FOR THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSES. BEING A REVIEW OF THE DEFECTS OF EXISTING MODEL LODGING-HOUSES, AND BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN ERECTED BY THE AUTHOR: TOGETHER WITH REGISTERED PLANS FOR THE ADAPTATION OF EXISTING to which are added MANY USEFUL HINTS TO INVESTORS IN SMALL HOUSE PROPERTY AND A GENERAL VIEW OF THE NECESSARY CLAUSES WHICH SHOULD BE BY BANISTER FLETCHER, Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects. LONDON: 1871. All rights reserved. 173. e. 35. OFTEN the subject treated of trenches so much on ground already occupied, that the author commences by an apology and explanation why he considered it desirable to publish his book. In the present instance, the reverse is the case: my work, at least, is new. I have written as simply, and in as condensed a form, as possible, so that, by the very smallness of my book, I might tempt all to read, and thus diffuse my ideas and plans; confidently believing that if generally used for all new buildings for the industrial classes, and for the adaptation of existing houses, they would convert the wretched homes of the working people of London and our large towns into really healthy dwellings. I would only add that the buildings which have been erected from the designs given in this book, much please both those who occupy, and those who go to criticise. 24 BEDFORD SQUARE: April, 1871. B. FLETCHER. |