Dedication
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.”