For the rapid sale of 3,500 copies of the 'Life of the Hero,' the Author thanks a generous public. A series of articles extracted from the first edition appeared in '_Home Words_.' An illustrated article also appears in Cassell's '_Heroes of Britain in Peace and War_,' in which the writer speaks of the present biography as '_That very interesting book in which the history of Ellerthorpe's life is told_. (P. 1. 2. PART XI.) The Author trusts that the present edition, containing an account of '_The Hero's_' last affliction, death, funeral, etc., will render the work additionally interesting. THE WRITER. _53, Leonard Street, Hull, Aug. 4th, 1880._ CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. His wicked and reckless career 1 II. His conversion and inner experience 6 III. His Christian labours 14 IV. His staunch teetotalism 22 V. His bold adventures on the water 31 VI. His method of rescuing the drowning 44 VII. His gallant and humane conduct in rescuing the drowning 51 VIII. The honoured hero 95 IX. His general character, death, etc. 116 X. The hero's funeral 122 The Hero of the Humber. CHAPTER I. HIS WICKED AND RECKLESS CAREER AS A SAILOR.