¶Das Leben Jesu, kritisch bearbeitet, 1835-36. An English edition appeared in 1842-44, (London & Birmingham: Taylor & Henry Hetherington). George Eliot's translation, of which this is the first edition, and her first published work, superseded the earlier translation. It was started in 1843 by Elizabeth Rebecca Brabant, who, finding the task too onerous, transferred the commission to Eliot. The translation took the best part of two years, earning Eliot, whose name does not appear on the titleage, the princely sum of £20. Strauss himself praised Eliot's translation, and wrote a new Latin preface for the first English edition. Baker and Ross, A1.1.