Chapter XXXVI: Appendix: A

LIST OF PRINTED WRITINGS, WETHER PUBLISHED OR PRIVATELY CIRCULATED, BY MISS NIGHTINGALE, CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED

1851

(1) _The Institution of Kaiserswerth on the Rhine, for the Practical Training of Deaconesses, under the direction of the Rev. Pastor Fliedner, embracing the support and care of a Hospital, Infant and Industrial Schools, and a Female Penitentiary._ London: Printed by the inmates of the London Ragged Colonial Training School, Westminster, 1851. Octavo, paper wrappers, pp. 32.

Published anonymously (see Vol. I. p. 93). There was another
edition (no date), with a different imprint, "London: Printed for the
benefit of the Invalid Gentlewomen's Establishment, 1 Upper Harley
Street."

1854

(2) _Letters from Egypt. For Private Circulation only._ London: Printed by A. and G. A. Spottiswoode, 1854. Octavo, pp. 334 + 79.

After p. 334, further letters follow with separate pagination. The
letters were written in 1849 and 1850 (see Vol. I. p. 95).

1855

(3) Evidence contained in _Report upon the State of the Hospitals of the British Army in the Crimea and Scutari, 1855_.

This is the Report of the Commission of Three sent out by the Duke of
Newcastle (see Vol. I. p. 176). Miss Nightingale's evidence is at pp.
330-331, 342-343; and there are numerous references to it in the text
of the Report.

1857

(4) _Female Nurses in Military Hospitals._ A "tentative and experimental" Memorandum submitted by request to the Secretary of State. Printed in _The Panmure Papers_, 1908, vol. ii. pp. 381-384.

This Memorandum was included, with a few slight modifications, at
pp. 15-19 of _Subsidiary Notes_ (see No. 9).

(5) _Statements exhibiting the Voluntary Contributions received by Miss Nightingale for the use of the British War Hospitals in the East, with the Mode of their Distribution, in 1854, 1855, 1856._ London: Harrison, 1857. Octavo, red-paper wrappers, pp. 68.

One of the most important sources for many sides of Miss Nightingale's
work in the East. The pamphlet contains plans, also, of the Hospitals
at Balaclava and Scutari.

1858

(6) Letter to "the Colonists of South Australia," dated Jan. 28. Printed in the _Daily News_, August 26, 1858.

The letter was a reply to a Memorial adopted at a Meeting held at
Adelaide, September 10, 1856, in support of the Nightingale Fund.

(7) _Report of the Commission appointed to inquire into Regulations affecting the Sanitary Condition of the Army, the Organization of Military Hospitals, and the Treatment of the Sick and Wounded._ Blue book, 1858.

Miss Nightingale's evidence, supplied in answer to written questions,
occupies pp. 361-394. It was reprinted in her _Notes on Hospitals_
(ed. 1, 1859). Appendix LXXII. was also her work (anonymous). The
whole Report may, in a sense, be included among her "Works" (see
Vol. I. Part III. Chapters I. and IV.).

(8) _Notes on Matters affecting the Health, Efficiency, and Hospital Administration of the British Army founded chiefly on the Experience of the late War. Presented by request to the Secretary of State for War._ London: Harrison & Sons, 1858. Octavo, pp. 567.

(9) _Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and in War. Presented by request to the Secretary of State for War._ London: Harrison & Sons, 1858. Octavo, pp. 133. With 23 additional pages (separately numbered) of "Thoughts submitted as to an Eventual Nurses' Provident Fund."

These important reports (for which see Vol. I. pp. 343, 347) were
not issued to the public. 500 copies of each volume were printed at a
total cost to Miss N. of £501:12s.

(10) Various articles (unsigned) in the newspapers on the _Hospital at Netley_.

In July and August Miss N. organized a vigorous press-campaign on this
subject (see Vol. I. p. 383), and there is a large collection of
cuttings amongst her papers. Some of the articles, etc., may have been
written by friends. Those which are shown by her Papers to be hers
are: "What is to be done with Netley?" in the _Examiner_, July 24, and
"Netley Hospital" in the _Saturday Review_, August 28 (her own title
for this latter was "Peel's Life Pills or the Elixir Vitæ"). Other
articles, etc., probably hers, appeared in the _Builder_, July 24, the
_Daily News_, July 28 (signed "Vigilans"), the _Lancet_, Aug. 14, and
the _Leeds Mercury_, Aug. 21.

(11) "Sites and Construction of Hospitals." Three articles (unsigned) in the _Builder_, August 28, September 11 and 25, 1858.

These articles were reprinted in _Notes on Hospitals_ (1859).

(12) "Notes on Hospitals." Two Papers read at Liverpool. Printed in the _Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, 1858_, pp. 462-482.

These papers were also printed separately (brown paper wrapper), 8vo,
pp. 22, with plan. They were reprinted in _Notes on Hospitals_ (1859).

(13) _Mortality of the British Army, at Home and Abroad, and during the Russian War, as compared with the Mortality of the Civil Population in England. Illustrated by Tables and Diagrams. (Reprinted from the Report of the Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the Regulations affecting the Sanitary State of the Army.)_ London: Printed by Harrison & Sons, 1858. Blue-book size, in stiff lilac paper wrappers, pp. 21.

This was a reprint of Appendix LXXII. in the Royal Commission's
Report, where it is stated that "The Tables and Diagrams are furnished
by Dr. Farr, F.R.S." They were prepared by him for Miss Nightingale
(see Vol. I. p. 376).

1859

(14) _A Contribution to the Sanitary History of the British Army during the late War with Russia. Illustrated with Tables and Diagrams._ London: Printed by Harrison & Sons, 1859. Large folio, pp. 16 and diagrams.

Some copies had the imprint of J. W. Parker & Co. For a notice of
this important work, see Vol. I. p. 386. 150 copies were printed.

(15) _Notes on Hospitals: being two Papers read before the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, at Liverpool, in October 1858. With Evidence given to the Royal Commissioners on the State of the Army in 1857. By Florence Nightingale._ London: John W. Parker & Son, 1859. Octavo, pp. 108.

For the two Papers (pp. 1-22), see Vol. I. p. 417. The MS. of them
(entitled severally "Notes on the Health of Hospitals" and "Sixteen
Sanitary Defects in the Construction of Hospital Wards") is in the
Liverpool Public Reference Library, bound in a volume with Miss
Nightingale's letter of presentation. For the "Evidence" (pp. 23-88),
see above, No. 7. In an appendix (pp. 89-108) three articles from the
_Builder_ are reprinted (see above, No. 11). There was a _second
edition_ of _Notes on Hospitals_ in 1859. For the _third edition_,
which was almost a new book, see under 1863.

