- The Home Tidings of the Polytechnic Young Men&Apos;S Christian Institute Volume VI

London, Polytechnic Young Men's Christian Institute, 1885. Leather. This interesting and very scarce book contains a collection of the monthly issues of The Home Tidings, a monthly publication from the Polytechnic Young Men's Christian Institute. The publications include short stories, letters to the editor, sports fixtur The Polytechnic in Regent Street was established by a missionary worker, Quintin Hogg, who had previously run a Young Men's Christian Institute in the Covent Garden. Hogg envisaged the Polytechnic as a "spiritual, social, educational and athletic" environment for young men otherwise without homes or support in the city. They could room there while attending classes and activities. A day school was opened on the premises in 1886, and this continues today as the Quintin Kynaston Secondary School in St John's Wood, London. (British Library) In a half-Morocco binding. Externally sound, with rubbing to the extremities, and joints. Internally, very firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with virtually no spotting at all. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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