Eliza Ashurst

By her twenties, MH was well-acquainted with several prominent figures in England's social, political, and literary scene. Her circle included Mary Howitt , Eliza Meteyard , William Charles Macready , Samuel Laurence , Geraldine Jewsbury

GJ was also a friend, even before she settled in London, of Eliza Ashurst (a translator of George Sand ), whose father was a Radical, the originator of the Penny Post, and a friend...

A multi-volume series titled The Works of George Sand appeared, edited by MH and translated by both her and Eliza Ashurst ; this first series of English translations of Sand 's novels ended in December...