| CHAPTER | | PAGE | | 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 |
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