Saturday, June 30, 2012

Caught in the Cyclone (1891)

Caught in the cyclone
George Alfred Henty. Illustrations by W.H. Overend. A Chapter of Adventures: or, Through the Bombardment of Alexandria. (London: Blackie and Son, 1891).

Friday, June 29, 2012

Needles Lighthouse (1870)

Needles Lighthouse
W.H. Davenport Adams. Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization. (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870).

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Taking Many Views (1915)

Ross began taking many views of the pitching, tossing schooner.
Laura Lee Hope. The Moving Picture Girls at Sea: or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real  (Cincinnati: The World Syndicate Publishing Co., 1915).

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Looks Like a Boat, Tom (1908)

It looks like a boat, Tom; let's swim to it.
Charles H. Simpson.  A Yankee's Adventures in South Africa. (Chicago: Rhodes and McClure, 1908)

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The Wrecker (1895)

The Wrecker
William John Hardy. Lighthouses: Their History and Romance. (London: The Religious Tract Society, 1895).

Monday, June 25, 2012

Struck with Lightning (1806)

Helmsman Struck with Lightning
William Falconer. The Shipwreck; A Poem: In Three Cantos. (London: James Cundee, 1806).

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Lighthouse Keeper for a Night (1881)

Robert Richardson. A Lighthouse Keeper for a Night and Other Stories. (Edinburgh: Olliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier, 1881).

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Grace Darling and Her Father (1895)

Grace Darling and her father on the way to the wreck
William John Hardy. Lighthouses: Their History and Romance. (London: The Religious Tract Society, 1895).

Friday, June 22, 2012

Pat The Lighthouse Boy (1895)

E. Everett-Green. Pat the Lighthouse Boy. (New York: Ward and Drummond, 1895).

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Rudyard's Lighthouse (1888)

R.M. Ballantyne. The Story of the Rock or Building on the Eddystone. (London: James Nisbet & Company, 1888).

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Apparatus and Illuminants (1923)

Point Reyes Light Station, California
John S. Conway. The United States Lighthouse Service. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1923).

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Shipwreck of the Two Shallops (1836)

Shipwreck of the Two Shallops
Charles Ellms, ed. Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea or Historical Narratives of the Most Noted Calamities, and Providential Deliverances from Fire and Famine, on the Ocean. (Boston: S.N. Dickinson, 1836).

Monday, June 18, 2012

Sea Birds Attracted (1870)

W.H. Davenport Adams. Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization. (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870).

Sunday, June 17, 2012

The Shore by Spar (1836)

Charles Ellms, ed. Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea or Historical Narratives of the Most Noted Calamities, and Providential Deliverances from Fire and Famine, on the Ocean. (Boston: S.N. Dickinson, 1836).

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Mouth of the Cavern (1836)

The Halsewell at the mouth of the cavern.
Charles Ellms, ed. Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea or Historical Narratives of the Most Noted Calamities, and Providential Deliverances from Fire and Famine, on the Ocean. (Boston: S.N. Dickinson, 1836).

Friday, June 15, 2012

Eddystone Lighthouse (1870)

Eddystone Lighthouse
W.H. Davenport Adams. Lighthouses and Lightships: A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization. (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870).

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Still Must I On . . . (1836)

The Sailor Boy. Though the strained mast should quiver as a reed, And the rent canvas fluttering strew the gale, Still mu I on . . . .Byron.
Charles Ellms, ed. Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea or Historical Narratives of the Most Noted Calamities, and Providential Deliverances from Fire and Famine, on the Ocean. (Boston: S.N. Dickinson, 1836).

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Shipwrecks & Disasters at Sea (1836)

Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea title page with illustration "The Raft."
Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea or Historical Narratives of the Most Noted Calamities, and Providential Deliverances from Fire and Famine, on the Ocean.
Charles Ellms, ed. Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea or Historical Narratives of the Most Noted Calamities, and Providential Deliverances from Fire and Famine, on the Ocean. (Boston: S.N. Dickinson, 1836).

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Stirling Castle Shipwreck (1838)

John Curtis. Shipwreck of the Stirling Castle: containing a faithful narrative of the dreadful sufferings of the crew and the cruel murder of Captain Fraser by the savages
Shipwreck of the Stirling Castle
The wreck of the Charles Eaton: mask with skulls
John Curtis. Shipwreck of the Stirling Castle: containing a faithful narrative of the dreadful sufferings of the crew and the cruel murder of Captain Fraser by the savages : also, the horrible barbarity of the cannibals inflicted upon the captain's widow whose unparalleled sufferings are stated by herself, and corroborated by the other survivors. To which is added the narrative of the wreck of the Charles Eaton in the same latitude. Embellished with engravings, portraits, and scenes illustrative of the narrative. (London: George Virtue, 1838).

Monday, June 11, 2012

Tragedy of the Seas (1840)

Charles Ellms. The Tragedy of the Sea, or Sorrow on the Ocean, Lake, or River, from Shipwreck, Plague, Fire, and Famine. (Philadelphia: Cary and Hart, 1840).

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Wreck of the London (1866)

Wreck of "The London."  (London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1866).

Friday, June 8, 2012

Desert Island (1840)

Wreck of the long boat

The desert island--vignette
The Shipwreck or The Desert Island: A Moral Tale. Illustrations by Johnson. (Philadelphia: James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1840).

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Narrative of His Shipwreck (1849)

Jane Porter, ed. Sir Edward's Narrative of His Shipwreck and Consequent Discovery of Certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea: With Details of his Residence There, and of Various Extraordinary and Highly Interesting Events of His Life. (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1849).

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Old Ironside (1840)

Old Ironside: the story of a shipwreck title page
Old Ironside--illustration of overturned lifeboat
John H. Amory. Old Ironside: the Story of a Shipwreck. (Boston: James B. Dow, 1840).

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

War Without & Peace Within (1865)

War without and peace within
R.M. Ballantyne. The Lighthouse: Being a Story of a Great Fight Between Man and the Sea. (London: James Nisbet & Co., 1865).

Monday, June 4, 2012

Traitor in the Wheel House (1874)

A Traitor in the Wheel House
Oliver Optic. The Sailor Boy or Jack Somers in the Navy. (Boston: Lee and Shephard, 1874).

Sunday, June 3, 2012

The Shipwreck (1831)

The Storm: a juvenile tale with four coloured engravings. (New York: J.A. Klussman 1831).

Saturday, June 2, 2012

They'll Be Wind (1920)

There'll be blood; and if there's blood, they'll be wind.
Mildred Cram. "Wind." Illustrated by M. Leone Bracker. Munsey's Magazine. 70 (August 1920).

Friday, June 1, 2012

Worth It (1885)

I ain't a-goin' to give it up; it's worth findin',--worth it to me, anyway.
Mary Bardford Crowninshield. All Among the Lighthouses, or The Cruise of the Goldenrod. (Boston: D Lothrop Company, 1885).