(16) _Notes on Nursing: What it is and what it is not. By Florence Nightingale._ London: Harrison (1869). Octavo, pp. 70.

Issued at the end of December 1859, at the price of 5s. This book,
the most largely distributed of Miss Nightingale's writings, sold very
quickly (15,000 copies within a month of publication), and numerous
editions were issued (see Vol. I. p. 448).

1860

(17) _Notes on Nursing: What it is and what it is not. By Florence Nightingale. New edition, revised and enlarged._ London: Harrison, 1860. Octavo, pp. 224. Price 6s.

This edition, with much additional matter, was printed in larger type.
Simultaneously, a "Popular Edition" was issued, in limp cloth,
price 2s.

The publisher also issued a pamphlet (without wrappers), pp. 43,
containing _Reviews and Notices of "Notes on Nursing."_

The book was reprinted by Appleton & Co. in New York, and _American
editions_ appeared in 1860, 1876, 1879, 1883, 1891, 1901, 1906, 1908,
1909.

In England the book was most widely distributed in a cheap form
(see 1861).

For _foreign translations_, see Nos. 22 and 116 (Italian), 26
(German), 32 (French).

(18) _Proceedings of the International Statistical Congress, Fourth Session, 1860._ To this Congress (Second Section, Sanitary Statistics) Miss Nightingale contributed Papers, which were printed in various forms in its _Proceedings_, etc.

The _Programme_ (quarto, pp. 210) contains her Paper on "Hospital
Statistics" (p. 63), with an appendix containing her detailed
"Proposal for an Uniform Plan of Hospital Statistics" (pp. 65-71).

The _Proceedings_ on Tuesday, July 17, report (p. 2) the reading of
her paper by one of the secretaries, and her suggestions were adopted,
subject to some additions to the tabular form. The _Proceedings_ of
July 18 report further discussion on these additions. The
_Proceedings_ of July 19 contain (p. 5) a letter from Miss Nightingale
concurring in the additions. The _Proceedings_ of July 20 mention that
a letter was read from her "on subjects of inquiry for next Congress"
(see (2) below).

The _Report_ of the Congress (quarto, pp. 548) contains (pp. 173, 174)
(1) an account of Miss Nightingale's Papers and of the conclusions of
the Congress thereon (see Vol. I. p. 431); (2) a letter from Miss
Nightingale to Lord Shaftesbury on subjects of inquiry for the next
Congress (pp. 177-178).

Miss Nightingale had copies of her Papers separately printed, with an
abstract of the discussions of the Congress thereon. Quarto, in blue
paper wrappers.

(19) _Suggestions for Thought to the Searchers after Truth among the Artizans of England._ London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1860. 3 vols. Octavo, pp. 292, 411, 126.

For this book, printed for a very limited private circulation only,
see Vol. I. pp. 470 _seq._ The second and third volumes have a
slightly different title (see Vol. I. p. 478), _Suggestions for
Thought to Searchers after Religious Truth_.

(20) _Note on the New Zealand Depopulation Question._

I am not sure that this Note on the Aborigines of New Zealand has ever
been printed; but it may have been. It was written at the request of
Sir George Grey (see Vol. II. p. 78), and the manuscript of it was
bequeathed by him with all his other papers to the Auckland Public
Library. The collection includes several letters from Miss
Nightingale. The Note was the work of Miss Nightingale in
collaboration with Dr. Sutherland.

(21) _Note on Causes of Deterioration of Race._ A short paper, printed (probably in 1860), but not, so far as I have traced, published.

(22) _Cenni sull' Assistenza degli Ammalati. Quello che è assistenza, e quello che non lo è. Di Florence Nightingale. Tradotto dall' inglese da Sabilla Novello._ Turin: Fratelli Bocca, 1860. Octavo, pp. 96. Price 1 lira 50.

Miss Sabilla Novello was sister of Clara Novello and, like her (see
Vol. I. p. 500), was devoted to Miss Nightingale.

1861

(23) _Notes on Nursing for the Labouring Classes. By Florence Nightingale._ London: Harrison, 1861.

Bound in limp red cloth, pp. 96, price 7d. The preface is dated "March
1861." An abridgment of the previous book; but with some additions,
and with a supplementary chapter entitled "Minding Baby" (see Vol. I.
p. 450). This cheap edition was reprinted in 1865, 1868, 1876, 1883,
1885, 1888, 1890, 1894, 1898.

(24) _Sidney Herbert._ A Paper--headed "Private and Confidential" (no other heading and no title)--on his Services to the Army. Privately printed. Blue-book size, pp. 5.

The substance of this Paper, considerably enlarged, appears in _Army
Sanitary Administration_ (1862). The Paper is dated "August 2, 1861"
(the day of Sidney Herbert's death); it was written a few days later
(see Vol. I. p. 408).

(25) _Miss Nightingale on the Volunteer Movement_, in a letter to Sir Harry Verney. Printed on a folio card, intended, no doubt, for exhibition in post offices, halls, etc.

The letter, dated October 8 (P.S. Oct. 9), 1861, was printed in the
_Standard_, October 12, and copies were distributed by the
Non-Commissioned Officers of the 1st Sussex Volunteer Artillery at the
Prize Distribution Soirée at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton,
October 18, 1861.

(26) _Die Pflege bei Kranken und Gesunden_, ... _mit einem Vorwort des Geh. Sanitäts-Rath, Dr. H. Wolff, Bonn._ Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1861.

A German translation of _Notes on Nursing_, arranged for by Miss
Nightingale's friend, Fräulein Bunsen, "with a very idiotic Preface,"
said F. N., "by a very clever man."

(27) "Hospital Statistics and Hospital Plans." A paper printed in the _Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, 1861_, pp. 554-560.

Reprinted in 1862: see next item.

1862

(28) _Hospital Statistics and Hospital Plans. By Florence Nightingale. Reprinted from the Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Dublin Meeting, August 1861)._ London: Emily Faithfull & Co., 1862. A pamphlet, 8vo, pp. 8.

This includes the Model Statistical Forms which were approved by the
International Statistical Congress (see above, No. 18). It also gives
plans of the "Herbert Hospital" at Woolwich, then being built.

(29) _Army Sanitary Administration and its Reform under the late Lord Herbert._ London: M'Corquodale & Co., 1862. A pamphlet, 8vo, pp. 11.

