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A Beacon for the Blind: Being a Life of Henry Fawcett, the Blind Postmaster-General

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The biography traces the life and career of Henry Fawcett, recounting his loss of sight and the ways he adapted through determined cheerfulness and public service. It follows his intellectual development, parliamentary speeches, and writings on political economy, his advocacy for public rights in commons and for Indian administration, and his contributions to blind education and organizations. The narrative balances personal anecdotes, contemporary appraisals, and analysis of character, emphasizing resilience, practical intellect, and commitment to social reform while documenting the friendships, offices, and efforts that shaped his influence.

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;
  • 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;
  • 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;
  • 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;
  • 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;
  • 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;
  • 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;
  • 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;
  • 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;
  • 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;
  • 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;
  • —— —— 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;
  • 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;
  • 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.