About the book: 1962 / N. A. Rubakin was a prominent methodologist in matters of self-education. This collection includes the most interesting statements of his about self-education that still retain their purpose. When compiling the collection, the main works of N. A. Rubakin on the theory and practice of self-education were used: “Among books”, “Letters to readers about self-education”, “The practice of self-education” ”, “How and for what purpose to read books”, “On saving energy and time in self-education”, “Forward and upward!”. The statements of N. A. Rubakin are systematized in the collection into sections: “What is an educated person”, “ Self-education and personal characteristics of the reader”, “How to read books”, “On reading fiction” - and are given in an abbreviated form. The collection is intended for a wide range of readers. Everyone will find useful advice here. The collection is of particular interest to those readers who, without having completed secondary education, seek to expand and deepen their knowledge - special and general - through self-education. An essay on the life and work of N. A. Rubakin was written based on archival materials stored in the manuscript department of the State Library USSR named after V.I. Lenin.