[32] "Man's Nature and Development," by Martineau and Atkinson.
[33] This was a merely formal and casual introduction. That George Eliot was ever brought into close relations with Mr. Lewes was due to Mr. Herbert Spencer having taken him to call on her in the Strand later in this year.
[34] Appeared in January, 1852, number of the Westminster Review, No. 1 of the New Series.
[35] Review of Carlyle's "Life of Sterling" in Westminster, Jan. 1852.
[36] Published in the April, 1852, number of the Westminster.
[37] Now Madame Belloc, who remained to the end one of George Eliot's closest friends.
[38] Mrs. Peter Taylor remained a lifelong and a valued friend of George Eliot's, and many interesting letters in this volume are addressed to her. I am glad also to take this opportunity of expressing my thanks to her for procuring for me two other sets of correspondence—the letters addressed to Mrs. Beecher Stowe and to Mrs. William Smith.
[39] Afterwards Madame Bodichon—one of the three or four most intimate friends of George Eliot, whose name will very often appear in subsequent pages.
[40] Funeral oration on the Duke of Wellington.
[41] Correcting Leader proofs for Mr. Lewes.