Fawcett, Edgar

novelist and poet, born in New York city, May 26, 1847; graduated from Columbia College. His poetical works include: Poems of Fantasy and Pa ion; The Buntling Ball, ., and among his novels are: The House at High Bridge; A Hopele Case, . He has also written a succe ful play: The False Friend. Fawcett, HENRY, political economist and reformer, was born at Salisbury, England, in 1833; graduated from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, with honors (1856); lost his eyesight by accident (1858), but pursued his economic studies and (1863) became profe or of Political Economy at Cambridge. He entered Parliament in 1865, remaining until 1874; in 1880 became Postmaster-General, under Gladstone. His efforts were largely directed toward improving the condition of government employees, the abolition of religious tests at universities, compulsory education, and other politico-social problems. His works include a Manual of Political Economy, which has pa ed through several editions: The Economic Position of the British Laborer; Pauperism; a volume of Speeches; . Died November 6, 1884.