Fawcett, Henry, his blindness, vii, xiv, 43-71, 111, 149, 154, 229, 240, 251, 306, 326; his cheerful courage, vii, xi, 44, 273, 305, 309, 325, 334; his love of riding, viii, 59, 60, 68, 229; his mental powers, ix, 29, 91, 173; his endeavours to save Common Lands, ix, 185-214; his biography, xiii, xv; his birth, 5; his early questions on economy, 6, 10, 81; his schooldays, 6-21; his love of fishing, 7, 17, 60-63, 67, 104, 268; influenced by Cobden and Bright, 8, 19; his diary, 9; his oratory, 10, 31, 32, 143, 163; his boyish lectures and essays, 11-17; in London, 17, 19, 33, 137, 197, 235, 332; his ambition to enter Parliament, 18, 19, 33, 36-38, 45, 46, 75, 82, 111, 124, 143-59; as an undergraduate at Cambridge, 25-33; his friendship with Stephen, 25, 33, 78; his personal appearance, 25-27, 76, 103, 129, 163, 197, 223; his skill in games, 27; his talent for friendship, 29, 31, 84, 85, 132; his love for political economy, 29, 61, 81, 101; his anxiety for his health, 30, 52, 268, 307; advocates national education, 32, 119, 171, 174, 236, 289; his Fellowship, 33, 78, 82, 87; studies law, 33; his eyesight fails, 34-39; his radicalism, 34, 83, 105, 106, 124, 138, 148, 153, 161, 165, 166, 174-81; visits Paris, 35; his ideals, 37, 284; his interest in social questions, 38, 117, 121-4, 165, 236, 283; his interest in Indian finance, 38, 166, 177, 217-27, 230, 233, 235-8, 242-6, 331; is accidentally blinded, 43; his love of walking, 49, 57, 58, 81, 125, 238; his tailor, 52, 77; his memory, 55, 58, 124, 128, 144, 191, 225, 233, 238, 297; his love of skating, 58, 68, 88, 171, 192, 193, 210; as Postmaster General, 70, 211, 244, 249-83, 289, 296, 304, 308, 331; compared with Lincoln, 76, 77, 102, 103, 245, 259, 260; his love of freedom, 76, 157, 236; his love of rowing, 85; evades bores, 89, 192, 296; his life in Cambridge, 82, 87, 90; his conversational powers, 91, 98, 129; his sociability, 91, 98, 144, 171, 292, 295; addresses the British Association, 92, 144, 167; defends Darwin, 94; his love of home life, 97-99, 204, 209-211, 234, 291, 297-9, 303; his friendship with Mill, 99; his sympathy with the Federalists, 102, 145, 155; portraits of, 103, 137; his _Manual of Political Economy_, 105, 218, 303, 324; as Professor of Political Economy, 106-117, 126, 144, 153, 156, 186, 299, 309, 321, 331; contests Cambridge, 106, 152; his _Free Trade and Protection_, 115; as an M.P., 122, 125, 138, 149, 160-7, 174, 176, 188-192, 232, 265, 299, 304; elected to the Reform Club, 127; his marriage, 130-2; his wife’s companionship, 133, 209, 239, 290-2, 307, 310; advocates Woman Suffrage, 133, 135-7, 165, 289, 290; contests Brighton, 139, 153-9, 166, 170, 227, 230, 232; as M.P. for Brighton, 126, 131, 139, 159, 166, 168, 170, 174, 222, 225, 227, 320;