LIGHT
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.
[Sidenote: Between the Lights.]
On Thursday morning, 6th November 1884, the two doctors who saw him
found that his heart was weak, and he asked his secretary to notify the
papers of his illness. Another doctor came from London, and when the
three went to Fawcett’s room, they found that there was no hope of his
recovery. Thoughtful as always of the comfort of others, he asked in a
failing voice if dinner had been arranged for the doctor who had just
come.
When his hands began to grow cold, he thought the weather had changed.
Practical and exact to the last, he said: ‘The best things to warm my
hands with would be my fur gloves. They are in the pocket of my coat in
the dressing-room.’ He never spoke again. In the quiet room, the dull
autumn afternoon darkened as his wife and daughter sat by the bedside.
Very gently, his brave fight won, the tired blind man’s unquenchable
spirit left them in the twilight and passed to find the light.
* * * * *
[Sidenote: Remembered and Loved.]
Rarely has a loss caused so much deep personal sorrow in every class. A
dearly loved friend of many had gone, a noble life had been spent for
others. There was mourning in many a little cottage when the head of the
family read aloud that the good Postmaster-General had passed away.
In the misty lamplit village squares, and in the market-place at
Salisbury, the rural labourers gathered to lament his loss, and to
recall his many good deeds and the countless little friendlinesses which
he had personally shown to so many of them.
‘That such a man should have died at only fifty-one is one of those
apparent wastes in Nature before which our philosophy stands impotent;
but that such a light should have existed at all makes philosophy
superfluous in contemplating it.’[3]
The morning after Fawcett’s going, Lady Courtney told the news to her
parlourmaid, who had known Fawcett. On entering the kitchen, to her
surprise the cook burst out weeping and sat by the table rocking herself
to and fro. ‘Why,’ said Lady Courtney, ‘Maria, you didn’t know Mr.
Fawcett, did you?’ ‘Ah, yes, your ladyship, I knew him, the kind
gentleman. It was when you and his lordship were out of town. I opened
the door for him, and when he found you were not at home, he said, “I
have been here to dine very often, and I want to know you.” “Oh no,
sir,” says I, “I’m only the cook,” with which he puts out his hand and
shakes mine like an old friend, as he says, “Well, I’m very glad indeed
to meet you.” Then I offered him a glass of water, ma’am, which he drank
so grateful.’ Lady Courtney queried, ‘But Maria, why didn’t you offer
him tea, for the credit of the house?’ ‘Oh, your ladyship, I didn’t dare
to, for fear he’d see the state of the house with your ladyship away.’
When the news came to the House of Commons, sudden as such news always
is, it fell to the Marquis of Hartington to announce it to the House. It
is said that he all but broke down.
[Sidenote: Sorrow in Parliament.]
Later in the evening there were more formal expressions of grief. Sir
Stafford Northcote, on behalf of the Conservative Party, whom Fawcett
had so consistently opposed, spoke of the loss the House had sustained,
and said: ‘I do not think anybody can recall a single word that ever
fell from him that gave unnecessary offence or pain to any one.’ The
Marquis of Hartington, on behalf of the Government, said Fawcett
commanded the ‘respect, I think I may say the affection, of the whole
House’; and Mr. Justin McCarthy, on behalf of the Irish Party, spoke
with much feeling of ‘the sudden and melancholy close of so promising
and great a career.’ The next evening Gladstone, who had not been
present the night before, said: ‘Mr. Fawcett’s name is a name which is
heard in all quarters of the House with feelings of the greatest
respect. We have all been accustomed to regard with admiration his
admirable integrity and independence of mind, his absolute devotion to
the public service, the marvellous tenacity of his memory, combined with
his remarkable clearness of mental vision; and, I think, even above all
these, if possible, the rare courage, the unfailing, the unmeasured
courage, with which he confronted and mastered all the difficulties
which would have daunted and repelled an ordinary man in connection with
the loss of the precious gift of sight. From these and other causes he
acquired a place in the hearts and minds such as is undoubtedly accorded
to few; and I believe that he had won a place equally high in the esteem
and respect of the House of Commons. I wish in these few words to place
on record, in the name of myself and my colleagues, our deep sense of
the loss of a most distinguished public servant.’ The last words were
spoken by Lord John Manners, who, referring to the personal intercourse
he had had with Fawcett, said, ‘It was impossible to exceed in courtesy
and fairness the eminent statesman whose loss we all deplore.’
Writing of Fawcett shortly after his death, Mr. Beresford Hope used
these words: ‘He was a man who had conquered all personal enmity, all
personal suspicion, and lived in the hearts of every man, on every side
of the House, without exception. Ask me why it was? That is a difficult
question to answer. The appreciation of character—the influence that a
man has—is generally indescribable.... He had gained a strange influence
over the House, from the absolute certainty with which he inspired every
man of the clear, transparent honesty and courage of his character.’
* * * * *
[Sidenote: The Reason of a Boy.]
Fawcett was always strongly opposed to taking away any legitimate
pleasure, and the keen appreciation of this fact by a child seems worth
recording. Soon after the Postmaster’s death, his small nephew, who had
been promised that he should go to the Lord Mayor’s Show, begged to be
taken there; the family naturally hesitated, and discussed the propriety
of the boy’s going to the festivity the day before his uncle’s funeral.
The natural question was, ‘What would Fawcett have said under similar
circumstances?’ The small nephew piped up with ‘I know Uncle Harry would
have said: “Go, my boy!”’ This was so true that the boy went.
[Sidenote: Britain mourns.]
Numerous letters were sent to the family, some from those who, from lack
of learning, were forced to dictate their letters to the village
schoolmaster. Others, who had rarely struggled with the intricate
problems of pen and paper, strove painfully to put their sympathy into
written words. Telegrams and resolutions of sympathy came from
workingmen’s societies, labour unions, and all kinds of associations and
societies, tokens of love and grief from a vaster circle of personal
friends than almost any one ever had.
We have the privilege of printing a facsimile of the sympathetic letter
written with her own hand by Queen Victoria, and of the note of
condolence from the Prince of Wales (the late King Edward).
[Sidenote: Letters from Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales (the late
King Edward).]
