Life of Octavia Hill as told in her letters

by Charles Edmund Maurice

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

CONTENTS
 

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