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 CHAPTER XI THE SOLDIERS' FRIEND Miss Nightingale's ministrations to the moral welfare of the soldiers--Her belief in the possibility of reforms. II. Her letter to the Queen on drunkenness in the army: considered by the Cabinet --Miss Nightingale's Money Order Office at Scutari--Government offices opened--The "Inkerman Café"--Sir Henry Storks--Miss Nightingale's influence with the soldiers. III. Establishment of reading-rooms and class-rooms 276 CHAPTER XII TO THE CRIMEA AGAIN (SEPTEMBER 1855-JULY 1856) Fall of Sebastopol: Miss Nightingale's second and third visits to the Crimea. Hardships of her work in the Crimea--Her "carriage"-- The hospital huts on the heights above Balaclava--Her Extra Diet Kitchens. II. Opposition to her in military and medical quarters-- Sir John Hall's opposition--Difficulties with the nuns--Miss Nightingale's authority disputed. III. Her appeals to home for support--Correspondence with Sidney Herbert--Dispatch from the Secretary of State defining her full authority in the Crimea promulgated in General Orders--Exhausting labours in the Crimea: testamentary dispositions. IV. Hard work at Scutari--Letters from the aunt who was with Miss Nightingale--Christmas Day at the British Embassy--Colonel Lefroy 283 CHAPTER XIII END OF THE WAR--RETURN HOME (JULY-AUGUST 1856) The Peace. Return of the nurses--Miss Nightingale's tribute to her "mainstays." II. The Government's thanks to Miss Nightingale-- Gratitude of the soldiers--Offer of a man-of-war for her return-- Lord Ellesmere's speech in the House of Lords. III. Return of Miss Nightingale--Publicity avoided--Her "spoils of war." IV. Her Crimean work a starting-point 299 PART III FOR THE HEALTH OF THE SOLDIERS (1856-1861) CHAPTER I THE QUEEN, MISS NIGHTINGALE, AND LORD PANMURE (AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1856)