New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-18
FROM ACORN TO OAK. ~ THE ART or
BOOk MAKING.

DDCNN @1"Ns-''s
Sometime more than thirty years anee, Jimnp-
i've book was published wi;n the inprnsinr of
N-w.YcIk house, which, having been brought into
the wuId by the obst.trcz process usual on such
cs,ops lived little book lse and died is little Re all
ara was prof updly forgotten as opy looks can b.
rrcot'sn Bot bot b, all tfe world ior there vet 10
rain half dozen gentlemen in Appktoas binding,
who .onobei with tender sspu0..nt OF gratitude i0s
the ndrr spng whence broad sJssn OF property
Lss flowed ever swelling, down "a them, drank Ia 10
n, rporv Oh New-le.r's Dsy. For uems ndoas
Lite book in It's serer alton, and Il male sssssnan;
yuiI;s puGed IL and cold, criAea intehst nee ihoTo
10 cut 10 up;' il moral toue ses described a.
''heslthy" ard its mechanical eIscau1n as emil
usrty .orthy Of the "va5ied and interesting coz
tent: the author was "tO b. congratulated, AMI
tie pa llsher ives erterpiisitg, AMI every ocdy
,lse who so fortunate as u hsve nshi IN tee
making Of ii, had SON, thir to DC PROUD OF - ths
WI dos a ltile book had Us edition aD' rs ,dons
ard then il died. and there are b.bi manisss 90 80.
o. Who would give its weight IN gold for copy, thus
dSy. Now the title Of this rare Aud curious toms vas
baby Crumbs and il -as the hrss puosca ,oa OF an
tu cucan house, the most Imposing of wloss recent
issues work ID fifteen roysl Oc avo volumes OF 'W
double column psges-eno0yh 10 make a mountain Of
DAILY Crumbs" Ia other word > that was tae hfst,
a. the New American Cyclic sa3s is the latest 81 thu
books which bear the impriet q ID Apple.on x Go.
We believe our readers ~i Ind n,ertaamsat and In
structon in ascending with us, the tall oak from ts
seminal acorn; in drifting down b. the great streAn
from that fountain head o DAILY Crumbs af <hich,
b, the way tarry sailor maa ouce bought, liter ny
a rerk he being IN that huber condition Of paid OH
ness whch is supposed 70 render all sailor men prodi
sal. and disposed to lord IT, Oh tsasary os "thres
IDLY do, lars
One for to .Oend,
AND one for 10 lend.
and ouo for 70 cAny homo TO my frisDd.
Tie foundation of the "house" was laid by Me-.
Daniel Appleton, father OF the gentlemen composing
tie present firm, at small store IN Exchange Place,
Opposite the old Post Office. Here double business
was ore eide of the pr mses being devoted
IN DIV gO.1a unleY thu nffsDnAl observation-disclosures OF
the PROPRIETOR the other TO books unier the man age
nsnt Of Mr. w liam A. Appleton, senior Of the eI-
isiiGg partnership.
DAILY Crumbs was followed by GO ,spe Seeds"
bearing about the same relation "a DAILY Crumbs"
AZ the toe.nail does to the thumb nail aud tAsreby
indicating enlargement OF operations But IN those
dsys. and subsequently. when the business had been
removed 10 Clinton Hall, where the Park Bank now
stsrcs the Mesrs. Appleton did not hud religious pub
locations profitsble-~th the exception of The
81 rye" The MsIthas," and Toe HaDnAhs' Of
Robert Philip, Jsmes "Anxious LOO irer" and DIR.
Sprsgues Letters 10 a Daughter and Lectures
10 l5rpg People Two thousand copies was con.
sidcred large edition then.
Aft,rward, the Messrs. Appston removed. for
"n ore rom TO No. 200 broadway then about 2feet
vide by % feet in depthsbere many otiho more i'm
porfaIt publications, which have largely eontribu-
ted TO the success of the housc hrst ss~ toe hight
Among tbese, Ure's dictionary oil Arts, Mseufac-
tnres and Mines" was ore of tho most successful.
