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.