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
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Florence Nightingale's Handwriting: _facsimile_ of part of a letter
to John Stuart Mill, August 11, 1867 216
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