Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1910 — Story of George Eliot [ARTICLE]

Story of George Eliot

Mrs. Walford, the English novelist, has been publishing her recollections. Among her amusing stories is this of George Eliot: “The famous authoress was being feted at Cambridge, and a few enthusiastic and very youthful admirers were permitted to join a luncheon party given in her honor, though accommodation could only be found for them at a side table. They could, however, look and listen, and as there was not much to look at they listened the more. The large, full lips seemed to be emitting words of wisdom; then craned their necks, they stretched their ears. Suddenly tension was relieved; they leaned back in their chairs and laughed as only boys ever laugh. What had they heard? The deep voice that should have pronounced judgment on a Cicero or a Sophocles had exclaimed with fervid protest: "But, surely, Mr. So-and-So, you do not mean to say you really like that bitter Bairiscb beer?”