Life of Octavia Hill as told in her letters
LIFE OF
OCTAVIA HILL
AS TOLD IN HER LETTERS
EDITED BY
C. EDMUND MAURICE
"The Holy Supper is kept indeed
In whatso we share with another's need.
Not what we give, but what we share;
For the gift without the giver is bare."
Vision of Sir Launfal.
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1913
| CHAPTER I | ||
| PAGE | ||
| PARENTAGE AND CHILDHOOD | 1 | |
CHAPTER II | ||
| EARLY WORK IN LONDON. 1851—APRIL, 1856 | 13 | |
CHAPTER III | ||
| WORKING WOMEN’S CLASSES AND ART TRAINING, 1856—1858 | 80 | |
CHAPTER IV | ||
| MILTON STREET, DORSET SQUARE. DECEMBER, 1858—APRIL, 1861 | 127 | |
CHAPTER V | ||
| NOTTINGHAM PLACE SCHOOL. BEGINNING OF HOUSING WORK. 1860—1870 | 188 | |
CHAPTER VI | ||
| 1870—1875. GROWING PUBLICITY OF OCTAVIA’S WORK | 256 | |
CHAPTER VII | ||
| 1875—1878. THE OPEN SPACE MOVEMENT | 315 | |
CHAPTER VIII | ||
| 1878—1881. FOREIGN TRAVELS. MANAGEMENT OF HER WORK AT HOME | 354 | |
CHAPTER IX | ||
| 1881–1889. APPOINTMENT BY THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS | 440 | |
CHAPTER X | ||
| FURTHER PROGRESS IN HOUSING AND OPEN SPACE WORK. 1890—1902 | 505 | |
CHAPTER XI | ||
| LAST YEARS OF LIFE. 1902—1912 | 548 | |
| CONCLUSION | 580 | |
| INDEX | 585 | |
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