Foreign solutions of poor law problems / by Edith Sellers
1908, First Edition. London : H.Marshall, [1908]. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Minor library marks remain internally.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages; Physical desc.: xvi, 176 p ; 19 cm. Notes: Reprinted from the 'Nineteenth century and after', the 'Contemporary review' and the 'Fortnightly' --cf. Prefatory note. Subject: Poor - Europe. Charities - Europe. Defective and delinquent classes - Europe. Contents: Prefatry note.--Introduction.--The state children of Hungary.--Poor relief in Vienna.--An Austrian penal workhouse of loafers' reformatory.--Poor relief in Berlin.--The Belgian beggars' colonies.--Poor relief in the Balkans.--Official poor relief in Russia.--Danish and Russian old-age homes. Item #171445
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