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Letter ReferenceOlive Schreiner: Extracts of Letters to Cronwright-Schreiner MSC 26/2.16/413
ArchiveNational Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town
Epistolary TypeExtract
Letter Date16 June 1907
Address FromNear Triangle, Northern Cape
Address ToHanover, Northern Cape
Who ToS.C. (‘Cron’) Cronwright-Schreiner
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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, where it was sent from and the place it was sent to onto this extract.
1 …Lovely morning, dear. Everything looks so beautiful. Hex River
2white with snow. Had a splendid night. Air lovely here. The ?Astoops,
3Logans &c were on the station at Matjesfontein, welcomed me with many
4smiles - even the little niggers. Am feeling so well… Goodbye, my
5sweet husband; it was so nice to see you at De Aar...
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