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| Letter Reference | G.W. Cross MS 14, 462/3 |
| Archive | Cory Library, Rhodes University, Grahamstown |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 4 February 1897 |
| Address From | New College, Eastbourne, East Sussex |
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| Who To | G.W. Cross |
| Other Versions | Rive 1987: 301 |
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 G.W. Cross, 4 February 1897, Cory Library, Olive Schreiner Letters Project transcription’. Please also supply letter line numbers for specific quotations.
Legend
The Project is grateful to the Cory Library for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of their collections. The letter is written on printed headed notepaper.
1: New College
2: Eastbourne
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Feb 4 / 97
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Dear Friend
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I sent you last week the copy of a little South African story. Please
9: regard it as strictly private till it appears. It will I think certainly
10: be published on the 17th of Feb (this month) but something
11: might delay its appearance a little. Please don't show it to other
12: people till you see in the papers that it is published here. The copy
13: I send you is a rough unrevised proof. I will send you a copy of the
14: book itself as soon as I have one.
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I know that I shall be bitterly & everywhere attacked in South Africa
17: for writing it; but there are some things a man must do. Good bye dear
18: Friend. Is there any chance of your going to Johannesburg?
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Olive Schreiner
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Notation
The 'little African story' is Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland. Rive's (1987) version omits part of this letter and is also in a number of respects incorrect.
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