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Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Extracts of Letters to Cronwright-Schreiner MSC 26/2.16/219 |
Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
Epistolary Type | Extract |
Letter Date | After Start: 10 May 1905 ; Before End: 11 May 1905 |
Address From | Cape Town, Western Cape |
Address To | |
Who To | S.C. (‘Cron’) Cronwright-Schreiner |
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Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
Legend |
The Extracts of Letters to Cronwright-Schreiner were produced by Cronwright-Schreiner in preparing The Life and The Letters of Olive Schreiner. They appear on slips of paper in his writing, taken from letters that were then destroyed; many of these extracts have also been edited by him. They are artefacts of his editorial practices and their relationship to original Schreiner letters cannot now be gauged. They should be read with considerable caution for the reasons given. Cronwright-Schreiner has written the date and where it was sent from onto this extract.
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…Such a nice letter from your dear old mother this morning. She
2likes the letter in the paper so much. The dear old lady doesn’t
3quite see the sting in the tail! I suppose Washington & Jefferson
4don’t suggest rebellion to her! Don’t explain to her!...
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2likes the letter in the paper so much. The dear old lady doesn’t
3quite see the sting in the tail! I suppose Washington & Jefferson
4don’t suggest rebellion to her! Don’t explain to her!...
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Notation
The 'letter in the paper' is Schreiner's 'Letter on The Taal', published in the Cape Times 10 May 1905 (p.9); it also appears in a shortened version as Appendix E in (ed) Cronwright-Schreiner (1924) The Letters of Olive Schreiner London: Fisher Unwin.
The 'letter in the paper' is Schreiner's 'Letter on The Taal', published in the Cape Times 10 May 1905 (p.9); it also appears in a shortened version as Appendix E in (ed) Cronwright-Schreiner (1924) The Letters of Olive Schreiner London: Fisher Unwin.