‘BALMORAL CASTLE,
‘_November 8th, 1884._
‘DEAR MRS. FAWCETT,—I am anxious to express to you myself the
true and sincere sympathy I feel for you in your present
terrible bereavement, as well as my sincere regret for the loss
of your distinguished husband, who bore his great trial with
such courage and patience, and who served his Queen and country
ably and faithfully.
‘You, who were so devoted a wife to him, must, even in this hour
of overwhelming grief, be gratified by the universal expression
of respect and regret on this sad occasion.
‘That He Who alone can give consolation and peace in the hour of
affliction may support you, is the earnest wish of yours
sincerely,
‘(Signed) VICTORIA, R. AND I.’
[Illustration: Facsimile of a letter from Queen Victoria to Mrs.
Fawcett.]
‘SANDRINGHAM,
‘KING’S LYNN, _November 8th, 1884._
‘DEAR MRS. FAWCETT,—You are certain to receive many letters
expressing sympathy with your present grief, and although I
hardly like intruding so soon on your great sorrow, yet I am
anxious to express how deeply both the Princess and myself
sympathise with you in this severe hour of trial. Mr. Fawcett
cannot fail to be deeply mourned and regretted by all who knew
him—but he has left a name, which will ever be remembered among
England’s distinguished men.—Believe me, dear Mrs. Fawcett,
truly yours,
‘(Signed) ALBERT EDWARD.’
[Illustration:
Facsimile of a letter from the Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)
to Mrs. Fawcett]
[Sidenote: What Gladstone wrote.]
Mr. Gladstone wrote to Fawcett’s father. Miss Fawcett has kindly given
us permission to reprint the letter.
‘10 DOWNING STREET,
‘WHITEHALL, _November 25th, 1884_.
‘DEAR SIR,—Will you allow me to intrude upon you for a moment by
offering to you in private my assurances of deep sympathy under
the grievous loss you have sustained, and to repeat also the
testimony which I have endeavoured to render in public to your
distinguished son. There has been no public man in our day whose
remarkable qualities have been more fully recognised by his
fellow-countrymen, and more deeply enshrined in their memories.
There they will long remain now that they form the subject of
recollection only and are no longer associated, as they were
until the sad event, with sanguine and brilliant hopes.
‘He has left a record of some qualities which are given to few;
but of others, perhaps yet more remarkable, which all his
fellow-countrymen may in their degree emulate and follow; for
integrity so high, and courage so far beyond the common range,
aid more often than his great powers of intellect and memory to
profitable imitation, and will, I trust, give to thousands a
powerful incentive to honourable imitation and a means of real
advancement.
‘Heartily wishing to you, dear Sir, both in retrospect and in
prospect every consolation,—I remain, faithfully yours,
‘W. E. GLADSTONE.
‘W. FAWCETT, Esqr.’
Mr. Fawcett, senior, died at Salisbury at the ripe age of ninety-five,
after a successful and much honoured life.
It is interesting to read what the Prime Minister said of Fawcett, by
whom he had been at times so vigorously and successfully opposed, and to
whom the downfall of his Government was once largely due.
[Sidenote: The Old Folk and Salisbury.]
The sorrow of the grief-stricken parents in Salisbury for the loss of
their beloved son seemed too great a burden for their aged shoulders to
bear. But slowly, as time went on, the father gathered comfort from the
sympathy of great and humble. Reviewing lovingly bit by bit the brave
course which his boy had run, he realised perhaps, as the crowning
comfort, that in the inscrutable workings of fate, his unwittingly
blinding his own child had not after all proved an irreparable calamity.
Rather it had, by depriving the lad of the blessing of sight,
miraculously sped him on valiantly to a great life gladly lived.
[Sidenote: From Carpenters, Bricklayers, etc.]
Among the many sympathetic letters sent to Mrs. Fawcett, perhaps none
express more truly the feelings of those to whom her husband had given
his constant solicitude, and certainly none are more touching, than
these two:—
PANGBOURNE, _November 8th, 1884_.
‘DEAR MADAM,—I hope you will forgive us, but having followed the
political life of the late Professor Fawcett, we felt when we
saw his death in the papers on the 7th that we had lost a
personal friend, and that a great man had gone from us. The loss
to you must be beyond measure; but we as part of the nation do
give you who have been his helper our heartfelt sympathy in your
great trouble, and we do hope you may find a little consolation
in knowing that his work that he has done for the working
classes has not been in vain.
‘We, as working men, do offer you and your child our deepest
sympathy, and beg to be yours respectfully,
‘HARRY COX, Carpenter.
CHARLES EDDY, Carpenter.
RICHARD BOWLES, Carpenter.
G. LEWENDON, Bricklayer.
GEORGE BROWN, Bricklayer.
WILLIAM COX, Carpenter.
CHARLES COX, Blacksmith.
M. CLIFFORD, Postmaster.
F. CLIFFORD, Clerk.’
[Sidenote: A Tribute from the Railroad men of Brighton.]
‘11 ELDER PLACE,
‘BRIGHTON, _November 11th, 1884_.
‘DEAR MRS. FAWCETT,—Excuse me in not writing you sooner, on the
sad death of your dear lamented husband. Several of his old
friends at the Brighton Railway Works has wished me to ask you
privately how you are situated in a pecuniary sense. We always
thought that the Professor was a poor man, and only had what he
earned by his talents; his three years of office could not have
brought in much money for you and the family to live in ease and
comfort for the rest of your days. It is our opinion that you
are richly entitled to a public pension.
‘Failing this, would you accept a public subscription, say a
penny one, from the working classes of this country, for the
many good and noble deeds your noble partner done for the
working classes of this country. His advice was always sound,
good and practical, and full of sympathy, a good private friend
to all men.
‘I see you had a plentiful supply of flowers, but those flowers
soon fade and are no support to the poor and fatherless ones. I
am confident, if you could make up your mind to accept a penny
testimonial the working classes would give cheerfully, not in
the shape of charity, but for public and striking services
rendered by one of the best men since Edmund Burke. We only wish
he had lived twenty years longer.
