Perhaps one of the literary essays from Eliot's IMPRESSIONS OF THEOPHRASTUS 
SUCH? The book came out in 1879 and if what Twichell sent him was a clipping 
rather than a copy of the book, it could be any essay from the book that was 
reprinted in a newspaper or magazine. What were Twichell's favorite 
magazines and newspapers? Anything from Eliot in the online databases for 
those magazines and newspapers?

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Hal Bush
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 8:40 AM
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Subject: mystery George Eliot "discourse"

folks, here is a snippet from a Twichell letter, date below:

                                         Keene Valley N.Y. Oct. 2nd 1881

My dear Mark:
         Here is a discourse of George Eliot=E2=80=99s which I would like y=
ou to
read at your leisure, not because I think it hits you, (for I do not think
it does: If I thought it did I probably should not have the courage to send
it to you: and if I had the courage I should not deem it best.) but because
it seems to me to put some things of practical concern to you very truly
and forcibly in a manner that you will both approve and appreciate.

It would be swell if I could identify this; but alas

Eliot's article or essay is no longer with the letter and the identity of
the =E2=80=9Cdiscourse=E2=80=9D by Eliot is unclear.  It evidently puts som=
e things clearly
in a way JT thinks MT would admire.


Anyone have any ideas what this might be??  thanks for leads, --hb





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