Samuel Smiles

Portrait by Sir [[George Reid (Scottish artist)|George Reid]], 1877 Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904) was a British author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he promoted the idea that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His primary work, ''Self-Help'' (1859), promoted thrift and claimed that poverty was caused largely by irresponsible habits, while also attacking materialism and ''laissez-faire'' government. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism" and had lasting effects on British political thought. Provided by Wikipedia

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The life of Thomas Telford, civil engineer.

Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1867.
Notes
Physical description: xi p., l leaves, 331 p., 8 pl....
 

Thrift /

Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1888.
Notes
Physical description: xi, 384 p. ; 19 cm.
 

Lives of Boulton and Watt :

Principally from the original Soho mss. Comprising also a history of the invention and introduction of the steam engine /
Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1865.
Notes
Physical description: xv, 521 p. : ill., ports. ; 24...
 

The life of George Stephenson, railway engineer

Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1857
Notes
"Résumé of the railway system and its results, by R...
 

Lives of the engineers, with an account of their principal works :

comprising also a history of inland communication in Britain.
Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1861-62.
Notes
Physical description: 3 v. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
 

Robert Dick :

baker, of Thurso, geologist and botanist /
Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1878.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index. Physic...
 

The Huguenots;

their settlements, churches, and industries in England and Ireland,
Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1889.
Notes
"Distinguished Huguenot refugees and their descendant...
 

Character /

Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1888.
Notes
Physical description: xii, 388 p. ; 20 cm.
 

James Brindley and the early engineers /

Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1864.
Notes
"Abridged from 'Lives of the engineers.'" Physical de...
 

Men of invention and industry /

Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1884.
Notes
Includes index. Physical description: viii, 390 p. ;...
 

A publisher and his friends :

Memoir and correspondence of the late John Murray, with an account of the origin and progress of the house, 1768-1843. /
Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1891.
Notes
Physical description: 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
 

The story of the life of George Stephenson, railway engineer :

abridged by the author from the original and larger work /
Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1859.
Notes
Includes index. Physical description: xii, 356 p. :...
 

Life of a Scotch naturalist :

Thomas Edward, associate of the Linnean Society /
Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1876.
Notes
Advertisements: p. 439-446. Includes bibliographical...
 

Self-help :

with illustrations of character and conduct and perseverance.
Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1859.
Notes
Physical description: xii, 343 p. ; cm.
 

The Huguenots :

their settlements, churches, and industries in England and Ireland /
Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1881.
Notes
"Distinguished Huguenot refugees and their descendant...
 

The Huguenots; their settlements, churches, & industries in England and Ireland.

Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1867.
Notes
Physical description: xv, 530 p. ; 23 cm.
 

Industrial biography :

iron workers and tool makers /
Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1863.
Notes
Includes index. Physical description: xiv, 342 p. ;...
 

The autobiography of Samuel Smiles, LL.D. /

Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1905.
Notes
Includes index. Physical description: xiii, 452 p. :...
 

History of Ireland and the Irish people :

under the government of England /
Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1844.
Notes
Physical description: xv, 484 p ; 23 cm.
 

Jasmin :

barber, poet, philanthropist.
Main Creator:
Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904.
Language:
English
Published / Created
1897.
Notes
Physical description: xvi, 344 p. : port ; 19 cm.
 
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