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

Introduction (as is shown by a MS. amongst Miss Nightingale's Papers)

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was written by Sir John McNeill. Miss Nightingale's letter was included, as an appendix, in an Indian Official Paper (Simla, Aug. 29, 1866) (see Vol. II. p. 55). (45) _Nursing Association for the Diocese of Lichfield_.... By E. J. Edwards. London: Parker, 1865. A pamphlet, with letter from F. N. dated April 13, 1865, on p. 1. (46) _The Organization of Nursing in a Large Town_ (an account of the Liverpool Nurses' Training School). With an Introduction, and Notes, by Florence Nightingale. Liverpool, 1865. Octavo, pp. 103. Miss Nightingale's Introduction occupies pp. 9-16. The book also contains (pp. 25-26) a letter from her, dated November 30, 1861, on the "Training and Employment of Women in Hospital, District, and Private Nursing." A Swedish translation, by Frau Engelskau, appeared at Stockholm in 1869. (47) _Note on the Aboriginal Races of Australia: a Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, held at York, September 1864._ London: Printed by Emily Faithfull, 1865. A pamphlet without wrappers, pp. 8. The "Note" had previously been printed in the _Transactions_ of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, 1864, pp. 552-558. (48) _Death of Pastor Fliedner, of Kaiserswerth._ A quarto circular, pp. 4; three letters, dated Oct. 21, Nov. 21, Dec. 10, 1864. The last letter was an appeal for a Fund to support his widow and children. The first two of the letters had already appeared in _Evangelical Christendom_, New Series, vol. v. pp. 535-536 (November), pp. 584-586 (December). 1867 (49) _Report of the Committee on Cubic Space of Metropolitan Workhouses with Papers submitted to the Committee._ Blue-book, 1867. Paper xvi. is Miss Nightingale's "Suggestions on the Subject of Providing, Training, and Organizing Nurses for the Sick Poor in Workhouse Infirmaries," pp. 64-79 (dated Jan. 19, 1867). For this Paper, see Vol. II. pp. 135-6. Miss Nightingale had copies of it separately printed. Folio, pp. 16. Subsequently (1868) she issued an abridgment of the Paper: _Method of Improving the Nursing Service of Hospitals_. Folio, pp. 8 (some copies have an appendix, pp. 11). Some of the contents were again printed in 1874. (50) _Workhouse Nursing._ A letter to Mr. William Rathbone, dated Feb. 5, 1864, printed at pp. 4-6 of _Workhouse Nursing: the Story of a Successful Experiment_. Macmillan, 1867. For this letter, see Vol. II. p. 125. 1868 (51) "Una and the Lion." A paper in _Good Words_, June 1868, pp. 360-366. An account of Miss Agnes Elizabeth Jones, "the pioneer of workhouse nursing." It was reprinted, with some slight alterations, as "Introduction" to _Memorials of Agnes Elizabeth Jones, by her Sister_ (1871), a book which ran into many editions (5th, 1872). The use of Miss Nightingale's Paper in that book was unauthorized, and she objected to the Memorials as one-sided and morbid, and giving no true account of Miss Jones's work. For this paper, see Vol. II. p. 140. (52) _Memorandum on Measures adopted for Sanitary Improvements in India up to the end of 1867; together with Abstracts of the Sanitary Reports hitherto forwarded from Bengal, Madras, and Bombay._ Printed by the order of the Secretary of State for India in Council, 1868. The Memorandum consists of (1) a résumé of the Sanitary Question from 1859 to 1867; (2) dispatch from Sir Stafford Northcote of April 23, 1868; (3) a review of the situation. Of these, (1) was written by F. N.; (2) was drafted by her, (3) was written by her (see Vol. II. p. 154). 1869 (53) "A Note on Pauperism." An article in _Fraser's Magazine_, March 1869, pp. 281-290. See Vol. II. p. 164. (54) _Report on Measures adopted for Sanitary Improvements in India during the year 1868 and up to the month of June 1869; together with Abstracts_, etc. Blue-book. The Introductory Memorandum, pp. 1-8, was mainly written by F. N. (see Vol. II. p. 181). 1870 (55) Letter, dated May 25, 1870, to the Council of the _Bengal Social Science Association_, on being elected an Honorary Member thereof. Printed at pp. xiv., xv. of the _Transactions_ of the Association (Calcutta, 1870). On her Indian work for 11 years. (56) _Indian Sanitation._ Printed at pp. 1-9 of the _Transactions_ of the Bengal Social Science Association (Calcutta, 1870). The address was sent with a covering letter, dated June 24, 1870. A note by the President of the Association says: "Our assistant-secretary, Babu Nilmoney Dey, has undertaken to translate this noble address to the People of India into Bengali, and it shall be the care of our Council to provide that, before the end of the year, its wise and benevolent monitions shall have free means of access to every native homestead, at least in this Presidency of India." (57) _Report on Measures adopted for Sanitary Improvements in India from June 1869 to June 1870; together with Abstracts_, etc. Blue-book. This includes two contributions by F. N., viz.: "Paper on Sanitary Progress in India," contributed by request to the Report, pp. 40-46. "Letter to the Bengal Social Science Association," dated June 1870. Reprinted at pp. 288-291 of the same Report (see No. 56). In the former of these Papers, Miss Nightingale criticized the

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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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