The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. 2 of 2

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1892: the Nurses' Battle, ii. 361-362; letter to Lord Cross on a scheme of Indian sanitation, ii. 379; organizes Health Lectures, etc., in Bucks, ii. 384 1893: the Nurses' Battle, ii. 364; sees the Empress Frederick, ii. 357 1894: sees Lord Elgin's private secretary, ii. 405; death of Sir H. Verney and Mr. Shore Smith, ii. 399 1895: full of work, ii. 404; memory begins to fail, ii. 415; nurses' registration question, ii. 411-12; interest in army matters, ii. 406; writes to Duke of Cambridge on his retirement, ii. 407 1896: makes her Will, i. v; thoughts on All Souls Day, ii. 414; nursing correspondence, ii. 412; appeals to Mr. Chamberlain about Hong Kong barracks, ii. 407 1897: "soaked in work," ii. 404; nursing correspondence, ii. 412; C.D.A. appeal, ii. 408; writes to Crimean veterans, ii. 404; makes a Codicil, records her Indian negotiations, i. v Old age: vigorous, ii. 404-5; gradual failure of powers, ii. 416; greater acquiescence, ii. 405, 414; interest in the army, i. 282; bent on improvements, ii. 272, 418 1898: nursing work, ii. 412; thoughts on Waterloo Day, ii. 410; sees Aga Khan, ii. 405 1899: thoughts on the Boer War, ii. 411 1900: congratulatory addresses, etc., ii. 419 1902: has a companion, ii. 416 1907: receives Order of Merit, ii. 418 1908: receives Freedom of the City, ii. 418 1910: death and burial, ii. 422; memorials, ii. 422 _n._

(2) _Work during the Crimean War_:-- _Generally_: amount and power of work, i. 234, 240, 295; attendance on sick and wounded, i. 183, 235, 236, 237, 238, ii. 334, 408; barrack-mistress and nurse, i. 184; care for nurses' families, i. 198; demeanour, i. 230, 295; "going to Miss Nightingale," i. 231, 232; idolized by the men, i. 237, 238; letters to and from their relatives, i. 238-40; medical obstruction, i. 182; midnight rounds, i. 236, 237; on good conduct of the men, i. 242; quarters, i. 200, 234; religious bickerings, i. 245; respect for rules, i. 210; strict disciplinarian, i. 210; tributes to her, i. 186; visit from the Duke of Cambridge, i. 385; woman's insight, i. 198 _As Administrator_: assumes initiative and responsibility, i. 171, 211, 212, 232; establishes extra-diet kitchens, i. 196; gives supplies to the Allies, i. 204; improves laundry arrangements, i. 195; orders building operations, i. 206-207; purveys for the hospitals, i. 199; on medical requisition only, i. 209; supplies clothing, i. 205; supplies extra diets, i. 201; unties red tape, i. 203, ii. 276 _As Reformer_: begs for stores, i. 219; suggests additional clothing, i. 222; Medical School, i. 229; reform in stoppages, i. 222-3; scheme of reorganization, i. 224, 226-9; sending out carpenters, i. 219; store depôts, etc., i. 221, 222; urges sanitary reforms, i. 219 _As the Soldiers' Friend_: accused of "spoiling the brutes," i. 277; arranges reading-rooms, i. 280-282; care of women camp-followers, i. 197; establishes system of money-orders, i. 278; influence over the men, i. 277, 279; letter-writing for the soldiers, i. 242; organizes a Café, i. 279 _In the Crimea_: ambiguity in her instructions, i. 255, 286; appeals to the War Office for support, i. 290; authority confirmed in General Orders, i. 293; carriage, i. 284, ii. 409, 410; deprived of provisions, i. 291; hardness of the life, i. 284, 291; medical and military obstruction, i. 255, 286, 291, ii. 195 _Results_: an episode, not the end, of her career, i. xxiv, 305; F. N. as Popular Heroine, i. 264 _seq._, 373, 446, 447, ii. 420, 460; step in the emancipation of women, i. xxv, 305, 306; female nursing in military hospitals, i. 305, ii. 410; and _see_ Red Cross

(3) _Relations with Sidney Herbert_:-- First meeting with, i. 79; his sending her to the Crimea, i. 373; close co-operation and almost daily companionship, 1856-61, i. 312, 332, 355, 356, 357, 366, 372, 380, 382, 391, 399, 400, 502, ii. 14, 16; "last letter" to him, i. 373; grief at his death, i. 406, ii. 7, 15, 16; and remorse, i. 407; keeps his death-day (Aug. 2), ii. 89, 94, 199 _n._, 319, 378, 392 _n._; thoughts on reunion, ii. 94; his "official legatee," ii. 30, 60, 68, 72; finishing his work, ii. 39, 98; using his name as a lever, ii. 41; left in charge by her captain, ii. 59; "my dear Master," i. 407, ii. 4, 9; a fellowship in work, ii. 223, 426; general remarks on, i. 411-412; by F. N., ii. 12; Jowett on, ii. 426

(4) _Work for the Army_ and in connection with the War Office:-- Reasons of her influence and employment in this way, i. 312-18,