CHAPTER X

_THE CRIMEAN WAR AND CALL TO SERVICE_

Tribute to Florence Nightingale by the Countess of Lovelace--Outbreak of the Crimean War--Distressing Condition of the Sick and Wounded--Mr. W. H. Russell’s Letters to _The Times_--Call for Women Nurses--Mr. Sidney Herbert’s Letter to Miss Nightingale--She offers her Services 94