The Extracts of Letters to Cronwright-Schreiner were produced by Cronwright-Schreiner in preparing The Life and The Letters of Olive Schreiner. They appear on slips of paper in his writing, taken from letters that were then destroyed; many of these extracts have also been edited by him. They are artefacts of his editorial practices and their relationship to original Schreiner letters cannot now be gauged. They should be read with considerable caution for the reasons given. Cronwright-Schreiner has written the date and where it was sent from onto this extract, and that the six day visit was to Port Elizabeth. He adds ‘We had been to Port Elizabeth, & had been provided with excellent private accommodation, but the house did not suit Olive’s chest & we got rooms – with great difficulty – at King Edward Mansion, near the Donkin monument. I think the great agriculture show was on.'.