Florence Nightingale / a biography by Annie Matheson.

  • Matheson, Annie, 1853-1924.
Date:
[1913]
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Credit: Florence Nightingale / a biography by Annie Matheson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS Introductory Chapter , . . . ,15 I. Florence Nightingale : her home, her birth- place, and her family . . .25 II. Life at Lea Hurst and Embley . . 41 III. The weaving of many threads, both of evil and of good . . . -55 IV. The activities of girlhood—Elizabeth Fry —Felicia Skene again ... 62 V. Home duties and pleasures—The brewing of war . . . . . - VI VI. Pastor Fliedner ..... 90 VII. Years of preparation . . . .101 VIII. The beginning of the war — A sketch of Sidney Herbert . . . .117 IX. The Crimean muddle—Explanations and excuses . . . . . .134