| Evidence: | 'Blatchford, once he read it carefully found [Samuel Smiles's Self Help] "one of the most delightful and invigorating books it has been my happy fortune to meet with".' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Peel Glanville Blatchford |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 17 Mar 1851 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Soldier then socialist journalist, Fabian society activist |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Samuel Smiles |
| Title: | Self Help |
| Genre: | Textbook / self-education |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1470 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jonathan Rose | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes | |
| Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
| Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 68 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 68, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1470, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
| See Robert Blatchford, 'A Book About Books' (London, 1903) p.233 |
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