Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance

A foundational Victorian work first published in 1859, this book argues that individual character, thrift, and perseverance are the keys to personal advancement, using biographical examples of inventors, engineers, and self-made men to illustrate its principles. It would interest readers of self-help literature, students of nineteenth-century social thought, and those studying the history of individualism. *Note: The 1997 date given appears to be a reprint or edition date; the work was originally published in 1859.*