A paper read at the London meeting of the Congrès de Bienfaisance,
June 13, 1862; a revised and enlarged version of the Privately Printed
Memorandum of 1861 (No. 24). The Paper was also printed as vol. ii.
pp. 103-111 of the Proceedings of the _Congrès de Bienfaisance de
Londres, Session de 1862_. London: Trübner, 1863.

(30) _Deaconesses' Work in Syria. Appeal on Behalf of the Kaiserswerth Deaconesses' Orphanage at Beyrout._ Signed "Florence Nightingale, London, September 19, 1862." On a fly-sheet, folio.

(31) _Thomas Alexander, C.B., Director-General Army Medical Department._ A Memorial Letter by Miss Nightingale, printed in the _Weekly Scotsman_, September 13, the _Lancet_, September 27, 1862, and many other papers.

The letter was read by Lord Elcho in unveiling a public monument to
Dr. Alexander at Prestonpans. "I can truly say," she wrote, "that I
have never seen his like for directness of purpose, unflinching moral
courage and honesty."

(32) _Des Soins à donner aux Malades: ce qu'il faut faire, ce qu'il faut éviter. Par Miss Nightingale. Ouvrage traduit de l'Anglais avec l'authorisation de l'auteur. Précédé d'une Lettre de M. Guizot et d'une Introduction par M. Daremberg._ Paris: Didier. Crown 8vo, pp. lxxx. + 301.

A translation of _Notes on Nursing_ (1860). A biographical "Notice
sur Miss Florence Nightingale" occupies pp. lxi.-lxxvii. For a
reference to Guizot's letter, see Vol. I. p. 82.

1863

(33) _Report of the Royal Commission on the Sanitary State of the Army in India, 1863._ Large-size Blue-book, 2 vols. At vol. i. pp. 347-370, "Observations by Miss Nightingale on the Evidence contained in the Stational Returns," dated Nov. 21, 1862, with illustrations; pp. 371-462, "Abstract of the same Reports," headed "Prepared by Dr. Sutherland," in fact prepared by him and Miss Nightingale.

For this Report, which was her work in further respects, see Vol. II.
Pt. V., Chaps. II., III. The Report was issued in three different
forms:

(1) As above.

(2) An octavo abridged edition (July 1863). This edition does not
include either Miss N.'s "Observations" or the "Abstract."

(3) A revised abridged edition, issued by the War Office. This was
prepared by Miss Nightingale and included her "Observations" (pp.
297-344), and a new "Abstract of the Evidence" (pp. 157-297)
prepared by her. For the story of these three editions, see Vol. II.
pp. 35-38.

(34) _Observations on the Evidence contained in the Stational Reports submitted to the Royal Commission on the Sanitary State of the Army in India. By Florence Nightingale._ (_Reprinted from the Report of the Royal Commission._) London: Edward Stanford, 1863. Octavo, pp. 92, bound in red cloth. Price 2s. 6d.

This is a reprint of the "Observations," with all the illustrations
(see No. 33). The Publisher said in a prefatory note: "On a subject
of the highest interest to the country, it appears desirable that
Miss Nightingale's views should be placed in the hands of the public,
both in England and in India. Those who have Miss Nightingale's other
volumes will thus be able to add to them a book which is second to
none of them in charm of style, and will promote the reform of the
sanitary condition of the British Army, as well as conduce to the
well-being of the natives of India."

Extracts from the "Observations" and from "How People may live and not
die in India" (No. 41) were printed in the _Soldier's Friend_,
July 1, 1865.

(35) _Proposal for Improved Statistics of Surgical Operations._ Quarto, pp. 7; dated December 1863.

The proposal had been submitted to the International Statistical
Congress held at Berlin in 1863 (see Vol. I. p. 434). The Paper was
included in the _third_ edition of _Notes on Hospitals_ (No. 37).

(36) _Note on the Supposed Protection afforded against Venereal Disease by recognizing Prostitution and putting it under Police Regulation._ Folio, pp. 8.

Not signed, and headed "Private and Confidential." Miss N. printed
20 copies only (see Vol. II. p. 75).

(37) _Notes on Hospitals. By Florence Nightingale. Third edition, enlarged and for the most part rewritten._ London: Longmans, 1863. Quarto, pp. 187.

This edition comprised (1) the two Papers (rewritten) of the first
edition (but not the evidence to the Royal Commission of 1857); (2)
new chapters on Improved Hospital Plans, Convalescent Hospitals,
Children's Hospitals, Indian Military Hospitals, Hospitals for
Soldiers' Wives; (3) Hospital Statistics, A. General Statistics,
B. Proposal for Improved Statistics of Surgical Operations; (4) an
appendix "On Different Systems of Hospital Nursing."

Of these contents, (3) A. was substantially a reprint of No. 27; and
(3) B. of No. 35.

Of (4) a separate edition, slightly altered, was issued (see No. 38).

The publication of this third edition led to a lively discussion in
the medical press. The _Lancet_ approved of Miss Nightingale's
statistical method (Feb. 27, 1864). The _Medical Times_ (Jan. 30)
strongly attacked it. Dr. Farr defended it (Feb. 13), and a
correspondence ensued for some weeks which was as heated as
professional disputes generally are. The reviews in the general press
were very numerous.

(38) _Note on Different Systems of Nursing._ A pamphlet, 8vo, pp. 5 (printed by Harrison & Sons).

This is reprinted, slight alterations, from the appendix in the
_third_ edition of _Notes on Hospitals_.

(39) _Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, 1863_, containing two Papers by F. N.: (1) Sanitary Statistics of Colonial Schools, pp. 475-488 (discussion on the paper, p. 557). (2) How Men may live and not die in India, pp. 501-510 (discussion, pp. 557-558).

For the reprint of (1), see No. 40; of (2), No. 41.

(40) _Sanitary Statistics of Native Colonial Schools and Hospitals. By Florence Nightingale._ London: 1863. A pamphlet (lilac-coloured paper wrappers), pp. 67.

1864

(41) _How People may live and not die in India. By Florence Nightingale._ (_Read at the Meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, held at Edinburgh, October 1863._) London: Emily Faithfull, 1863. A pamphlet, 8vo, pp. 11, in lilac-coloured paper wrappers.

This Paper, of wide fame in its day, appeared in three forms: (1) In
reports of the Social Science Association's Meetings (No. 39); also
very fully reported in the _Scotsman_, October 9, 1863.

(2) In the pamphlet, above described, which, though dated 1863, was
not issued till Jan. 1864. 250 copies were printed for private
circulation only.

