Olive Schreiner Letters Online

Letter Reference	W.P. Schreiner BC112/B31/3
Archive	University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town
Epistolary Type	Letter
Letter Date	28 January 1898
Address From	The Homestead, Kimberley, Northern Cape
Address To
Who To	Ursula Schreiner
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The manuscript of this letter by Olive Schreiner belongs to the Archive referenced above; its ownership of the original should be acknowledged by referencing the letter as indicated: Copyright transcription: © Olive Schreiner Letters Project. This transcription can be freely used as long as copyright is acknowledged and it is referenced using the following citation: ‘Olive Schreiner to Ursula Schreiner, 28 January 1898, UCT Manuscripts & Archives, Olive Schreiner Letters Project transcription’. Please also supply letter line numbers for specific quotations.

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The Project is grateful to Manuscripts and Archives, University of Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. This letter exists only as a typescript.

1:  My dear Cuckoo
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3:  I wonder if you have school at St James’s, or if you have holidays
4:  all the time? Do you pick up thorns too?
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6:  You must tell Oliver he must write to me, I want to see how he is
7:  getting on with his writing. Are you learning to swim now? You ought
8:  to get Daddar to teach you.
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10:  Give my love to Mother & Dadda & Will & Dot & OllieM. You must learn
11:  to write quickly so that you can write to me your-self.
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13:  Good bye my darling Ursula,
14:  Your loving little auntie
15:  Olive
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25:  ------- These are all kisses for you.
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27:  The Homestead, Kimberley.
28:  Jan 28th 1898.
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