A Beacon for the Blind
- Subtitle
- Being a Life of Henry Fawcett, the Blind Postmaster-General
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1. Front matter2. A BEACON FOR THE BLIND3. FOREWORD BY The Right Honourable Viscount Bryce late British Ambassador to America4. INTRODUCTION5. CONTENTS6. ILLUSTRATIONS7. CHAPTER I WATERLOO, THE MAYOR, AND THE BABY8. CHAPTER II THE BOY LECTURER9. CHAPTER III THE TALL STUDENT10. CHAPTER IV A SET BACK11. CHAPTER V DARKNESS12. CHAPTER VI HAPPINESS13. CHAPTER VII DISTRACTION14. CHAPTER VIII THE PROBLEM OF THE POOR15. CHAPTER IX THE GOOD SAMARITAN16. CHAPTER X THE YOUNG ECONOMIST17. CHAPTER XI A PROGRAMME OF HELPFULNESS18. CHAPTER XII THE SCHOOLS OF THE POOR19. CHAPTER XIII THE NEW M.P. AND THE CLUB20. CHAPTER XIV THE WOMAN AND THE VOTE21. CHAPTER XV BLIND SUPERSTITIONS22. CHAPTER XVI PURE POLITICS23. CHAPTER XVII A PROPHETIC QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT24. CHAPTER XVIII GLADSTONE PRIME MINISTER25. CHAPTER XIX THE STOLEN COMMONS26. CHAPTER XX THE FIGHT FOR THE FOREST27. CHAPTER XXI FOR THE PEOPLE’s WOODS AND STREAMS28. CHAPTER XXII WHAT INDIA PAID29. CHAPTER XXIII THE ‘ONE MAN WHO CARED FOR INDIA’30. CHAPTER XXIV FAMINE, TURKS AND INDIANS31. CHAPTER XXV LIBERALS IN POWER32. CHAPTER XXVI FRESH AIR, BLUE RIBBONS, AND POSTMEN33. CHAPTER XXVII THE PENNIES OF THE POOR34. CHAPTER XXVIII AT HOME AND AT COURT35. CHAPTER XXIX A GRAVE ILLNESS36. CHAPTER XXX AMONG THE BLIND37. CHAPTER XXXI LIGHT38. HENRY FAWCETT BORN 1833, DIED NOV. 6, 188439. APPENDIX40. INDEX41. Transcriber's Note