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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Friendly Visiting among the Poor, by Mary Ellen Richmond This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers Author: Mary Ellen Richmond Release Date: March 15, 2008 [eBook #24841] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FRIENDLY VISITING AMONG THE POOR*** E-text prepared by Al Haines Transcriber's note: Page numbers in this book are indicated by numbers enclosed in curly braces, e.g. {99}. They have been located where page breaks occurred in the original book. For its Index, a page number has been placed only at the start of that section. Footnotes have been renumbered sequentially and moved to the end of their respective chapters. 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. {v} 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
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