An eloquent appeal for the Bulgarian Relief Fund, addressed to Sir John Bennett.
1877
(82) “The Famine in Madras.” A letter to the Illustrated London News, June 29, 1877.
The letter, dealing with irrigation as a preventive of famine, was[450] reprinted as an appendix (pp. 25–30) to a pamphlet entitled The Madras Famine, by Sir A. Cotton. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co.
(83) In Memoriam. In remembrance of John Gerry. A small pamphlet, pp. 14, in mauve paper wrappers. Written and privately printed by F. N.
John Gerry was a young footman who died of smallpox at Lea Hurst on July 17, 1877. Miss Nightingale was in the house at the time and had two trained nurses in attendance on him.
(84) “The Indian Famine.” A letter to the Lord Mayor, enclosing a cheque for the Mansion House Relief Fund, printed in the Daily Telegraph, August 20.
“The letter would be worth its weight in gold to the Fund,” said the Lord Mayor in acknowledging it. It was an earnest appeal for aid to the ryot, than whom “there is not a more industrious being on the face of the earth.”
(85) Work in Brighton; or, Woman's Mission to Women. By the Author of Active Service, Work among the Lost, etc. [Ellice Hopkins]. With a Preface by Florence Nightingale. Ninth Thousand. London: Hatchards, 1877.
The Preface, dated “October 1877,” occupies pp. iii., iv., and is an earnest appeal for Rescue Work.