| Repository | Library |
| Reference Number | LC14517 |
| Class | 270.2 STE |
| Author | Steer, Mary H. |
| Title | Opals from sand : a story of early days at the Bridge of Hope / Mary H. Steer. |
| Date(s) | 2010 |
| Description | xiii, 168 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Type | Book |
| ISBN | 9781164263692 |
| Series | Kessinger Legacy reprints. |
| Publisher | Kessinger |
| Publication Place | [Place of publication not identified] |
| Publication Date | [2010] |
| Notes | "With preface by Her Grace Adeline, Duchess of Bedford"--Title page.
Reprint of the 1912 edition.
Contents: I. Autobiographical -- II. Ratcliff Highway in the old days -- III. Settlement in the district -- IV. The builders of the Bridge of Hope -- V. Experience brings encouragements -- VI. Miss Clara Lowe -- VII. Miss Ellice Hopkins -- VIII. Widening the bridge -- IX. The building of the Ratcliff Highway Refuge, 1888 -- X. Sidelights and fresh interest -- XI. Trying times -- XII. Workers and work -- XIII. Treasures of darkness -- XIV. The children's cottage homes -- XV. Feeble-minded and backward children -- XVI. Girl mothers -- XVII. The common task -- XIX. The loaves and fishes -- XX. Today. |
| Subject | Religious movements |
| Poverty |
| Homeless |
| Religious institutions |
| Women |
| Access Status | Open |