Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands · Chapter
Endnotes explained
The endnotes provide brief editorial clarifications and cross-references, including a note on Mrs.
What happens
The endnotes provide brief editorial clarifications and cross-references, including a note on Mrs. Seacole's likely allusion to Macbeth and a mention of the author's subsequent interactions with Miss Nightingale in Balaclava.
Characters to notice
- Mary Seacole
Referenced in the endnote regarding a possible allusion to Macbeth.
- Florence Nightingale
Mentioned as someone the author saw much of subsequently at Balaclava.
Key passages
“Mrs. Seacole very likely refers to Macbeth. But it was the witches he abused. — Ed.”
The editor notes that Mary Seacole probably alludes to Shakespeare's Macbeth, though she mistakenly attributes the abuse to Macbeth rather than the witches.
Editorial clarification of a literary reference.
“Subsequently I saw much of Miss Nightingale, at Balaclava.”
Later, I spent a great deal of time with Florence Nightingale in Balaclava.
Cross-reference to the author's interactions with Nightingale during the Crimean War.