'Work on till every workman should have three good rooms, well ventilated and with light before and behind. These were the requirements which were necessary for a Christian and a civilised being. But until they could arrive at that, let them be content with something more humble. Anything that would moderate those evils, however humble it might be; anything that would deal with the miserable, disgusting, alarming condition-alarming in a physical, moral, and spiritual sense, as well as in a political sense-of hundreds and thousands of people in this great and wealthy metropolis, should be welcomed and encouraged. They could to a certain extent moderate these evils, and at least they could show to the people who were now seething in suffering, sorrow, and indignation, that they were going forward, under God's blessing, to do their best, according to their means, to improve their spiritual, their physical, and their religious condition.' LORD SHAFTESBURY, K.G., Speech at Society of Arts, April 21, 1871. 'The improvement of the homes of the people lies at the very foundation of political and social progress.' J. H. STALLARD, M.B. LOND., M.R.C.P.L. 'The laws of health are closely allied to the laws of morality': and that knowledge which tends to render the home comfortable, the body vigorous, and the mind clear, is highly valuable in preparing the way for spiritual instruction.' T. TWINING, Vice-President of Society of Arts. 'A clean, fresh, and well-ordered house exercises over its inmates a moral, no less than a physical influence, and has a direct tendency to make the members of the family sober, peaceable, and considerate of the feelings and happiness of each other; nor is it difficult to trace a connexion between habitual feelings of this sort and the formation of habits of respect for property, for the laws in general, and even for those higher duties and obligations the observance of which no law can enforce.' DR. SOUTHWOOD SMITH. REGISTERED PLANS FOR THE ADAPTATION OF EXISTING ALSO MANY USEFUL HINTS TO INVESTORS IN SMALL HOUSE PROPERTY ON PURCHASING AND A GENERAL VIEW OF THE NECESSARY CLAUSES WHICH SHOULD BE CONTAINED IN A BY BANISTER FLETCHER, (Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.) AUTHOR OF "DILAPIDATIONS," "" ARBITRATIONS,' 39 66 COMPENSATIONS," AND "QUANTITIES." SECOND EDITION: TO WHICH IS ADDED "SANITARY HINTS, OR HOW TO KEEP YOUR HOME HEALTHY.” LONDON: B. T. BATSFORD, 52, HIGH HOLBORN. 1877. |