Samuel Smiles [SEP] place of death
Rule Bill is horrid  ... I am quite appalled at that wretched hound, miscalled statesman, throwing the country into a state of turmoil. I cannot understand how so many persons in this part of Britain follow that maniac, just like a flock of sheep. He is simply bursting with self-conceit. Alas! Alas for Liberalism!"
On 16 April 1904, Samuel Smiles died in Kensington, London and was buried in Brompton Cemetery. Shortly before his death, he was reportedly offered a knighthood, which
Self-Help (book)
Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct was a book published in 1859 by Samuel Smiles. The second edition of 1866 added "Perseverance" to the subtitle. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism".
Reception.
"Self-Help" sold 20,000 copies within one year of its publication. By the time of Smiles' death in 1904 it had sold over a quarter of a million. "Self-Help" "elevated [