Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Epigraph
- Preface
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I BOYHOOD AND EDUCATION
- CHAPTER II YOUTHFUL RECOLLECTIONS
- CHAPTER III A STUDENT OF MEDICINE
- CHAPTER IV REFORM–THE LAUDER RAID–THE CHOLERA
- CHAPTER V SURGEON IN HADDINGTON
- CHAPTER VI A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS
- CHAPTER VII RETURNS TO ENGLAND–LONDON, SHEFFIELD
- CHAPTER VIII EDITOR OF THE LEEDS TIMES
- CHAPTER IX LIFE IN LEEDS
- CHAPTER X I LEAVE POLITICAL LIFE
- CHAPTER XI END OF RESIDENCE IN LEEDS
- CHAPTER XII NEWCASTLE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
- CHAPTER XIII SECRETARY OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY
- CHAPTER XIV A SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR AT LAST!
- CHAPTER XV RAILWAY WORK–CHARING CROSS LINE
- CHAPTER XVI LIVES OF THE ENGINEERS, AND OTHER WORKS
- CHAPTER XVII THE HUGUENOTS–TRAVELS IN FRANCE
- CHAPTER XVIII THE NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS
- CHAPTER XIX CHARACTER–ILLNESS–A LONG REST
- CHAPTER XX THRIFT, THE SCOTCH NATURALIST, GEORGE MOORE, ETC
- CHAPTER XXI VISIT TO ITALY
- CHAPTER XXII GROWING OLD
- CHAPTER XXIII APPRECIATION FROM FOREIGNERS
- CHAPTER XXIV TRANSLATIONS–ROYAT–ITALY
- INDEX
CHAPTER XVI - LIVES OF THE ENGINEERS, AND OTHER WORKS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Frontmatter
- Epigraph
- Preface
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I BOYHOOD AND EDUCATION
- CHAPTER II YOUTHFUL RECOLLECTIONS
- CHAPTER III A STUDENT OF MEDICINE
- CHAPTER IV REFORM–THE LAUDER RAID–THE CHOLERA
- CHAPTER V SURGEON IN HADDINGTON
- CHAPTER VI A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS
- CHAPTER VII RETURNS TO ENGLAND–LONDON, SHEFFIELD
- CHAPTER VIII EDITOR OF THE LEEDS TIMES
- CHAPTER IX LIFE IN LEEDS
- CHAPTER X I LEAVE POLITICAL LIFE
- CHAPTER XI END OF RESIDENCE IN LEEDS
- CHAPTER XII NEWCASTLE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
- CHAPTER XIII SECRETARY OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY
- CHAPTER XIV A SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR AT LAST!
- CHAPTER XV RAILWAY WORK–CHARING CROSS LINE
- CHAPTER XVI LIVES OF THE ENGINEERS, AND OTHER WORKS
- CHAPTER XVII THE HUGUENOTS–TRAVELS IN FRANCE
- CHAPTER XVIII THE NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS
- CHAPTER XIX CHARACTER–ILLNESS–A LONG REST
- CHAPTER XX THRIFT, THE SCOTCH NATURALIST, GEORGE MOORE, ETC
- CHAPTER XXI VISIT TO ITALY
- CHAPTER XXII GROWING OLD
- CHAPTER XXIII APPRECIATION FROM FOREIGNERS
- CHAPTER XXIV TRANSLATIONS–ROYAT–ITALY
- INDEX
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- The Autobiography of Samuel Smiles, LL.D. , pp. 247 - 263Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1905