(3) A _second edition_, widely circulated, appeared in November 1864,
published by Longmans, 8vo, pp. 18 (lilac wrapper), with a new Preface
(dated August 1864).

(42) _Suggestions, in Regard to Sanitary Works required for Improving Indian Stations, prepared by the Barrack and Hospital Improvement Commission._ Blue-book (Suggestions, pp. 1-37), issued in 1864.

These Suggestions are signed by the members of the Commission. They
were written mainly by Miss Nightingale. The MS. of the Suggestions as
first sent to the printers, preserved among her papers, is in her
handwriting, with some additions by Dr. Sutherland. The section (and
numerous illustrations in an appendix) dealing with drainage and
water-supply was contributed by Mr. R. Rawlinson. See Vol. II. p. 48.
A _revised edition_ was issued in 1882.

1865

(43) _Remarks by the Barrack and Hospital Improvement Commission on a Report by Dr. Leith on the General Sanitary Condition of the Bombay Army._ Parliamentary Paper, 1865, No. 329.

The original draft of this Paper was prepared by Dr. Sutherland and
Miss Nightingale (see Vol. II. p. 54).

(44) _Suggestions on a System of Nursing for Hospitals in India._ A letter to the Secretary of the Sanitary Commission for Bengal, pp. 18. Signed "Florence Nightingale, London, February 24, 1865." Folio, pp. 18.

Introduction, pp. 1-3; detailed Suggestions, pp. 4-18. The
Introduction (as is shown by a MS. amongst Miss Nightingale's Papers)
was written by Sir John McNeill. Miss Nightingale's letter was
included, as an appendix, in an Indian Official Paper (Simla,
Aug. 29, 1866) (see Vol. II. p. 55).

(45) _Nursing Association for the Diocese of Lichfield_.... By E. J. Edwards. London: Parker, 1865. A pamphlet, with letter from F. N. dated April 13, 1865, on p. 1.

(46) _The Organization of Nursing in a Large Town_ (an account of the Liverpool Nurses' Training School). With an Introduction, and Notes, by Florence Nightingale. Liverpool, 1865. Octavo, pp. 103.

Miss Nightingale's Introduction occupies pp. 9-16. The book also
contains (pp. 25-26) a letter from her, dated November 30, 1861, on
the "Training and Employment of Women in Hospital, District, and
Private Nursing."

A Swedish translation, by Frau Engelskau, appeared at Stockholm in
1869.

(47) _Note on the Aboriginal Races of Australia: a Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, held at York, September 1864._ London: Printed by Emily Faithfull, 1865. A pamphlet without wrappers, pp. 8.

The "Note" had previously been printed in the _Transactions_ of the
National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, 1864,
pp. 552-558.

(48) _Death of Pastor Fliedner, of Kaiserswerth._ A quarto circular, pp. 4; three letters, dated Oct. 21, Nov. 21, Dec. 10, 1864.

The last letter was an appeal for a Fund to support his widow and
children. The first two of the letters had already appeared in
_Evangelical Christendom_, New Series, vol. v. pp. 535-536 (November),
pp. 584-586 (December).

1867

(49) _Report of the Committee on Cubic Space of Metropolitan Workhouses with Papers submitted to the Committee._ Blue-book, 1867. Paper xvi. is Miss Nightingale's "Suggestions on the Subject of Providing, Training, and Organizing Nurses for the Sick Poor in Workhouse Infirmaries," pp. 64-79 (dated Jan. 19, 1867).

For this Paper, see Vol. II. pp. 135-6. Miss Nightingale had copies of
it separately printed. Folio, pp. 16. Subsequently (1868) she issued
an abridgment of the Paper: _Method of Improving the Nursing Service
of Hospitals_. Folio, pp. 8 (some copies have an appendix, pp. 11).
Some of the contents were again printed in 1874.

(50) _Workhouse Nursing._ A letter to Mr. William Rathbone, dated Feb. 5, 1864, printed at pp. 4-6 of _Workhouse Nursing: the Story of a Successful Experiment_. Macmillan, 1867.

For this letter, see Vol. II. p. 125.

1868

(51) "Una and the Lion." A paper in _Good Words_, June 1868, pp. 360-366.

An account of Miss Agnes Elizabeth Jones, "the pioneer of workhouse
nursing." It was reprinted, with some slight alterations, as
"Introduction" to _Memorials of Agnes Elizabeth Jones, by her Sister_
(1871), a book which ran into many editions (5th, 1872). The use of
Miss Nightingale's Paper in that book was unauthorized, and she
objected to the Memorials as one-sided and morbid, and giving no true
account of Miss Jones's work. For this paper, see Vol. II. p. 140.

(52) _Memorandum on Measures adopted for Sanitary Improvements in India up to the end of 1867; together with Abstracts of the Sanitary Reports hitherto forwarded from Bengal, Madras, and Bombay._ Printed by the order of the Secretary of State for India in Council, 1868.

The Memorandum consists of (1) a résumé of the Sanitary Question from
1859 to 1867; (2) dispatch from Sir Stafford Northcote of April 23,
1868; (3) a review of the situation. Of these, (1) was written by
F. N.; (2) was drafted by her, (3) was written by her (see Vol. II.
p. 154).

1869

(53) "A Note on Pauperism." An article in _Fraser's Magazine_, March 1869, pp. 281-290.

See Vol. II. p. 164.

(54) _Report on Measures adopted for Sanitary Improvements in India during the year 1868 and up to the month of June 1869; together with Abstracts_, etc. Blue-book.

The Introductory Memorandum, pp. 1-8, was mainly written by F. N.
(see Vol. II. p. 181).

1870

(55) Letter, dated May 25, 1870, to the Council of the _Bengal Social Science Association_, on being elected an Honorary Member thereof. Printed at pp. xiv., xv. of the _Transactions_ of the Association (Calcutta, 1870).

On her Indian work for 11 years.

(56) _Indian Sanitation._ Printed at pp. 1-9 of the _Transactions_ of the Bengal Social Science Association (Calcutta, 1870).

The address was sent with a covering letter, dated June 24, 1870.
A note by the President of the Association says: "Our
assistant-secretary, Babu Nilmoney Dey, has undertaken to translate
this noble address to the People of India into Bengali, and it shall
be the care of our Council to provide that, before the end of the
year, its wise and benevolent monitions shall have free means of
access to every native homestead, at least in this Presidency of
India."

(57) _Report on Measures adopted for Sanitary Improvements in India from June 1869 to June 1870; together with Abstracts_, etc. Blue-book.

