ABSTRACT

Octavia Hill was a key figure in the open spaces and housing movement and one of the founders of the National Trust. Her legacy continues today in the form of many active bodies such as the modern National Trust, the Open Spaces Society and the Family Welfare Association.

First published in 1928, this work is a collection of Octavia Hill’s early letters, edited by her sister Emily Southwood Maurice. The letters throw considerable light on the difficulties she encountered in the tenements and how she first realised the principles on which she would later act.

This book will be of interest to those studying the history of social welfare and poverty.

part I

EARLY EXPERIENCES

chapter |1 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter |1 pages

BIRTHDAY LETTER

chapter |1 pages

NEWGATE PRISON

chapter |1 pages

PUBLIC WORSHIP

chapter |1 pages

CHRISTIAN SOCIALISTS

chapter |1 pages

BEAN-FEAST

chapter |2 pages

PRICES

chapter |1 pages

RAGGED SCHOOLS

chapter |1 pages

GRANTED PRAYERS

chapter |3 pages

REST AND BEAUTY

chapter |2 pages

THE SEA

chapter |2 pages

THE TEMPLE

chapter |2 pages

MISS ROGERS

chapter |1 pages

AN EASTERN STORY

chapter |2 pages

OLIVIA

chapter |1 pages

RIDE AT WEYBRIDGE

chapter |2 pages

CONVERSAZIONE AT WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE

chapter |2 pages

'TEARS, IDLE TEARS'

chapter |2 pages

RESPONSIBILITY

chapter |2 pages

BIRTHDAY LETTER

chapter |2 pages

A TRIBUTE TO A SISTER

chapter |2 pages

VISIT TO BRITISH MUSEUM

chapter |2 pages

WHOLESALE DEALER

chapter |2 pages

THE OLD CARPENTER

chapter |4 pages

ROBIN

chapter |2 pages

POPPIES

chapter |3 pages

DRAWINGS OF FLOWERS

chapter |4 pages

SPOTTISWOOD'S CHURCH

chapter |2 pages

THE BRAMBLE

chapter |1 pages

TWO OLD LADIES

chapter |1 pages

MONEY RESPONSIBILITY

chapter |1 pages

ALONE IN LONDON

chapter |2 pages

BREWER'S COURT CONCERT

chapter |1 pages

STRENUOUS WORK

chapter |3 pages

SYMPATHY WITH WORKERS OF OTHER CREEDS

chapter |1 pages

MILTON STREET HOME

chapter |2 pages

ROBIN AT THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

chapter |1 pages

NOTTINGHAM PLACE

chapter |1 pages

COMMUNION SERVICE AT VERE STREET

chapter |1 pages

ANNIVERSARIES

chapter |2 pages

VIRGINIAN CREEPER

chapter |2 pages

THE DEAD CHILD

chapter |1 pages

A SERVANT'S GRATITUDE

chapter |3 pages

VISIT TO A WIDOW

chapter |7 pages

NOTTINGHAM PLACE PUPILS

chapter |1 pages

MIRANDA'S ILLNESS

chapter |2 pages

REMINISCENCE

chapter |2 pages

VISIT TO MR. AND MRS. TOM HUGHES

chapter |2 pages

ILLNESS OF MARY HARRIS'S NIECE

chapter |1 pages

SKETCHING

chapter |2 pages

GERTRUDE'S ENGAGEMENT

chapter |1 pages

VISIT TO GEORGE ELIOT

chapter |1 pages

MR. AND MRS. G. H. LEWES

chapter |1 pages

RUSKIN'S LECTURES

chapter |3 pages

GEORGE MACDONALD'S LECTURES

chapter |2 pages

VISIT TO BUDE

chapter |1 pages

RECTOR AND COTTAGER

chapter |1 pages

VISITORS

chapter |2 pages

INCOMPLETE LIVES

chapter |2 pages

MISS S.

chapter |1 pages

GODMANCHESTER

chapter |1 pages

RUSKIN LEAVES FOR SWITZERLAND

chapter |2 pages

PHOTOS OF FIVE SISTERS

chapter |2 pages

CONVENTIONALITY

chapter |1 pages

VISIT TO OFFLEY

chapter |1 pages

G. F. WATTS—BETHNAL GREEN CLERGYMAN

chapter |1 pages

MARTHA

chapter |2 pages

PRINCESS ALICE

chapter |3 pages

THE CAPTAIN

chapter |2 pages

GARIBALDI

chapter |2 pages

PROFESSOR SEELEY

chapter |2 pages

ARTHUR HILL

chapter |1 pages

JOHN STUART MILL

chapter |1 pages

MRS. RUNDLE CHARLES

chapter |2 pages

THE 'REAL PRESENCE'

