[190] Letter to “Aunt Mai,” Feb. 5, 1880.
[191] The Grand Duchess's knowledge as a nurse proved useful when her father, the Emperor William, was wounded in the attempt made upon his life by Nobiling in 1878. The Empress Augusta sent, through Miss Lees, her kindest remembrances to Miss Nightingale with one of the bandages made for the Emperor by the Grand Duchess.
[192] The actually first edition had been issued in 1835, when the title of the book was Sur l'Homme et le Développement de ses Facultés, ou Essai de Physique Sociale. In 1869 it was much enlarged, and Miss Nightingale treats it as a new book.
[193] It is unfortunate that no record of this admirable woman exists except a slight article in one of the Reviews. Her letters were, I am told, destroyed at her death in 1912; those from Miss Nightingale among the rest. A very large number of letters from Miss Irby is preserved among Miss Nightingale's papers.
[194] Letter to Miss Pringle.
[195] Except that in March 1881 she spent ten days at the Seaford Bay Hotel.
[196] Sir Harry, however, won the battle.
[197] To Captain Galton, August 21, 1880.
[198] Namely, Short Notes (Bible readings), and thoughts on the Holy Communion entitled Thou shalt not eat, Take eat. Miss Nightingale's presentation copies of Gordon's privately printed booklets included also his Remarks on Expenditure in India (1881).
[199] Letter read at a meeting held at Aldershot in support of the Gordon Boys' Home, August 30, 1886.