This includes two contributions by F. N., viz.:

"Paper on Sanitary Progress in India," contributed by request to the
Report, pp. 40-46. "Letter to the Bengal Social Science Association,"
dated June 1870. Reprinted at pp. 288-291 of the same Report (see
No. 56).

In the former of these Papers, Miss Nightingale criticized the
introduction of conflicting disease-theories into sanitary reports,
as tending to confuse the public mind and impede expenditure on
sanitary improvement. Dr. Maclean, of the Netley Hospital, took
exception to these views in the _Lancet_ (Oct. 29, 1870), and Miss
Nightingale replied in the issue of November 19, 1870 (p. 725).

(58) Letter on the Franco-German War and Red-Cross Nursing. Printed in the _Times_, August 5, 1870.

See Vol. II. p. 199.

(59) _Punishment and Discipline._ A letter to the National Congress on Penitentiary and Reformatory Discipline, Cincinnati, 1870. Printed in the _Transactions_ (Albany, 1871), p. 636.

The letter dated "November 12, 1870," urges the expediency of making
thieves pay by reformatory work for what they steal.

1871

(60) _Emigration._ A letter to the Rev. Horrocks Cocks, April 12, 1871. "Published by special permission of Miss Nightingale," on a fly-sheet, pp. 2.

(61) _Introductory Notes on Lying-in Institutions. Together with a Proposal for Organising an Institution for Training Midwives and Midwifery Nurses. By Florence Nightingale._ London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1871. Octavo, pp. 110.

For this book, see Vol. II. p. 196.

1872

(62) "Observations on Sanitary Progress in India." Dated October 11, 1872. Contributed by request to the _Report on Measures adopted for Sanitary Improvements in India, 1872_, pp. 48-49.

(63) _Address from Miss Nightingale to the Probationer Nurses in the "Nightingale Fund" School at St. Thomas's Hospital. Printed for Private Circulation._ Dated May 1872. Quarto, pp. 8.

Copies were also lithographed from Miss Nightingale's MS. An address
(or sometimes called a letter) was written in many succeeding years
(see below under 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1881, 1883, 1884,
1886, 1888, 1897, 1900, 1905). For remarks on the addresses generally,
and quotations, see Vol. II. pp. 263-268.

1873

(64) "A 'Note' of Interrogation." An article in _Fraser's Magazine_, May 1873, pp. 567-577.

(65) "A Sub-'Note of Interrogation.' What will our Religion be in 1999?" An article in _Fraser's Magazine_, July 1873, pp. 25-36.

For these papers, see Vol. II. pp. 218-220.

(66) _Address from Miss Nightingale to the Probationer Nurses in the "Nightingale Fund" School at St. Thomas's Hospital and the Nurses who were formerly trained there. Printed for Private Circulation._ Quarto, pp. 12. Dated "May 23, 1873."

(67) _Notes on the New St. Thomas's Hospital._ [_Being simply Notes on those things which should be avoided._] Headed "Private and Confidential." Folio, pp. 4.

(68) _Prison Discipline._ A letter, dated "September 1, 1873," addressed to the Rev. Dr. Wines and printed in the _Hartford Courant_ (Connecticut).

The letter was reprinted in English newspapers, _e.g._ in _The Times_
October 11, 1873.

(69) _Voting Reform in Charities._ A letter to Sir Sydney Waterlow, dated October 30, printed in _The Times_, November 4, 1873.

(70) _Letter to the Nurses of the Edinburgh Infirmary._ Quarto, pp. 5. Dated Dec. 6, 1873.

(71) A letter (lithographed) addressed to specified (Nightingale) Nurses at the Edinburgh Infirmary, Christmas 1873.

1874

(72) _Life or Death in India. A Paper read at the Meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, Norwich, October 1873. With an appendix on "Life or Death by Irrigation."_ London: Harrison & Sons, 1874. A pamphlet, 8vo, pp. 63, in lilac paper wrappers.

For a notice of this pamphlet, see above, p. 181. The Paper was
printed in several different forms:

(1) In the _Transactions_ of the Association, 1873, pp. 463-474.

(2) For private circulation, as a pamphlet (pp. 14, in white paper
wrappers) entitled _How Some People have lived and not died in India_.
London, 1874 (printed by Spottiswoode).

(3) With the appendix (written in May 1874) as above. Some copies are
in dark-blue wrappers, and have "Spottiswoode & Co." in place of
"Harrison & Sons."

(4) The Paper and appendix were printed at pp. 47-64 of the Blue-book,
_Report on Measures adopted for Sanitary Improvements in India from
June 1873 to June 1874_.

(73) _Address from Florence Nightingale to the Probationer Nurses in the "Nightingale Fund" School at St. Thomas's Hospital and the Nurses who were formerly trained there. July 23, 1874. Printed for Private Use._ Quarto, pp. 12.

(74) "Irrigation and Means of Transit in India." An article in the _Illustrated London News_, August 1, 1874; signed, and dated "July 30, 1874."

The article contains an incidental reference to the "India Council
Bill of Lord Salisbury--that master-workman and born ruler of men."
The article was reprinted in the _Homeward Mail_, August 4, and the
_Journal of the National Indian Association_, September (pp. 215-219).

(75) _Suggestions for Improving the Nursing Service of Hospitals and on the Method of Training Nurses for the Sick Poor._ Folio, pp. 18 (dated August 1874).

This Paper comprises: (1) "Method of Training Nurses at St. Thomas's
Hospital (under the Nightingale Fund)." (2) "Relation of Hospital
Management to Efficient Nursing." (3) "Structural Arrangements in
Hospitals required for Efficient Nursing." (4) "District Nursing." Of
these contents (1) and (2) and (3) were reprinted with some
alterations from No. 49.

(76) _Letter to the Nurses of the Edinburgh Infirmary_ (Dec. 1874). Quarto, on a single sheet.

(77) _The Zemindar, the Sun, and the Watering Pot as affecting Life or Death in India._ Folio, pp. 195; bound up in two Parts (pp. 1-84, 85-195).

For this work (never issued in any final form), see above, p. 295.
Proof-copies, among Miss Nightingale's papers, show many variations in
the title, _e.g._ for Part I., "The Zemindary System as affecting Life
or Death in India," and for Part II., "Life or Death in India under
Irrigation."

1875

(78) _Address from Florence Nightingale to the Probationer Nurses in the "Nightingale Fund" School at St. Thomas's Hospital and the Nurses who were formerly trained there. May 26, 1875. Printed for Private Use only._ Quarto, pp. 12.

