The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-02

must have caused some amusement In a house.
E RHtS V Sa a.t then D' Ssiains Is Alter aGss II k TSash S SsSNT e.
P ps,S I ,s sss publisher sSlt;ss sr informed { sn"S ss the a pnIkknSyn
about ANYTHING of real merit. Some OF my
friends praise 1t very much, some condemn, I
about tho best men going Icol. Hnmicy and Prof,
A!yttonnl; DECLARING dead against Amos
lect ever differing in opinion before. He
thought. tho writer very possibly q man of
s 8 mnS 81 ps sei sot 9 RR%s sS osoar Mc,f0 To- T mS i Ss,ot Of
from some OF tho ILLUSTRATIONS. 1 forget whether
the sS' Ms soH to o Th hSSSs ssa' I sa nsd 10 sh Sim, Pc, PS5t yS OF
know ] have lighted upon a new author who 10
uncommonly like a flrst-class passenger
showed him q page or two-I think the passage
where the curite returns home and Milly is first
INTRODUCED. He would not pronounce whether
forward that he would have liked to read more.''
II is well known that Amos Barton" aroused
author how It caused the Garrick Club to min.
gle tears with their ,potations. and he
p]raciiccd upon him: ut will be great run il You
are a member OF that society and hear. yourself
d as inssSnit ! s SyInbonsb b %lsh - your SrGoS Se ,h re for
arst namber Of Mr.. GiiSi's Love- story y""' Cams me
yelled. still timid and shrinking, though BY this
The correspondence was kept UP with this icti.
tious character for some, three years, and al.
interview. with George Eliot. It was not until
she eplSS9 20 b OF I lbs ph, h Lnr t6o i imBpostoT yhS
the real author was disclosed to the public. '""'
II is vol known that Adam Bedc followed
scenes from CLERICAL Life" and evoked oven
pleased with the criticisms which the publishers
were accustomed to offer. and. also. In ono OF
proofreador; Tho printers reader made a
correction after saw the proof. and though he
ver,y, liable to overlook mistakes, /. In this case.
PARTICULARS, object TO his alteration. and 1 mon:
has eveEywher Ss" .snbst III ted 0 the S FORM the
Misses so;and;so, for the Miss ~so.and.so's,'
fio form %nn shase 'n England Sn The is SSee 81 e %is.gBs ns.
aPd to q n the t fS9nE corvl ,S of ssshnOo9,IlI%i stresses;
society. and caused the most d nissaSa Z, s ioie
IN an easy. style of narrative or description"
T The s RSy snss n SeSs or t S}s let sot the p%bli shs . see
s Psai,Sns EAP:a'SsG ny W ' IMPRESSION sessE IF IN ra"nSs,' Over Ks;
Blackwood had objected is, that readers viii
perceive. whit is the fact, that l am not in the
rosi 't and eone a'SaOp: or Af idoa %o and % %ar tissss
B BSt my s stores so sro Of rp 9So former tTas Il sh0 I un %SSy!
take p to o,s eXhib itn nothing as It should be; only
arc seen through h such a medium ma as my own Svnn ma.
ture gives me. The moral effect of tho stories,
Of course. depends, on my seeing truly and feel.
ing justly, and as l am not conscious of looking
at things through the medium of cynicism or ir.
reverence. 1 can't help hoping that there 10 no
tendency in what said to produce these misera.
After the great success of Adam Bede." the
author demurrcd to the suggestion Of printing
her next novel in the magazine. and also in.
siste ed on receiving a higher price for 1t than the
s Sno Writes, n @hopW S0f impor to siV the money nSM yn S%ss.
tion Is to me. L don't want the world to give
to s aRst me From fSn Thy PHe n ssms eSiePt % 1o WEIt sn9 onfn
for money" These views produced a temporary
GOODNESS between the writer and her pmbiishers,
who, although they said little, felt indig.
had. themselves. deviated from their bar
gain In respect to adam Bede." by send.
Ing. over and above the sum fixed. as much
success Of the book. The rfidicuioas affair q
the impostor Higgins had compelled the dis.
closure of George Eliot's real personality, which
had a somewhat unfortunate effect on the novel
Floss" The foolish part Of the public read an
equivocal meaning into various portions of o
book. essentially s~potless and inspired with Q
gle, the heroine. for sheorhonor and duty's sake,
gives up the man she loves. and that. too. after
he has compromised her, and. when her accept
ance Of him and indulgence Of her own natural
ments of the world. Mrs. Oliphant points out
own admirable qualities. THE Mill on the
Closely ctSss a aas Gsss%e WITH tn george See 90 EFT Elio SoG and m shs
one In which her special devotees delight to. find
something of q reflection OF herself. not only in
the book. but in the suggestion Of injustice done
to the heroine, far as the circumstances are
from any resemblance to those Of the author. ID
is gratifying .f to rem remember en- Der that hat, tho faint .i1n cloud
thor's identify. was of very short duration. and
that the reputation of the novelist soon sur
mounted the temporary shock.