Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Mrs. Dickinson, 28 September 1886.

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                <p>I send the autographs you ask for – but there is no photograph attainable. <rs
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                    portrait – that my many American friends may see my face; – they have been very
                    kind in wishing for it – &amp; so are you.</p>
                <p>I return this most heart-breaking column of newspaper print. – Many a time I have
                    wondered if you had ever found your child – &amp; I still believe you may find
                    him. – He was too old quite to forget those first six years – &amp; if when he
                    grows up he hears the story, he may recognize it as his own, &amp; come to you.
                    – Unless he is dead – &amp; then he is safe in God's keeping. – But I can never
                    think of your anguish without the wonder that you bore it &amp; lived. – I still
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                    She is perfectly happy in her marriage - &amp; so am I – but our house will be
                    left desolate. I think the continual education God gives us ends but with our
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Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Mrs. Dickinson, 28 September 1886. Dinah Mulock Craik Karen Bourrier Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of Calgary Karen Bourrier Transcription 2008 by Karen Bourrier Proofing of transcription 23 March 2017 by Hannah Anderson TEI encoding 23 March 2017 by Hannah Anderson Proofing of TEI encoding 23 March 2017 by Karen Bourrier First digital edition in TEI, date: April 2017. P5. Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2016

Reproduced by courtesy of the New York Public Library.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive New York Public Library Berg Collection Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Collection of Papers Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Mrs. Dickinson, 28 September 1886.

Written on personalized stationary. Stationary reads The Corner House, Shortlands, R.O. Kent.

Folder 67B2875

Our aim in this edition has been to transcribe the content of the letters as accurately as possible without reproducing the physical appearance of the manuscript. Craik’s spelling, punctuation, underlining, superscripts, abbreviations, additions and deletions are retained, except for words which are hyphenated at the end of a line, which we have silently emended. Where Craik uses a non-standard spelling, we have encoded both her spelling and the standard Oxford English Dictionary spelling to facilitate searching. The long s is not encoded.
Sept September 28 /86 1886 – Dear Mrs. Dickinson,

I send the autographs you ask for – but there is no photograph attainable. My husband objects to my being public property – & so do I. Bye-the-bye Messrs Harper may engrave a portrait – that my many American friends may see my face; – they have been very kind in wishing for it – & so are you.

I return this most heart-breaking column of newspaper print. – Many a time I have wondered if you had ever found your child – & I still believe you may find him. – He was too old quite to forget those first six years – & if when he grows up he hears the story, he may recognize it as his own, & come to you. – Unless he is dead – & then he is safe in God's keeping. – But I can never think of your anguish without the wonder that you bore it & lived. – I still hope you will live to be happy – but God only knows. In the meantime you have your other children. My "one lone-lamb" is going to be married & live in another country. She is perfectly happy in her marriage - & so am I – but our house will be left desolate. I think the continual education God gives us ends but with our lives. – May He bless it to you, in spite of its bitter pain!

The stories about Brownies which amuse your children so, I used to tell night after night to my child when I put her to bed inventing a fresh one every night – until I picked out the best ones & made them into a book – I am glad other children like it. –

With deepest sympathy – & glad I can give you even a small pleasure, believe me

Sincerely yours DMCraik

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Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Mrs. Dickinson, 28 September 1886. Dinah Mulock Craik Karen Bourrier Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of Calgary Karen Bourrier Transcription 2008 by Karen Bourrier Proofing of transcription 23 March 2017 by Hannah Anderson TEI encoding 23 March 2017 by Hannah Anderson Proofing of TEI encoding 23 March 2017 by Karen Bourrier First digital edition in TEI, date: April 2017. P5. Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2016

Reproduced by courtesy of the New York Public Library.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive New York Public Library Berg Collection Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Collection of Papers Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Mrs. Dickinson, 28 September 1886.

Written on personalized stationary. Stationary reads The Corner House, Shortlands, R.O. Kent.

Folder 67B2875

Our aim in this edition has been to transcribe the content of the letters as accurately as possible without reproducing the physical appearance of the manuscript. Craik’s spelling, punctuation, underlining, superscripts, abbreviations, additions and deletions are retained, except for words which are hyphenated at the end of a line, which we have silently emended. Where Craik uses a non-standard spelling, we have encoded both her spelling and the standard Oxford English Dictionary spelling to facilitate searching. The long s is not encoded.
Sept September 28 / 86 1886 – Dear Mrs. Dickinson,

I send the autographs you ask for – but there is no photograph attainable. My husband objects to my being public property – & so do I. Bye-the-bye Messrs Harper may engrave a portrait – that my many American friends may see my face; – they have been very kind in wishing for it – & so are you.

I return this most heart-breaking column of newspaper print. – Many a time I have wondered if you had ever found your child – & I still believe you may find him. – He was too old quite to forget those first six years – & if when he grows up he hears the story, he may recognize it as his own, & come to you. – Unless he is dead – & then he is safe in God's keeping. – But I can never think of your anguish without the wonder that you bore it & lived. – I still hope you will live to be happy – but God only knows. In the meantime you have your other children. My "one lone-lamb" is going to be married & live in another country. She is perfectly happy in her marriage - & so am I – but our house will be left desolate. I think the continual education God gives us ends but with our lives. – May He bless it to you, in spite of its bitter pain!

The stories about Brownies which amuse your children so, I used to tell night after night to my child when I put her to bed inventing a fresh one every night – until I picked out the best ones & made them into a book – I am glad other children like it. –

With deepest sympathy – & glad I can give you even a small pleasure, believe me

Sincerely yours DMCraik