FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
THE ANGEL OF THE CRIMEA

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
THE ANGEL OF THE CRIMEA

A STORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

BY

LAURA E. RICHARDS

AUTHOR OF "CAPTAIN JANUARY,"
"THE GOLDEN WINDOWS," ETC.

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 DEVOTEDWORKER FOR THE POOR, THE SICK, AND THESORROWFUL, THIS BRIEF RECORD OF ANHEROIC LIFE IS AFFECTIONATELYDEDICATED

CONTENTS

• CHAPTER    PAGE
• 1. How Florence Got Her Name—Her Three Homes     1 
  2. Little Florence     9 
  3. The Squire's Daughter     19 
  4. Looking Out     32 
  5. Waiting for the Call     40 
  6. The Trumpet Call     45 
  7. The Response     58 
  8. Scutari     68 
  9. The Barrack hospital     75 
  10. The Lady-in-Chief     85 
  11. The Lady with the Lamp     98 
  12. Winter     114 
  13. Miss Nightingale Under Fire     129 
  14. The Close of the War     143 
  15. The Tasks of Peace     159 

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