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I have hesitated a little, before inserting the following extract from a letter to Mr. To W. S. WILLIAMS, BSQ. "April 26th, 1848. "My dear Sir, I have now read 'Rose, Blanche, and Violet, and I will tell you, as well as I can, what I think of it. Whether it is an improvement on 'Ranthorpe' I do not know, for I liked 'Ranthorpe' much; but, at any rate, it contains more of a good thing.
You did not do it altogether in 'Ranthorpe' at least not in the latter part; but the first portion was, I think, nearly without fault; then it had a pith, truth, significance in it, which gave the book sterling value; but to write so, one must have seen and known a great deal, and I have seen and known very little. "Why do you like Miss Austen so very much? I am puzzled on that point.
By far his greatest work, however, is his Life and Works of Goethe , which remains the standard English work on the subject, and which by the end of the century had, in its German translation, passed into 16 ed. He also wrote two novels, Ranthorpe , and Rose, Blanche, and Violet , neither of which attained any success.
Spencer had not introduced to Miss Evans, George Henry Lewes, a man of brilliant conversational powers, who had written a History of Philosophy, two novels, Ranthorpe, and Rose, Blanche, and Violet, and was a contributor to several reviews. Mr.
I await your criticism on 'Jane Eyre' now with other sentiments than I entertained before the perusal of 'Ranthorpe. "You were a stranger to me. I did not particularly respect you. I did not feel that your praise or blame would have any special weight. I knew little of your right to condemn or approve. NOW I am informed on these points. "You will be severe; your last letter taught me as much.
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