‘Pray excuse my plain way of writing to you, as an honest
workman, one of his supporters from first to last. His last
letter to me a month back was full of sound and good advice
concerning our Provident Society.—Believe me, your sincere
friend and well-wisher,
JOHN SHORT, Senior.’
Mrs. Fawcett, profoundly touched by this letter, was able to say that
she could not properly accept the generous offer, as her husband had
left her adequately provided for. Mr. Short, who had written the letter,
replied to Mrs. Fawcett, ‘our men of the railway works say that you are
entitled to all honour for refusing a pension or a public subscription
from the working men; also that your dear husband and our best friend
has practised what he always preached to us, private thrift!’
[Sidenote: Burial.]
Fawcett was buried in the churchyard at Trumpington, near Cambridge, by
the little old church, with its square tower, which he had so often
passed on his joyful walks and rides. He was followed to his
resting-place by representatives of all the classes and the peoples who
had loved him. Those humble folk who were so dear to him mingled with
statesmen of all parties and many countries, delegates from learned
bodies and universities, his colleagues, and the undergraduates from his
beloved Cambridge.
[Sidenote: The significance of Fawcett’s life.]
The influence of such a career, the significance of its eternal echo,
grows in value each year. As life becomes more complicated, and
competition keener, men in the general struggle naturally think
themselves forced to safeguard their own interests, and forget what, by
their very birthright as citizens, they owe to the community, to the
making and purifying of the Government which should be the protector of
the weak, the instigator of progress, and the guardian of national
honour.
Fawcett’s life awakens us to the possibilities of happiness and
usefulness without the aid of money or position, and even despite one of
the gravest impediments under which a man can labour. He completely
forgot himself and his personal interests, and in so doing found
happiness and success. His career was a forceful illustration of that
ancient truth, ‘He that loses his life shall find it.’
His heroic victory should help to give that faith and inspiration needed
so much in our day in every field. Like that great friend of liberty
with whom he so deeply sympathised and to whom we have compared him,
Fawcett came from the humble people whom he fully appreciated, and he
too might have said that ‘God must have loved the plain people, or He
would not have made so many of them.’ He too struggled against gigantic
difficulties, and became a leader of his countrymen. From this position
of vantage, which he cherished because it enabled him to do good
effectively, he helped the poor and neglected, and those who had no
voice to ask justice for themselves. Even the least of these touched his
great heart and claimed his sympathy, and he wrought unsparingly,
unselfishly for their rights. Worn out with his ceaseless task, he too
was taken in his prime, at the height of his powers, beloved and
reverenced by his own people, and the great and small of many lands.
[Illustration: MEMORIAL IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY]
[Sidenote: Gloria Mundis.]
A national memorial and many others were set up. Contributions were
received from all parts of the Empire, in gifts ranging from the widow’s
mite to the munificent donations of Indian princes, in recognition of
the help which Fawcett had given to their country. To the one fittingly
placed in Westminster Abbey, the employees of the Post Office
contributed one-quarter of the cost. Besides the portrait, the memorial
includes two figures symbolising Brotherhood, and others for Zeal,
Justice, Fortitude, Sympathy and Industry.
The remainder of the National Memorial Fund was devoted to the Fawcett
Scholarship, available for blind students at the universities, and to
the Fawcett playgrounds, gymnasium, skating rinks, boating equipment,
and other athletic facilities at the Royal Normal College for the Blind.
[Sidenote: India’s loss.]
We have spoken of the feeling of India. A great public meeting was held
at Bombay; extracts from some of the speeches are given below, and with
them some cuttings from the Indian papers.
‘This great assembly is here to do honour to the memory of a high-minded
English statesman, whose name has become a household word out here, to
express that policy of strict justice and warm sympathy which alone can
bind India to England.’
‘The best friend of India has gone—the Right Honble. Henry Fawcett. All
people will regret the death of this statesman—especially those in
India. He had so identified himself with the interests of India, and so
fearlessly advocated the cause of the dumb millions of this poor
country, that he had gained for himself the honorary title of the Member
for India. It was certainly unfortunate that he had no place in the
Cabinet. His colleagues, who knew him thoroughly, were probably afraid
that in Indian matters he would prove too stiff for them. By far the
best place for him would have been that of Secretary of State for India.
In fact, ever since he was Postmaster-General India lost the services of
its Member.’
‘Independently of his political services to India, Mr. Fawcett was well
known among us as an author. His _Manual of Political Economy_ has
become a text-book in all our colleges and universities, and his other
writings on social and economic questions are extensively read by the
educated portion of our countrymen.’
‘There was no more touching spectacle than that of the blind Professor
devoting himself as the champion of the country he had never seen, and
the steadfast friend of the people with whom he had never come into
personal contact, simply because that country needed a champion, and
those people wanted a friend to represent their interests. Such a figure
strikes me as even more chivalrous than the figures of the ideal knights
who went about redressing human wrongs.’
‘To India his loss is truly irreparable.’
[Sidenote: The Statue in his Birthplace.]
‘In the market-place at Salisbury, near the house where Fawcett was
born, and where he made his first economic investigation, they have
placed a statue of him, so that the inhabitants of India and others
coming from distant parts to see Stonehenge and the great Cathedral may
pause before the memorial, and, seeing Fawcett’s name, will remember
that he was the friend who fought for their rights.’
[Sidenote: His Message.]
As a friend wrote when deploring Fawcett’s untimely death: ‘The
necessity of the hour is one brave man, faithful to his convictions,
strong enough to make himself heard above the angry cries of a mob, and
determined that no amount of popular applause, no momentary party
advantage, no miserable plea of expediency, and no false imputation of
cowardice shall move him one hair’s-breadth from the path of rectitude.’
Yes, Fawcett is needed to-day, and his example is needed now—the
teaching of his generous brotherhood, his intense industry, his fair
thoroughness of investigation, and his conscientious deliberation.
On his grave they have written, ‘Speak to the people that they go
forward.’ In obedience to this summons this book has been written, and
in hope that it will lead others to tell the story over and over again.
It may too help others to follow in the footsteps of this country boy,
who, blinded, fought valiantly against tremendous odds, and taught
himself to ignore his misfortune and to make at last his spirit see so
clearly that he found the truth and pointed it out to others. He became
the champion of those who most needed a protector, and battled against
oppression, ignorance, and neglect. He gave to the humblest the right to
enjoy the commons and forests which he himself could not see. He strove
for the friendless in India, and for the poor woman who had no voice in
the making of the laws which bound her. He shouldered tasks beyond his
strength, loving them. He attained the best because he believed the
best.
There is no parallel in history for this heroic and romantic life, in
spite of the overhanging shadow, so full of usefulness, of joy and
light. So keen was the sight of the eyes on his finger-tips, that he
could detect the smallest leaf carried by the stream against his
fishing-line. After a score of years he would recognise the laugh and
the voice of a long absent friend. He worshipped in the cathedral of the
immensity he could not see. His creed was simple,—love and service;
sacrifice, his interpretation of God, and the secret of his life.
He was called the ‘Messiah of the Blind,’ and it was said that with his
death the beacon for those who sit in darkness had been extinguished.
Let us rather say that he kindled one for them for all time; that saving
for the blindness of the spirit there is no blindness; through the light
shed by his bright and noble life this blind man has proved it, and
still teaches us to see.
Footnote 3:
This tribute is from an American appreciator of Fawcett.
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HENRY FAWCETT
BORN 1833, DIED NOV. 6, 1884
Virtus in arducis! Valour against odds
That must have daunted courage less complete.
A spectacle to gladden men, and meet
The calm approval of the gazing gods.
So some large singer of the heroic days
Might well have summed that life the fatal shears
Too soon have severed. Many fruitful years,
More conquests yet, still wider meed of praise,
All hoped of him who had goodwill of all,—
The brave, the justly balanced, calmly strong,
Friend of all truth, and foe of every wrong,
Who now, whilst lingering autumn’s last leaves fall,
Too soon! too soon! if the stern stroke of fate
Ever too early falls, or falls too late,
At least the passing of this stern, strong soul
In fullest strength and clearness wakes lament.
We could have better spared a hundred loud,
Incontinent, blaring flatterers of the crowd
Than him, whose self-respecting years were spent
In silent thought and sense-directed toil,
Ungagged by greed, unshackled and unswayed
By sordid impulse of the sophist’s trade,
By lies unsnared and unseduced by spoil.
No braver conquest o’er ill fortune’s flout
Our age has seen than his, who held straight on
Though the great God-gift from his days was gone,
‘And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.’
Held on with genial stoutness, seeing more
Than men with sight undarkened, but with mind
Through prejudice and party bias blind.
The ‘foolish fires’ of faction through the flare
Betraying beacons, in the battle’s van.
_Vale!_ A valid and a valiant man!
Ampler horizons and serener air
Await the fighter of so good a fight
Than favour Party’s low, mist-haunted hollow.
Heart-deep regrets and honest plaudits follow
Him who has passed from darkness into light.
_Punch._
APPENDIX
MEMORIALS
THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR BLIND STUDENTS
PLAYGROUNDS, SKATING RINK, BOATS, AND OTHER
ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT FOR THE BLIND
MEMORIAL IN VAUXHALL PARK
MEMORIAL NEAR CHARING CROSS
MEMORIAL IN THE PARISH CHURCH, ALDERBURGH
MEMORIAL WINDOW AT TRUMPINGTON
MEMORIAL AT SALISBURY
To make this record complete the following descriptions of the Fawcett
Memorials is appended, together with the copy of a letter from Mrs.
Fawcett’s sister.
There are three memorials in London, besides others elsewhere.
The national memorial to Fawcett in Westminster Abbey bears the
following inscription, written by Sir Leslie Stephen.
HENRY FAWCETT
BORN 26 AUGUST 1833. DIED 6 NOVEMBER 1884
After losing his sight by an accident, at the age of 24, he
became Professor of Political Economy in the University of
Cambridge, Member of four Parliaments, and from 1880 to
1884, H.M. Postmaster-General.
His inexorable fidelity to his convictions commanded the
respect of statesmen. His chivalrous self-devotion to the
cause of the poor and helpless won the affection of his
countrymen and of his Indian fellow-subjects. His heroic
acceptance of the calamity of blindness has left a memorable
example of the power of a brave man to transmute evil into
good and wrest victory from misfortune.
This memorial was erected by the subscribers to a national memorial.
* * * * *
Memorial Scholarship for the Blind. Playgrounds, skating rink, boats and
other athletic equipment at the Royal Normal College for the Blind.
As has been said elsewhere, the national memorial in Westminster Abbey
represented contributions received from all parts of the Empire. This
sum was expended not only in erecting the memorial in Westminster Abbey,
but also in providing the above-mentioned scholarship and athletic
facilities for the blind.
* * * * *
The small Vauxhall Park, just behind Vauxhall Station, includes within
its area the site of the house where Fawcett lived from shortly after
his marriage till his death. In it stands a handsome memorial to Fawcett
given by Sir Henry Doulton. The high pedestal is decorated with eight
panels in bas-relief. Fawcett is represented seated. An angel stands
behind his chair and is about to crown him with a wreath of laurel. The
inscription is the same as that in Westminster Abbey.
* * * * *
A drinking fountain was erected as a Women’s Memorial to Fawcett in the
Gardens on the Thames Embankment, east of Charing Cross.
‘The first person to drink of the waters of the fountain was a postman;
this gracefully recalled the regard in which Professor Fawcett was held
by the humble servants of the state, whose duties he regulated, and
whose welfare he had ever at heart during his tenure of the office of
Postmaster-General.’—Extract from a contemporaneous paper.
* * * * *
A memorial was placed by the inhabitants of Alderburgh in the Parish
Church there. The words with which the memorial is inscribed are as
follow:
Erected by the inhabitants of Alderburgh
In memory of the Rt. Hon. Henry Fawcett, M.P.,
who was born August 26, 1833, and who
died November 6, 1884.
His brave and kindly nature will ever live in
the hearts of all who knew and loved him.
Be ye also strong, and of good courage.
* * * * *
There is a memorial window in Trumpington Church; below the figures of
Truth, Fortitude and Charity is the inscription:
In memory of
HENRY FAWCETT
Born August 26, 1833
Died November 6, 1884
A statue of Fawcett was erected to his memory in the market-place of
Salisbury, near the house where he was born.
* * * * *
EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM MRS. FAWCETT’S SISTER
‘A clergyman came to me one day in the street and asked if I was not
Mrs. Fawcett’s sister. I said “Yes,” and then he told me his little
story.
‘A friend of his had become blind and had lost hope and courage, and
seemed unable to face the disaster; then some one reminded him of
Mr. Fawcett, and read his life to him, and the poor man took fresh
heart, and met his misfortune bravely. The clergyman added, “I do
not know Mrs. Fawcett or any of his family, and could not let slip
this chance of telling them what Mr. Fawcett’s example had done for
my friend.”’
May his example continue ceaselessly to help, and may this little book
make his story more widely known, so that those who sit in darkness may
see the light which his keen spirit saw—and seeing, choose the nobler
part.
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INDEX
Aberdeen, Fawcett at, 144, 167.
Abolition of Slavery, 5, 76, 77, 120, 157.
Afghanistan, position of, 242-4.
Agriculture, Fawcett on, 169.
_Aids to Thrift_, Fawcett’s, 276.
Aldeburgh, the Garrett family of, 130, 301;
memorial to Fawcett in, 333.
Alderbury, Fawcett at, 7, 36, 132.
American Civil War, the, Fawcett’s interest in, 101, 124, 145, 155,
157, 162.
Ancient Mariners, the, 85, 86, 262.
Anderson, Dr. Garrett, 334;
her interest in the Post Office, 257.
Anecdotage, Fawcett’s love of, 91, 98, 99, 171.
Angling, Fawcett’s love of, 17, 60-63, 67, 268.
Austen, Jane, novels of, 92.
Australia, Fawcett on future of, 38.
Avebury, Lord, accompanies Fawcett on his honeymoon, 131, 132;
his friendship with Fawcett, xiii, xv, 97, 147.
Babylon, 15.
Bach, Fawcett on, 302.
Ballot Act, Fawcett on the, 175.
Balmoral, Fawcett at, 292.
Bateman, Bishop, founder of Trinity Hall, 86.
Beaconsfield, Lord, Fawcett on, 38, 168, 231, 242;
leads the Conservative party, 161, 164, 236, 239, 242.
Beck, Dr., master of Trinity Hall, xv.
Bengal, famine in, 236.
Bethnal Green, Fawcett at, 243, 306.
Billiards, Fawcett plays, 27, 28.
Blackheath, Fawcett at, 167.
Blackwood, Sir Arthur, on Fawcett, 279.
Blind, Fawcett’s alms to the, 71;
literature for the, 68.
Blindness, as a spur, 65;
Fawcett on, 45, 66-69, 100, 149, 154, 306.
Blue ribbon, Fawcett on the, 264.
Bombay, honour to Fawcett in, 323.
Bond, Dr. Henry, xv.
Bowles, Richard, 319.
Bradford, Fawcett at, 120, 145.
Braille, never mastered by Fawcett, 51.
Bright, John, advises Fawcett, 146;
advocates peace, 32;
apostle of Free Trade, 8, 19;
Fawcett on, 38, 103, 160;
on the Reform Bill, 162, 164;
revered in America, 102.
Brighton, Fawcett at, 56, 133;
Fawcett contests, 153-9, 166, 170, 227, 230, 232;
Fawcett M.P. for, 126, 131, 139, 159, 166, 168, 170, 174, 222, 225,
227, 320.
_Brighton Election Reporter, the_, 155.
British Association, the, 168;
at Aberdeen, 144, 167;
at Manchester, 95;
at Oxford, 92.
Brompton Cemetery, 123.
Brougham, Lord, Fawcett on, 145;
introduces Fawcett, 146.
Brown, attendant, 78, 144, 192.
Brown, George, 319.
Browning, E. B., 204.
Bryce, James, Viscount, on Fawcett, vii-xi, xv;
supported by Fawcett, 213.
Buckingham Palace, Fawcett at, 292-295.
Bulgarian atrocities, the, 239-43.
Burke, Edmund, 92, 320.
Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas, on Fawcett, 232.
Bute, Lord, 308.
Byron, Lord, 48.
Cabmen, Fawcett’s friends among, 198.
Cabul, Fawcett on, 243.
Cairnes, Professor, his friendship with Fawcett, 167, 169, 179.
Calcutta, gratitude to Fawcett in, 222.
Cambridge, boat race, 212;
Fawcett as a Fellow in, 33, 59, 60, 75-91, 104, 112;
Fawcett as a professor in, 105-115, 126, 138, 153, 156, 227, 250,
267, 299, 309, 321, 331;
Fawcett as an undergraduate in, 25-33;
Fawcett contests, 106, 152, 153;
Fawcett on society in, 89;
position of women at, 136, 291;
the Union, 32.
Campbell, Lady, 69.
—— Robert, xv.
—— Sir Francis, xv;
his work for the blind, 66, 69, 70.
Cardin, Mr. postal official, 276.
Cards, Fawcett plays, 56, 302.
Carlyle, Thomas, on political economy, 117.
Cattle-plague, Fawcett on the, 165.
Chamberlain, Joseph, Fawcett votes against, 211.
Charles II., King, 194.
Chartism, 20.
Chesterfield, Lord, 87.
Chetwynd, Mr. postal official, 276.
Children’s Acts, Fawcett on the, 165.
Choate, Hon. J. H., xv.
Church rates, abolition of, 148, 152.
Cicero, quoted, 18.
Cima di Jazzi, Fawcett climbs, 57.
Civil Pension List, 282.
Clarendon, Fawcett at, 309.
Clarke of Cambridge, 107.
Clifford, M. & F., 319.
—— Professor, Fawcett on, 281.
Club for Workmen, Fawcett, 121.
Cobden, Richard, apostle of Free Trade, 8, 19;
Fawcett on, 159;
visits Fawcett, 88.
Common Lands, Fawcett’s defence of, 185, 194-213, 289, 303.
Commons Preservation Society, the, Fawcett as member of, ix, 194, 196,
199, 200, 208, 211, 213, 266.
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.
