River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-05-27
George ElliOt's Marriage.

Miss Marian Evans George Elliott,
the wellknown English novelist. was
married yesterday to Mr.. Cross.
Marian G. Evans, better known as
George Eliot" is, by general consent,
the greatest living female writer. She
was born in Warwickshire, England,
about 1920, her father being poor
curate of the Established Church.
When a child she became the protege
of one of her fathers friends, wealthy
clergyman, under whose roof she re-
ceived fine education, conducted by
private tutors. She displayed an aston
ishing avIdity for all kinds of knowl-
edge, and tasked the capacity of her
instructors to the utmost. With laud-
able desire to make herself independent
of the support she received from her
benefactor, and having, moreover, en-
braced theological opinions widely diff
ferent from his, she came to Londo..
when about % years Of age with the
deliberate purpose of supporting her
self by her pen. Her first engagements
were naturally upon the weekly liter
airy journals, but she soon gained access
to FTGzer's and Blockloood's magazine,
and not much later began to contribute
articles bearing the stamp of learning
and thoughtfulness to the Edinb,ug and
Westminster reviews upon topics usually
reserved for masculine philosophers.
Not many years elapsed before she be-
came the virtual editor of the Westn,i,t-
ster, the organs of the advanced liberals
in philosophy, religion, and politics.
Her first publication in book form was
a translation of Strauss celebrated Life
of Christ" published anonymously in
1916. She became known and appreci-
ated by that remarkable circle Of
writers which clustered around John
Stuart Mill, and received personal in
struction from Herbert Spencer, who
was but little her senior, and who is said
to have offered her his hand. Her tales
and sketches in BIackaoood, afterward
reprinted as "Scenes of Clerical Life"
displayed a remarkable knowledge of
the inner circles of theological opinion
in England. In 1859 she published her
first novel, "Adam Bede," which took
the literary world by storm and remains
one of the chief titles of her fame This
was followed in 1860 by the "Mill on
the Floss" in 1861 by "Silas Manner" in
1868 by "Romola," a graphic tale of
Florentine life in the times of Savonoro-
la; in 1866 by "Felix Holt, the Radi-
cal"; in 1871 by "Middlemarch"; and
in 1875 by "Daniel Deronda," all Of
which are well known to American
readers, and placed her at the head OF
the writers of her sex in England. She
also wrote several poems.-"The Span
ish Gypsy" Agatha" and "The Legend
of Jabal, which are highly appreci-
ated by the small circle of thinkers
whose opinions i'll art, philosophy, and
religion they represent, Many years
ago Miss Evans allied herself with the
distinguished philosopher George Hen.
ry Lewes. II was impossible to form
legal marriage, on account of techni-
cal or legal difficulties springing from
an earlier marriage on the part of Mr.
Lewes. Since the death of Mr.. Lewes
in November, 1873, she has edited two
posthumous volumes of his treatise or
philosophy. Mrs. Cross is said to have
earned $250,000 by her pen. She is o
medium hight, has large features, gray
eyes, gray hair, and sweet voice. She
is not handsome, but possesses such q
| fascination in conversation as to Danish
all consciousness that her personal ap
pearance does not entirely correspond
to the high standard of her character
and intelligence.