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| Letter Reference | Levine Collection/4 |
| Archive | Ronald Levine Collection, Johannesburg |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 12 January 1888 |
| Address From | Grand Hotel, Alassio, Italy |
| Address To | London Institution, Finsbury Circus, City, London |
| Who To | Librarian, London Institution |
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| Legend |
The Project is grateful to Ronald Levine for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner postcard, which is part of the Ronald Levine Collection. The date of the postcard is provided by the postmark and the address it was sent to and the name of the addressee are on its front.
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1I am sorry the last books were kept so long: by a mistake they were
2sent by parcel’s post, so took two weeks to come instead of two days.
3Would you kindly send me the further volumes of Darwin’s Life, &
4Gibbon’s Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire”. If you have it in small
5vols please send me the two first: also the a novel One that Wins.
6Darwin’s life, or the novel would be returned in a few days.
7
8Olive Schreiner
9Grand Hotel,
10Alassio.
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2sent by parcel’s post, so took two weeks to come instead of two days.
3Would you kindly send me the further volumes of Darwin’s Life, &
4Gibbon’s Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire”. If you have it in small
5vols please send me the two first: also the a novel One that Wins.
6Darwin’s life, or the novel would be returned in a few days.
7
8Olive Schreiner
9Grand Hotel,
10Alassio.
11
Notation
The books referred to are: George Bettany (1887) Life of Charles Darwin London: Walter Scott; Edward Gibbon (1776-1787) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire London: Macmillan; David Brewster (1888, new edition) The Life of Sir Isaac Newton London: Gall and Inglis; and By the author of ‘Whom Nature Leadeth’ (1887) One That Wins: The Story of a Holiday in Italy London: T. Fisher Unwin.
The books referred to are: George Bettany (1887) Life of Charles Darwin London: Walter Scott; Edward Gibbon (1776-1787) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire London: Macmillan; David Brewster (1888, new edition) The Life of Sir Isaac Newton London: Gall and Inglis; and By the author of ‘Whom Nature Leadeth’ (1887) One That Wins: The Story of a Holiday in Italy London: T. Fisher Unwin.