LITERATURE OF THE LIFE-BOAT An Account of Books, Pamphlets and Press Articles on the Life-boat Service, 1785-1947 With 63 i ustrotions from old prints, paintings and photographs By SIR JOHN GUMMING K.C.I.E., C.S.I.

A Vice-President of the Institution Copies can be obtained from the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.I RELIABLE RADIO COMMUNICATION WITH THE SHORE IS ESSENTIAL TO THE LIFE-BOAT SERVICE Our Equipment now Standard FOR ALL BRITISH LIFE-BOATS RADIO TELEPHONES LOUD MAILERS, DIRECTION FINDERS for LIFE-BOATS, FISHING VESSELS CARGO SHIPS and YACHTS COASTAL RADIO LTD, 'Grams: "Coastal Edinburgh" 'Phone: 26224/5 RADIO WORKS, HOPE CRESCENT, EDINBURGH, 7 Contractors to;— Admiralty, Royal National Life-boat Institution, Trinity House, Northern Lighthouse Board, Foreign and Colonial Governments.