ABSTRACT
1. The disintegration of tradition: the Two Nations—rich and poor: social conditions in 1830; the need for reform. 2. Birth and parentage: grandparents: the founding of Ruskin, Telford and Domecq. 3. Hunter Street: Herne Hill: early childhood: the daily Bible reading: domestic life: love for his father. 4. The two families of cousins—Croydon and Perth: Jessie: an Ossianic poem on her death: Mary Richardson.
