The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2 of 2 by Sir Edward Tyas Cook
CHAPTER V
HOME LIFE IN SOUTH STREET AND THE COUNTRY
Miss Nightingale's house in South Street--Sir Harry Verney's house
in the same street. II. Her servants--Housekeeping. III. Miss
Nightingale as a hostess--Reminiscences by a nursing friend.
IV. Miss Nightingale's room--Personal appearance--Rarely out of
doors--Love of birds--Note on London sky-effects. V. Sojourns out
of London--A "lobster-like villa" at Norwood (1875)--Annual visits
with her mother at Lea Hurst--Miss Nightingale's interest in her
poorer neighbours--Mother and daughter--Impression made by Miss
Nightingale on her friends--Mr. Jowett--The Grand Duchess of Baden
--Lady Ashburton. VI. Letters to M. and Mme. Mohl--Death of M. Mohl
(1876)--Death of Dr. Parkes--Miss Nightingale's intervention once
more to save the Army Medical School--The Eastern Question--Miss
Paulina Irby. VII. Was Miss Nightingale's a happy life?--Letters
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