Sir, – As well as writing the greatest novel in the English language, Mary Anne Evans (“The Europeans, No 17: George Eliot”, April 24th) was unique, as a woman, in having a range of motor bikes – the George Eliots – named in her honour, but she was probably not alone in seeing her husband jump in the Grand Canal in Venice on her honeymoon. – Yours, etc,
Dr JOHN DOHERTY,
Operngasse,
Vienna, Austria.