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;
his love of salt, 140;
his campaign in Southwark, 146-50;
his flutter on the Stock Exchange, 151;
his intractability, 176, 189;
opposes the ministry, 176-81;
his hair cut, 203;
his love of being read to, 204, 239, 307;
as M.P. for Hackney, 230-2, 243, 310;
advocates peace, 242;
his handshaking proclivity, 253, 254;
his temperance, 264;
his sense of fairness, 287;
his chivalry, 289;
his illness, 300;
his honorary degrees, 308;
his death, 311, 312;
tributes to, 312-334.
Fawcett, Mrs., mother of Henry, 5, 44, 98, 107, 160.
—— Mrs. Henry, advocates Woman Suffrage, 133, 135-7;
her accident at Brighton, 133;
her marriage, 130-3;
her necklace from India, 245;
her portrait, 137;
on her husband, 171;
shares her husband’s interests, 209, 239, 290-2, 307, 310;
sympathy shown to, 319-21.
Fawcett, Philippa, daughter of Henry Fawcett, 210, 291, 311.
—— Sarah Maria, sister of Henry Fawcett, 6, 35, 39, 44-51, 107, 161,
204, 222, 297, 303.
—— Thomas Cooper, 6.
—— William, as Mayor of Salisbury, 3-5;
causes his son’s blindness, 43-45;
death of, 318;
encourages his son, 10;
Gladstone’s letter to, 317;
his Cornish mines, 152;
his marriage, 5;
his memory of Waterloo, 3;
his son’s affection for, 298;
sends his son to Cambridge, 21, 25, 33;
supports his son’s elections, 153, 158, 160, 232.
—— —— junior, 6.
—— scholarship, the, 323.
Fearon, Mr. and Mrs., Fawcett lives with, 19, 20.
Fishing, Fawcett’s love of, 17, 60-63, 67, 268.
Flunkeyism, Fawcett on, 139.
Forster family, the, 107.
_Fortnightly Review, The_, Fawcett’s articles in, 176, 201.
Franchise, Fawcett on the, 135, 153, 158.
Free Trade, Cobden and Bright’s campaign for, 8, 19.
_Free Trade and Protection_, Fawcett’s, 115.
Freedom, Fawcett’s love of, 133, 135-7, 157.
Gambling, Fawcett on, 28, 151.
Garibaldi, in America, 20;
in London, 157.
Garrett, Millicent, her marriage, 130-3.
Germany, evolution in, 96;
sends an official to the Post Office, 269.
Gladstone, William Ewart, as Liberal leader, 161, 164, 167, 173,
179-81, 235, 243, 259, 281;
endorses Fawcett’s policy in preserving Commons, 199;
Fawcett on, 38, 231, 282;
his eulogy of Fawcett, 314, 317;
his Indian policy, 221, 236, 243, 244;
his Irish policy, 282, 283;
offers Fawcett Postmaster-Generalship, 250-3;
on Bulgaria, 239, 241, 242;
on Professor Clifford, 281;
portrait of, 103.
Glasgow University, elects Fawcett as Rector, 308.
Gog Magog hills, the, 81.
Granville, Lady, Fawcett visits, 292.
Guildford postal arrangements, 263.
Hackney, Fawcett M.P. for, 230-2, 243, 310.
Hampstead Heath, 187.
Harcourt, Sir William, as an orator, 31.
Harmony Hall, 9.
Harnham, 99.
Harnham Hill, Fawcett on, 43.
Harris, Mrs., 6.
Hartington, Lord. _See_ Devonshire.
Helvellyn, Fawcett climbs, 57.
Henry Fawcett Club for Workmen, the, 121.
Herschel’s philosophy, 47.
Hill, Sir Roland, advocates parcel post, 271.
Hodding, Mrs., Fawcett’s letter to, 36.
Holland, evolution in, 96.
Home Rule, Fawcett opposes, 283.
Hooker, Sir Joseph, Fawcett on, 168.
Hope, Beresford, on Fawcett, 314.
Hopkins, Mr., his friendship with Fawcett, 31, 47-49.
House of Commons, the, Fawcett’s ambition to enter, 18, 19, 33, 36-38,
45, 46, 75, 82, 111, 124, 143-59;
Fawcett as a member of, 122, 125, 138, 149, 160-7, 174, 176, 188-92,
265, 299, 304;
Ladies’ gallery, 64;
mourns Fawcett’s loss, 313.
Housing Bills, Fawcett on, 236.
_Howe_, H.M.S., 9.
Hughes, Tom., introduces Fawcett to the House, 160.
Hunter, Sir Robert, as Solicitor to the Post Office, 266;
on Fawcett, xv, 191, 197, 262, 266.
Huxley, Professor, as a Radical, 124;
visits Fawcett, 89.
Ibbesley, Fawcett at, 205.
Iddesleigh, Lord, on Fawcett, 313.
Immigration, Fawcett on, 145.
Income Tax, Fawcett on, 231.
India, famine in, 236;
Fawcett’s interest in, 38, 166, 177, 217-27, 230, 233, 235-8, 242-6,
331;
gratitude to Fawcett in, 230, 245, 323-6.
Indian Council, Fawcett as member of, 252.
Institute of France, Fawcett as member of, 308.
Insurance, Fawcett on, 276.
Irish question, the, Fawcett on, 124, 167, 175, 282, 283.
Irish University Bill, the, 177-81.
Italian Unity, Fawcett’s interest in, 157.
James, Henry, on Trinity Hall Garden, 79.
Jesus College, Cambridge, 91.
Johnson, Dr., 90.
Jones, Richard, Whewell on, 92.
Keller, Helen, on her blindness, 65.
King’s College, Fawcett at, 18-21.
Knightsbridge, 123.
Kossuth, in London, 20.
Lambeth, Fawcett’s garden in, 137.
Lancashire love of freedom, 102.
Land question, Fawcett on the, 120, 169, 171.
_Lardner’s Encyclopædia_, 47.
Lark, Mrs., 160.
Layard, Sir A. H., contests Southwark, 148-50.
Leeds, colliery near, 118.
Lee-Warner, Sir William, on Fawcett, xv, 245, 256.
