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| Letter Reference | MacFarlane-Muirhead/22 |
| Archive | MacFarlane Collection |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 3 April 1911 |
| Address From | De Aar, Northern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Robert Franklin ('Bob') Muirhead |
| Other Versions | |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to Mrs Hazel MacFarlane for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter to Bob Muirhead, which is part of the MacFarlane family collection of Muirhead Papers, Special Collections, University of Glasgow Library. The book that is ‘only a fragment’ is Woman and Labour.
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1De Aar
2April 3rd 1911
3
4Dear Bob
5
6I’m sending you & Lene a copy of my book. It’s only a fragment but
7tell me what you think of it.
8
9I’m back at de Aar. Cron has gone to Cape Town for a week or ten
10days so I’m here alone in my little house in the veld. Its about ten
11o’clock at night now, & I & my animals have the house to ourselves.
12
13“Alles ten besten” as the Dutchman says – which means
14“Everything of the best to you”.
15Olive
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2April 3rd 1911
3
4Dear Bob
5
6I’m sending you & Lene a copy of my book. It’s only a fragment but
7tell me what you think of it.
8
9I’m back at de Aar. Cron has gone to Cape Town for a week or ten
10days so I’m here alone in my little house in the veld. Its about ten
11o’clock at night now, & I & my animals have the house to ourselves.
12
13“Alles ten besten” as the Dutchman says – which means
14“Everything of the best to you”.
15Olive
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