Smiles
SAMUEL, a British miscellaneous writer; born in Haddington, Scotland, Dec. 23, 1812; was educated at Ed- SMITH inburgh University, and as a surgeon in Edinburgh; editor of Leeds "Times"; secretary of the Leeds and Thirsk railway; afterward of Southeastern railway; then retired. Many of his writings had a very wide circulation. Among them are: "Self-Help" (1859); "Life of George Stephenson" (6th ed. 1864) ; "Lives of Engineers" (1862; new ed. 1874, 5 vols.); "The Huguenots in England and Ireland" (4th ed. 1876); "Thrift" (1875); "Men of Invention and Industry" (1884); "Life and Labor," "Conduct," etc. The King of Servia conferred on him (1897), for his literary work, the Knight Commander's Cross of the Royal Order of St. Sava. He died April 16, 1904.