Produced by Fay Dunn, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) No. 8. State Charities Aid Association, 52 EAST 20TH STREET. HOMES OF THE LONDON POOR BY MISS OCTAVIA HILL. REPRINTED FROM THE "FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW" AND "MACMILLAN'S MAGAZINE," BY PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR. Price, 25 Cents. TO BE OBTAINED AT THE OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATION. NEW YORK. 1875. In reprinting the following articles, by Miss Octavia Hill, of London, it is not proposed that the system described is, in all its details, applicable to this country. The conditions of poverty in America and in England differ widely. The Municipal forms of Government there are very unlike our own. But the broad truths of humanity are the same everywhere, and the principles which underlie Miss Hill's efforts, those of helping the poor towards self-support and self-respect; of bringing to their aid an unwearied patience, a true sympathy, and a large hope; of loving them and trusting them; above all, of realizing that they and we are children of One Father; these principles are applicable to all countries and to every people. LOUISA LEE SCHUYLER, President, State Charities Aid Association. NEW YORK, _April 14, 1875_. COTTAGE PROPERTY IN LONDON. _November 1, 1866._ The subject of dwellings for the poor is attracting so much attention, that an account of a small attempt to improve them may be interesting to many readers, especially as the plan adopted is one which has answered pecuniarily, and which, while it might be undertaken by private individuals without much risk, would bring them into close and healthy communication with their hard-working neighbors.