F. M.
LONDON, September, 1894.

CONTENTS

CHAP.

  1. [MAN THE LIFEBOAT]
  2. [LIFEBOAT DISASTERS]
  3. [THE WARRIORS OF THE SEA]
  4. [THE GOODWIN SANDS]
  5. [THE BOATMEN OF THE DOWNS]
  6. [A GOOD NIGHT'S WORK]
  7. [THE "BRADFORD" TO THE RESCUE]
  8. [THE LAST CHANCE]
  9. [HARDLY SAVED]
  10. [A WRESTLE WITH DEATH]
  11. [A DOUBLE RESCUE]
  12. [DEAL MEN TO THE RESCUE]
  13. [THE WRECK OF THE "BENVENUE"]
  14. [THE STRANDING OF THE "EIDER"]
  15. [THE WRECK OF THE "NORTHERN BELLE"]
  16. [A GALLANT RESCUE]
  17. [A BUSY DAY]
  18. [A RESCUE IN MID-OCEAN]
  19. [THE "THREE BELLS"]
  20. [ON THE CORNISH COAST]
  21. [A PLUCKY CAPTAIN]
  22. [BY SHEER STRENGTH]
  23. [WRECKED IN PORT]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[THE LIFEBOAT IN THE STORM] . . . . . . Frontispiece

[LAUNCHING THE LIFEBOAT]

[THE LIFEBOAT HOUSE]

[MEDAL OF THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION]

[NEWS OF A WRECK ON THE COAST]