, 1880-12-24
TIE DEATH OF GEORGE ELIOT.

TIE DEATH OF GEORGE ELIOT.
The cable dispatches bring tho sail fntclli-
gcnco Ut the death of Mrs. John Walter |
Cross, the distinguished novelist, better
ki1nwh the world oyrr M George Eliot. She
Illness, and passed away quietly mud pain.
icsly out Ut worl,l III which sha las
played 40 Important part, rich ft rcars. anu
with fame the most ilnstrions, perhaps, ever
attained by woman in the field OF literature.
She wns horn III Wnrwtckshlrc, England, III
1870, the daughter ct poor Clergyman, who
could not educate lier. That grateful duty,
80 richly rcpasd, was performed by another
Clergyman, who adopted her. 11er youthful
days were characterized by Il remarkable
scholarship md equally remarkable ease
In acquiring and retaining knowledge,
md by intellectual gifts rarc In ono
SO young. She WIS conscious Of them
l,orself, and. inpcllcd by the desire
to iAnke her own living, sllo went
10 J.ontton when only e3 years Of ago and
adopted literature nsn profession. She COLL
lncnccd l,cr carccr by writing for the pcrfoll-
icals, selecting tho statd ami conservative
qttnrtcrtcs, where her ability was so c!enrly
shown tint her pnpcrs soon attracted wldc
attention. I'll her nth year stu commenced
her cnrecr ts Il novcl-w1itcr,-thet1 field which
wns to insure her permanent reputatiUn.-lcr
first effort being II series OF sketches printed
III l}idch,coops lfngaztnc under tho titlc Of
"Sccncs Of Clerical Ltfe,"-n subject with
which she was thoroughly familiar, btlt
which was handled IN such IN original aisu
mastery way Tint 1t matle great SUCCESS
md provoked much speculation MS TO tho
identity Of the writer. This was followed by
Adam Dcdc," ono Of tho most Widely
circulated novels ever written by man
or woman. 1t was translated Into
nearly NIL modern tongres, nnl acl,levcd n
success wllcs, Inns hardly been parallelet III
MODERN literature. Tho Whole world rec
ogilEzed new and brilliant light III tsc
literary armament, mil eagerly Wnited tof
new revelations. They cano rnpldly,-thc
Mill OH tic Floss" Ronlola," Sllns
Marncr," "Festx lloIt," AlluaicmafciI'"
md "DAnicl Deronta" quickly following
cacll other, aad each one exi'loittng moro
widespread research, deeper thought more
profound analysis, and closer gFapple with
tho great questions Of tho tlny. Size brought
to them keen observation. wonderful
h'h'! oAo ~ --o :.
hunor and patl'os, and eannl powers OF
philosophy and metaphysics, besides Il mas
cullno grasp OF thought and strength Ill aea''
fng with tho problems OF life which arc TOO
nbstr"se Tor merely tailclt1l or speculative
writer's to handle. III religious oe'let
she wns Nationalist; III her relations
to the world she was thoroughly unconveIa-
tional, MS NIL such strone natures nfo apt 10
be, and in this regard was law unto her
self. The great success or hef "Auasn
Dcdo" brought her Into Intimate relations
with tho grcat writers Of England. among
them Dickens, Thnckeray, Charles Neauc,
Loves, MD others, md between herself a1'tl
the Inter MI intiInate attachment sprahg up.
FThcy Ind many points In common. Both
were deep thinkers, and pl1llosoplical vein
ran through, tue writings OF each. Lcwes
was married man, but was not living with
Ills wife, who Ind been faltl''css to him. lle
was man Of fstronEly-pronounccd qllalltEcs,