THE LIFEBOAT AND ITS STORY 



By NOEL T. METHLEY, F.R.G.S. 



With 70 Illustrations. Demy 8vo, 7s 6d net 



"A volume of exceptional interest. . . . He has handled his 

 fascinating subject exhaustively and with the care which 

 characterises all his work." Yachtsman. 



"This is certainly one of the best, if not the best, book of its 

 type that we have encountered. . . . Altogether the book is 

 extremely entertaining as well as informing. It is well printed 

 and produced." Morning Post. 



" It is likely to rank as a standard work on the subject." 

 A thenceum. 



" Mr. Methley's learned and readable volume. ... A book so 

 readable and so well informed would be acceptable at any time." 

 Scotsman. 



" The book is really exceptionally interesting." Vanity Fair. 



" It has the virtue of thoroughness. It comes from a man who 

 has made himself a complete master of his subject, and it 

 furnishes a careful and comprehensive history of the lifeboat from 

 its crudest beginnings to its present stage of high scientific 

 development ... his narrative is greatly helped to clearness by 

 the excellent illustrations." Liverpool Daily Post. 



" Admirable description . . . eminently readable." Yorkshire 

 Observer. 



" The story of the lifeboat is well worth telling. ... In Mr. 

 Noel'T. Methley the lifeboat has found a most competent historian. 

 Invaluable as a book of reference." Dundee Advertiser. 



" A very comprehensive review. . . . The book is well 

 illustrated and is a valuable compendium of information on a 

 subject of great present day interest." Glasgow Herald. 



MINES AND THEIR STORY 



By J. BERNARD MANNIX 



With Frontispiece and over 100 Illustrations. In 

 Designed Cover, cloth gilt, extra royal 8vo, 16s 

 net. (Uniform with "Sailing Ships and their 

 Story " and " Steam-Ships and their Story.") 



