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Agnes Jones
Agnes Jones was a member of the 1880s London circles in which Schreiner moved. Jones had been “a great devotee of James Hinton, and one of those instrumental in funding [Havelock] Ellis’s medical studies” (Brandon 1990: 96). She was one of the women living with James Hinton at the time of his death in 1875, together with his wife, Caroline Haddon and others. By the mid-1880s, she had seemingly “fallen in love” (Brandon 1990: 96) with Havelock Ellis and jealous of his friendship with and interest in Schreiner at the time. While Jones visited Schreiner on a number of occasions during 1884, Schreiner’s letters to Ellis show that she became increasingly angered by Jones’s insistent questioning about the nature of her relationship with Ellis, and also about her income. Schreiner eventually came to pity Jones, describing her as “poor Miss Jones”. It is likely that some letters were exchanged between Schreiner and Agnes Jones, although none have been traced.
For further information see:
Ruth Brandon (1990) The New Women and the Old Men: Love, Sex and the Woman Question London: Flamingo
Phyllis Grosskurth (1980) Havelock-Ellis: A Biography London: Allen Lane

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HRC/CAT/OS/1a-xiii:32 Fitzroy St, Monday. , Dear Mr. Ellis, I enclose my subscription to the Progressive & 2d for a hymn hook. Last night af...
HRC/CAT/OS/1a-xiv:Wednes-day. , Come tomorrow afternoon if you can because on Friday I may have other visitors & then we can’t talk s...
HRC/CAT/OS/1a-xviii:32 Fitzroy St , Wednesday. , You aren’t angry with me because of what I said on Monday, are you? You mustn’t be. ...
HRC/CAT/OS/1a-xix:Thursday , I will like to come on Monday if I am well enough. I am glad you are not angry. I hope you will enjoy going to Oxf...
HRC/CAT/OS/1a-xx:Sunday Morning. , I am so sorry you have been ill. You & I seem to have had the same thing. It’s very funny. On Wed...
HRC/CAT/OS/1a-xxiii:Tuesday., I should like ?ber to come with you tomorrow evening, & shall be here if you come at four. I was sorry after I ...
HRC/CAT/OS/1b-iv:I have been reading Miss Jones’s letter again. I feel so sorry for her, but I feel so sorry for you I feel quite sore. ...
HRC/CAT/OS/1b-vi:Monday Night , I am so tired. I did not go to to sleep till the dawn light was shining strong in my windows last night. this ...
HRC/CAT/OS/2a-vi:Buxton , Saturday , So glad my brother has passed. I had set my heart on it. , Odd that you have just the same kind of feelin...
HRC/CAT/OS/2a-xi:Blackwell , Wednesday Ngt , I got here this afternoon. The woman is so horrible: they want me to take & pay for the room ...
HRC/CAT/OS/2b-vi:Monday Evening , 9.30 , Just now I have got your letter posted this morning. You have been at the hospital all day. London se...
HRC/CAT/OS/2b-xx:Wednesday Night , Yes, it is true that I want you most when other people are about me. This afternoon my sister-in-law was he...
HRC/CAT/OS/3a-ii:Monday Morning, My friend, When will I have conquered my heart & subdued it utterly. Not until death , I want your I woul...
HRC/CAT/OS/3a-vii:Monday , I am so utterly worn out. No work today Your letter with Miss Jones’s I have just got. , Miss Jones seems, apa...
HRC/CAT/OS/3a-iv:144 Marina , Thursday , I wonder if Mrs were Hinton would have any objection to my brother’s seeing “The Home”...
HRC/CAT/OS/3a-vi:Sat Night , So tired. Going to bed. Good night, Harry. , Sunday Morning , I got your letter. It’s nice to get one. , I ...
HRC/CAT/OS/3a-xii:[page/s missing], when I was ill. These things are somewhat sore to me. I have supported myself ever since I was a child. It ...
