CONTENTS. XV11 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Page 



Children of Josiah Wedgwood and their Alliances. Their Descendants. 

 Darwin's " Origin of Species." John Wedgwood. Letter of 

 Josiah Wedgwood. Thomas Wedgwood. Samuel Taylor Cole- 

 ridge. G-enerous Help accorded to him by the Brothers Wedgwood. 

 Thomas Wedgwood's Researches into the Properties of Light. 

 Discovers Photography. Sir Humphrey Davy. Josiah Wedgwood 

 the Second. War with France : Marbles used as Bullets. Thomas 

 Byerley. Death of Thomas Byerley. Change in the Firm. 

 Manufacture of China at Etruria. Stone China. Death of Mrs. 

 Wedgwood. John Boyle becomes a Partner. Robert Brown taken 

 in Partnership. Marks used on Wedgwood Ware. " Wedgwood 

 and Co." Injunction against Messrs. W. Smith and others, of 

 Stockton _374 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Etruria Works. Productions of the Present Day. Solid Jasper and 

 Jasper Dip. Majolica. Mr. Minton. M. Emile Lessore. Parian. 

 Inlaid Ware. Queen's Ware. Pearl Body. Rockingham 

 Ware. Porous Ware. Red Ware. Blue Printing. Views of the 

 Works. " Sun and Planet " Motion Steam Engine made by Watt. 

 The Village of Etruria. The Village Inn. Etruria Jubilee 

 Group 387 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



Wedgwood Memorials. The Wedgwood Statue at Stoke. Address of 



the Promoters. Wedgwood Memorial Institute at Burslem. Mr. 



Gladstone lays the First Stone. His Views on the Advantages of 

 the proposed Institution. Casket made by Messrs. Davenport. 

 Trowel by Mr. Macintyre. Mr. W. Woodall. Captain Fowkes' 

 Arrangement of the Rooms. Mr. Beresford- Hope's Project for 

 External Fictile Decorations. Decorations described. Wedgwood 



Memorial Jug. Messrs. C. Meigh and Co.'s Earthenware Works. 



Happy Arrangement by which each of the three Towns possesses 

 its Memorials of Wedgwood 397 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



Josiah Wedgwoood. Characteristics. His great Success and Wealth. 



Copy of his Will. Alexander Chisholm. Wedgwood's Acquaint- 

 ance with Men of Intellect and Science. Dr. Priestley. Summary 



of Wedgwood's Character. Poem on a Staffordshire Teapot. 



Wedgwood's Labours increase the Commerce of the Kingdom. 



Staffordshire has reason to be proud of her Son 412 



