New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-10
THREE PUBLISHING FIRMS.
EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT LINES OF Wohh'
THE YIELDS OCCUPIED BY f. p. BUTTON co.
nom MEAD & co. AND E. b. TREAT

ILL., n,busbinq business is seen to have such
,..r;ous forms that it is more difficult, perhaps
90 I'D two houses which follow the same INES
tbon n define the differences in the many branches
=, tho trade The principle of devoung at'ehuoh
~ snecialities has become so much part OF the
h,,sinoes that TO this gradual change In methods
mnst be attributed, in part AT least 1ie sleao
success and the high degree OF excellence attained
nv the publishing houses which are inoSo proni
nent to-day Each offers to the PUBIC uineIehc
classes of work; each follows different line
from the others, and as result the histories Oh
any two of them are not alike
The publications of E. F. button q TO-" OF NO
., West 1ventv-third-st are in the main oil
two classes both equally valuable ana interesting
religious and illustrated gift books vi .ne iorner
kind. among the best known ana most "iues reau
are the works OF the Rev. Ut. 1hiinpe oiooN''
Bishop Potter the Rev. DR.. Morgan DIA' Icn-
deacon Farrar, Canon Motley, the NV. Dr
John Henry Blount and the Rev. f. W. hop'iisoh'
While all these books are empfhceo unuei .nc
general title of religious WORKS ohey "ie ie"iy
~ many different kinds. There are works OF
-, r,airlv IN those who have gone deeply
into theological and religious subIec S; others are
uao.i,s ~ sermons of a more practical ana
o.1dI,- irtorest which held the attentions OF
10 concentrations when they were delivered'
Iii otber arc ESSAYS and meditations on variety
- ro,ido,s subjects. Altogether they cover so
..o,dad n fold that person Will ind treated IN
-, u ~ the aspects of religion IN winch ne
NOV, H., esneciallv interested. Here. aiso may DE
mentioned the books of Mrs. Charlotte NJ iohge'
which while not exactly religious are OIL ,ne
lind that parents can recommend 10 their chill
dron l,novinr that their teachings are always
pure and good
GIFT BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THEM
Tho other great branch Of this firms business the
publication of illustrated gift books. has reached
opormous proportions The firm prhts this cmSs
30 bool,s itself although most publishers nave
that mart of their work done by persons VINO dfe
-i,',ars and nothing else. The factories of Il. L.
button & Co. are situated in NuremDurg, Ger
- where one of the partners l.. c.
c,.oyne soends most of his time
T. has been found that. althoneh
du+v has 70 be paid, books of this class can be
made cheaper over there than they can IN TINS
country The firm has for fifteen years used
the photographic process for illustrating all
and even printing entire some OF
I've hooks and the results 1t hS
occomnlisbed are wonderful. The books made in
this way are really works of art. Not only
is the designing beautiful but the execution OF IL
is superb both in the case OF monotlnts ana
coored pictures.
While the embellishments of these volumes Is
looked after with so much care the contents are
not forgotten. 1t is sought TO make Vhe ooohs
as interesting to the understanding as they are
attractive 10 the eye Among the DOCKS lor grown
to,l,s 10 an edition of Tennyson's Enoch Arden
which is illustrated in an especially handsome
manner Collections of poems on particular sub
tlppS
ara hooks shaped like pansieS, and containing
bits of verse about that flower. and others repre-
senting seasheus and devoted to extracts about
them.
The hooks for children are of an endless variety.
md If snch beauty that they are interesting to
mon and women as well as 10 little ones. There
s M branch of publishing in which greater
strides have been made in late years than in the
rrintino of books for children. The daubs OF
rIctnres and inane reading matter have been re-
nlaced by beautiful illustrations and text that
is both interesting and sensible. The designs ex
bibited by f. z. Dutton n Co. include such
novelties as books in the form OF houses ana
animals. as we'll as many admirable xmas Oh 1ne
regulation children's books.
Still another branch of the business OF the lrm
is the sale of rare books, of photographs ana
pictures. The retail department. in which gen.
eral line OF books and stationery Is KEPT
&c a,.o imnortaut. The store itself is one of the
largest, best lighted and handsomest of the kind
in the world.
THE business was founded in Boston in 1852
br f p. Dutton, and in 1854 Charles A. Clapp
,yas admitted TO partnership in it, In that year
the firm bought out the retail department of
Ticl.nor g. Fields "the Old Corner Bookstore
and in 1860 the entire business was moved TO
Nevv.Y York City. Mr. Swayne was made partner
in 1873.
AN OLD NEw-YORK FIRM.
The firm of Dodd, Mead & Co.. of Nos. 75B
and 1855 Broadway unlike that of b. I. button
& Co. has been New-Iork house from the be-
ginning 1t is the successor Of line OF houses
that began in the early part of this century
The original firm was j. S. Taylor; then came
NJ w. Dodd, next Dodd d Mead
and finally the present house, which is com
posed of Frank II. Dodd, Edward >. Mead.
and Blocker Van Wagenen.
This firm has also pursued several lines OF
business, among which is the publication OF novels
and books of general literature. The works OF
r.. T. Roe, who is easily the most popular OF
American novelists, come first In spite of the
authors DEATH there has been no falling of in
the sale Of his novels. several of which pass the
900 900 mark every year. Dodd, Mead IL Co.
nnblish all the twenty books that Mr. Roe wrote
in his nineteen years of authorship. Mrs. Amelia
+. Bars books which are published by this firm,
have also been enjoying great popularity The
first of these, Jan Vedder's Wife," has been
translated into four or five foreign languages, and
the last. Friend Olivia" is now appearing in
- The Century" Many of her eleven books have
been widely sold in England. Dodd Mead Il Co.,
hv An arrangement with the English publishers,
also reproduce the novels of Walter Besant and
James Rice, and they now have in press two new
novels by Frank K. Stockton.
Another department of which this firm makes a
specialty is the publishing of scholarly books on
art subjects which are fully and beautifully il
Illustrated. Among these are Luebkes History
of Art in two octave volumes, with 600 illus