Kevin A. Morrison is Distinguished Professor of British Literature in the School of Foreign Languages at Henan University. He is the author of Victorian Liberalism and Material Culture: Synergies of Thought and Place (2018), A Micro-History of Victorian Liberal Parenting: John Morley’s "Discreet Indifference" (2018), and Study-Abroad Pedagogy, Dark Tourism, and Historical Reenactment: In the Footsteps of Jack the Ripper and His Victims (2019). He has edited a number of collections including, most recently, Walter Besant: The Business of the Literature and the Pleasures of Reform (2019).

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• Volume II: Charity, Philanthropy, CelebrityList of IllustrationsGeneral IntroductionVolume II Introduction: Charity, Philanthropy, Celebrity Part 1. Saints1. Julia Kavanagh, Sarah Martin2. John Cambell, Memoirs of David Nasmith: His Labours and Travels in Great Britain, France, the United States, and Canada3. Catharine Cappe, Memoirs of the Life of the Late Mrs. Catharine Cappe4. Hannah More, A Quiet Reformer5. Mary Seacole, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many LandsPart 2. Heroes6. The Hero of Westminster – Missionaries and Thieves7. Ramsden Balmforth, Elizabeth Fry and Prison Reform, 1780-18458. Sarah A. Tooley, The Life of Florence Nightingale9. Francis Coutts, Angela Burdett-Coutts10. The Infant Orphan Asylum11. George Peabody, the Philanthropist, and Working Man’s Friend12. Poor Law Conferences, 1903-4: Proceedings of the Central and District Poor Law Conferences, Held from April 1903 to February 1904, with the Papers Read and Discussion Thereon, and Report of the Central Committee13. Rosa M. Barrett, Ellice Hopkins: A Memoir14. James Richard Joy, Shaftesbury and Philanthropy15. Henritta Barnett, Canon Barnett: His Life, Work, and Friends: By His Wife16. A Short Sketch of the Life of Emmanuel Rolfe17.1 Mr Samuel Smith, M.P.17.2 Mr W. S. CainePart 3. Celebrities18. Monsignor Capel at Kensington19. Sir Albert Sassoon: C. S. I.20. Sarah A. Tooley, Ladies of Liverpool21. Isidore Harris, An Interview with Mr. Quintin Hogg Index