WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR 



JASMIN 



BARBER, POET, PHILANTHROPIST. Post 8vo. 6s. 



" What Jasmin did for himself in poetry Dr. Smiles has now done for him in 

 prose, doing full justice to that part of his life which Jasmin's simple modesty for- 

 bade him to record, namely, his unceasing philanthropic efforts. The story is 

 noble as well as touching, and is told by Dr. Smiles with abundance of sympathy 

 and appreciation." The Times. 



"In 'Jasmin' Dr. Smiles introduces the English reading public to an indi- 

 viduality of which, till now, it had but the vaguest of impressions. Most people 

 have come across Longfellow's translation of Jasmin's ' Blind Girl of Castel- 

 Cuille' ; but how many had formed any clear idea of the French 'barber, poet, 

 philanthropist,' of whom Dr. Smiles submits so fresh and fascinating a portrayal? " 

 The Globe. 



"Dr. Samuel Smiles has given to the world a graceful and sympathetic record 

 of a pure and beautiful human life, teeming with the poetry of action as well as of 

 thought, and redolent throughout of good deeds and loving - kindness. "Daily 

 Telegraph. 



"Jasmin wrote his early verses on slips of curl-paper, and ruthlessly employed 

 the paper used in dressing ladies' heads. From this circumstance he named his 

 two earliest volumes Papillotes, ' Curl-papers.' He at once received honour in his own 

 country, and his fame spread even to Paris, whence he was visited by various 

 literary men, to whom he talked of poetry while he shaved them with ' touch of 

 velvet.' " Literary World. 



" A delightful book. Jasmin, the barber-poet of Agen, ' the last of the Trouba- 

 dours,' as he termed himself, was just the kind of man the history of whose life 

 was likely to have a peculiar charm for Dr. Smiles. And in justice to the author 

 it must be said that he has the happy knack of making his readers interested in 

 the subject of his biography." Manchester Examiner. 



" It was rather a hazardous undertaking to attempt to interest English readers 

 in a local Gascon poet, but Dr Smiles will deserve all the more credit if it turns 

 out that he has succeeded ; and a book such as this has the additional advantage 

 of widening our sympathies, and showing that there are good Christians and self- 

 made men who are neither Protestants nor citizens of the most favoured nation." 

 Glasgow Herald. 



"When famine or hunger made its appearance amongst the poor people where 

 a creche, or orphanage, or school, or even a church had to be helped and supported 

 Jasmin was usually called upon to assist with his recitations. He travelled 

 thoiisands of miles for such purposes, during which he collected about a million- 

 and-a-half of francs, and gave the whole of his hard-earned money over to the 

 public charities, returning after his long journeys to pursue his humble occupa 

 tion at Agen." The, Speaker. 



" The story of such a life is well worth telling, and it has been admirably and 

 sympathetically told by Dr. Smiles in a book which, to our mind, is one of the 

 most attractive of all his works." John Bull. 



