The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2 of 2 by Sir Edward Tyas Cook

MISS NIGHTINGALE'S SCHOOL (1872-1879) Miss Nightingale's increased attention to the Nightingale Training School. Opening of the new buildings of St. Thomas's Hospital-- Appointment of a new Medical Instructor of the Probationers, and of a "Home Sister." II. Miss Nightingale's interviews with the probationers--Her character-sketches and other records--Her sense of humour. III. District nursing in London--Miss Florence Lees-- Selections and promotions--Some favourite pupils--Wide influence of the Nightingale nurses--Miss Nightingale's close relations with her old pupils in their new posts--Her affectionate solicitude for them --Typical letters--Extent of her correspondence. IV. Her "Addresses to Probationers"--Leading ideas in them--Style of address, reminiscent of school sermons. V. Her ideal of the nurse's calling --Her belief in individual influence, not in organization--Miss Nightingale as a "Founder" 246