"Death of Leo, I never knew I loved you so much" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Katie Findlay MSC 26/2.14.14 |
| Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 25 July 1879 |
| Address From | Seymour, Eastern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Catherine ('Katie') Findlay nee Schreiner |
| Other Versions | Rive 1987: 23-4 |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to the National Library of South Africa (NLSA), Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Special Collections.
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1Seymour
2July 25 / 79
3
4My dear Katie
5
6I send you a likeness of Mamma which I have had taken. I think you
7will be glad to have it though it is not so good as it might be having
8been taken in the open air.
9
10I have had a very pleasant visit here & leave again for Cradock on
11Monday.
12
13You must address your next letter –
14Miss O. Schreiner, Lillie Kloof, P.O. Eland’s Drift, Dist. Cradock,
15and I hope you will write soon. How is it I never hear from you. Do,
16as you promised, send one of your likenesses down to town & have
17copies taken from it. That picture in which you & George are together
18is a very nice one.
19
20Give my best love to Katie & all the little ones, & with much love for
21yourself in which Mamma joins me.
22
23I remain,
24Your loving sister,
25Olive
26
27P.S. I suppose you have heard of poor Maggie Rolland’s death. I hear
28that Emmie Hope is now in Grahamstown visiting Lillie Orpen.
29
2July 25 / 79
3
4My dear Katie
5
6I send you a likeness of Mamma which I have had taken. I think you
7will be glad to have it though it is not so good as it might be having
8been taken in the open air.
9
10I have had a very pleasant visit here & leave again for Cradock on
11Monday.
12
13You must address your next letter –
14Miss O. Schreiner, Lillie Kloof, P.O. Eland’s Drift, Dist. Cradock,
15and I hope you will write soon. How is it I never hear from you. Do,
16as you promised, send one of your likenesses down to town & have
17copies taken from it. That picture in which you & George are together
18is a very nice one.
19
20Give my best love to Katie & all the little ones, & with much love for
21yourself in which Mamma joins me.
22
23I remain,
24Your loving sister,
25Olive
26
27P.S. I suppose you have heard of poor Maggie Rolland’s death. I hear
28that Emmie Hope is now in Grahamstown visiting Lillie Orpen.
29
Notation
Rive's (1987) version omits part of this letter and is also in a number of respects incorrect.
Rive's (1987) version omits part of this letter and is also in a number of respects incorrect.