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A Beacon for the Blind

A Beacon for the Blind

by Winifred Holt

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Author
Holt, Winifred, 1870-1945
Title
A Beacon for the Blind: Being a Life of Henry Fawcett, the Blind Postmaster-General
Credits
E-text prepared by Richard Hulse, Elizabeth Oscanyan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Fawcett, Henry, 1833-1884
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 52310
Release Date
June 12, 2016
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A BEACON FOR THE BLIND
  2. 2.FOREWORD BY The Right Honourable Viscount Bryce late British Ambassador to America
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
  6. 6.CHAPTER I WATERLOO, THE MAYOR, AND THE BABY
  7. 7.CHAPTER II THE BOY LECTURER
  8. 8.CHAPTER III THE TALL STUDENT
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV A SET BACK
  10. 10.CHAPTER V DARKNESS
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI HAPPINESS
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII DISTRACTION
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII THE PROBLEM OF THE POOR
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX THE GOOD SAMARITAN
  15. 15.CHAPTER X THE YOUNG ECONOMIST
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI A PROGRAMME OF HELPFULNESS
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII THE SCHOOLS OF THE POOR
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII THE NEW M.P. AND THE CLUB
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV THE WOMAN AND THE VOTE
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV BLIND SUPERSTITIONS
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI PURE POLITICS
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII A PROPHETIC QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII GLADSTONE PRIME MINISTER
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX THE STOLEN COMMONS
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX THE FIGHT FOR THE FOREST
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI FOR THE PEOPLE’s WOODS AND STREAMS
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII WHAT INDIA PAID
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII THE ‘ONE MAN WHO CARED FOR INDIA’
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV FAMINE, TURKS AND INDIANS
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV LIBERALS IN POWER
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI FRESH AIR, BLUE RIBBONS, AND POSTMEN
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII THE PENNIES OF THE POOR
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII AT HOME AND AT COURT
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX A GRAVE ILLNESS
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXX AMONG THE BLIND
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI LIGHT
  37. 37.HENRY FAWCETT BORN 1833, DIED NOV. 6, 1884
  38. 38.APPENDIX — MEMORIALS — HENRY FAWCETT BORN 26 AUGUST 1833. DIED 6 NOVEMBER 1884 — Extract from a Letter from Mrs. Fawcett’s Sister
  39. 39.INDEX
  40. 40.Transcriber's Note

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