Florence Nightingale : the angel of the Crimea ; a story for young people.

  • Laura E. Richards
Date:
1909
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Florence Nightingale : the angel of the Crimea ; a story for young people. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material is part of the Elmer Belt Florence Nightingale collection. The original may be consulted at University of California Libraries.

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    about the beautiful gardens of Lea Hurst, or play- ing house in the quaint old summerhouse with its pointed roof of thatch. Perhaps she brought her dolls here; but the dolls must wait for another chapter. Soon after moving to Lea Hurst, the Night- ingales bought still another country seat, Embley Park, in Hampshire, a fine old mansion built in Queen Elizabeth's time, and at some distance from Lea Hurst. After this the family used to spend the summer at Lea Hurst, and the winter at Embley. There were no railroads then in that neighborhood; the journey was sometimes made by stagecoach, some- times in the Nightingales' own carriage. Embley Park is one of the stately homes of Eng- land, with its lofty gables, terraces and shadowing trees; and all around it are sunny lawns, and gar- dens filled with every sweet and lovely flower. Now you know a little of the three homes of Florence Nightingale, Lea Hall, Lea Hurst, and Embley Park; next you shall hear what kind of child she herself was.
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