ALS, [18]74 April 3 : [s.l.], to George L. Austin.

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ALS, [18]74 April 3 : [s.l.], to George L. Austin.

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The husband of novelist George Eliot here writes that "she has uniformly declined all applications whatever having reference to her personal history. She has given the public her best in her works, and thinks that the artist should be merged in his art, and not appear before the public in his private character."

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