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Excerpt of Maude Abbott’s book on Florence Nightingale, 1916

Title page of the book Florence Nightingale; sepia paper with the following text: “Florence Nightingale As Seen in Her Portraits With a sketch of her life, and an account of her relation to the origin of the Red Cross Society By MAUDE E. SEYMOUR ABBOTT McGill University Montreal Fifteen Illustrations BOSTON, U.S.A. Reprinted from the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal September 14th, 21st and 28th, 1916”.

This book on the life of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) began as a lecture delivered before the Harvard Historical Club in 1915. Maude Abbott published Florence Nightingale As Seen in Her Portraits in 1916, to great acclaim. The proceeds from the sale of the book were donated to the Canadian Red Cross Society.