1876

(79) _Address_ ... [as in No. 78]. _April 28, 1876. Printed for Private Use only._ Quarto, pp. 12.

(80) _Metropolitan and National Association for Providing Trained Nurses for the Sick Poor. On Trained Nursing for the Sick Poor. By Florence Nightingale._ A letter addressed to the _Times_ of Good Friday, April 14, 1876. Printed by Spottiswoode & Co., 1876. A small pamphlet (without wrappers), pp. 12.

Other copies have the imprint, "Printed by Cull & Son, Houghton
Street, Strand." There were articles on Miss Nightingale's letter in
the _Saturday Review_, April 22, and _Punch_, April 29. The pamphlet
was reprinted in 1881.

(81) The "Bulgarian Atrocities." A letter, dated September 15, in the _Daily News_, September 18.

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
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.

(86) _Lettre sur le devoir des Femmes de prendre une part active à l'[oe]uvre du relèvement de la moralité publique, et considerations sur les résultats sanitaires de la reglementation dans l'Inde Anglaise._

Read at a Congress in Geneva in the autumn of 1877. I have not been
able to trace where it was printed.

(87) _A Letter to the Nurses of the Edinburgh Infirmary_, dated "New Year's Eve, 7 A.M." Quarto, pp. 3.

1878

(88) _Letter to the Matron, Home Sister, and Nurses at St. Thomas's Hospital._ Quarto, pp. 14.

Lithographed. Dated "New Year's Day, 7 A.M., 1878." This took the
place of the usual address.

(89) "Who is the Savage?" An article in _Social Notes_ (edited by S. C. Hall), May 11, 1878, vol. i. No. 10, pp. 145-147.

A description of life in the slums of a great city--suggesting an
extension of Miss Octavia Hill's work, coffee-houses, co-operative
stores, and rescue work. The MS. of this paper was offered for sale
by an Edinburgh bookseller in 1913.

(90) "The United Empire and the Indian Peasant." An article in the _Journal of the National Indian Association_, June 1878, pp. 232-245.

(91) St. Thomas's Hospital. _Memorandum for Probationers as to Finger Poisoning_, etc. A fly-sheet, pp. 4. Dated "July 1878."

Drawn up by F. N. in consultation doubtless with the medical officers.

(92) "A Water Arrival in India. By a Commissioner." An article, signed "F. N.," in _Good Words_, July 1878, pp. 493-496.

Describing, in the language as of a Royal Progress, the opening of the
Kana Nuddee (Blind River) in the Hooghly District.

(93) _Opinions of Women on Women's Suffrage._ A leaflet (8vo, pp. 4, printed by A. Ireland & Co., Manchester); Florence Nightingale's opinion (dated July 1878) occupies p. 1:--

You ask me to give my reasons for wishing for the suffrage for women
householders and women ratepayers. I have no reasons. The Indian ryot
should be represented so that the people may virtually rate themselves
according to the surveys of what is wanted, and spend the money
locally under certain orders of an elected board. If this is the case:
that we wish to give to the Indian native, peasant and Zemindar alike,
such local representation _as we can_ in spending the taxes he pays,
is the educated English taxpayer, of _whichever_ sex, to be excluded
from a share in electing the Imperial representatives? It seems a
first principle, an axiom: that _every_ householder or taxpayer should
have a voice in electing those who spend the money we pay, including,
as this does, interests the most vital to a human being--for instance,
education. At the same time I do not expect much from it, for I do not
see that, for instance in America, where suffrage is, I suppose, the
most extended, there is more (but rather less) of what may truly be
called freedom or progress than anywhere else. But there can be no
freedom or progress without representation. And we must give women the
true education to deserve being represented. _Men_ as well as women
are not so well endowed with that preparation at present. And if the
persons represented are not worth much, of course the representatives
will not be worth much.

(94) "The People of India." An article in the _Nineteenth Century_, August 1878, pp. 193-221.

For this article, see above, p. 290.

1879

(95) _Letter from Florence Nightingale to the Probationer-Nurses in the "Nightingale Fund" School at St. Thomas's Hospital. Easter, 1879. For Private Use only._ Quarto, pp. 4.

This letter, dated "Easter Eve, 1879, 6 _A.M._," was also lithographed
in smaller form.

(96) St. Thomas's Hospital: _Memorandum of Instructions by Matron to Ward Sisters on Duties to Probationers_. Dated "Easter, 1879." A pamphlet of 4 pp.

Signed "S. E. W." (Mrs. Wardroper, the Matron), but written by F. N.

(97) "A Missionary Health Officer in India." Three articles in _Good Words_, July, August, September 1879, pp. 492-496, 565-571, 635-640.

The first and part of the second article describe Indian Famine
relief. The rest of the second discusses, in connection with agrarian
riots in the Deccan, the evils caused by the money-lenders (for an
extract from this article, see Vol. I. p. 87 _n._). The third
describes the work of a Sanitary Commissioner in normal times with
special reference to Bombay. Both the second and the third articles
close with panegyrics of Lord Lawrence.

(98) Letter on _Co-operation in India_. Printed at pp. 219-221 of the _Journal of the National Indian Association_, May 1879.

(99) "Irrigation and Water Transit in India." Three articles in the _Illustrated London News_, May 10, 24, 31.

(100) _Can we educate Education in India to educate "Men"?_ Three articles in the _Journal of the National Indian Association_, August, September, October 1879, pp. 417-430, 478-491, 527-558.

1880

(101) _In Memoriam._ A card (pp. 4), "from F. P. V. and F. N." in memory of Frances and William Edward Nightingale (F. N.'s mother and father).

The card was composed by F. N., whose choice of texts, etc., was
characteristic--_e.g._ "Live for Him: then come life, come death, we
are His." "God help us to use ourselves more entirely for Him in our
work."

(102) "Woman Slavery in Natal." A letter from Miss Nightingale (dated Nov. 22, 1879) to Mr. James Heywood, printed in the _Aborigines' Friend_, April 1880.

(103) "Hospitals and Patients." An article put into type for the _Nineteenth Century_ of September 1880, but not used.

1881

(104) _Letter from Florence Nightingale, May 6, 1881_ [to the Nurses at St. Thomas's Hospital]. Lithographed, pp. 16.

1882

(105) "Hints and Suggestions on Thrift." A paper printed in a monthly journal entitled _Thrift_, January 1882, p. 4.

(106) _Training of Nurses_ and _Nursing the Sick_. Articles occupying pp. 1038-1043, 1043-1049 of _Quain's Dictionary of Medicine_.

