The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Schreiner, Olive
SCHREINER, shrīnēr, Olive (better known
by name of ),
pseudonym “,” South African
author: b. Basutoland, about 1860. In 1883
appeared “Ralph Iron's” first work, ‘The Story
of an African Farm,’ a book of much interest
with simple yet forceful pictures, from the
Boer country. Further publications are
‘Dreams’ (5th ed., 1893); ‘Dream Life and
Real Life’ (1893); ‘Trooper Peter Halket of
Mashonaland’ (1897); and ‘An English South
African's View of the Situation’ (1899); a
critique on the Transvaal difficulty from the
pro-Boer position. She was married in 1894

to S. C. Cronwright with whom she published
‘The Political Situation’ (1895).