Nightingale (Florence, reformer of army medical services and of nursing organization, 1820-1910) Autograph Letter signed to Arnold Toynbee, 2pp. in pencil, sm. 4to, Park Lane, [London], 20th October 1882, in his capacity as tutor at Balliol College, Oxford, in charge of the candidates for the Indian Civil Service, "I hope that Lecture's on Land Tenure, Provincial Administration &c will form part of your future course... . But more than that, if your two years can be made into 3, that something of instruction on Agricultural & Technical Science, including Forestry, may direct your students attention... . I give the Balliol Civil Service candidates joy of their position with you. The future of India depends, more than on anything else, on the rulers we bring up", folds, slight foxing.

⁂ Arnold Toynbee (1852-83), social reformer and political economist.