The life of Florence Nightingale

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MISS NIGHTINGALE.
( From a photograph by S. G. Payne & Son. )
THE LIFE OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
BY SARAH A. TOOLEY
AUTHOR OF “PERSONAL LIFE OF QUEEN VICTORIA,” “LIFE OF QUEEN ALEXANDRA,” “ROYAL PALACES AND THEIR MEMORIES,” “THE HISTORY OF NURSING IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE,” ETC.
MEMORIAL EDITION
CASSELL AND COMPANY, Ltd. LONDON, NEW YORK, TORONTO AND MELBOURNE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TO THE LADY HERBERT OF LEA THE LIFE-LONG FRIEND OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE THIS BOOK IS BY PERMISSION Dedicated
The writing of the Life of Florence Nightingale was undertaken with the object of marking the jubilee of the illustrious heroine who left London on October 21st, 1854, with a band of thirty-eight nurses for service in the Crimean War. Her heroic labours on behalf of the sick and wounded soldiers have made her name a household word in every part of the British Empire, and it was a matter for national congratulation that Miss Nightingale lived to celebrate such a memorable anniversary.