THE SOCIAL CRISIS IN ENGLAND: A Letter Addressed by Permission to The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G., &c.,&c. by W. Martin.

Martin, William. (1829-1900).

Published by Manchester, England: Beresford and Havill, Printers, 1872., 1872

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- Octavo, softcover bound in cream-colored printed self-wrappers. 18 pages plus 1-page ad & rear blank. The text block is detached from the wrappers. The page edges are a bit darkened & there is foxing to the title page & rear blank. Good. Martin writes: "I do wish through your Lordship, and by your Lordship's name, to call the public attention, and, if possible, to rouse the national conscience to consider the most menacing evil of our time, viz., the over-crowded, ill-lighted, ill-ventilated, and, as it would seem, God-forsaken dwellings of our labouring classes, where drunkeness, pauperism, disease, and crime are chronic and rampant." He quotes "the late Mr. Charles Dickens" in "The Old Curiosity Shop" on the virtues engendered by the love of home and hearth which is lacking in the very poor "when they live in dense and squalid masses, where social decency is lost."William Martin (1829Â 1900) was a Victorian architect who worked in Birmingham, England, particularly in the practice Martin & Chamberlain. Seller Inventory # 36870

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Title: THE SOCIAL CRISIS IN ENGLAND: A Letter ...

Publisher: Manchester, England: Beresford and Havill, Printers, 1872.

Publication Date: 1872

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good