ሳሙኤል ስማይልስ
ሳሙኤል ስማይልስ (ታህሳስ 23 1812 - 16 ኤፕሪል 1904) የብሪታኒያ ደራሲ እና የመንግስት ለውጥ አራማጅ ነበር። እራስ ማሻሻያ (1859) የተሰኘው መጽሃፉ ቁጠባን ያበረታታ ሲሆን ድህነት በአብዛኛው የተመካው ጥበብ በጎደለው ልማዶች እንደሆነ እና ፍቅረ ንዋይን ሲያጠቃም ተናግሯል። ይህ መጽሃፉ “የመካከለኛው የቪክቶሪያ ሊበራሊዝም መጽሐፍ ቅዱስ” ተብሎ ተጠርቷል እና በብሪታንያ የፖለቲካ አስተሳሰብ ላይ ዘላቂ ተጽእኖ ነበረው።
- Self-Help, 1859
- Character, 1871
- Thrift, 1875
- Duty, 1880
- Life and Labour, 1887
- Briggs, Asa (1955). "Samuel Smiles and the Gospel of Work". Victorian People. A Reassessment of Persons and Themes. 1851–67. University of Chicago Press. pp. 116–139
- Sinnema, Peter W.: 'Introduction', in Samuel Smiles, Self-Help (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002)
- Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them: Or Thrifty People and why They Thrive public domain audiobook at LibriVox
- Works written by or about Samuel Smiles at Wikisource
- Works by or about Samuel Smiles at Internet Archive
- Works by Samuel Smiles at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Character by Samuel Smiles in html format Archived ኦገስት 10, 2022 at the Wayback Machine
- Commentary on Self-Help by Tom Butler-Bowdon
- Haddington's History Society - Paper on Samuel Smiles