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Title: Friendly Visiting among the Poor
A Handbook for Charity Workers

Author: Mary Ellen Richmond

Release Date: March 15, 2008 [eBook #24841]

Language: English

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FRIENDLY VISITING AMONG THE POOR

A Handbook for Charity Workers

by

MARY E. RICHMOND

General Secretary of the Charity Organization
Society of Baltimore

New York
The MacMillan Company

London: MacMillan & Co., Ltd.

1907

All rights reserved

Copyright, 1899,
by The MacMillan Company.

Set up and electrotyped January, 1899.

Reprinted November, 1899; February, 1903;
February, 1906; November, 1907.

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PREFACE

This little volume is intended as a handbook for those who are
beginning to do charitable work in the homes of the poor, whether as
individuals or as representatives of some church, or of some religious
society, such as the King's Daughters, the Epworth League, or the
Christian Endeavor Society. The term "friendly visitor" does not
apply to one who aimlessly visits the poor for a little while, without
making any effort to improve their condition permanently or to be a
real friend to them. Friendly visiting, as distinguished from district
visiting, originated with the charity organization societies, some of
which are indefatigable in training volunteers to do effective work in
the homes of the poor. Though I should be glad to find that my book
was of some service to these societies, it was not prepared for their
use alone, and no {vi} mention is made, therefore, of the organization
of visito