"The baby's holy little life" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Georgiana Solomon MSC 26/2.13.2 |
| Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | August 1914 |
| Address From | Kensington Palace Mansions, De Vere Gardens, Kensington, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Georgiana Solomon |
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| 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. The month and year have been written on this letter in an unknown hand. The letter is on printed headed notepaper.
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Kensington Palace Mansions & Hotel,
2 De Vere Gardens,
3 W.
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5 Dear Mrs Solomon
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7 Daisy mustnt trouble to come & fetch me. I can come by bus, & will
8easily find your house as I know where the road is, & please don't
9trouble to look for rooms. I only thought that living there you might
10know of airy high rooms in that part.
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12 It shall so like to see your son's picture & you & Daisy too.
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14 As to the war, I feel it is more wrong, much than the Boer war - that
15England's league with Russia, has been the greatest crime in our
16history. So we'd better not talk about the war, dear Mrs Solomon. I
17think when two people have so many things in common as you & I have,
18we need never refer to the things about which we don't agree. Don't
19you think so? We can't all think alike can we?
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21 Yours affecty
22 Olive Schreiner
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2 De Vere Gardens,
3 W.
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5 Dear Mrs Solomon
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7 Daisy mustnt trouble to come & fetch me. I can come by bus, & will
8easily find your house as I know where the road is, & please don't
9trouble to look for rooms. I only thought that living there you might
10know of airy high rooms in that part.
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12 It shall so like to see your son's picture & you & Daisy too.
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14 As to the war, I feel it is more wrong, much than the Boer war - that
15England's league with Russia, has been the greatest crime in our
16history. So we'd better not talk about the war, dear Mrs Solomon. I
17think when two people have so many things in common as you & I have,
18we need never refer to the things about which we don't agree. Don't
19you think so? We can't all think alike can we?
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21 Yours affecty
22 Olive Schreiner
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