FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, the Institution she was so favourably impressed that she afterwards returned to it, and subsequently pub- lished a little book containing an account of its origin and management. The history of its origin is indeed exceedingly curious and interesting, as forming one of those generally invisible links in the golden chain of bene- volent and philanthropic efforts. " IKaiserwerth is a small Roman Catholic town, near Dusseldorf on the Rhine; amanufactory having been begun there, a little colony of mechanics, chiefly Protestants, settled near to it. Their young pastor, M. Fliedner, was much beloved by them, but mis- fortunes came, and there were no longer any funds to support him in his duty. This good man, how- ever, would not consent to quit his little flock, and he determined to visit Holland and England, and try to raise, among the Protestants, sufficient funds to maintain his small church, and enable him to remain with his beloved people. He succeeded in his object ; but when he set out on his journey, to try and interest the religious feelings of strangers, in behalf of a small unknown community, he little hoped for the other great results that would arise from this visit. In England, he became acquainted with the inestimable MRS. FRY ; together they talked over and consulted on matters relating to prison discipline, and on his return to Dusseldorf he formed the first German society for improving prisons. He felt deeply the desolate lot of women 10
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