FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE THE ANGEL OF THE CRIMEA [Illustration: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.] FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE THE ANGEL OF THE CRIMEA _A STORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE_ BY LAURA E. RICHARDS AUTHOR OF "CAPTAIN JANUARY," "THE GOLDEN WINDOWS," ETC. [Illustration] ILLUSTRATED D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK AND LONDON 1911 Copyright, 1909, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY _Published September, 1909_ Printed in the United States of America TO THE SISTER ELEANOR OF THE SISTERHOOD OF SAINT MARY HERSELF THROUGH MANY LONG YEARS A DEVOTED WORKER FOR THE POOR, THE SICK, AND THE SORROWFUL, THIS BRIEF RECORD OF AN HEROIC LIFE IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED For the material used in this little book I am chiefly indebted to Sarah A. Tooley's "Life of Florence Nightingale," and to Kinglake's "Invasion of the Crimea." CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. HOW FLORENCE GOT HER NAME--HER THREE HOMES 1 II. LITTLE FLORENCE 9 III. THE SQUIRE'S DAUGHTER 19 IV. LOOKING OUT 32 V. WAITING FOR THE CALL 40 VI. THE TRUMPET CALL 45 VII. THE RESPONSE 58 VIII. SCUTARI 68 IX. THE BARRACK HOSPITAL 75 X. THE LADY-IN-CHIEF 85 XI. THE LADY WITH THE LAMP 98 XII. WINTER 114 XIII. MISS NIGHTINGALE UNDER FIRE 129 XIV. THE CLOSE OF THE WAR 143 XV. THE TASKS OF PEACE 159 FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. CHAPTER I. HOW FLORENCE GOT HER NAME--HER THREE HOMES. One evening, some time after the great Crimean War of 1854-55, a company of military and naval officers met at dinner in London. They were talking over the war, as soldiers and sailors love to do, and somebody said: "Who, of all the workers in the Crimea, will be longest remembered?" Each guest was asked to give his opinion on this point, and each one wrote a name on a slip of paper. There were many slips, but when they came to be examined there was only one name, for every single man had written "Florence Nightingale." Every English boy and girl knows the beautiful story of Miss Nightingale's life. Indeed, hers is perhaps the best-loved name in England since good Queen Victoria died. It will be a great pleasure to me to tell this story to our own boys and girls in this country; and it shall begin, as all proper stories do, at the beginning.