Happy homes and the hearts that make them. Thrifty people and why they thrive. /
Smiles, Samuel,1812-1904.
Chicago: : U.S Publishing House.,
1882..
1882 salesman's sample book for a 644-page edition published in Chicago by the U.S. Publishing House. The sample book contains approximately 56 sample pages including the frontispiece and six other engravings. The samples were presumably provided for potential buyers to understand the contents of the book they would be ordering. At the back of this sample book are testimonials and a subscriber's list of 20 pages, of which 11 pages are filled with a written list of subscribers, specifying which of the four options of binding the subscribers wished to have. The volume contains marbled end papers and a sample of a leather spine with gilt type affixed to the verso front board, and the recto of the back board contains a sample of the red cloth binding and the spine.
"Happy homes" was a selection of excerpts from Smiles's existing published works, with some of the longer biographies removed, and some of the other biographical sketches changed to American historical figures to suit the tastes of an American readership.
Conduct of life
Life skills
United States Illinois Chicago.