AUTHOR’S NOTE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD 1851-1867

CHAPTER II LIFE AT OXFORD 1867-1881

CHAPTER III EARLY YEARS IN LONDON—THE WRITING OF ROBERT ELSMERE 1881-1888

CHAPTER IV ROBERT ELSMERE AND AFTER 1888-1889

CHAPTER V UNIVERSITY HALL—DAVID GRIEVE AND “STOCKS” 1889-1892

CHAPTER VI THE STRUGGLE WITH ILL-HEALTH—MARCELLA AND SIR GEORGE TRESSADY—THE BUILDING OF THE PASSMORE EDWARDS SETTLEMENT 1892-1897

CHAPTER VII CHILDREN AND ADULTS AT THE PASSMORE EDWARDS SETTLEMENT—THE FOUNDATION OF THE INVALID CHILDREN’S SCHOOL 1897-1899

CHAPTER VIII HELBECK OF BANNISDALE—CATHOLICS AND UNITARIANS—ELEANOR AND THE VILLA BARBERINI 1896-1900

CHAPTER IX MRS. WARD AS CRITIC AND PLAYWRIGHT—FRENCH AND ITALIAN FRIENDS—THE SETTLEMENT VACATION SCHOOL 1899-1904

CHAPTER X LONDON LIFE—THE BEGINNINGS AND GROWTH OF THE CHILDREN’S PLAY CENTRES 1904-1917

CHAPTER XI THE VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 1908

CHAPTER XII MRS. WARD AND THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION

CHAPTER XIII LIFE AT STOCKS, 1908-1914—THE CASE OF RICHARD MEYNELL—THE OUTBREAK OF WAR

CHAPTER XIV THE WAR, 1914-1917—MRS. WARD’S FIRST TWO JOURNEYS TO FRANCE

CHAPTER XV LAST YEARS: 1917-1920

THE PUBLISHED WORKS OF MRS. HUMPHRY WARD

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