Front matter

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THE LIFE OF SOPHIA JEX-BLAKE

By the same Author

MONA MACLEAN

FELLOW TRAVELLERS

WINDYHAUGH

THE WAY OF ESCAPE

GROWTH

Samuel Laurence pinx. Emery Walker ph. sc. Sophia Jex-Blake at the age of 25

THE LIFE OF

SOPHIA JEX-BLAKE

BY

MARGARET TODD, M.D.

(GRAHAM TRAVERS)

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON

1918

IICOPYRIGHT

GLASGOW: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD.

TO ALL THOSE

MENTIONED IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES

OR PASSED OVER

FROM IGNORANCE OR WANT OF SPACE,

WHO LENT A HELPING HAND

TO A BRAVE AND UNSELFISH FIGHTER,

THIS BOOK IS

GRATEFULLY DEDICATED

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