Project Gutenberg 2018-10-14 Public domain in the USA. 212 Bayly, Mrs. (Mary) 1816 1899 Bayly, Mary, Mrs. Bayley, Mary Ragged homes and how to mend them Transcribed from the 1860 James Nisbet edition by David Price "Ragged Homes and How to Mend Them" by Mrs. Bayly is a social reform treatise written in the mid-19th century. The book focuses on the appalling living conditions of the poor in London, particularly in a place known as the Potteries, and the necessity for improving their homes to foster better social outcomes. Mrs. Bayly aims to illuminate the struggles faced by the working class and the critical roles that knowledge and community initiatives play in transforming their lives. The opening of the book introduces the author’s motivations and the pressing need for social reform, particularly regarding the homes of the impoverished. Mrs. Bayly describes her experiences with the working class, highlighting their struggles with poverty, lack of education, and reliance on inadequate social services. Through personal anecdotes and observations, she emphasizes the importance of home management and maternal influence in the improvement of the community. The narrative sets the stage for exploring various initiatives aimed at elevating the living standards of the poor, as well as advocating for structural changes in societal attitudes towards them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Poor -- England -- London Charities -- Great Britain HV Text Category: History - British Category: Sociology Category: Parenthood & Family Relations 412553 2025-07-23T07:31:31.506277 text/html 418296 2018-10-14T16:55:43 text/html 653491 2025-07-23T07:31:36.655160 application/epub+zip 654330 2025-07-23T07:31:32.382166 application/epub+zip 192581 2025-07-23T07:31:31.933193 application/epub+zip 774315 2025-07-23T07:31:40.082147 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 732967 2025-07-23T07:31:36.126244 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272414 2022-09-26T10:07:36.737772 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381657 2025-07-23T07:31:31.016224 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 381806 2018-10-14T16:59:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18735 2025-07-23T07:31:40.209133 application/rdf+xml 16316 2025-07-23T07:31:32.005168 image/jpeg 3277 2025-07-23T07:31:31.969167 image/jpeg 143303 2018-10-14T17:02:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 635576 2018-10-14T17:02:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 638171 2025-07-23T07:31:31.549199 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia