CHAPTER XXIX. A GRAVE ILLNESS 300 Illness—Convalescence—Musical Discrimination CHAPTER XXX. AMONG THE BLIND 306 A Leader of the Blind—Honours—His Last Speech CHAPTER XXXI. LIGHT 311 The Passing—The People Grieve—Sorrow in Parliament—The Nation’s Loss—Letters from Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales (the late King Edward) and Gladstone—The Railroad Men’s Tribute—The Significance of his Life—India’s Loss—Fawcett’s Message HENRY FAWCETT, FROM ‘PUNCH’ 327 APPENDIX 329 INDEX 335 ILLUSTRATIONS PROFESSOR AND MRS. FAWCETT _Frontispiece_ HENRY FAWCETT’S MOTHER _Facing page_ 6 HENRY FAWCETT BEFORE HE WAS BLIND „ 26 MISS MARIA FAWCETT „ 50 HENRY FAWCETT AT CAMBRIDGE, 1863 „ 102 HENRY FAWCETT AND MRS. FAWCETT „ 130 HENRY FAWCETT „ 180 HENRY FAWCETT AND HIS FATHER „ 204 HENRY FAWCETT „ 224 FAWCETT’S SIGNATURE AND SEAL AS „ 252 POSTMASTER-GENERAL OF ENGLAND THE MAN FOR THE POST „ 272 THE NEW STAMP DUTY „ 276 HERE STANDS A POST „ 282 FACSIMILE OF A LETTER FROM QUEEN VICTORIA TO „ 316 MRS. FAWCETT FACSIMILE OF A LETTER FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES „ 318 (KING EDWARD VII.) TO MRS. FAWCETT MEMORIAL IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY „ 322 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ YOUTH ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ‘Where the pools are bright and deep, Where the gray trout lies asleep, Up the river and over the lea, That’s the way for Billy and me.’ JAMES HOGG. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER I WATERLOO, THE MAYOR, AND THE BABY The Fisherman—The Battle of Waterloo—The Mayor of Salisbury—The Mayor’s Son—The Market-place—The Circus—Boarding-School and Fun—A Diary.