"Angry exchange with Little, Brown & Co, 'Stray Thoughts on South Africa' is not published" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box5/Fold3/1914/39 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Postcard |
| Letter Date | 29 June 1914 |
| Address From | Hotel Augusta Victoria, Bad Nauheim, Germany |
| Address To | Sandown Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Who To | Alice Greene |
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| 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 postcard, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. The address this postcard was sent to and the name of its addressee are written on the card; the date is provided by its postmark. A picture of the outside of the Hotel Augusta Victoria, Bad Nauheim, is on the front, with the final insertion also on the front of the card. Schreiner stayed in Bad Nauheim for some weeks during June to July 1914.
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1Your letters are so prized, dear. They only make me sad because I see
2no hope of your & Betty coming I can’t say yet whether the cure is
3doing me any good.
4
5Love to you both
6Olive
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8^You cant see my room its on the top front floor at the back. The bath
9house is just in front of the Hotel. OS^
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2no hope of your & Betty coming I can’t say yet whether the cure is
3doing me any good.
4
5Love to you both
6Olive
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8^You cant see my room its on the top front floor at the back. The bath
9house is just in front of the Hotel. OS^
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