"Life as governess on farm" Read the full letter
Letter Reference | Karl Pearson 840/4/3/28 |
Archive | University College London Library, Special Collections, UCL, London |
Epistolary Type | Letter |
Letter Date | After Start: 1885 ; Before End: 1886 |
Address From | na |
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Who To | Karl Pearson |
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The Project is grateful to University College London (UCL) and its Library Services for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Special Collections. The name of the addressee is indicated by content and archival location.
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I think Mrs Cobb’s letter to the electors good, not because of its
2value to working people, but to women of the upper class if they
3should chance to read it. What a wonderful face she has! When I first
4met her I hardly thought her beautiful, & every time I have seen her
5it has grown more beautiful, till the last time as she sat in her
6summer house it seemed the most beautiful woman’s face I had even
7seen. What a beautiful memory the word, mother, will wake for her
8children. I always pictured your mother just like her.
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2value to working people, but to women of the upper class if they
3should chance to read it. What a wonderful face she has! When I first
4met her I hardly thought her beautiful, & every time I have seen her
5it has grown more beautiful, till the last time as she sat in her
6summer house it seemed the most beautiful woman’s face I had even
7seen. What a beautiful memory the word, mother, will wake for her
8children. I always pictured your mother just like her.
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10 OS
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Notation
The letter referred to is no longer attached, but Elisabeth Cobb?s husband was an MP and her ?letter to the electors? will have concerned his campaign for the parliamentary election of either January 1885 or August 1886.
The letter referred to is no longer attached, but Elisabeth Cobb?s husband was an MP and her ?letter to the electors? will have concerned his campaign for the parliamentary election of either January 1885 or August 1886.