HRC/CAT/OS/3a-xv:144 Marina , Sunday Afternoon , How is my boy? Miss Jones has just been to see me. My heart aches with pity for her. I don’...
HRC/CAT/OS/3a-xvii-b:Wednesday , Have not been able to post today, comrade. Please find out for me whether the picture of the horned beetle is in ...
HRC/CAT/OS/3a-xviii:Alexandra House , Denmark Place , Hastings , Friday Night , Here I am Harry. It is so sweet to write to you. Do you get that ...
HRC/CAT/OS/3b-v:Friday night , I am just going to bed. I feel my self excited when I think of our criticism article going to the Fortnightly....
HRC/CAT/OS/3b-viii:Alexandra House , Hastings, Monday , I like that little boy. What a big forehead he had. It isn’t so big now in proport...
HRC/CAT/OS/3b-ix:Wednesday Night, Harry, I do belong to you. If I were married to anyone else, I would still belong to you, because our friend...
HRC/CAT/OS/3b-xii:Friday Night , I have just done a scene. Henry my work takes so much out of me & it is so little in quantity when it is d...
HRC/CAT/OS/3b-xiii:Sat Night , I have just got the enclosed from poor Miss Jones. I have written to say I can’t come to dinner, but will l...
HRC/CAT/OS/3b-xiva:Sunday, I think that article of Roden Noel’s splendid. It is the best thing that ever was written on Hinton. What is th...
HRC/CAT/OS/3b-xvi:Tuesday night evening , I am sorry your head is bad, it needs to be comforted I think. Don’t you? You are working &...
HRC/CAT/OS/3b-xvii:Wednesday night , I have just got your letter. I enclose Eleanor Marx’s. I should much like to come up to that Nora rea...
HRC/CAT/OS/3b-xxi:Sat Morning , I forgot to tell to tell you that Miss Jones came yesterday to invite me to stay with them from Sat to Monday. ...
HRC/CAT/OS/3b-xxii:Sunday Morning , Harry, my baby, you must feel comforted. I can see from your letters you are very miserable. Is the cold sti...
HRC/CAT/OS/3b-xxiv:Monday Night , I don’t know how it is I keep wanting to press my feet together, I won’t give way to the feeling, ...
HRC/CAT/OS/3b-xxvii:Hastings , Xmas Morning , I wonder what you are doing this morning. , I send you the first sheet of my letter to Mama to tell...
HRC/CAT/OS/3b-xxvi:4 Robertson Terrace, Hastings , Friday night , My comrade, I have got here, but I’m not yet in my bedroom. Some one els...
HRC/UNCAT/OS-8:Sunday Morning , My little bit of sweet sunshine came this morning: thankyou for it. It was good to know you are about, it ma...
HRC/UNCAT/OS-14:4 Rob. Ter. , Tuesday Eve. , I am sending you our article. It is exceedingly interesting (I am speaking critically now) one w...
HRC/UNCAT/OS-17:Sunday Afternoon , I’ve been reading that French book so nicely without a dictionary. I think when I’ve done this...
HRC/UNCAT/OS-18:Monday , You know I shall be loving to my boy a little this evening, why shouldn’t I be if I like! I send you a little ...
HRC/UNCAT/OS-24:Friday Eve. , I haven’t had a letter today because it was Good Friday. I’ve been lying a little on the bed in the...
HRC/UNCAT/OS-55:Wednesday, I feel it now, Harry! I do kiss your hair & your eyes too. Does he want a tender little word sometimes! I feel...
HRC/UNCAT/OS-56:9 Blandford Sq , Wednesday , Harry, I wish I could feel passionate, really passionate, love for you. Life would be so perfect...
HRC/UNCAT/OS-61:Sunday Morning , Isn’t it hot! I feel better & rested for yesterday I’d like to come to Anerly, but then it’...
HRC/CAT/OS/4a-i:My Harry boy, Thou understandest thy little comrade & knowest less of her even than Donkin!! I’m very much myself &...
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