Quotations about sympathy on the title-page come from George Henry Lewes
(in his life of Goethe) and from Arnold Toynbee
. EL
's earliest heroine, then Espérance de Mabillon, makes a cameo appearance with her...
Occupation
Eva Gore-Booth
The Settlement system was inspired by the work of critic Arnold Toynbee
, who studied the Industrial Revolution and other elements of British history. It was described as a club of . . . men...
Timeline
1884: Clergyman Samuel Barnett and his wife Henrietta...
Building item
1884
Clergyman Samuel Barnett
and his wife Henrietta
founded Toynbee Hall in Commercial Street in the London slum of Whitechapel, the first settlement house designed as a centre of help for the local poor, run...
