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LAST YEARS OF LIFE. 1902–1912 548

CONCLUSION 580

INDEX 585

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE

OCTAVIA HILL. From a Photograph, enlarged by an American artist Frontispiece

WISBEACH IN 1840. House on right side of bridge where Octavia was born, December 3rd, 1838 3

JAMES HILL. Father of Octavia Hill 9

OCTAVIA HILL AS A CHILD. From an Oil Painting by Margaret Gillies 13

DR. SOUTHWOOD SMITH. Grandfather of Octavia Hill. From a Chalk Drawing by Margaret Gillies 172

CAROLINE SOUTHWOOD HILL. Octavia’s Mother. From a Photograph by Andrew Whelpdale 326

MIRANDA HILL. From a Photograph by Maull and Fox 340

OCTAVIA HILL. From a Drawing by Edward Clifford, 1877 357

SOUTHWARK. Red Cross Cottages and Garden. Opened June, 1887 454

OCTAVIA HILL. From an Oil Painting by Sargent. Presented to her in 1898 506

LIFE OF OCTAVIA HILL

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