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A Beacon for the Blind Being a Life of Henry Fawcett, the Blind Postmaster-General
By Winifred Holt
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- A BEACON FOR THE BLIND
- Forward
- Introduction
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I WATERLOO, THE MAYOR, AND THE BABY
- CHAPTER II THE BOY LECTURER
- CHAPTER III THE TALL STUDENT
- CHAPTER IV A SET BACK
- CHAPTER V DARKNESS
- CHAPTER VI HAPPINESS
- CHAPTER VII DISTRACTION
- CHAPTER VIII THE PROBLEM OF THE POOR
- CHAPTER IX THE GOOD SAMARITAN
- CHAPTER X THE YOUNG ECONOMIST
- CHAPTER XI A PROGRAMME OF HELPFULNESS
- CHAPTER XII THE SCHOOLS OF THE POOR
- CHAPTER XIII THE NEW M.P. AND THE CLUB
- CHAPTER XIV THE WOMAN AND THE VOTE
- CHAPTER XV BLIND SUPERSTITIONS
- CHAPTER XVI PURE POLITICS
- CHAPTER XVII A PROPHETIC QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT
- CHAPTER XVIII GLADSTONE PRIME MINISTER
- CHAPTER XIX THE STOLEN COMMONS
- CHAPTER XX THE FIGHT FOR THE FOREST
- CHAPTER XXI FOR THE PEOPLE’s WOODS AND STREAMS
- CHAPTER XXII WHAT INDIA PAID
- CHAPTER XXIII THE ‘ONE MAN WHO CARED FOR INDIA’
- CHAPTER XXIV FAMINE, TURKS AND INDIANS
- CHAPTER XXV LIBERALS IN POWER
- CHAPTER XXVI FRESH AIR, BLUE RIBBONS, AND POSTMEN
- CHAPTER XXVII THE PENNIES OF THE POOR
- CHAPTER XXVIII AT HOME AND AT COURT
- CHAPTER XXIX A GRAVE ILLNESS
- CHAPTER XXX AMONG THE BLIND
- CHAPTER XXXI LIGHT
- HENRY FAWCETT BORN 1833, DIED NOV. 6, 1884
- APPENDIX
- MEMORIALS
- HENRY FAWCETT BORN 26 AUGUST 1833. DIED 6 NOVEMBER 1884
- Extract from a Letter from Mrs. Fawcett’s Sister
- MEMORIALS
- HENRY FAWCETT BORN 26 AUGUST 1833. DIED 6 NOVEMBER 1884
- Extract from a Letter from Mrs. Fawcett’s Sister
- INDEX
- Transcriber's Note
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