Lefevre, Shaw. _See_ Lord Eversley.
Lewis, Harvey, Fawcett on, 168.
Lewendon, G., 319.
Liberal Party, the, Fawcett on, 176, 201, 231.
Lincoln, Abraham, assassination of, 130;
compared with Fawcett, 76, 77, 102, 103, 245, 259, 260;
Fawcett’s admiration of, 76, 102.
Lincoln’s Inn, Fawcett studies at, 33, 75.
Liverpool, election at, 300;
postal work in, 258.
London, Fawcett in, 17, 19-21, 33, 137, 197, 235, 332;
Fawcett on society in, 89, 90.
Longford, Fawcett family at, 7, 8, 39, 48.
Longton, manor of, 195, 196.
Louise, Princess, dowry of, 139.
Lytton, Bulwer, on the Westminster Debating Society, 34.
Macaulay, Lord, as an orator, 31.
M‘Carthy, Justin, on Fawcett, 313.
Macmillan, publisher, his friendship with Fawcett, 104.
_Macmillan’s Magazine_, Fawcett’s contributions to, 94, 104, 151.
Mahomet, 17.
Maine, Sir Henry, master of Trinity Hall, 228.
Malta, 242.
Manchester, Fawcett at, 95;
postal conditions in, 258.
Manners, Lord John, as Postmaster-General, 253, 271;
on Fawcett, 314.
Mansergh, J., 10.
_Manual of Political Economy_, Fawcett’s, 105, 218, 303, 324.
Married Women’s Property Act, 258.
Maxwell, Clerk, 55.
Mayor, candidate for professorship, 105, 107.
Memory, cultivated by the blind, 55, 144, 191, 225, 233, 297.
Mendelssohn, Fawcett on, 302.
Meredith, George, his Vernon Whitford, 78.
Mill, John Stuart, advocates Woman Suffrage, 135, 165;
Fawcett on, 101;
Fawcett studies his _Political Economy_, 29, 61, 101, 105, 114;
Fawcett’s correspondence with, 99, 100;
his friendship with Fawcett, 99, 116, 126, 145;
his interest in India, 217, 218;
his _Liberty_, 178;
his political opinions, 158, 161, 163, 168-70;
his wife, 100;
invited to Cambridge, 88;
M.P. for Westminster, 122, 124, 160, 161, 168, 169;
member of the Radical Club, 138.
Milton, John, 16, 92.
Mining in Cornwall, Fawcett’s interest in, 151.
Monarchism, Fawcett on, 106.
Moore, M.P. for Brighton, 156, 159.
Morgan, master of Jesus College, Cambridge, 91, 213.
Morley, John, Viscount, on Cobden, 8;
takes Fawcett a walk, xv, 212.
_Morning Star, The_, supports Fawcett, 146, 150, 155.
Moscow, evolution in, 96.
Music, Fawcett’s love of, 302, 304.
Naoroji, Nadabhai, evidence of, 221.
Napoleon I., 3, 15.
—— III., 85.
National Education, Fawcett advocates, 32, 119, 171, 174, 236, 289.
—— Portrait Gallery, the, 137.
Nationalisation of land, Fawcett on, 120, 169.
Nevill, Primate of New Zealand, 297.
New Forest, Fawcett’s defence of the, 205-8.
Newmarket, Fawcett at, 26, 59, 125, 238.
Newnham, Miss Fawcett at, 292.
Newton, Sir Isaac, 16, 31.
Nicholas, Emperor, 32.
_Nineteenth Century, the_, Fawcett’s article in, 237.
Nineveh, 15.
Northcote, Sir Stafford, on Fawcett, 313.
Oddo, Fawcett’s dog, 296.
Odger, George, Fawcett’s friendship with, 121-3.
Owen, Robert, builds Harmony Hall, 9.
Oxford and Cambridge boat race, 212.
—— confers D.C.L. on Fawcett, 308;
Fawcett at, 68, 92.
Palliasse, Madame, 36.
Palmerston, Lord, as Premier, 19, 161;
Fawcett on, 38;
his foreign policy, 101.
Pangbourne, sympathy from, 319.
Paris, Fawcett in, 35, 36.
Parker, Archbishop, 87, 244.
Parliamentary Reform, Fawcett on, 157, 162, 166, 176, 235, 288.
Peel, Sir Robert, 4.
Permissive Bill, the, 231.
Peterhouse College, Cambridge, Fawcett at, 25, 33.
Phonography, Fawcett on, 17.
Political Economy, in America, 101;
Fawcett begins to study, 29, 30, 48, 81, 101;
Fawcett as professor of, 105-17, 126, 144, 153, 156, 186, 299, 309,
321, 331.
—— —— Club, the London, 105.
_Political Economy for Beginners_, Mrs. Fawcett’s, 133.
Poor Laws, Fawcett on the, 176.
—— rates, the, 148.
Pope, Alexander, 32.
Postmaster-General, Fawcett as, 70, 211, 244, 249, 283, 289, 296, 304,
308, 331.
Post Office, annuities, 277;
employment of women in, 256-8, 289;
Fawcett’s first speech on, 162;
Fawcett’s wish to employ the blind in, 70;
memorial to Fawcett, 323;
money orders, 275;
parcel post, 271-3;
savings bank, the, 257, 271, 275, 282;
telegraph service, 271, 277, 278, 282;
telephone service, 278, 308.
Privy Seal, Fawcett on the, 198.
Pryne, Professor, Fawcett succeeds, 105.
_Punch_ on Henry Fawcett, 233, 234, 241, 242, 279-81, 328.
_Quarterly Review_, quoted, 14.
Queenwood College, Fawcett at, 9-18, 31.
Quoits, Fawcett plays, 27.
Radical Club, the, Fawcett founds, 138.
—— party, Fawcett as a member of the, 34, 83, 105, 124, 138, 153, 161,
165, 166, 174-81.
Railways, Royal Commission on, 271.
Reed, J., evidence of, 191.
Reform Bills, Liberal and Conservative, 162-4;
rejoicings in 1832, 3, 4.
—— Club, Fawcett as member of the, 127.
Religious restrictions, Fawcett advocates removal of, 148, 174, 177-9.
