25 JULY 1914, Page 25

Florence Nightingale to her Nurses. (Macmillan and Co. is. net.)—The

"lady with the lamp" used to write an annual letter to the probationer-nurses of the Nightingale School at St. Thomas's Hospital. A charming book—which should be in the hands of every nurse in the land—has been made out

of these letters, which help us to understand the secret of Florence Nightingale's wonderful and enduring influence.