Preface
In sending forth this little work to the public, I desire to acknowledge my obligations to the following:—The Royal National Lifeboat Institution for the valuable matter placed at my disposal, also for the use of the illustrations on pages 20 and 21; to Mr. Clement Scott and the proprietors of Punch for permission to use the poem, “The Warriors of the Sea”; to the proprietors of The Star for the poem, “The Stranding of the Eider”; and to the proprietors of the Kent Argus for so freely granting access to the files of their journal. Lastly, my thanks are due to the publishers—at whose suggestion the work was undertaken—for the generous manner in which they have illustrated the book.
F. M.
LONDON, September, 1894.