The first edition of this book is dated 1864. The edition used is dated 1912. The publisher was W & R Chambers, London and Edinburgh. The number of pages is 261.

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Contents

Chapter I.
The Beginning—in which Several Important Personages are Introduced.

Chapter II.
In Which more Important Personages are Introduced, and Display their Characters by their Actions More or Less.

Chapter III.
In which the Introduction of Important Personages is Continued, in Rather Exciting Circumstances.

Chapter IV.
In which Introductions still go on, and Coming Events Cast their Shadows Before.

Chapter V.
The Gale—False Economy and its Results—A Wreck on the Goodwin Sands.

Chapter VI.
Heroes of the Kentish Coast—The Lifeboat—The Rescue.

Chapter VII.
The Widow’s Cottage.

Chapter VIII.
The Living Left Among the Dead—A Wild Chase on a Wild Night Stopped by a Ghost.

Chapter IX.
Unbusinesslike Proceedings in “The Office”—Peekins Grows Desperate and Takes Refuge in the “Three Jolly Tars.

Chapter X.
The “Hovel” on Deal Beach—A Storm Brewing—Plans to Circumvent the Smugglers.

Chapter XI.
The Smugglers’ Cave—A Surprise, a Deception, a Fight, and an Escape.

Chapter XII.
The Storm—The Wreck of the Homeward Bound—The Lifeboat.

Chapter XIII.
Saving the Passengers and Crew—Our Heroes Distinguish Themselves.

Chapter XIV.
The Morning after the Storm.

Chapter XV.
Relates to Love, Cross Purposes and Mistakes, Etc.

Chapter XVI.
Tommy Bogey forms a Mighty Resolve, and Mr. Denham, being Perplexed, becomes Liberal.

Chapter XVII.
Dark Deeds are done upon the Sea—Tommy Bogey in Great Danger.

Chapter XVIII.
The Antipodes.

Chapter XIX.
Denham Longs for Fresh Air, and Finds it.

Chapter XX.
A Fire at Sea.

Chapter XXI.
Mysterious Doings.

Chapter XXII.
The Storm and the Wreck.

Chapter XXIII.
History of the Lifeboat.

Chapter XXIV.
A Meeting—A Death, and a Discovery.

Chapter XXV.
The Conclusion.

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