Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands
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Grace H. Darling
Grace H. Darling
Grace Darling
Heroine of the Farne Islands
BY
BY
EVA HOPE
London and Felling-on-Tyne THE WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., LTD. NEW YORK: 3 EAST 14TH STREET 1875
THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO MISS THOMASIN DARLING, THE BELOVED SISTER OF THE HEROIC GRACE DARLING, IN RECOGNITION OF HER CHRISTIAN CHARACTER AND AMIABLE DISPOSITION, BY THE AUTHOR
London and Felling-on-Tyne THE WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., LTD. NEW YORK: 3 EAST 14TH STREET 1875
THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO MISS THOMASIN DARLING, THE BELOVED SISTER OF THE HEROIC GRACE DARLING, IN RECOGNITION OF HER CHRISTIAN CHARACTER AND AMIABLE DISPOSITION, BY THE AUTHOR
CONTENTS
GRACE DARLING,
THE HEROINE OF THE FARNE ISLES.
CHAPTER I.
WOMAN'S WORK.
CHAPTER II.
ANCIENT NORTHUMBRIA.
CHAPTER III.
THE CHILDHOOD OF A HEROINE.
CHAPTER IV.
LIGHTHOUSE HOMES.
CHAPTER V.
LIGHTHOUSE GUESTS.
CHAPTER VI.
CHRISTMAS AT THE LONGSTONE LIGHTHOUSE.
CHAPTER VII.
A WEDDING IN THE FAMILY.
CHAPTER VIII.
"PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE."
CHAPTER IX.
AUGUST PIC-NIC'S PLEASURES.
CHAPTER X.
THE PERILS OF THE OCEAN.
CHAPTER XI.
THE WRECK OF THE "FORFARSHIRE."
CHAPTER XII.
GRACE TO THE RESCUE.
CHAPTER XIII.
AFTER THE EVENT.
CHAPTER XIV.
A VISIT TO ALNWICK CASTLE.
CHAPTER XV.
THE DARLING FAMILY AT HOME.
CHAPTER XVI.
AN EARLY DEATH.
CHAPTER XVII.
"BEING DEAD, YET SPEAKETH."
CHAPTER XVIII.
CONCLUSION.
IN MEMORY OF THOMASIN DARLING, WIFE OF WILLIAM DARLING OF THE FARNE ISLES, WHO DIED OCTOBER 16, 1848, AGED 74 YEARS, ALSO OF GRACE HORSELEY DARLING, THEIR DAUGHTER, WHO DIED OCTOBER 20, 1842, AGED 26 YEARS, ALSO OF JOB HORSELEY DARLING, THEIR SON, WHO DIED DECEMBER 6, 1830, AGED 20 YEARS, THE ABOVE WILLIAM DARLING, LATE OF THE LONGSTONE LIGHT, AND THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF THOMASIN DARLING, WHO DIED AT BAMBOROUGH, MAY 28, 1866, AGED 79 YEARS.
TO THE MEMORY OF GRACE HORSELEY DARLING, A NATIVE OF BAMBOROUGH, AND AN INHABITANT OF THESE ISLANDS, WHO DIED OCTOBER 20, 1842, AGED 26 YEARS.
CHAPTER I.
WOMAN'S WORK.
CHAPTER II.
ANCIENT NORTHUMBRIA.
CHAPTER III.
THE CHILDHOOD OF A HEROINE.
CHAPTER IV.
LIGHTHOUSE HOMES.
CHAPTER V.
LIGHTHOUSE GUESTS.
CHAPTER VI.
CHRISTMAS AT THE LONGSTONE LIGHTHOUSE.
CHAPTER VII.
A WEDDING IN THE FAMILY.
CHAPTER VIII.
"PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE."
CHAPTER IX.
AUGUST PIC-NIC'S PLEASURES.
CHAPTER X.
THE PERILS OF THE OCEAN.
CHAPTER XI.
THE WRECK OF THE "FORFARSHIRE."
CHAPTER XII.
GRACE TO THE RESCUE.
CHAPTER XIII.
AFTER THE EVENT.
CHAPTER XIV.
A VISIT TO ALNWICK CASTLE.
CHAPTER XV.
THE DARLING FAMILY AT HOME.
CHAPTER XVI.
AN EARLY DEATH.
CHAPTER XVII.
"BEING DEAD, YET SPEAKETH."
CHAPTER XVIII.
CONCLUSION.
IN MEMORY OF THOMASIN DARLING, WIFE OF WILLIAM DARLING OF THE FARNE ISLES, WHO DIED OCTOBER 16, 1848, AGED 74 YEARS, ALSO OF GRACE HORSELEY DARLING, THEIR DAUGHTER, WHO DIED OCTOBER 20, 1842, AGED 26 YEARS, ALSO OF JOB HORSELEY DARLING, THEIR SON, WHO DIED DECEMBER 6, 1830, AGED 20 YEARS, THE ABOVE WILLIAM DARLING, LATE OF THE LONGSTONE LIGHT, AND THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF THOMASIN DARLING, WHO DIED AT BAMBOROUGH, MAY 28, 1866, AGED 79 YEARS.
TO THE MEMORY OF GRACE HORSELEY DARLING, A NATIVE OF BAMBOROUGH, AND AN INHABITANT OF THESE ISLANDS, WHO DIED OCTOBER 20, 1842, AGED 26 YEARS.
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