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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: MSC 26/2.15/number 62 |
| Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | After Start: Monday January 1911 ; Before End: February 1911 |
| Address From | Oudeberg, Free State |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Oliver Schreiner |
| Other Versions | |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the National Library of South Africa (NLSA), Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Special Collections.
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1Oudeberg
2Monday night
3
4Dear Son Oliver
5
6My hearty congratulations – but I’m not a bit surprised!! I haven’t
7yet seen the B.A. list, Dad wired me you were top. I wonder when you
8will be off to Europe. Oh had I the wings of a little dive there –
9there – away would I fly.
10
11I’m sure you’ll love it. Perhaps I’ll finish my book some day & come &
12look you up before you return to Africa.
13
14Thy small
15Aunt Olive
16
17
2Monday night
3
4Dear Son Oliver
5
6My hearty congratulations – but I’m not a bit surprised!! I haven’t
7yet seen the B.A. list, Dad wired me you were top. I wonder when you
8will be off to Europe. Oh had I the wings of a little dive there –
9there – away would I fly.
10
11I’m sure you’ll love it. Perhaps I’ll finish my book some day & come &
12look you up before you return to Africa.
13
14Thy small
15Aunt Olive
16
17
Notation
Schreiner stayed in Oudeberg from the end of January to the end of February 1911, and thus the dating of this letter. Only a typescript of the letter, made by May Murray Parker, is now extant.
Schreiner stayed in Oudeberg from the end of January to the end of February 1911, and thus the dating of this letter. Only a typescript of the letter, made by May Murray Parker, is now extant.