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How did Mary Ann Evans begin working for The Westminster Review?

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Portrait drawing of George Eliot, pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, with wavy dark hair, lace collar, and a calm expression, based on an 1865 work by Sir Frederic William Burton. — George Eliot George Eliot, engraving derived from a chalk drawing (1865) by Sir Frederic William Burton.

Mary Ann Evans, who later became known as the novelist George Eliot, began her association with The Westminster Review after the publisher John Chapman provided her with an opportunity to review R.W. Mackay’s The Progress of the Intellect for the journal in January 1851.1

Following this contribution, she decided to pursue a career as a freelance writer and moved to London to board with the Chapmans. She subsequently took on the role of subeditor at the publication, where she also contributed essays and performed translation work.12