May 1870.
Contents.
| BOOK I. ANCIENT HISTORY OF LIGHTHOUSES. | ||
| I. | The Fire-towers of the Mediterranean, | [9] |
| II. | The Pharos of Alexandria, | [17] |
| III. | The “Tour d’Ordre” of Boulogne, | [30] |
| IV. | The Tower at Dover, | [38] |
| V. | The Colossus of Rhodes, | [43] |
| BOOK II. THE SCIENCE OF LIGHTHOUSES. | ||
| I. | How they are Administered, | [49] |
| II. | Geographical Distribution of Lighthouses, | [62] |
| III. | The Illuminating Apparatus of Lighthouses, | [68] |
| IV. | The Interior of a Lighthouse, | [95] |
| BOOK III. LIGHTHOUSES OF GREAT BRITAIN. | ||
| I. | The Story of the Eddystone: A. D. 1696, 1706, 1759, | [108] |
| II. | The Smalls Lighthouse, | [133] |
| III. | The Bell Rock, A. D. 1807–1811, | [139] |
| IV. | The Skerryvore Lighthouse, | [171] |
| V. | North Unst, 1854.—Sunderland, 1841, | [181] |
| VI. | Lighthouses on the English Coast, | [180] |
| BOOK IV. LIGHTHOUSES IN FRANCE. | ||
| I. | The Tour de Cordouan, | [212] |
| II. | The Lighthouses of Cape La Hève, | [224] |
| III. | The Lighthouse of the Héaux of Bréhat, | [233] |
| IV. | The Grand Barge d’Olonne, A. D. 1861, | [245] |
| V. | The Lighthouses of Walde, the Enfant Perdu, and New Caledonia,A. D. 1859—1863—1865, | [249] |
| BOOK V. THE AUXILIARIES OF LIGHTHOUSES. | ||
| I. | Floating Lights: Lightships, | [253] |
| II. | Landmarks, Beacons, and Buoys, | [264] |
| BOOK VI. LIFE IN THE LIGHTHOUSE. | ||
| I. | The Lighthouse-keepers, | [276] |
| APPENDIX. | ||
| I. | A List of Lights on the British and Irish Coasts, | [289] |
| II. | A Night in a Lightship, | [312] |
| Index, | [315] | |
