Transcriber's Note:

This is Volume II of a three volume set:

A combined [index] to the entire set is located at the end of Volume III.

Narrative content written by J. Cross and material quoted from writers other than George Eliot are interspersed throughout the text. Their content is placed in block quotes.

Remaining transcriber's notes are located at the end of the text.

GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE
VOL. II.—FAMOUS

"Our finest hope is finest memory"

Portrait of George Eliot.
Engraved by G. J. Stodart.

GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE
as related in her Letters and Journals

ARRANGED AND EDITED BY HER HUSBAND
J. W. CROSS

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

IN THREE VOLUMES.—Volume II

NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

GEORGE ELIOT'S WORKS.

LIBRARY EDITION.

ADAM BEDE. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.

DANIEL DERONDA. 2 vols., 12mo, Cloth, $2.50.

ESSAYS and LEAVES FROM A NOTE-BOOK. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.

FELIX HOLT, THE RADICAL. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.

MIDDLEMARCH. 2 vols., 12mo, Cloth, $2.50.

ROMOLA. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.

SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE, and SILAS MARNER. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.

THE IMPRESSIONS OF THEOPHRASTUS SUCH. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.

THE MILL ON THE FLOSS. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1.25.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER VIII.
JANUARY, 1858, TO DECEMBER, 1858.
Success of "Scenes of Clerical Life"—"Adam Bede"Page [1]
CHAPTER IX.
JANUARY, 1859, TO MARCH, 1860.
"The Mill on the Floss"[58]
CHAPTER X.
MARCH TO JUNE, 1860.
First Journey to Italy[120]
CHAPTER XI.
JULY, 1860, TO DECEMBER, 1861.
"Silas Marner"—"Romola" begun[185]
CHAPTER XII.
JANUARY, 1862, TO DECEMBER, 1865.
"Romola"—"Felix Holt"[238]
CHAPTER XIII.
JANUARY, 1866, TO DECEMBER, 1866.
Tour in Holland and on the Rhine[303]

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. II.

[Portrait of George Eliot. Engraved by G. J. Stodart] Frontispiece.
[The Priory—Drawing-Room]To face p.266
[Fac-simile of George Eliot's Hand-writing]"280

GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE.