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 | |