Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Dorothy Craik, 25 September 1887

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               <salute>My darling child</salute>
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            <p> Here is a bit more wedding-cake. that you &amp; <persName
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               it before you eat your own! – It was not a pretty wedding yesterday: a bride in a
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               that don’t thoroughly love her &amp; wish her happiness – though that involve a good
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               their best clothes, looking bright &amp; happy. – I was so glad your tooth-ache was
               better – poor little girl! It was very hard for you- we much hope that your bad luck
               will leave again. – about the middle of November we shall likely go to <placeName
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Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Dorothy Craik, 25 September 1887. Dinah Mulock Craik Karen Bourrier Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of Calgary Karen Bourrier Transcription February-March 2015 by Sarah Kent First proofing of transcription February-March 2015 by Janice Parker Second proofing of transcription June-July 2015 by Janice Parker TEI encoding by February-March 2015 by Sarah Kent First proofing of TEI encoding February-March 2015 by Janice Parker Second proofing of TEI encoding June-July 2015 by Janice Parker Third proofing of TEI encoding June 2016 by Kailey Fukushima First digital edition in TEI, date: 15 August 2015. P5. Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2015

Reproduced by courtesy of the University of California at Los Angeles.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of California at Los Angeles Charles E. Young Research Library Mulock Family Papers 846 Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Dorothy Craik, 25 September 1887. Box 2, Folder 15

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 faciliate searching. The long s is not encoded.

Sept September 25 – /87 1887 The Corner House Shortlands, R.O. Kent My darling child

Here is a bit more wedding-cake. that you & Alexander may get used to it before you eat your own! – It was not a pretty wedding yesterday: a bride in a very ugly wedding-dress – the bridesmaids in still uglier clothes, the church not ornamented – & the afternoon tea a crowd of people who didn’t seem quite to know what to do. – My child shall be married in a white dress & veil & orange blossoms – with pretty bridesmaids. – & nobody for guests that don’t thoroughly love her & wish her happiness – though that involve a good many. – I don’t like a show wedding, but I do like a pretty one – with everybody in their best clothes, looking bright & happy. – I was so glad your tooth-ache was better – poor little girl! It was very hard for you- we much hope that your bad luck will leave again. – about the middle of November we shall likely go to Dover- & that will strengthen you – & prevent gumboils. – you must settle with Alexander when he is to come – you know he is always “a gude sight for vain e'en” to Papa & me as well as to you – I have only time for this line before Church – & in the afternoon Maggie Hooper is coming & Cameron Swan. – so I might lose the post. –

Yes, I did tell Connie about Song-bird – pretty creature! You should see how sweet & content she looks! – I have not seen Dr. Phillips yet about the selling of her. – but she will sell all the better for the times & care he gives her so I am in no hurry. It is only a wise investment of capital. –

Goodbye my darling – Ever your loving Mother –

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Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Dorothy Craik, 25 September 1887. Dinah Mulock Craik Karen Bourrier Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of Calgary Karen Bourrier Transcription February-March 2015 by Sarah Kent First proofing of transcription February-March 2015 by Janice Parker Second proofing of transcription June-July 2015 by Janice Parker TEI encoding by February-March 2015 by Sarah Kent First proofing of TEI encoding February-March 2015 by Janice Parker Second proofing of TEI encoding June-July 2015 by Janice Parker Third proofing of TEI encoding June 2016 by Kailey Fukushima First digital edition in TEI, date: 15 August 2015. P5. Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2015

Reproduced by courtesy of the University of California at Los Angeles.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
Dinah Mulock Craik: A Digital Archive University of California at Los Angeles Charles E. Young Research Library Mulock Family Papers 846 Letter from Dinah Mulock Craik to Dorothy Craik, 25 September 1887. Box 2, Folder 15

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 faciliate searching. The long s is not encoded.

Sept September 25 – /87 1887 The Corner House Shortlands, R.O. Kent My darling child

Here is a bit more wedding-cake. that you & Alexander may get used to it before you eat your own! – It was not a pretty wedding yesterday: a bride in a very ugly wedding-dress – the bridesmaids in still uglier clothes, the church not ornamented – & the afternoon tea a crowd of people who didn’t seem quite to know what to do. – My child shall be married in a white dress & veil & orange blossoms – with pretty bridesmaids. – & nobody for guests that don’t thoroughly love her & wish her happiness – though that involve a good many. – I don’t like a show wedding, but I do like a pretty one – with everybody in their best clothes, looking bright & happy. – I was so glad your tooth-ache was better – poor little girl! It was very hard for you- we much hope that your bad luck will leave again. – about the middle of November we shall likely go to Dover- & that will strengthen you – & prevent gumboils. – you must settle with Alexander when he is to come – you know he is always “a gude sight for vain e'en” to Papa & me as well as to you – I have only time for this line before Church – & in the afternoon Maggie Hooper is coming & Cameron Swan. – so I might lose the post. –

Yes, I did tell Connie about Song-bird – pretty creature! You should see how sweet & content she looks! – I have not seen Dr. Phillips yet about the selling of her. – but she will sell all the better for the times & care he gives her so I am in no hurry. It is only a wise investment of capital. –

Goodbye my darling – Ever your loving Mother –