Scope and Contents Letters, 1870-1885, of Samuel Smiles to John Murray III with some to Robert Cooke and John Murray IV, and related letters. They concern works of Smiles published by Murray, including “Character” and “Thrift”, further biographies including “A publisher and his friends” – a biography of John Murray II – and “A boy’s voyage around the world”, written by Samuel Smiles the younger and edited by his father. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1870-1871: folios 1-20;...

Scope and Contents Letters, 1886-1890, of Samuel Smiles to John Murray IV, with a few to John Murray III, Robert Cooke and Hallam Murray. They concern work in progress on Smiles’ biography of John Murray II, “A publisher and his friends”, with mention also of “Life and labour”, and reprints of earlier works. Some letters include detailed annotations, probably of John Murray IV. They are arranged in chronological order.1886 and uncertain: folios 1-27;1887: folios 28-38;1888:...

Scope and Contents Letters, 1891-1898, of Samuel Smiles to John Murray IV, with a few to John Murray III, Hallam Murray and Charles Payne, with related letters and papers dating to 1904. The letters concern works of Smiles published by Murray including the biographies “Jasmin” and “Josiah Wedgwood”, with mention of reprints or translations of earlier works including “Self-help”. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1891: folios 1-53; (1)1892: folios 54-74; (2)...

Scope and Contents Letters, 1856-1869, of Samuel Smiles to John Murray III with a few letters to Robert Cooke and related letters. The letters concern works of Smiles published by Murray, including “Life of George Stephenson”, “Self-help” and “Lives of the engineers”. Also included are letters, 1852-1900, of J. Smiles, Lilian Smiles and Samuel A. Smiles to John Murray, publishers. These letters are arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent, then by date. These are followed by the letters of Samuel Smiles...