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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box11/Fold2/Undated/49 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 1912 |
| Address From | na |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Betty Molteno |
| Other Versions | |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to Manuscripts and Archives, University of Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The year has been written on this letter in an unknown hand. The name of the addressee is provided by content.
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Dear
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3 Have you read Younghusbands beautiful book, "Within, thoughts during
4convalescence." You may not like it as it is not ?Christianly ^or^
5Orthodoxy, or fortune telling. But I think you will feel the deep
6beauty if it. I sympathize so deeply with it, I have that feeling one
7sometimes has to a book, that one has written it oneself, you know the
8feeling, I am sure Alice would like it.
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10 Good bye. I hope all goes well & happy with you, & that the dear
11children. I think they & Mrs Haldane Murray’s children are quite the
12two most charming groups of little children I have ever known. Give my
13love to darling Lucy when you write. When does she return.
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15 Thine ever with tender love
16 Olive
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3 Have you read Younghusbands beautiful book, "Within, thoughts during
4convalescence." You may not like it as it is not ?Christianly ^or^
5Orthodoxy, or fortune telling. But I think you will feel the deep
6beauty if it. I sympathize so deeply with it, I have that feeling one
7sometimes has to a book, that one has written it oneself, you know the
8feeling, I am sure Alice would like it.
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10 Good bye. I hope all goes well & happy with you, & that the dear
11children. I think they & Mrs Haldane Murray’s children are quite the
12two most charming groups of little children I have ever known. Give my
13love to darling Lucy when you write. When does she return.
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15 Thine ever with tender love
16 Olive
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Notation
The book referred to is: Francis Younghusband (1912) Within: Thoughts During Convalescence London: Williams & Norgate.
The book referred to is: Francis Younghusband (1912) Within: Thoughts During Convalescence London: Williams & Norgate.