Life of Octavia Hill as Told in Her Letters

by Octavia Hill

[52]. First reference to the housing schemes.

[53]. Mr. William Shaen.

[54]. The marriage of Gertrude to Charles Lewes, son of G. H. Lewes.

[55]. Mrs. Hill and her three daughters were staying near Falmouth in a cottage lent them by Miss Sterling.

[56]. Miss Sterling’s servant.

[57]. Hugh’s wife.

[58]. This was afterwards known as the “Maurice Girls’ Home.”

[59]. One of the first tenants. Her only boy died in hospital. She was a widow who went very early to work. Octavia and her sisters went every morning for some weeks to get the children ready for school, until they had learnt to do it themselves.

[60]. A name her sister Miranda gave her, because she attracted so many persons to join her in all she did.

[61]. Mentioned in the “Homes of the London Poor.”