Samuel 1812-1904 Smiles's Books

The autobiography, published in 1905, of one of the most popular Victorian writers, whose Self-Help (1859) made his name.

Spanning from the Roman to Victorian period, this three-volume work (1861-2) provides detailed biographies of Britain's most notable engineers.

In The Scientific Intellectual, Lewis S. Feuer traces the evolution of this new human type, seeking to define what ethic inspired him and the underlying emotions that created him. Under the influence of Max Weber the rise of the scientific spirit has been viewed by sociologists as an offspring of the Protestant revolution, with its asceticism and sense of guilt acting as causative agents in the rise of capitalism and the growth of the scientific movement. Feuer takes strong issue with this view, pointing out how it is at odds with what we know of the psychological conditions of modern societies making for human curiosity and its expression in the observation of and experiment with nature.

In this 1867 book, Samuel Smiles describes the history of the Huguenots and discusses some of their famous British descendants.

An 1891 two-volume account of the life of the publisher John Murray (1778-1843), told largely through his correspondence.

This 1867 biography combines a history of roads with Thomas Telford's career as a builder of roads, bridges and canals.

One of the most popular and prolific writers during the Victorian age, Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) emphasised individual responsibility in the pursuit of personal and social improvement. Among other titles, his acclaimed Lives of the Engineers (1861-2) and insightful Autobiography (1905) are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. He is best known, however, for the present work. First published in 1859, it sold 20,000 copies in its first year, more than a quarter of a million by 1905, and was widely translated. Using hundreds of biographical examples, ranging from George Stephenson to Josiah Wedgwood, Smiles champions the virtues of hard work, perseverance and character in achieving success. While these values appealed to a large readership in the book's heyday, later critics saw the work as promoting a form of selfish materialism. However interpreted, this remains a crucial text for those fascinated by the Victorian drive for self-improvement.

Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was a Scottish author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he concluded that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His masterpiece, 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 raised Smiles to celebrity status almost overnight. In 1837, he wrote articles for the Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle and the Leeds Times, campaigning for parliamentary reform. In November 1838, Smiles was invited to become the editor of the Leeds Times, a position he accepted and filled until 1842.

Book's by Samuel 1812-1904 Smiles

The Autobiography of Samuel Smiles, LL.D.

The Autobiography of Samuel Smiles, LL.D.

Lives of the Engineers

Lives of the Engineers

The Scientific Intellectual

The Scientific Intellectual

The Huguenots

The Huguenots

A Publisher and his Friends

A Publisher and his Friends

The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer

The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer

Self-help

Self-help

Thrift (Esprios Classics)

Thrift (Esprios Classics)

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