Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles was a Scottish author and government reformer, but he concluded that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new…

George Stephenson did not invent the steam engine, that was due to Newcomen and later to James Watt. He did not invent the steam locomotive,…

Short Biographies of some of the most influential engineers who developed the modern manufacturing methods behind the Industrial Revolution.…

Self-Help is the book that gave its name to the whole genre of literature known by that name. It is full of profiles of individuals who, thr…

Samuel Smiles is known even today as an author that promoted the improvement of society through the improvement of individuals and their cha…

"This book is intended as a sequel to Self-Help and Character. It might, indeed, have appeared as an introduction to these volumes; for…