The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-10
4 REPKESE.N-YIT MOYSE.
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Among the great book houses osstiie nio1,
emf chief i'm The west, sC the mammoth eetab-
lAehm ent of Jansen, Mc07rg IL Co... ef Chicago.
RisaEng the prominent houses Of Europe, it
contiE ues to insresse itS1esources from day DC
day, the demands Of trade from al parts OF the
WIDE extent Of country winch maybe fifty de-
seribed as thesnew nation between the noun
tains, amounting to al@sst fabo.ors proper
tiens. Recognizing the importance OF this
MAGNIFICENT emporium Of literature and art,
We inrite the attention Of our readers to some
OF The details cozsututins'she grand total of q
busnsss running up to nearly million OF
dollars.
Thls house, asa wholesale and retail Book
establi4 hment, vas founded in 1S48. During
these twenty-eight eventual years, & frontier
town has grown into mighty citye CT half a
mlion of population. The crash OF 1867, which
was 80 dsastrous1o many, cid not move this
firm fxom its mornings, or dssturb its financial
standing Growing gradually, but suray, with
the Development and growth Of great city, 1t
became enc of its features, increasing it's bust
ness and its wealth. Iu 1868 great fire swept
away the magnificent establishment of this
firm it was entirely destroyed either by fire or
yater. At that time there wasuao other book
store IN tbs west at ali comparable to it. With
the energy that belongs to the true western
character but few days elapsed before they
we're in the full tide o. successful operation
again. In Ghe great cenfagratioE OF October
9th 1871, which swept away the whole business
OF Chicago, this firm was again completely
burnt out. Their beautiful store in booksellers
Row, unequaled by any west of New York, and
not even there except by that OF the Appleton's
on Broadway, was left one OF the fine ruins of
that terrible fire. Again it rose, and within
week the firm was doing business at it's new
location on Wabash avenue.
The members of the firm are, E. L. Jansen,
a. c. McClurg and F. B. Smith, in whom are
the experience and qualifications which are
guaranty that the firm will continue to be in
the future, as in the past, credit to western
energy and culture. Located on State street.
between Washington and Madison streets. on
the old site In " Booksellers Row. thew have
sHS -&IfOoN i'SOh oeoho IA tuc COUNTY,. In Iaft,
it may be called the book palace OF Chicago.
1t is par e1celbence the book store Of the west.
1t Ii an encyclopedia, containing everything,
old and new, worth having. II contains the
standard literature of all times, with all that is
best in the volumes OF current thought. The
men who devote their lives to the work Of null
tiplying and distributing such books, cannot be
classed with the traders and middIemen of COM
mefee. 10 proportion to the fidelity with winch
their mission is performed, they are public
Denefactors. THIS firm have learned that they
have not Tin their determination to maintain a
complete book store) ovesestmsted the growing
literary taste and culture of the western COM
merciai metropolis, or it's tributary population
throughout the north-west.
The demand for public and privsse libraries
is yearly increasing, and to Jansen, McClurg
& Co., constantly go superintendent, commit
tees, teachers, clergymen and lIbranans. to
supply this want.
Besides the retail trade OF this house, which
is very large and constantly increasing, they
have Wholesale trade of very wide extent,
embracing not only the northwestern states