DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY.

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTORY.

CHAPTER I. A Village Not Picturesque.

CHAPTER II. Illustrations of Character.

CHAPTER III. Slow Advancing.

CHAPTER IV. Sowing Seed.

CHAPTER V. Homes and No Homes.

CHAPTER VI. Difficulties.

CHAPTER VII. Giving and Receiving.

CHAPTER VIII. Light upon a Dark Subject.

CHAPTER IX. Our Missionaries.

CHAPTER X. Our Baby.

CHAPTER XI. Letters.

CHAPTER XII. Obstacles: Who shall remove them?

APPENDIX. RULES FOR THE REGULATION OF THE MOTHERS' SOCIETY.

RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

FOOTNOTES.

Tucker’s cottage. The Oldest House in Kensington Potteries

RAGGED HOMES,
AND
HOW TO MEND THEM.

BY
MRS BAYLY.

“The corner-stone of the commonwealth is the hearth-stone.”

Fifth Thousand.

LONDON:
JAMES NISBET AND CO., 21 BERNERS STREET.
M.DCCC.LX.