Image from page 279 of “The world through a woman’s eyes” (1896)
Image by Internet Archive Book Images
Identifier: cu31924023481892
Title: The world through a woman’s eyes
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Ackermann, Jessie A
Subjects: Women
Publisher: Chicago : [s.n.]
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN
View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.
Text Appearing Before Image:
ch had notthen been developed into a question, but wasaccepted, as it had been handed down to us, as adivine institution, and therefore the only form thatcould be recognized—because of these strange ideas Ihad a great desire to see the writer. When the suc-cess of the book was assured and the real name of itsauthor had become known, I was filled with a greaterdesire than ever to look into the face of the womanwho had penned this somewhat weird production.The opportunity came to me during my sojourn inAfrica when I visited Olive Schreiner in her home. Her book being without a frontispiece of the writer,the only idea to be formed of her personal appearancemust of necessity be based on the characteristics ofthe book. These being so unusual, it was but naturalto expect to see a somewhat unusual appearing indi-vidual. With these thoughts in my mind I left thetrain at a station a short distance from Craddock, andfound the carriage waiting to convey me to the farm,some three miles distant.
Text Appearing After Image:
Olive Sciireiner. AFRICA. 277 Viewing the surrounding country as we drovealong, I did not see how any place in that regioncould be called a farm. My whole being just tingledwith suppressed interrogation-points, as I wonderedwhat such barren land could produce. Arrived atthe farm, a little body flitted from the house to thegate to welcome me, and in less than five minutes Iwas truly at home with this interesting, chatty littlewonian. Mrs. Schreiner is under average height, with darkhair, arranged in that careless style so becoming togenius. Her dark, sparkling eyes light up her facewith wonderful brightness as she expresses the inter-est she feels in all things ; for, from this place whereone seems almost buried, she keeps in perfect touchwith the outside world and its doings. This kindof life, that would narrow down and dwarf the verysoul of some women, is to her a perpetual feast. The house is of the style of the farm-houses of thatcountry—comfortable, but scarcely presenting the s
Note About Images
Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability – coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
This Olive Schreiner House image was automatically curated and published with WP Robot plugin – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress – a massive time and money saver.