The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2 of 2 by Sir Edward Tyas Cook

CHAPTER IX

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OLD AGE. DEATH (1894-1910) The spirit of Rabbi Ben Ezra. The latter years to be the best--Miss Nightingale's letters in this sense--Her own fullness of work. II. Continual interest in India--Lord Elgin's village sanitary inspection. III. Interest in army affairs--Letter to the Duke of Cambridge (1895)--The Hongkong barracks (1896)--Indian cantonments (1896-97)--The Victorian Era Exhibition (1897): Crimean "relics"--Note on Waterloo Day (1898)--The South African War (1899). IV. Interest in nursing--The "Nurses' Battle" again--The true "angels"--Correspondence with the Grand Duchess of Baden and Mr. Rathbone--Death of old friends and fellow-workers. V. Gradual failure of Miss Nightingale's powers--Loss of sight--Her companions--Her favourite reading--Visitors. VI. Honours--The Order of Merit (1907)--Freedom of the City (1908)--Her fame--Renewed cult of "The Popular Heroine." VII. Death and funeral--Memorials 402 CONCLUSION 424 APPENDICES A. Chronological List of Writings by Miss Nightingale 437 B. List of Some Writings about Miss Nightingale 459 C. List of Portraits 467 INDEX 471 ILLUSTRATIONS FACE PAGE Florence Nightingale: 1887. (_From the portrait by Sir William Richmond, K.C.B., R.A._) _Frontispiece_ Florence Nightingale in her Room at South Street. (_From a photograph by Miss E. F. Bosanquet, 1906_) 306 Florence Nightingale: 1907. (_From a water-colour drawing by Miss F. Amicia de Biden Footner_) 418 * * * * * Florence Nightingale's Handwriting: _facsimile_ of part of a letter to John Stuart Mill, August 11, 1867 216

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1. Chapter 1 2. PART V 3. CHAPTER I 4. CHAPTER II 5. CHAPTER III 6. CHAPTER IV 7. CHAPTER V 8. CHAPTER VI 9. PART VI 10. CHAPTER I 11. CHAPTER II 12. CHAPTER III 13. CHAPTER IV 14. PART VII 15. CHAPTER I 16. CHAPTER II 17. CHAPTER III 18. CHAPTER IV 19. CHAPTER V 20. CHAPTER VI 21. CHAPTER VII 22. CHAPTER VIII 23. CHAPTER IX 24. PART V 25. CHAPTER I 26. CHAPTER II 27. CHAPTER III 28. 1000. The rate in 1911 was, as already stated, 5.04. 29. CHAPTER IV 30. 1864. Miss Nightingale's good offices were asked by the War Office 31. CHAPTER V 32. CHAPTER VI 33. introduction to new masters at the India Office and the Poor Law 34. 25. You owe me no apology for calling my attention to material 35. PART VI 36. CHAPTER I 37. CHAPTER II 38. CHAPTER III 39. CHAPTER IV 40. PART VII 41. CHAPTER I 42. Introduction dwells too much on the _form_ of the _Gorgias_ and does 43. CHAPTER II 44. CHAPTER III 45. 1895. "Nearly 600 nurses completed their probationary course under 46. CHAPTER IV 47. 1878. Sir James Knowles's magazine was then in the early days of its 48. CHAPTER V 49. 1869. She was one of the many women who revered the name of Florence 50. CHAPTER VI 51. CHAPTER VII 52. CHAPTER VIII 53. CHAPTER IX 54. 1893. Thirty-nine years ago arrival at Scutari. The immense blessings I 55. 1851. Octavo, paper wrappers, pp. 32. 56. Introduction par M. Daremberg._ Paris: Didier. Crown 8vo, 57. Introduction (as is shown by a MS. amongst Miss Nightingale's Papers) 58. introduction of conflicting disease-theories into sanitary reports, 59. 1872. Contributed by request to the _Report on Measures adopted for 60. Part II. Ch. VIII. Miss N. was denounced as "a semi-Romish Nun," an 61. Chapter vii., "The Providence of the Barrack Hospital," gives an 62. Chapter vii. gives a full account of the mission of the Bermondsey 63. Chapter xi. is mainly devoted to an account of "The Lady-in-Chief"

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