New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-17

in ibe pu ,lshpg busness upon the pabic cbsrsc., N
! 6lm OF Appleton s Co. consists Of four b,o,A.
sons Of Dsnid Appleton In the beginning Of the r.
year they moved from No zoo Broad way T. the l, .s
fee erected by the Sciety Library Company "a. :,
BroadnAy and LEONARD ss which. wi,h the al,,,,-.'
rfc.sssry - .d,It 70 their business cost aboat s
Its beyond All comparison the m,st spleni I'D b,ok.,
the world being a. remsrs able 10 it, interior srh;.
end decoration as ;of convenience SOD amplauae ~
Aupe,ops have invested in their business aboa, ssns
n. sales the present year will amount to no, esq.
slOCOcc0 They print largely in hregn Angaa,e.f,.
ro,taior and compete successfully al along "a. -,
sph.ro " ID The PArisian ard other foreiga ppcda. :
French AID Spanish books They employ general, .h,,
200 person. Their edition Of TIE : ,cHoy pu5ysheI-
year oorsidered the bssi specimen Of AnsrsAs ~
manufacture for the season, and they are eootmplaa,
reprooucton Of he larger portion ofhe English easa,'
tie cane style
RoBrtr CspTrR & BRorHESs living lIoa.- Boz
~sy ar ius.iy ranked among ne mOsi iOus Aoar
be and wealthy publishers in the Un.ted States MIRA
eri Carter arrived in th. C.ty from Scotland. hs nssy
county in the spring Of 81 Hv wa ihen22 yeanx.,,
ard without either capital friends with no prsyb slssl
eGst Of the business except such hai ssioi ronsas,
raj ndutss for books aud on aud loving 'udyOts,N
au;h,rs he Coum'ne5d the business Of bookseller IL L
surirg Of 1854 at small shop III OF Caad ,.I
,old at low prices but for liberal proGs Ills 6rt pubi,,
ton wa. work on the Atonrm nt by Or symisgon a
GLASGOW and the next MIS- S.nclars hoiera Aso4plI
meats svay. been BY the princ eofpsA
I,bnc crlv such books as in bis Judgment cal-si
ohave BE- al:hial influence, whrover prospects OAsu
eht Offer of immediate pos and for some time has 90,
fred himself mainly TO theology and practical rsigoa
The American churches aroud bed 10 n N Tor h1 pnrlr
a. vel Ss Christian s,Vvioe o. reproducing "haeyS
NOS, valuable in the cotemporary religious htera'ueOfh
native q unry In the sutumn Of ls4s Mr Carer ony
10 the ls .e store in Brosdgey ueT Chamorss', wbar
assocatug With LiIp his brothers their business he,
since been conducted In the las year they have issued
forty three reprints and original works OF s
former in volumes having cost in the sereo,ypng aoa.
siACO0 OfDAub.snfs II story Of the Re'ormrOn hey
have published over 10000 volumes They have pub
li.hed in lie whole more than 500 volumes
C. s FRAScIs commenced business in New York OR
,ose Joi st in Broadway 10 June 1926. In the ,pdu.
Of ls.7 he bought out the bookstore reading and c
cuang lbrsry in the building cal I'd the Par heaon No
$50 Broadway and for May years after occupied 4,
the upper stories ~ih Peales Museum There be ham
NAMED ever since Mr. Francis nspieuous member Of
the Unitarian church, aud keeps larger stock OF UosAn
works than any other house but bis bookstore Is by no
means s,ctariap one his aim being rather 10 MAKE
posory of hatever is best in the Int nature OF the Engl
language lie has published original works By the lac
VIM Var Mrs Kirkland. Mrs Chdd Mrs Gilman Dr.
Dewey. Nj Oseood Mr tn kermsr, Or. Charming saa
several otl or eminent American WRITES with many judi
cously selected English classics The trade lisi Of he
hons. emb,ass about three hundred works. NJ Fraac.
is son OF tie late well and hoooaby known Boston pub
Usher of tie same name and Is I'D with the print
ing ard publishing house in Boston which succeeds the
long Cstall Il d one Of Monroe Fran is vbh carried
Oh tie same business in thai city for more than half
fury III. poruership of ; Francis & Co was formed
in ls49 by The admission OF ID G Francis and sgb.s
qu,nry ih,r business enlarged by Incorporating thai
Of in por foreign books, under the direction Of Nh "a
win Baldwin who i connected wi'hths esisbshnent
The great house Of HARPER BROTHERS eSsbishsd
Ly the parnTs James 4Bd John Harper who bsn
TO print books at their office in Dover ~ in lsl7 Jpi
W Harper became partner in 1929, aud Fletcher hs
fourth lroher, in 1896 la lss5 they removed 10 CHH
They had already the argest printing establishment
the continent and they entered extensively the bus
ness of ubshDg In 1880 they commenced sterotypng
and have since printed generally from stereotype sates
Their business increased with steady snd marveo rapid
ty 80 that last year this hOue surpassed in the extent OF ia
operations al others with single exception that Of Brock
hhus in Ltpsic in the world Tney occupied with the
rous depar neots OF stereotyping printing binding and
publishing nine buildings each five stories high in Chi
and Pesr ss and employed GOO persons, BESIDE the NJ
ce,ay large number of brary persons more or ind
ately connected with the house. On the 10th Of last De
eember this immense establishment entirely destroyed
by fire the members Of this firm in few hours nearJ
half Of the great they bad accumulated IN more hsa
quarter of century sweptaway scarcely leaving net
behind he works their Iade list at the time Of !hk
disaster was more ihan 1900, classified az follows