"Spending the last days destroying letters & papers, no daughter to leave them to" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | HRC/UNCAT/OS-99 |
| Archive | Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 2 June 1886 |
| Address From | The Convent, Harrow, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Havelock Ellis |
| Other Versions | Draznin 1992: 417 |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the University of Texas at Austin, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscript Collections. This letter has been dated by reference to information written onto it by Ellis. Schreiner lived at the Convent in Harrow from late May to late September 1886.
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1Thank you for the book. Just finished the preface. Best thing you’ve
2wrote. Hardly any damned fine horse, quite straight forward on the
3whole. One is able to forget the writer & think of the work
4
5Sweetboy, I’m going to London now to buy somestuff to make a jacket,
6& go it the Grosvenor! How are you? I’ve got Hay fever. I like my
7Landor
8
9Olive
10
2wrote. Hardly any damned fine horse, quite straight forward on the
3whole. One is able to forget the writer & think of the work
4
5Sweetboy, I’m going to London now to buy somestuff to make a jacket,
6& go it the Grosvenor! How are you? I’ve got Hay fever. I like my
7Landor
8
9Olive
10
Notation
The preface Ellis had written and Schreiner had finished reading cannot be established. The Landor that Schreiner liked is: William Landor (1886) Imaginary Conversations London: William Scott Publishing Co. Draznin's (1992) version of this letter is in some respects different from our transcription.
The preface Ellis had written and Schreiner had finished reading cannot be established. The Landor that Schreiner liked is: William Landor (1886) Imaginary Conversations London: William Scott Publishing Co. Draznin's (1992) version of this letter is in some respects different from our transcription.