ILLUSTRATED
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1911
Copyright, 1909, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Published September, 1909
Printed in the United States of America
TO
THE SISTER ELEANOR
OF THE SISTERHOOD OF SAINT MARY
HERSELF THROUGH MANY LONG YEARS A DEVOTED WORKER FOR THE POOR, THE SICK, AND THE SORROWFUL, THIS BRIEF RECORD OF AN HEROIC LIFE IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
For the material used in this little book I am chiefly indebted to Sarah A. Tooley's "Life of Florence Nightingale," and to Kinglake's "Invasion of the Crimea."