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| Letter Reference | Levine Collection/7 |
| Archive | Ronald Levine Collection, Johannesburg |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 26 March 1888 |
| Address From | Grand Hotel, Alassio, Italy |
| Address To | London Institution, Finsbury Circus, City, London |
| Who To | Librarian, London Institution |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| 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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1Will you kindly send me Hartmann’s Philosophy of the Unconscious. If
2you have not got it would you very kindly send me a card to that
3effect that I may order it else where.
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5Thank you for so quickly sending the Anthropoid Apes.
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7Olive Schreiner
8“Grand Hotel Alassio”
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2you have not got it would you very kindly send me a card to that
3effect that I may order it else where.
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5Thank you for so quickly sending the Anthropoid Apes.
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7Olive Schreiner
8“Grand Hotel Alassio”
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Notation
The books referred to are: Eduard von Holtmann (1880) Philosophy of the Unconscious London: David Bogue; and Robert Hartmann (1880) Anthropoid Apes With Illustrations London: International Scientific Series.
The books referred to are: Eduard von Holtmann (1880) Philosophy of the Unconscious London: David Bogue; and Robert Hartmann (1880) Anthropoid Apes With Illustrations London: International Scientific Series.