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December 42-44
CHAPTER X
SERBIA
Dreadful condition of country--Arrival of Dr. Soltau and Dr. Hutchison
and Unit--Dr. Inglis's arrival in May, 1915--Fountain at
Mladanovatz--Letter from officer who designed fountain--Dr. Inglis
and her Unit taken prisoners in November--Account of work at
Krushevatz--Release in February, 1916--Tributes from Miss Christitch
and Lieut.-Colonel Popovitch 45-58
CHAPTER XI
RUSSIA
Dr. Inglis's start for Russia in August, 1916--Unit attached to Serb
Division near Odessa--Three weeks' work at Medjidia--Retreat to
Braila--Order of three retreats--Work at Reni--Description of Dr. Inglis
by one of her Unit--Account of her last Communion 59-71

CHAPTER XII
"IF YOU WANT US HOME, GET THEM OUT"
Serb Division in unenviable position--Dr. Inglis's determination to save
them from wholesale slaughter--Hard work through summer months to
achieve their safety--Efforts crowned with success--Left for England in
October, bringing her Unit and the Division with her 72-74
CHAPTER XIII
"THE NEW WORK" AND MEMORIES
Landed at Newcastle on November 23, 1917--Illness on voyage--Dr.
Ethel Williams's testimony to her fearlessness in facing death--Triumph
in passing--Scenes at funeral in Edinburgh--Memories 75-78
BIBLIOGRAPHY 79-80

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
DR. ELSIE INGLIS IN 1916, AFTER HER RETURN FROM SERBIA
Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
THE THREE MISS FENDALLS 4 From a picture in the possession of
Brigadier-General C. Fendall
ELSIE INGLIS AT THE AGE OF TWO YEARS 7
JOHN FORBES DAVID INGLIS, ELSIE INGLIS'S FATHER 10
THE HOSPICE, HIGH STREET, EDINBURGH 28
ELSIE INGLIS, BY IVAN MESTROVICH 45 In the Scottish National
Gallery

ELSIE INGLIS IN AUGUST, 1916, BEFORE LEAVING FOR
RUSSIA 58
THE HIGH STREET, LOOKING TOWARDS ST. GILES'S 76

ELSIE INGLIS
CHAPTER I
ELSIE INGLIS
The War.
"Elsie Inglis was one of the heroic figures of the war."[1]
Suffrage.
"During the whole years of the Suffrage struggle, while the National
Union of Women's Suffrage Societies was growing and developing, Dr.
Elsie Inglis stood as a tower of strength, and her unbounded energy and
unfailing courage helped the cause forward in more ways than she
knew. To the London Society she stood out as a supporter of wise
councils and bold measures; time after time, in the decisions of the
Union, they found themselves by her side, and from England to
Scotland they learned to look to her as to a staunch friend.
"Later, when the war transformed the work of the Societies of the
Union, they trusted and followed her still, and it is their comfort now to
think that in all her time of need it was their privilege to support
her."[2]
Medical.
"We medical women in Scotland will miss her very much, for she was
indeed a strong rock amongst us all."[3]
Scottish Women's Hospitals.

"Those who work in the hospitals she founded and for the Units she
commanded, and all who witnessed her labours, feel inspired by her
dauntless example. The character of the Happy Warrior was in some
measure her character. We reverence her calm fearlessness and forceful
energies, her genius for overcoming obstacles, her common sense, her
largeness of mind and purpose, and we rejoice in the splendour of her
achievements."[4]
Home.
"It is not of her great qualities that I think now, but rather that she was
such a darling."[5]
Serbia.
"By her knowledge she cured the physical wounds of the Serb soldiers.
By her shining face she cured their souls. Silent, busy, smiling--that
was her method. She strengthened the faith of her patients in knowledge
and in Christianity. Scotland hardly could send to Serbia a better
Christian missionary."[6]
As the days pass, bringing the figure of Elsie Inglis into perspective,
these true and beautiful pictures of her fall quietly into the background,
and one idea begins slowly to emerge and to expand, and to become the
most real fact about her. As we follow her outward life and read the
writings she left behind her, we come to realize that her greatness lay
not so much in the things she achieved as in the hidden power of her
spirit. She was a woman of solved problems. The far-reaching qualities
of her mind and character are but the outcome of this inward condition.
All men and women have problems; few solve them. The solved
problem in any life is the expression of genius, and is the cause of
strength and peace in the character.
"It is amazing how sometimes a name begins to shine like a star, and
then to glow and glow until it fills the firmament. Such a name is Elsie
Inglis."[7]

FOOTNOTES:
[1] Dr. Seton-Watson.
[2] The London Committee of the N.U.W.S.S.
[3] A medical colleague.
[4] Mrs. Flinders Petrie.
[5] I. A. W., niece.
[6] Bishop Nicolai Velimirovic.
[7] Rev. Norman Maclean, D.D.
CHAPTER II
THE ROCK FROM WHICH SHE WAS HEWN
"It is not the weariness of mortality, but the Strength of Divinity which
we have to recognize in all mighty things."
In the