WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR 



THRIFT 



A BOOK OF DOMESTIC COUNSEL. Post 8vo. 6s. 



"There is no book among the current literature of the day we would rather see 

 in a young man's hand than this. Although every person in his daily experience 

 must meet wilh many instances of the folly of unthrift, especially among the 

 poorer classes, the frequency of the text, and it is to be feared the disposition of 

 the age, render the lesson valueless. Domestic economy as an art and a science 

 is an unstudied subject, and one few writers have deemed worthy of their 

 thoughts. We cannot therefore feel sufficiently thankful that the able writer of 

 ' Self-Help ' has turned his attention to it, and endeavoured, in language that has 

 not only a literary charm about it, but bears the stamp of philanthropic earnest- 

 ness, to rouse the interest, and thereby the reflection, of the British public in so 

 important a matter of national welfare. The dignity of laboiir, the necessity of 

 inducing habits of saving, the wickedness of extravagant living, the dangers of 

 prosperity, and the want of sympathy between employers and employed, are topics 

 on which Mr. Smiles speaks hard, and it may be, unpleasant truths, accompanied 

 by a fund of illustration. Perhaps no part of the book is so valuable as the dissi- 

 pation of the superstitious belief in good-luck and the chapter on the art of living. 

 We trust the work will be found in every village and public library, that its 

 principles may be disseminated broadcast among our youth, and we can assure all 

 that they may enjoy in it many an hour's pleasant and profitable reading." 

 Spectator. 



" Mr. Smiles deals with some of the leading social questions of the day, such as 

 Co-operation and Association. He sketches the sanitary movement, unsparingly 

 satirises the feminine follies of fashionable circles, and, lastly, concludes with an 

 admirable essay on what may be called the aesthetics of common life. We all 

 know what a book from Mr. Smiles is sure to be, anecdotal, practical, and abound- 

 ing in good sense and everyday wisdom." Academy. 



DUTY 



WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF COURAGE, PATIENCE, AND 

 ENDURANCE. Post 8vo. 6s. 



"The good which these books have done to their millions of readers is quite 

 beyond computation. They have always been practical, wholesome, and inspiring." 

 Harper's Monthly Magazine. 



"The author has produced an excellent book, which for solid usefulness may 

 well claim to be preferred to the lighter productions of the time." Pall Mall 

 Gazette. 



"Dr. Smiles has achieved the best work when, unimpeded by the conflicting 

 claims of party or prejudice, he is able to pass in review those examples of bravery, 

 self-devotion, and what, in the best sense of the word, may be called heroism. . . . 

 Nor does he forget to stir the hearts of his readers with examples of the dutiful 

 love and faith of animals, and so move them to a more thorough sense of their 

 reciprocal duty. He thus inculcates broad views of duty to man and beast, that 

 command universal approval and deserve unquestionable allegiance." Examiner. 



" The author writes as one who sympathises with the struggles and the failures 

 of those who, in spite of difficulties, are trying to reach a nobler life. And it is 

 this evident sympathy, associated with the manly simplicity and directness of his 

 style, his sterling good sense, his judicious counsel, and his immense fund of 

 wisely - manipulated anecdote, that makes this volume likely to be not only 

 popular, but thoroughly useful." Christian World. 



"The book is replete with all the attractions of its predecessors so full of 

 anecdote that it will be pleasant to the young as a story-book, while its lessons of 

 wise counsel will fit it eminently to guide its readers in their various paths 

 through life." The Queen. 



