title: The Bloomsbury Group (Character Sketches Series)
author:  Frances Spalding 
description: Part of the "Character Sketches" series, this title looks at the Bloomsbury Group. The series features compact guides devoted to literary, artistic and historic personalities, circles and themes. They contain portraits in a variety of media, all selected from the National Portrait Gallery's diverse collection. The illustrations are accompanied by substantial and relevant quotations from the works of the people featured, as well as contemporary descriptions and anecdotes from unpublished as well as published source. The books should be of interest to general readers and students alike. Frances Spalding is the author of "Roger Fry: Art and Life", "Vanessa Bell", "Dance Till the Stars Come Down: A Biography of John Minton" and "Duncan Grant".
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  # HOSPITAL SKETCHES
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  ### By
  
  
  
  
  
  ## LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  ### THESE SKETCHES  
  
  
  ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED  
  
  
  TO HER FRIEND  
  
  
  MISS HANNAH STEVENSON  
  
  
  BY  
  
  
  L.M.A.  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  ## CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I.  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Obtaining
  Supplies](../Text/%40public%40vhost%40g%40gutenberg%40html%40files%403837%403837-h%403837-h-0.htm.html#chap01)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  II.  
  
  
  
  
  
  [A Forward
  Movement](../Text/%40public%40vhost%40g%40gutenberg%40html%40files%403837%403837-h%403837-h-0.htm.html#chap02)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  III.  
  
  
  
  
  
  [A
  Day](../Text/%40public%40vhost%40g%40gutenberg%40html%40files%403837%403837-h%403837-h-0.htm.html#chap03)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  IV.  
  
  
  
  
  
  [A
  Night](../Text/%40public%40vhost%40g%40gutenberg%40html%40files%403837%403837-h%403837-h-0.htm.html#chap04)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  V.  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Off
  Duty](../Text/%40public%40vhost%40g%40gutenberg%40html%40files%403837%403837-h%403837-h-1.htm.html#chap05)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  VI.  
  
  
  
  
  
  [A
  Postscript](../Text/%40public%40vhost%40g