Kevin A. Morrison is Distinguished Professor of British Literature in the School of Foreign Languages at Henan University. He is the author of Victorian Liberalism and Material Culture: Synergies of Thought and Place (2018), A Micro-History of Victorian Liberal Parenting: John Morley’s "Discreet Indifference" (2018), and Study-Abroad Pedagogy, Dark Tourism, and Historical Reenactment: In the Footsteps of Jack the Ripper and His Victims (2019). He has edited a number of collections including, most recently, Walter Besant: The Business of the Literature and the Pleasures of Reform (2019).

• Volume IV: Philanthropy, Charity and Social ActivismList of IllustrationsGeneral IntroductionVolume IV Introduction: Philanthropy, Charity and Social ActivismPart 1: Poverty, Charity and Poor Law Reform1. Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population, as it affects the future Improvement of Society, with Remarks on the Speculations of Mr. Godwin, M. Condorcet, and Other Writers2. Jeremy Bentham, Outline of a Work Entitled Pauper Management Improved3. Patrick Colquhoun, A Treatise on Indigence; Exhibiting a General View of the National Resources for Productive Labour4. George Rose, Observations on the Poor Laws, and on the Management of the Poor5. J. H. Stallard, Pauperism, Charity, & Poor Laws: Being an Inquiry into the Present State of the Poorer Classes in the Metropolis, the Resources and Effects of Charity, and the Influence of the Poor Law System of Relief: with Suggestions for an Improved Administration6. Sidney and Beatrice Webb, English Poor Law PolicyPart 2: Charity, Philanthropy and Advocacy7. Thomas Carlyle, Model Prisons8. Richard Dawes, The Evils of Indiscriminate Charity, and of a Careless Administration of Funds Left for Charitable Purposes9. Standish Grove Grady, What the Rich are Doing for the Poor10. Octavia Hill, The Importance of Aiding the Poor without Almsgiving11. Samuel Smiles, Riches and Charity12. C. S. Loch, How to Help Cases of Distress: A Handy Reference Book for Almoners and Others13. Ernest Belfort Bax, The Natural History of the Nonconformist Conscience14. B. Kirkman Gray, Philanthropists and PoliticiansPart 3: Charity, Philanthropy and Social Change15. Henry Roberts, On the Essentials of a Healthy Dwelling16. George Sims, How the Poor Live17. S. F. Swift, In the Slums: An Account of Salvation Army Welfare in the Dark Courts and Alleys of Modern Babylon and Other Great Cities18. Types of Workers: No. 1 The Match Factory Lass19. R. G. Bulkeley, “Purity”: An Address to Men20. The Pioneer: Being the Organ of the Social Purity Alliance & the Moral Reform Union21. Matthew Arnold, General Report for the Year 1882’ in Board of Education, Reports on Elementary Schools22. J. Reid Howatt, Then and Now: A Sketch of 50 Years’ Work by the Ragged School Union23. Florence Davenport-Hill, The Workhouse as Home and School24. Countess Compton, Women’s Work in the Ragged Schools25. Octavia Hill, Our Common Land (And Other Short Essays)26. Annual Report of the Birmingham and Midland Freedmen’s Aid Association27. Royal Commission on University Education in London, Appendix to the Second Report of the Commissioners. Minutes of Evidence (June 1910-November 1910)Part 4: Woman: Missionary of Industry, Angel Out of the House28. Catharine Cappe, Thoughts on Various Charitable and Other Important Institutions, and on the Best Mode of Conducting Them; to which is Subjoined, an Address to the friends of the Rising Generation29. Miss E. S. Lidgett, The Work of Women as Guardians of the Poor30. Mary H. Steer, Rescue Work by Women Among Women31. Ellice Hopkins, Appendix, Work Among the Lost32. The Women’s Settlements of London: Their Origin and Work33. Angela Burdett-Coutts, Woman: The Missionary of Industry34. Josephine Butler, Woman’s Work and Woman’s Culture: A Series of EssaysIndex

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