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| Letter Reference | HRC/OliveSchreinerUncatLetters/OS-TFisherUnwin/62 |
| Archive | Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 8 August 1897 |
| Address From | 15 Gildridge Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex |
| Address To | |
| Who To | T. Fisher Unwin |
| Other Versions | |
| 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 is by and from Olive Schreiner, with Cronwright-Schreiner acting as her amanuensis or secretary.
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115 Gildridge Road,
2Eastbourne
38th Aug. 97
4
5Dear Mr Unwin,
6
7Mrs Schreiner says she does not see anything objectionable to this
8cover, provided it is kept in green with only the lettering in gold;
9it is the mixture of glaring colours in some of your bindings that she
10objects to.
11
12We are leaving here on Tuesday; our address for the next eight days
13will be
14High fields
15Ben Rhydding
16Yorkshire,
17after that it will be 19 Russell Road
18Kensington, W.
19
20Yours very truly,
21S.C. Cronwright Schreiner
22
23T.Fisher Unwin Esq
24
2Eastbourne
38th Aug. 97
4
5Dear Mr Unwin,
6
7Mrs Schreiner says she does not see anything objectionable to this
8cover, provided it is kept in green with only the lettering in gold;
9it is the mixture of glaring colours in some of your bindings that she
10objects to.
11
12We are leaving here on Tuesday; our address for the next eight days
13will be
14High fields
15Ben Rhydding
16Yorkshire,
17after that it will be 19 Russell Road
18Kensington, W.
19
20Yours very truly,
21S.C. Cronwright Schreiner
22
23T.Fisher Unwin Esq
24
Notation
Which of the books by Schreiner that Unwin published this letter is concerned with cannot be established, as Unwin's new editions of a number of them appeared around this time.
Which of the books by Schreiner that Unwin published this letter is concerned with cannot be established, as Unwin's new editions of a number of them appeared around this time.