Copies of Miss Nightingale's article were separately struck off, as a
pamphlet (without wrapper), pp. 12. In later editions of the
Dictionary the articles were revised by Florence Nightingale Boyd.
Extracts from the original articles were printed on a card for use in
the Salisbury Infirmary, 1902.

(107) _"Infection." By Sir J. Clarke Jervoise, Bart., with Remarks by Miss Nightingale._ Second edition. London: Vacher & Sons, 1882. Pamphlet, in blue paper wrappers, pp. 63.

Miss Nightingale's "remarks," at pp. 62, 63, were on the first edition
of the pamphlet (published anonymously in 1867). They are an attack on
"the germ hypothesis."

1883

(108) _From Florence Nightingale to the Probationer-Nurses in the "Nightingale Fund" Training School at St. Thomas's Hospital and to the Nurses who were formerly trained there._ May 23, 1883. Lithographed, pp. 13.

(109) _The Dumb shall speak, and the Deaf shall hear; or, the Ryot, the Zemindar, and the Government._ A Paper read at a meeting of the East India Association, and printed in its _Journal_, July 1883, pp. 163-211.

The paper was read by Mr. F. Verney, Sir Bartle Frere in the chair,
on June 1. It was reprinted separately in the same year by the
Association as a pamphlet (without wrapper, pp. 48).

(110) "Our Indian Stewardship." An article in the _Nineteenth Century_, August 1883, pp. 329-338.

A defence of Lord Ripon's policy. The article was largely the work of
Sir William Wedderburn. "The article is an excellent one," she wrote
to him (Aug. 1), "if only it had been signed by you, and not by me."

(111) "The Bengal Tenancy Bill." An article in the _Contemporary Review_, October 1883, pp. 587-602.

1884

(112) _Letter to the Nightingale Probationers_, dated July 3, 1884. Printed in the _Report of the Nightingale Fund for the year 1883_, which at p. 3 gave a report of the Annual Meeting (Lord Houghton in the chair) whereat the letter was read.

1886

(113) _To the Probationer-Nurses of the Nightingale Fund School at St. Thomas's Hospital. Florence Nightingale. New Year's Day, 1886._ (_For Private Use only._) Small pamphlet (cream paper wrappers), pp. 16.

(114) _Florence Nightingale to Surgeon-Major G. J. H. Evatt._ A fly-leaf, so entitled, printed in connection with the "Woolwich Election, 1886."

The letter, dated June 24, 1886, commends the candidature of
Surgeon-Major Evatt on the ground of his administrative experience and
energy in "vital matters of social, sanitary, and general interest."
He stood as a Liberal and was not elected.

1887

(115) _Village Sanitation in India._ A letter, dated February 22, 1887, to the Joint Secretaries of the Bombay Presidency Association. Quarto, pp. 3.

A similar letter was addressed to the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha.

(116) _Note sull' Assistenza ai Malati di Miss Nightingale Tradotto e Abbreviate da A. C._ [_Comparetti_]. Lucca: Topografia Giusti, 1887.

1888

(117) _To the Probationer-Nurses in the Nightingale Fund School at St. Thomas's Hospital from Florence Nightingale, May 16, 1888. For Private Use only._ Lithographed, pp. 20 (with yellow wrappers).

(118) _Sanitation in India._ "Letter from Miss Nightingale," dated "London, July 27, 1888," published in the _Journal of the Public Health Society_ [of Calcutta], October 1888, vol. iv. pp. 63-65.

1889

(119) _Village Sanitation in India._ A letter, dated February 20, 1889, to the Joint Secretaries of the Bombay Presidency Association. Quarto, pp. 3.

The same letter, similarly printed, was also addressed "To the Joint
Secretaries of the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha." The letter was for the
most part a critical exposition of the Bombay Village Sanitation Bill;
it was noticed in the _Bombay Gazette Summary_, April 5, 1889.

1890

(120) _Sketch of the History and Progress of District Nursing. By William Rathbone. With an Introduction by Florence Nightingale._ Dedicated by permission to Her Majesty. London: Macmillan, 1890.

The Introduction occupies pp. ix.-xxii.

1891

(121) Message to Nurses at Liverpool. Printed at p. 11 of the _Sixty-third Annual Report of the Royal Southern Hospital_. Liverpool: 1904.

The message was sent in February 1891 on the occasion of the opening
of the Nursing Home. One of the wards of the Hospital is named after
Miss Nightingale.

(122) _Sanitation in India._ A letter, dated February 16, 1891, to the Joint Secretaries of the Bombay Presidency Association. Quarto, pp. 3.

The same letter was also addressed to the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha.

(123) _Sanitation in India._ A letter, dated December 1891, to Rao Bahadur Vishnu Moreshwar Bhide, Chairman, Poona Sarvajanik Sabha. Quarto, pp. 3.

These open letters, intended for "distribution to local associations
and influential Indian gentlemen," attracted much notice in the Indian
press. A selection of press comments upon them was printed in the
_Indian Spectator_, July 10, 1892. There was also a notice of No. 121
in the _Times_ of January 10, 1892, in the weekly review of "Indian
Affairs" by Sir W. W. Hunter. "Miss Nightingale's letter forms," he
said, "a brief, but practical code of village sanitation."

1892

(124) _Village Sanitation in India._ Letter from Miss Nightingale to the Secretary of State for India (Lord Cross), dated March 1892, enclosing a Memorandum signed by members of the India Committee of the International Congress on Hygiene and Demography (1891). Printed in _India_, July 15, 1892, pp. 200.

See Vol. II. p. 379.

(125) Introduction to _Behramji M. Malabari: a Biographical Sketch_, by Dayaram Gidumal. London: Fisher Unwin, 1892.

Miss Nightingale's Introduction occupies pp. v.-viii.

(126) Health at Home. Letters in the _Report of the Training of Rural Health Missioners and of their Village Lecturing and Visiting under the Bucks County Council: 1891-92._ Winslow: E. J. French. Pamphlet, pp. 50.

There are three letters by F. N.: (1) a letter (dated Oct. 17, 1891)
to Mr. Frederick Verney on the importance of training rural health
missioners; (2) a letter, dated October 1892, to "Village Mothers,"
pp. 14, 15; (3) a letter, dated November 21, 1892, reporting on the
experiment and urging its continuance (see Vol. II. p. 384).

(127) _Cholera: What we can do?_ By George H. De'Ath, medical officer of health for Buckingham. Buckingham: Walford & Son. Pamphlet, in green paper wrappers, pp. 19.