chapter |2 pages

CONSUELO

chapter |2 pages

NEW FRIENDS

chapter |1 pages

HUSH IN LIFE

chapter |2 pages

SUCCESS

chapter |2 pages

LETTER FROM F. D. MAURICE

chapter |2 pages

FACING SORROW

chapter |2 pages

BRISTOL SOCIAL SCIENCE MEETING

chapter |1 pages

SAMUEL BARNETT—A BUSY WEEK

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FIRST AND LAST

part II|96 pages

RUSKIN

chapter |1 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter |4 pages

LETTERS FROM RUSKIN

chapter |4 pages

LETTERS FROM OCTAVIA TO M. HARRIS

chapter |2 pages

LETTER FROM RUSKIN: WORK AND CONVENTS

chapter |2 pages

LETTER FROM OCTAVIA TO RUSKIN: REPLY

chapter |2 pages

LETTERS TO M. HARRIS

chapter |3 pages

LETTERS TO M. HARRIS

chapter |2 pages

LETTERS FROM RUSKIN TO OCTAVIA

chapter |8 pages

LETTERS FROM OCTAVIA TO M. HARRIS

chapter |2 pages

LETTER FROM OCTAVIA TO M. HARRIS

chapter |1 pages

LETTERS FROM RUSKIN TO OCTAVIA

chapter |1 pages

LETTERS FROM RUSKIN TO OCTAVIA

chapter |4 pages

LETTERS FROM OCTAVIA TO M. HARRIS

chapter |2 pages

LETTERS FROM RUSKIN TO OCTAVIA

chapter |3 pages

LETTERS FROM OCTAVIA TO M. HARRIS

chapter |5 pages

LETTERS FROM OCTAVIA TO M. HARRIS

chapter |2 pages

LETTERS FROM RUSKIN TO OCTAVIA

chapter |3 pages

LETTERS PROM RUSKIN TO OCTAVIA

chapter |4 pages

LETTERS PROM OCTAVIA TO M. HARRIS

chapter |2 pages

LETTERS FROM RUSKIN TO OCTAVIA

chapter |2 pages

LETTERS PROM RUSKIN TO OCTAVIA

chapter |3 pages

LETTERS PROM OCTAVIA TO M. HARRIS

chapter |30 pages

LETTERS FROM RUSKIN TO OCTAVIA

part III|32 pages

THOUGHTS AND ASPIRATIONS

chapter |1 pages

SEPARATION

chapter |1 pages

REFORM

chapter |2 pages

ANGELS AS VISITORS

chapter |1 pages

PASSING AWAY

chapter |1 pages

JOY

chapter |1 pages

HUMAN BEINGS NOT MACHINES

chapter |1 pages

HAPPINESS

chapter |2 pages

CALL OF THE ANGELS

chapter |1 pages

JOY

chapter |2 pages

THE GROWTH OF SOULS

chapter |1 pages

GOLD NO BOND OF UNION

chapter |1 pages

SINGING

chapter |1 pages

ENJOYMENT AND DUTY

chapter |2 pages

SYMBOLISM

chapter |1 pages

TEARS

chapter |2 pages

POETRY FOR WORKERS

chapter |1 pages

WORK

chapter |1 pages

SUNSET

chapter |1 pages

SACRIFICE

chapter |1 pages

DISAPPOINTED HOPES—WEIGHING RESULTS

chapter |1 pages

NOBLE FRIENDSHIP

chapter |1 pages

LIVING WITNESS TO THE UNCHANGEABLE

chapter |2 pages

RICHES

chapter |1 pages

EXCLUSIVENESS

chapter |1 pages

POVERTY

chapter |1 pages

BOOKS

chapter |2 pages

DAILY ROUTINE

chapter |1 pages

EDUCATION

chapter |2 pages

ANNIVERSARIES

chapter |1 pages

PAID AND UNPAID WORK

chapter |2 pages

GRANTING REQUESTS

chapter |1 pages

SUFFERING

chapter |2 pages

GOOD AND EVIL

chapter |1 pages

MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD

chapter |1 pages

THE STORM

chapter |1 pages

PREPARATION FOR LIFE

chapter |2 pages

NATIONAL AND FAMILY LIFE

chapter |2 pages

A LIVING WITNESS

chapter |1 pages

LOSS OF FAITH

chapter |2 pages

A PERFECT IDEAL

chapter |2 pages

TIMES OF TRIAL

chapter |1 pages

FAMILY RELATIONS

chapter |2 pages

THE RESURRECTION

chapter |1 pages

THE GRACIOUSNESS OF GOD

chapter |1 pages

CREEDS: THE STILL SMALL VOICE

chapter |2 pages

DEATH OF A MOTHER

chapter |1 pages

SEEKING HAPPINESS

chapter |2 pages

PANICS

chapter |1 pages

SUFFERING

chapter |2 pages

ABSTRACT TRUTHS

chapter |1 pages

PERCEPTION OF A PRINCIPLE

chapter |1 pages

SHUTTING PEOPLE OUT

chapter |1 pages

A LIVING WITNESS OF GOD

chapter |1 pages

DEVELOPMENT—FEELING AND THINKING

chapter |1 pages

STUDY AND ENJOYMENT

chapter |1 pages

A SMALL SUN OF THINE

chapter |1 pages

SHADOW AND SUNLIGHT

chapter |2 pages

CHRISTMAS MESSAGES

chapter |1 pages

LABOUR AND HOPE