XJF448271 Title Page for \'Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character, Conduct and Perseverance\' by Samuel Smiles, published 1869, (printed paper) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) first published this book privately in 1859 when no publisher was willing to do so; It was later taken on by John Murray and had sold a quarter of a million copies by 1904; It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism";); English, out of copyright.