IN October of last year a supplement to The Life-boat was published, written by Sir John Gumming, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., a vice-president of the Institution. The supplement, under the title of " Liter- ature of the Life-boat," gave an account of all books and articles in periodicals on life-boat work from 1806 to 1936, which the Institution had in its library, or which Sir John Gumming had been able to discover elsewhere. During the past year he has discovered additional material and the record of this is being issued this month as Part II of " Literature of the Life-boat." It is arranged, like Part I, under the heads of construction, organization and rescues. Further research has revealed many more tributes in verse. There is, unfortu- nately, not space for them in the new supplement, but it is hoped to include them in an anthology of life-boat verse to be published later.

A copy of Part II is being sent to all who asked for a copy of the original supplement. Of this the Institution Still has copies, and it will be sent, with a copy of Part II, on application to any readers of The Life-boat who have not already asked for it and would like to have it..