CHAPTER X

THE POPULAR HEROINE

Sympathy in England caused by Miss Nightingale's illness. The popular heroine: letters from Lady Verney. II. The poetry of Seven Dials, verses, songs, lives, portraits, etc.--Miss Nightingale's view of it all. III. Public memorial to her--The Nightingale Fund-- Speeches at the public meeting--Nature of the memorial-- Subscriptions from the army--Medical jealousy--Presentation of a jewel by the Queen 264