Elizabeth," ii. 299;
  • her marriage, iii. 225.
• Thackeray's "Esmond," i. 214;
  • opinion of "Gilfil's Love-Story," 323;
  • favorable opinion of "Clerical Life," ii. 10.
• "The Impressions of Theophrastus Such," MS. sent to publishers, iii. 245;
  • publication postponed, 252;
  • third edition about sold out, 268.
• Theism, objection to, i. 339, 340.
• Thirlwall, Bishop, story of, iii. 228.
• Thompson, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, iii. 149.
• Thorns in actual fame, ii. 90.
• Thorwaldsen's Christ scourged, i. 126.
• "Thoughts in Aid of Faith," by Miss Hennell, ii. 186, 188, 195;
  • favorable view of, by Miss Nightingale and Miss Julia Smith, 190.
• "Thoughts in Aid of Faith," ii. 73.
• Thoughts on death, iii. 100;
  • on early death, ii. 290.
• Tichborne trial, the, iii. 106;
  • Coleridge's address, 107.
• Times reviews "Adam Bede," ii. 73;
  • letter to, denying Liggin's authorship, 74.
• Titian's paintings, ii. 43, 45.
• "Too good to be true," i. 140.
• Torquay, visit to, iii. 25.
• Toulon to Nice, drive from, ii. 216, 217.
• Town life, depression of, ii. 203.
• Tragedy, notes on, iii. 32.
• Translator's difficulties, a, i. 99.
• Traunstein, our fellow-travellers at, ii. 35.
• Trèves, a visit to, iii. 122.
• Trollope, Anthony, his "Orley Farm," delightful letter from, ii. 246.
• Truth, desire for, i. 77.
• Truth of feeling a bond of union, i. 88.
• Tryan, Rev. Mr., an ideal character, i. 332.
• Tulloch, Principal, his "Pascal," iii. 235.
• Turguenieff, M., iii. 209.
• Turin: Count Cavour, ii. 122;
  • Prince de Carignan, 122.
• Tylor's "Primitive Culture," iii. 118.
• Tyndall, Professor, "On the Constitution of the Universe," ii. 299.

• University and public school education, iii. 309.
• Use of irregular verses, iii. 40.
• "Utopias," poem on, ii. 286.

• Venice: the Grand Canal by moonlight, ii. 172;
  • San Marco and Doge's Palace, 173;
  • pictures in the palace, 173;
  • interior of St. Mark's, 174;
  • "Death of Peter the Martyr," 175;
  • the Scuola di San Rocco, 176;
  • Tintoretto and Titian, 176;
  • Giovanni Bellini and Palma Vecchio, 177;
  • sunset on the Lagoon, 177;
  • Piazza of San Marco, 178;
  • a remarkable picture, 178.
• Verona, the church of San Zenone, ii. 179;
  • the tombs of the Scaligers, 179.
• Veronese, his "Finding of Moses," etc., ii. 44.
• Via Mala, its grand scenery, ii. 182.
• Vienna: Belvedere pictures, ii. 39;
  • the Liechtenstein collection, 39;
  • Hyrtl, the anatomist, 39;
  • journey to Prague, 40.
• "Villette," i. 220.
• Vision of others' needs, iii. 177.
• Vision-seeing subjective, iii. 116.
• "Visiting my Relations," a volume of poetry from the authoress of, ii. 97.

• Wales, visit to, iii. 189.
• Wallace's "Eastern Archipelago," iii. 118.
• Wallington, Miss, her school at Nuneaton, i. 15.
• Walt Whitman, motto from, iii. 200.
• Wandsworth, takes new house at, ii. 59.
• Warwickshire magistrate, correspondence with, ii. 97.
• "Waverley," writes out, i. 16.
• Weimar recollections: interview with Strauss, i. 240;
  • the Dichter Zimmer, 240;
  • Scholl, 240;
  • excursion to Ettersburg, 241;
  • Arthur Helps, 242;
  • Goethe's beech, 242;
  • expedition to Ilmenau, 242;
  • Wagner's operas, 243;
  • "Der Freischütz," 243;
  • Schiller's house, 244;
  • Goethe's house, 244;
    • his study, 245;
  • the Gartenhaus, 246;
  • the Webicht, 247;
  • Marquis de Ferrière, 247;
  • Liszt on Spontoni, 248;
  • breakfast with, 249;
  • his playing, 250;
  • his trophies, 250;
  • our expenses, 251;
  • work at and books read, 268-271;
  • wrote article on "Madame de Sablé," 268;
  • remarks on books read, 269-271;
  • return to England, 271.
• Westminster, the, on "Essays and Reviews," ii. 200.
• Westminster Review, assistant editor of, i. 186;
  • heavy work, 193;
  • its difficulties, 227;
  • wishes to give up editorship, 229.
• Westminster reviewers, i. 199, 200, 205, 210.
• Weybridge, Christmas visit to, iii. 71, 140, 159.
• Wharton's "Summary of the Laws relating to Women," i. 220.
• Whitby, visit to, iii. 85.
• Wicksteed's review of Strauss's translation in "Prospective," i. 109.
• Wilberforce, emulation of, i. 31.
• Wildbad to Brussels, iii. 295.
• Will, power of the, iii. 179.
• Wilson, Andrew, the "Abode of Snow," iii. 190.
• Witley, house bought at, iii. 215;
  • life at, 240;
  • Sunday receptions, 241.
• Wolseley, Sir Garnet, iii. 198.
• Woman's duty, yearning for a, i. 173;
  • earnings, 282;
  • full experience, iii. 63;
  • constancy, on, 92, 93.
• Womanhood, her ideal of, iii. 308.
• Women's Colleges, iii. 309.
• Woolwich Arsenal, a visit to, iii. 176.
• Wordsworth's Poems, i. 45.
• Wordsworth's Thoughts on Humanity, iii. 280.
• Work at Weimar and Berlin, i. 268.
• World of light and speech, iii. 185.
• Writing under difficulties, ii. 307.

• Young, discontent of the, iii. 213.
• Young Englandism, no sympathy with, i. 124.
• Young men, desire to influence, iii. 18.
• Yorkshire, visit to, iii. 41.

• Zoological Gardens, pleasure in, ii. 209;
  • friendship with the Shoebill, 209.