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 1859 House taken at Southfields, Wandsworth (Holly Lodge).

2090 copies of " ADAM BEDE " printed as 1st edition and 750 as 2nd edition.

Finished a story, "The Lifted Veil."

Began "The Tullivers" ["Mill on the Floss"].

Alteration of "Adam Bede" for the 12S. edition.

Blackwood makes up the payment for "Adam Bede " to £1,200.

To Paris, Lucerne and Basle.

4th and 5th editions of "Adam Bede" issued.

2nd edition of "Scenes of Clerical Life" published.

To Conway, Lichfield and Weymouth.

To Lincolnshire.

October 16, finished the first volume of "Sister Maggie" ["Mill on the Floss"].

Newby, a publisher, advertises "Adam Bede, Junior."

1,600 copies of "Adam Bede " sold in one year.

Blackwood offers £2,000 for an edition of 4,000 copies at 31s. 6d. of "Mill on the Floss."

1860 (aged 41) Harper's, of New York, offer £300 for the American rights and Tauchnitz offers £200 for the continental edition of "The Mill on the Floss." 57