CONTENTS

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I. THE ORIGIN OF THE LIGHTHOUSE 1
II. BUILDING A LIGHTHOUSE 11
III. THE LIGHT AND ILLUMINANTS 28
IV. FOG-SIGNALS 57
V. THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE 72
VI. SOME FAMOUS LIGHTS OF ENGLAND 81
VII. THE BELL ROCK AND SKERRYVORE LIGHTS 96
VIII. THE LONELY LIGHTS OF SCOTLAND 108
IX. THE FASTNET, THE OUTPOST OF EUROPE 121
X. LIGHTHOUSES BUILT ON SAND 132
XI. SOME LIGHT PATROLS OF THE FRENCH COAST 148
XII. THE GUARDIAN LIGHTS OF CANADA’S COAST 161
XIII. THE MINOT’S LEDGE LIGHT 176
XIV. THE TILLAMOOK ROCK LIGHT-STATION 183
XV. THE COAST LIGHTS OF THE UNITED STATES 196
XVI. THE LAMP-POSTS OF THE GREAT LAKES OF NORTH AMERICA 208
XVII. THE MOST POWERFUL ELECTRIC LIGHTHOUSES OF THE WORLD 218
XVIII. SOME LIGHTHOUSES IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS 229
XIX. THE SIGNPOSTS OF THE SANDBANKS 240
XX. A FLAMING SENTINEL OF THE MALACCA STRAITS 257
XXI. UNATTENDED LIGHTHOUSES 267
XXII. FLOATING LIGHTHOUSES 284
XXIII. THE LIGHT-KEEPER AND HIS LIFE 301
  INDEX 318