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).

• Volume 1: Spur of ReligionList of IllustrationsGeneral IntroductionVolume 1 Introduction: Spur of ReligionPart 1. What Is Charity?1. Homily: A Sermon of Christian Love and Charity2. Josiah Thomas, Real Charity and Popular Charity: A Discourse Delivered in Charter-House Chapel, London3. Joseph Hughes, The Better Gift: A Tract Intended to Accompany a Charitable Donation4. Mary Kay, Ode to Charity5. Sydney Smith, A Sermon on Those Rules of Christian Charity by Which Our Opinions of Other Sects Should be Formed . . .6. Peter Augustine Baines, Faith, Hope, and Charity: The Substance of a Sermon Preached at the Dedication of the Catholic Chapel at Bradford . . . 7. Amelia Bewsher, Faith, Hope, and Charity8. John Angell James, Christian Charity Explained; or The Influence of Religion on the Temper Stated9. John Bird Sumner, Christian Charity, Its Obligations and Objects With Reference to the Present State of Society in a Series of Sermons10. Charles Kingsley, The Charity of GodPart 2: The Amelioration of Suffering11. J. R. Seeley, The Law of Philanthropy12. H. P. Liddon, Pauperism and the Love of God13. T. W. Aveling, Christian Philanthropy14. Andrew Mearns, et. al., The Bitter Cry of Outcast London: An Inquiry Into the Condition of the Abject Poor15. Samuel Barnett, Consciousness of Others’ Needs16. Anon., The Social Christ17. Fred A. McKenzie, The Salvation Army as Social Force18. Mary Martha Sherwood, The Little Sunday School Child’s Reward19. John Hobart Caunter, A Sermon Preached at St Peter’s, Cornhill20. The Importance of Sobriety: Illustrated by the Evils of Intemperance21. A Peep Into a Gin Shop!: Containing Several Choice Anecdotes and Useful Hints, Very Interesting to All Who Love a Dram!22. Crystal Spring Band of Hope Songs23. Frederick Sessions, The Drink Question in India24. John W. Kirton, The Doings of Alcohol25. King Drink26. W. R. Baker, The Curse of Britain: An Essay on the Evils, Causes and Cure of IntemperanceIndex

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