CHAPTER II. The Mystical Way

THE MYSTICAL WAY

Miss Nightingale's fondness for Catholic books of devotion--Idea of making a selection--Mr. Jowett's views of mysticism. II. Miss Nightingale's Preface to her Notes from Devotional Authors of the Middle Ages. III. Interruption of work by the death of her father (1874)--His character--Death of Mrs. Bracebridge: Miss Nightingale's tributes to her and her husband--Family worries. IV. Her book on the Mystics never finished--Her own mystical life --Her private meditations--The path to perfection 231