“Nothing but a Dog,” Said the Boy (1897)

“How ‘The Skipper’ Was Saved,” The Quiver (1897): 179.

“Kindly Excuse Me,” He Said with the Utmost Politeness, and the Splash Immediately Followed (1920)

Karl Wisehart, “Hunger,” Illustration by Ernest Fuhr, The Century 99 (Feb 1920): 493.

When Lighthouses, on Rocks and Headlands, Showed Solitary and Watchful; And Benighted Sea-Birds Breasted on against Their Ponderous Lanterns and Fell Dead (1891)

Charles Dickens, The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain: A Fancy for Christmas-Time, Illustration by C. Stanfield, R.A. (London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1891), 14.

"A" is the Exploding Cylinder; "M" the Lifeline, Fastened Round the Body of the Diver to Haul Him Up in Case of Accident to the Apparatus (1838)

"Blowing Up of the 'William' off Gravesend." The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette 29 (May 26, 1838): 129.

Harry Watts Settled the Difficulty by Dashing into the Sea and the Work of Rescue Was Resumed (1911)

Alfred Spencer. Life of Harry Watts: Sixty Years Sailor and Diver. Illustrations by Oswald Crompton. (Sunderland: Hills and Company, 1911).

She Had on Board a Large Number of Slaves When She Struck on the Rocks, and Also a Considerable Sum of Money in the Form of Silver Dollars (1885)

"Diving Beneath the Sea." The Growing World, or Progress of Civilization and the Wonders of Nature, Science, Literature and Art, Interspersed with a Useful and Entertaining Collection of Miscellany by the Best Authors of Our Day. (Philadelphia: W.M. Patterson and Company, 1885).

An Unexpected Upset (1863)

The Boy's Miscellany: An Illustrated Journal of Useful and Entertaining Literature for Youth. 1 (London: E. Harrison, 1863.)

We Shall All Be Eaten Up by Eels & Crabs & Have Our Eyes Pecked Out By The Old Herons. Murder! Murder! Murder! (1862)

William Martin. The Boys' Own Story Book. (London: Darton and Hodge, 1862).

Caught in the Cyclone (1891)

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

Taking Many Views (1915)

Laura Lee Hope. The Moving Picture Girls at Sea: or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real  (Cincinnati: The World Syndicate Publishing Co., 1915).

Looks Like a Boat, Tom (1908)

Charles H. Simpson.  A Yankee's Adventures in South Africa. (Chicago: Rhodes and McClure, 1908)

The Wrecker (1895)

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

Struck with Lightning (1806)

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

Grace Darling and Her Father (1895)

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

Shipwreck of the Two Shallops (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).

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).

Mouth of the Cavern (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).

Shipwrecks & Disasters at Sea (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).

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 : 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).

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).