Grace Darling

About this eBook

Author

Farningham, Marianne, 1834-1909

Title

Grace Darling, Heroine of the Farne Islands

Credits

E-text prepared by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Women heroes -- England -- Northumberland -- Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

23295

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23295

Release Date

November 3, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Grace H. Darling — Grace Darling
2. 2.Heroine of the Farne Islands — BY
3. 3.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
4. 4.CONTENTS — GRACE DARLING,
5. 5.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.

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