Portraits and Principles of the World's Great Men and Women with Practical Lessons on Successful Life by Over Fifty Leading Thinkers

Title: Portraits and Principles of the World's Great Men and Women with Practical Lessons on Successful Life by Over Fifty Leading ThinkersAuthor: King, William C.Publication: Springfield, Mass.: King, Richardson & Co., 1894.Description: This large volume, edited by William C. King, includes 100 short chapters on how to lead a successful life, biographies of successful men and women, and over 400 photo-gravure portraits. First edition. In publisher's red cloth binding stamped in black and gilt on the front cover and spine, with decorative endpapers in a floral design. 8.5 x 6.25 in; 636, [2] pages. Binding has a soiled back cover, rubbed corners, and bumped spine ends. The front hinge is cracked but holding, and the rear hinge is starting. A Good plus copy with clean, unmarked pages. Though written for late 19th-century readers, much of the content in this book will ring familiar to the modern reader of self-help and business advice books. Examples of chapter titles include "Beginning at the Bottom," "What Spare Moments Will Accomplish," "The Chains of Habit," and "Where to Get Rich."