Republican Club, Fawcett founds the, 138, 139, 281.
Ricardo, Fawcett on, 114.
Riding, Fawcett’s love of, viii, 59, 60, 68, 229.
Ritchie, Lady, on Thackeray and Fawcett, xv, 128.
Roller-skating, Fawcett tries, 171.
Rottingdean, Fawcett at, 57.
Rowing, Fawcett’s love of, 68, 85, 262, 309.
Royal Normal College for the Blind, Campbell’s work at the, 66;
Fawcett memorials in, 323, 332.
Royal Society, Fawcett a Fellow of the, 308.
Rumbold, farm-servant, 297.
Ruskin, John, 308;
challenges Fawcett, 208.
Russell, Lord John, his Reform Bill, 162-4;
resignation of, 161.
Russian action in Turkey, 241-3.
Salisbury, dean of, 21;
Fawcett in, 52, 59, 61, 77, 81, 97, 204, 251, 270, 297-9, 303, 310;
Fawcett family at, 3-8, 39, 43, 98, 298;
marquis of, on India, 233;
rejoices over Reform Bill, 4;
statue of Fawcett in, 324, 334.
Salt, Fawcett’s love of, 140.
_Saturday Review_, on Fawcett, 231.
Schurz, Carl, in America, 20.
Scott, Mr. Justice, on India, 223.
Scovell, contests Southwark, 148-50.
Serpentine, skating on the, 58.
Seward, Stephen meets, 102.
Seymour, Danby, 160.
Shakespeare, quoted, 17, 46.
Short, John, 320.
Sidgwick, professor, on Mill, 101.
Skating, Fawcett’s love of, 58, 68, 88, 171, 192, 193, 210.
Slavery, abolition of, 5, 76, 77, 120, 157.
Smith, Hamblin, his arithmetic, 104;
Miss M‘Cleod, xv.
Socialism, Fawcett on state, 120.
Social Science Association at Bradford, 145.
Society of Arts, advocates parcel post, 271.
Somerset House, Fawcett at, 19.
Sopp, Mr., schoolmaster, 79.
Southey, Robert, Fawcett quotes, 50.
Southwark, Fawcett contests, 146-50.
_Spectator, The_, 239;
on Hooker, 168.
Spencer, Herbert, as a Radical, 124.
Stanley, Lord, interviewed by Fawcett, 145.
Staten Island, Garibaldi in, 20.
Steam, Fawcett on the powers of, 14-17.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, as Vernon Whitford, 78;
at Cambridge with Fawcett, 25-27, 30, 33, 78, 90, 106, 116;
composes inscription on Fawcett memorial, 331;
his biography of Fawcett, xiii, xv, 25, 54, 154, 213;
on Fawcett at Southwark, 149;
on Fawcett’s parliamentary career, 282;
on Trinity Hall festivities, 86;
portrait of, 103;
supports Fawcett at Brighton, 154-5;
visits America, 102.
Stevenson, George, 5.
Stewart, Professor, on Fawcett, 197.
St. Martin’s Hall, Fawcett at, 124.
Stock Exchange, Fawcett’s flutter on the, 151, 152;
telegrams, 277.
Stonehenge, 10, 325.
Stuart, Rt. Hon. James, xv.
_Suffolk Mercury_, quoted, 131.
Suffrage for Women, advocated by Fawcett, 133, 135-7, 165, 289, 290.
Sultan of Turkey, visits England, 218.
Taylor, Beatrice, xv.
—— Henry, 264 _n._
—— Sedley, xv, 264 _n._, 302.
Tea-Room Party, the, 164.
Telegraphic communication with India, 218.
Thackeray, W. M., his friendship with Fawcett, 126-128;
novels of, 92, 301.
Thames Embankment Gardens, 207, 332.
_Times, The_, on Fawcett, 231.
Tizard, fisherman, 205.
Torquay, Darwin at, 96.
Trade Unionism, Fawcett’s interest in, 120.
Trevelyan, Sir George, his _Life of Fox_, 239.
Trinity College, Cambridge, 83;
master of, 228.
Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Fawcett at, vii, 33, 76-91, 102-7, 128, 228,
267, 304;
its Christmas festivities, 86-88, 128.
Trumpington, Fawcett’s grave at, and memorial at, 321, 333.
Turkey, Sultan of, visits England, 218.
Turkish atrocities in Bulgaria, 239-43.
Tyndall, Professor, at Queenwood College, 11, 76;
Lord Avebury on, 147.
University Reform, Fawcett advocates, 32, 82, 153, 166, 174, 175, 178.
Ural Mountains, the, 81.
Victoria, Queen, accession of, 5, 6;
hands over Epping Forest to the nation, 201;
her interest in Fawcett, 251, 254, 292, 301, 316;
opens the Great Exhibition, 20;
proclaimed empress, 236.
Volunteer movement, the, 148.
Walking, Fawcett’s love of, 50, 58, 125, 238.
Walton, Sir Isaac, Fawcett on, 17.
Waterloo, battle of, 3.
Watt, James, 16.
Wedderburn, Sir David, 125.
Wellington, Arthur, first duke of, 4.
Westminster, J. S. Mill stands for, 122.
—— Abbey, memorial to Fawcett in, 323, 331, 332.
—— Debating Society, Fawcett at the, 34.
Whewell, Dr., Fawcett defeats, 92, 93;
his admonition on fallibility, 83;
_Inductive Philosophy_, 47.
White, M.P. for Brighton, 158-60.
Wilberforce, bishop, attacks Darwin, 94.
Willingdale, public spirit of, 195.
Wilson, Edward, on Mill, 30.
Wimbledon Common, 212, 262.
Wisley Common, case of, 188, 208.
Withypool Common, 191.
Woman Suffrage, Fawcett advocates, 133, 135-7, 165, 289, 290.
Woolwich, 14.
Wright, fisherman, his friendship with Fawcett, 70, 71, 117.
Würzburg, confers honours on Fawcett, 308.
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Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected.
Both “Mrs” and “Mrs.” appear; original form has been retained.
Inconsistencies regarding hyphenated words have been retained.
Missing [on] added to sidenote on page 212.