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| Letter Reference | HRC/OliveSchreinerUncatLetters/OS-TFisherUnwin/72 |
| Archive | Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| Epistolary Type | Telegram |
| Letter Date | 8 March 1891 |
| Address From | Matjesfontein, Western Cape |
| Address To | London |
| Who To | T. Fisher Unwin |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
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The Project is grateful to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the University of Texas at Austin, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner telegram, which is part of its Manuscript Collections. The date and place this telegram was sent from are provided by the official stamps.
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Notation
The 'forgery' comment in this telegram concerns a parody of her allegorical style. See "God's Light On the Mountain" Pall Mall Gazette 6 February 1891 p.3, with the added comment that "If not by Miss Schreiner, it is certainly a very happy attempt in the same style.".
The 'forgery' comment in this telegram concerns a parody of her allegorical style. See "God's Light On the Mountain" Pall Mall Gazette 6 February 1891 p.3, with the added comment that "If not by Miss Schreiner, it is certainly a very happy attempt in the same style.".