A Beacon for the Blind: Being a Life of Henry Fawcett, the Blind Postmaster-GeneralHolt, Winifred
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A Beacon for the Blind: Being a Life of Henry Fawcett, the Blind Postmaster-General
Holt, Winifred
Fawcett, Henry, 1833-1884
Congreve’s rockets, 14.
Cooper, Mary, marries William Fawcett, 5.
Co-operation, Fawcett advocates, 117-120, 231.
Cornish mines, Fawcett’s, 151.
Corpus Christi Library, 244.
Courtney, Lord, candidate for professorship, 105;
his friendship with Fawcett, xv, 167, 192, 288.
Courtney, Lady, xv, 312, 313.
Cowper Temple, Mr., his motion _re_ Epping Forest, 200.
Cox, Harry, Charles and William, 319.
Crimean War, the, 32.
Critchett, oculist, 35.
Cross, Lord, as Home Secretary, 208.
Dale, Sir Alfred, xv.
Darwin, Charles, defended by Fawcett, 94-97;
his friendship with Fawcett, 97, 126, 168.
Delhi, Empire proclaimed in, 236.
Devonshire, Duke of, announces Fawcett’s death, 313;
as Liberal Leader, 235, 252;
as Postmaster-General, 250.
Dickens, Charles, his novels, 139, 310.
Disestablishment, Fawcett on, 106, 153.
Disraeli. _See_ Beaconsfield.
Docwra, originates the penny post, 271.
Doulton, Sir Henry, his memorial to Fawcett, 332.
Downe, Darwin at, 97.
Dryhurst, F. J., Fawcett’s secretary, xv, 265, 268, 306.
Dublin, 167; Trinity College, 177, 178.
East India Company, 17.
Eddy, Charles, 319.
Edinburgh, Duke of, in India, 221.
Edmonston, Mr., opens Queenwood College, 9.
Education, National, Fawcett advocates, 32, 119, 171, 174, 236, 289.
Edward VII., his interest in Fawcett, 292, 317;
in India, 235;
knights Dr. Campbell, 66.
Egyptian question, Fawcett on the, 282, 283.
Electioneering experiences, Fawcett’s, 146-159.
Eliot, George, her interest in Fawcett, 118;
her novels, 92.
Ely Cathedral, 81.
Enclosure Bills, the, 187-91, 201.
Epping Forest, saved for the nation, 187, 194-201.
Evans, F. de Grasse, xv.
Eversley, Lord, as Postmaster-General, 258, 310;
his Bill _re_ Common Lands, 208, 209.
Evolution, Fawcett’s defence of, 94-97.
Exeter Hall, Fawcett at, 239.
Exhibition of 1851, the, 20.
Factory Acts, Fawcett on the, 165, 236, 289.
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