New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-17
BOOKS WORTH READING.
PUBLICATIONS OF 7. NELSON & SONS
THE MARVELLOUS OXFORD TEACHERS BIBLE


publishing houses can one get an adequate con-
ception OF the growth and Importance oil thas
industry in this city. Not only are many new
houses springing into existence and the old ones
greatly extending their business but many houses
that were founded elsewhere have either set up
branches or moved their entire establishments 70
this city This is the case with several houses
from Boston and other cities in this country, 40
well as from abroad This increase in the publish
ing business here is significant, not only from
commercial but also from intellectual poins
OF view. 1t means that this city is becoming
If it is not already, the literary, as 10 10 inc
trade and financial centre OF the country. Inc
connection between the making and reading OF
books is intimate, the former depending upoa
the latter. As the number Of readers grows, the
publishing business Of course increases proportion
ately, so the rapidity with which that trade has
been extended In this city shows that the eirclo
Of those who read books has also vastly increased
THOMAS NELSON SONS.
Prominent among the European houses Whose
business in this city has grown M such dimen-
sions as to make the establishment OF branch
here necessary, is that OF Thomas Nelson q Sons.
of Edinburgh, Scotland, whose Offices are at
No 80 East Seventeenth-st. This firm had its
beg inning over City years ago IN small street
stand in Edinburgh, at which Thomas Nelson
sold books to the students of the University OF
Edinburgh and other institutions Of learning.
Thrift and attention to business soon enabled
Mr. Nelson to set himself up in o regular store.
and not long afterward he began to publish a.
well 70 sell books. His business was &c INST
ON a med st scale, the publications being limited
to Halls CONCENTRATIONS and few other reng-
ious books As his trade extended, slr. Nelson
was enabled to send his sons, William and Thomas.
to college, and On their graduation they joined
him in business. Since then the history oil the
firm has been one oil constant growth. The scope
of it's publications was also enlarged in time, al
though most of its business is still done IN re-
ligious books.
Thomas Nelson was q firm friend of the North
during the Rebellion and was always confident
that it would win. lie invested every dollar he
owned or could borrow in the bonds of the United
States and ms he bought heavily at the time that
the Union forces had met with many reverses MS
holdings greatly increased in value. These pronts
we're partly usei in extending bis publishing busl-
ness Twelve years ago the factory OF the hrm
was burned, and in its place has been put up
building of great beauty, which is also especially
well adapted TO the needs of publishing house
of to-day 1t is built in the Scotch baronial
style, in the shape of hollow square.
This publishing firm is one OF the few large
ones in the British Isles that does its own printing
and binding The tendency, however, IN Eng
land is toward the division Of the making OF
book among several firms, one OF which shall do
only the printing another only the binding, ano
SO on. Formerly Nelson d Sons made their own
bCol1binders' cloth, and exported mucn OF IL 70
this country Some years ago. however, they gave
up this branch of their business. and u seems aoo
unlikely that in future years they VIII still furtner
decrease the classes OF work done at their lactory
THE NEw-YoRK BRANCH ESTABLISHED
Early in ms business career Mr.. Nelson saw the
splendid field offered by the New World TO pub
fishers, and in 1854, some hfteen years alter ne
had begun to make books, he established branch
in this city. James Campbell, now OF Toronto,
was sent to manage this new enterprise, but re-
mained only two years when he was succeeaed
by James Robertson now member OF the puo-
fishing firm Of James Nisbet Co.,
Of London II. R SSsnsss her ws' until
1875. and conducted IL with marked success.
Gavin Houston. the present manager, was SEM
from Scotland to take Mr: hooeftsons p ace;
the firms business here until 1t has reached large
The branch here was in various places down.
town until a year and a half ago. when the
present quarters were secured. They are In the
building in which the offices of the. Century
eirv and well lighted. Overlooking Union Square
are the offices Of Mr. Houston, and the reception,
room which is a pleasant, comfortably furnlsned
retreat for the visitors who wish to spend some
time in looking over books. Next comes the sales
room where samples Of all the publications OF the
firm are kept, and behind are the storage ana
packing rooms
THE OXFORD TEACHERS BIBLE
By far the largest part OF the business OF
Nelson G. Sons in this country is the sale OF tho
publications of the Oxford Press. for which they
are sole agents here The excellence of the pro.
Ovf ie renowned.
and their sale in the United States Is immense.
or the Oxford Teachers Is bles alone, over looo9V
are sold here annually This popularity IL Well
deserved, however for the book Is from iss
up as we'll as from the value OF It's contents
Derhaps the most remarkable that Is puonshea-
One OF its greatest points OF excellence tne man
linen o on T pTass t r. cut Of linen rags eS
ciusivev and is Of such adm lrabe texture Una!
with ali It's marvellous thnnesS, 1t Is OPAQUE ana
Exceptionally strong lined %tS silk They are
honnd in a great variety OF styles, the pest known
perhaps being the flexible Levant morocco
in the overlapping style known as TUE ~. a, The
Paris Exposition. and some IZo ainefon' 'S'''
of it are published
CONTENTS OF THE TEACHERS BIBLE
While the superior Typography and mechanical
co,-un Of the oxford Teachers Bible first strike
IN. eve vet the text is also Of matches value.
The Bible itself forms only two-thiros
of its contents, the rest being com
plete encyclOpaedia Of BIole cbcster: Dr.
Edwin Arc deacon Of 0SSTd and anq Ear
aeS o' enc man deeply learned in some special
s%b Get Of Bible study Among the helps 10 teach.
students Of the Bs are eGeS of pss
Win nIsces and subjects: Scrip ural atlas, ad-
S Hiraby 'iE indeed % glossary Of Bible words ,s
Bible calendar, dictionary Of proper names WIN nun
ue W. IN M, Testamen's and exhaustive articles
on ' Iiblcai history, geography, topography, natu.
lal history, I'm logy, botany, Chronology, music
and poetry Yet all tbs hs been cSnb s ern hS
in bonrgeois. medum-sized type
BOOKS PRINTED by NELSON SONS
Nelson & Sons also sell many prayer-oooks ana
hymnals of the Protestant Episcopal CHurcn:
,hioh ora also from the factories of the Oxford