Editions Of the Preyer Book, of various sizes
works Of Byron and OF Moore" Tales for the Peo-
PIE which extended to twenty i've voIn nes-sll met
WITH leeralsa Ipropos OF = Tales for tue People,
il il ama1im among our publishers, that IA American
public coon tires of uniform styes of book, sueh as
u Family Libraries, Libraries vi Choice Resing,'
Populsr libraries," &c. whereas IN Eogland. peo-
pie viii ,ccept Shilling Libraries aoi Railroad
Libraries IN linked redLoss long orawp oat, To al
nterminable extent.
Some OF the school Books published at No. 900
Broadway have proved very salable. Taks . notable
example: at the printing ho9se OF the Appletonss
pIesr made expressly for WebsterIs Spelling Book,
which Prints both sides at once. As th, is tns only
pIess OF its kind in existence, 80 Webstsrs Spelsr'
ID the only book requiring press 40 rapid, and on
vii a rge book is being printed without inter.
rupiion, from January ~ December. The sale Of
Nsbster's" Speller" amounts 10 more than million
per arnum, and more have been eolt tan there are
people 10 tho United States. Such book Is man.
fsty the growth Of many years and, pao,ed 10 our
schools bears abundanty the fIuts Of progress and
civilization.
The Messrs Appleton have also inverted and have
in practical operation, foloing machine which does
three tines the work Of a smart gri For long time
they have given employment to not less than four or
five hundred persons exclusive Of their sgency branch
ia London, the existence Of which for Twenty-Five
years in the place makes IL well known "a En-
.hsh authors and publishers. Thus the NewYork
house ia kept an o0nrdnt Of forthcoming Eoshsh
publications, and enabled TO arrange, 10 tho best
advantage, for reprintipg, to SUIT the Americas
market
An admirable system regulates the machinery Of the
Broadssy establishment in all It's depart pebts-the
Wholesale and tho rats the shipping snd trsbsporta
ton the city trade" the school, the subscription,
ara tie msce.aDoOus--nO, TO mention tao literary
rCgdr e revising aud corresponds CO. and the adver
tsirg which are ostinot AID important features. Tho
pos,-Oflice business Of tie house ia eDormous.
AppletCn's Building" IL one OF the lssdmsfks Of
Hrohdwhy, almost 700 familiar 10 Doed description
here OF its five stories four divided into conDo-
dious Offices Of different sizes ana rented iJI business
purpOsts. The gronnd.oor ia the spacious ard ole
gsLI bookstore an ornament 10 OF the most busy
siTeets IN the world. Wit, its long double roH OF
C.rrthian columns and its csmnre bot imposing,
rsy of shelves, filed with fortune Of beaat fal aud
costly books, il is the very Astor Of library. The
basement s devoted TO storing, packing, and much OF
the rete ssnry detail.
And row, as We introduced these remarks with an
tlusicn TO the fret publication Of the Appetons, ws
uLy appropriately conclude them with brief mon
ton al their --latest and greatest which 10 the tai
oakp from tho Little acorn OF Daily Crmbs."
At tie top of the building the editorial room-in-
oludUg q mOst complete ard eXstsiye library OF re-
farencr-of the New American Cyclopadia; an apart
rneut furnished mechanically well intellectually,
Tor the accommodation Of the contributors % thst
work Of whom rather more than 300 in ell parts 81
the country, have assisted in compiling tbs fonr
VOLUMES already issuet Tie fact that this work has
so E,on attained circulation of more than ~ 600
copies 10 interesting as suggestive Of the fast that
the amount PAID by the people Of the Cotsd s,stss,
On that sae Alone 10 the per,ons eoDesrned
H. Is manufacture aud distribution, will DO more tam
Sl0WD.
50 much for "Dsily Crumbs" aud what hs, mo
o. IL n. y. Albion.