"Death of Leo, I never knew I loved you so much" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Mary Sauer MSC 26/2.11.129 |
| Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | 31 January 1903 |
| Address From | Hanover, Northern Cape |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Mary Sauer nee Cloete |
| Other Versions | |
| 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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Hanover
2 Jan 31st 1903
3
4 Dear Mary
5
6 Thank you so much for the book. I would like to keep it till mine
7comes. Can I, or are you in a hurry for it? I like it very much but
8not quite so much as "the Soul of a People." I shall never like any
9book so much as that.
10
11 Cron is going down to Cape Town about the 16th to meet Chamberlain & I
12hope he will see you.
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14 I hope my boy flourishes. I can picture him happy he is on the farm.
15Are you really living there now? Have you left Cumnor for good
16already?
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18 Good bye. dearest.
19 Olive
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2 Jan 31st 1903
3
4 Dear Mary
5
6 Thank you so much for the book. I would like to keep it till mine
7comes. Can I, or are you in a hurry for it? I like it very much but
8not quite so much as "the Soul of a People." I shall never like any
9book so much as that.
10
11 Cron is going down to Cape Town about the 16th to meet Chamberlain & I
12hope he will see you.
13
14 I hope my boy flourishes. I can picture him happy he is on the farm.
15Are you really living there now? Have you left Cumnor for good
16already?
17
18 Good bye. dearest.
19 Olive
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Notation
The book referred to is: Harold Fielding Hall (1898) The Soul of a People London: Macmillan.
The book referred to is: Harold Fielding Hall (1898) The Soul of a People London: Macmillan.