Miss Evans returned to England in March, 1850, and, after visiting her brother and sister, made her home at Rosehill with the Brays for more than a year, with occasional visits to London. At the end of September, 1851, she accepted the position of assistant editor of The Westminster Review, and went to board with the family of the publisher, Mr. Chapman, in the Strand. She now became acquainted with Herbert Spencer, George Henry Lewes, and other leading thinkers and writers. In 1854 was published her translation of Feuerbach’s ‘Essence of Christianity,’ with her name (now written _Marian_ Evans), on the title-page; this, Mr. Cross informs us, was the only time her real name ever appeared in connection with her work. In July, 1854, Marian Evans consented to become the wife of George Henry Lewes, though a formal and legal marriage was impossible. They at once went abroad, where they remained until March, 1855; spending the greater part of the time at Weimar and Berlin. After their return to England they lived for over three years in lodgings at Richmond, both working hard, though the health of neither was good. Mrs. Lewes contributed at this time to The Leader and The Westminster Review. She also finished a translation of Spinoza’s ‘Ethics,’ which she had commenced abroad. In September, 1856, she began, as an experiment, to write fiction. In November _The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton_ was forwarded to the Blackwoods by Mr. Lewes as the work of a friend of his. It was published in Blackwood’s Magazine early in 1857, and fifty guineas paid for it. An arrangement was made by which “George Eliot” was to supply further _Scenes from Clerical Life_. _Mr. Gilfil’s Love Story_ came next, followed by _Janet’s Repentance_. In December these stories were issued in a volume by the Blackwoods, and the author received £120 for the first edition. ADAM BEDE, her first novel, was published in 1859. She received £800 for the copyright during four years. The book was received with enthusiasm. It was followed by THE MILL ON THE FLOSS (1860), SILAS MARNER (1861), ROMOLA (1863), FELIX HOLT (1866), _The Spanish Gypsy_, a drama (1868), MIDDLEMARCH (1871-2), _Poems_, collected “1874,” DANIEL DERONDA (1876), and _The Impressions of Theophrastus Such_ (1879). The short story called _The Lifted Veil_ was published in Blackwood’s, July, 1859; _Brother Jacob_ appeared in The Cornhill Magazine, July, 1864. ROMOLA also made its appearance in The Cornhill, the publishers paying for it the sum of £7,000. £5,000 was received from the Blackwoods for FELIX HOLT; and the profits of MIDDLEMARCH and DANIEL DERONDA were still greater.