¥Lady Hope was a prolific writer, with some 30 items (dating from 1876 to 1909)
listed in the British Museum General Catalogue of
Printed Books and the U.S. National Union
Catalog.
¥She and some Christian friends began a ministry to lower-class families in
Sussex, beginning with Bible studies for girls, and
eventually leading to coffee-houses as substitutes for the
pubs, where working-men were ruining their families
through drink. See her book Our Coffee-Room (1876).
¥I suspect it was this work that led to the reported meeting with Darwin, as the context
suggests she may have been seeking a meeting place in
the neighborhood.