The last pages (18, 19) were contributed by F. N. An appeal to fight
against cholera by preventive sanitation; "for if cholera does not
come we are winning the day against fever," etc.

(128) "Hospitals." Article in _Chambers' Encyclopædia_, new edition, revised and partly re-written by F. N.

(129) _Royal British Nurses' Association._ "Remarks by Miss Nightingale on a Register for Nurses."

This was part of the case against the Royal Charter argued before the
Privy Council in November 1892. Among Miss Nightingale's Papers are
the original MS., a typed copy, and a MS. copy on brief paper made by
the Solicitors for the opponents. I include it in the Bibliography,
assuming that it was printed for the Privy Council.

(130) "Mrs. Wardroper." A memorial notice of the late matron of St. Thomas's Hospital, printed simultaneously, December 31, 1892, in the _British Medical Journal_ (under the title "The Reform of Sick Nursing and the late Mrs. Wardroper") and in the _Hospital Nursing Supplement_ ("A Nursing Worthy").

For extracts, see Vol. I. p. 458.

1893

(131) "Sick-Nursing and Health-Nursing." A Paper in pp. 184-205 of _Woman's Mission: a Series of Congress Papers on the Philanthropic Work of Women by Eminent Writers_. Arranged and edited, with a Preface and Notes, by the Baroness Burdett-Coutts. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1893. A publication issued by the Royal British Commission, Chicago Exhibition, 1893.

The main part of the paper occupies pp. 184-199. Then comes an
"Addendum" on District Nursing, with an account of the Bucks
"Health-Nurse Training" system and "Syllabus of Lectures to Health
Missioners."

(132) "Health Lectures for Indian Villages." A Paper printed in _India_, October 1893, pp. 305-306.

1894

(133) "Health and Local Government." An Introduction (pp. i.-ii.) to _Report of the Bucks Sanitary Conference, October 1894_. Aylesbury: Poulton & Co.

Miss Nightingale's Introduction was also separately printed as a small
fly-leaf, pp. 2, headed _Health and Local Government, by Florence
Nightingale_.

(134) _Health Teaching in Towns and Villages. Rural Hygiene. By Florence Nightingale._ London: Spottiswoode & Co., 1894.

A pamphlet, pp. 27. Reprinted from a Paper read at the Conference of
Women Workers held at Leeds, November 7 to 10, 1893. The Paper is also
printed in the _Official Report of the Conference_ (Leeds, 1894),
pp. 46-60.

(135) _Village Sanitation in India._ A Paper for the Tropical Section of the 8th International Congress of Hygiene and Demography at Budapest. A pamphlet (without wrappers), pp. 8; signed "Florence Nightingale. London: August 20th, 1894."

The "Memorandum" of 1892 (No. 122) was reprinted as an Appendix.

1895

(136) _Birds._ A letter, dated Feb. 4, 1895, to "Uncle Toby" of the Dicky Bird Society, printed in the _Newcastle Chronicle's_ Weekly Supplement, February 16.

1896

(137) "A Few Lines to Workhouse Nurses." A Supplement (pp. 53-57) to _Agnes Jones; or, She hath done what she could_. By Mrs. Roundell, London: Bickers & Sons, 1896.

A few sentences from Miss Nightingale's Supplement are reproduced in
facsimile as a frontispiece to this little book.

(138) "Health Missioners for Rural India." An article in _India_, December 1896, pp. 359-360.

1897

(139) _To the Nurses and Probationers trained under the "Nightingale Fund," June 1897._ Octavo, pp. 17 (in plain white wrappers).

1898

(140) _A Letter from Florence Nightingale about the Victorian Order of Nurses in Canada._ A small pamphlet, in white paper wrappers, pp. 4.

The letter, to Lady Aberdeen, is dated May 5, 1898. It is stated at
the end of the pamphlet, "The original of this letter is written
entirely by Miss Florence Nightingale's own hand." There is no
imprint.

1899

(141) The Soldier in War-time. Letter to the Balaclava Survivors, printed in the _Daily Graphic_, October 26, 1899.

This letter uses some of the phrases quoted at Vol. II. p. 411.

1900

(142) _To all our Nurses, May 28, 1900._ Lithographed, pp. 12.

Miss Nightingale's hand-writing in this letter shows little sign of
age. It is bold and clear.

(143) _Letter to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh._ Printed at p. 26 of an official and illustrated account, compiled by A. A. Gordon, of the _Edinburgh and East of Scotland Hospital for South Africa_ (Blackwood & Sons).

For the occasion of this letter, see Vol. II. p. 411.

1901

(144) _In Memory of Robert James Baron Wantage, V.C., K.C.B._ A privately printed memoir, containing on p. 53 a letter from Miss Nightingale.

The letter, dated June 12, 1901, includes these words: "Lord Wantage
is a great loss, but he has been a great gain. And what he has gained
for us can never be lost. It is my experience that such men exist only
in England: a man who had everything (to use the common phrase) which
this world could give him, but who worked as hard, and to the last, as
the poorest able man--and all for others--for the common weal. A man
whose life makes a great difference for all: _all_ are better off than
if he had not lived; and this betterness is for always, it does not
die with him--that is the true estimate of a great life." These words
were quoted at the head of an article on Lord Wantage in the
_Edinburgh Review_, January 1902.

(145) _Appeal on behalf of the Invalid Hospital for Gentlewomen, Harley Street._ Letter in the _Times_, November 12, 1901.

Reprinted in the Annual Reports of the Institution for 1902, 1903,
etc. The letter, though signed Florence Nightingale, bears no mark of
her style, and is not quite accurate in its account of her early
association with the hospital (see Vol. I. p. 133). The letter is said
to have been written for Miss Nightingale by Mrs. Dicey. The
institution, re-christened "The Florence Nightingale Hospital for
Gentlewomen," is now in new quarters in Lisson-grove.

1905

(146) _New Year's Message from Florence Nightingale to the Nursing Staff of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, January 1905._ Printed on a card.

"I pray with all my heart that God will bless the work abundantly in
Edinburgh Infirmary, and enable the workers to do it for Him, in the
love which we owe Him."

(147) _Message to the Crimean Veterans._ Printed at p. 47 of a pamphlet entitled _The Crimean and Indian Mutiny Veterans' Association, Bristol_. Bristol, 1905.

One of the last messages sent by Miss Nightingale. The anniversaries
celebrated by the Veterans, she says, "have always been marked days
to her also."