New-York tribune., 1891-12-17
MANY MAKERS OF BOOKS.
sngeEsIIoNs FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPERS.
.,vs OF THE FIRMS WHICH HAVE MADE NEW

.,vr OF THE FIRMS WHICH HAVE MADE NEW.
YORK A GREAT PUBLISHING CENTRE.
v.xyork is the home OF many publishing houses
a., MANY spheres of usefulness. The business has
~ ,Ae influence OF the modern tendency toward
s,rva,ion aud hardly two firms do exactly the same
"a a. work. Each concern pays its chief attention
..r,s,n lines Of literature and devotes It's energies
rnshins books of these special kinds. Some issue
-. periodicals, while others combine this with gen
eal publishing
THE CENTURY, COMPANY.
Tn. Century Company occupies leading place
.,,ors the great book-makng establishments OF this
., II is chiehy known of course for the great
.,o,ine which has climbed TO such heights Of popu
,.,,y. but It's field is by no means limited TO that
sns,e branch Of activity It's St Nicholas Magazlno'
a, ,oupg folks enjoys wide sale its hymnas are TO
- Auund In thousands Of sunday schools and churches
. .pters TO some extent In the field OF general pub
s.hns and 1t has given to the world probably the
- monumental literary work ever fashioned In the
rDisd States" The CentSy Dictionary
In 1870 Roswell smith. Dr. J. G. Holland and
CHARLES scribner founded "Scnbner's Monthly The
,,oek owned by Charles scrlbners Sons was sold to
q, smith in 1891. Dr. Holland died later In that
.sr The scribners sold their stock under the con
,aon hat the name of the corporation would be
Asase and agreeing not to publish another magazine
r ave wears The first number of the monthly, which
r.s issued under the new name OF "The Century
yagsrines appeared In November, 1881. the month
,rsr Dr. Hollands death. The growth Of the
.-odical now steady now in great bounds, as at
chan the famous series OF articles published,
!. vel known. The last number reached circula-
ton Of 2o5,Ooo copies about $4,000 of which we're
,snt 10 England.
THE GREAT DICTIONARY.
sThe Century Dictionary was begun in 1881, and
,s sixth and last volume has Just been issued. The
work consists Of 7046 large quarto pages and contains
100000 definitions OF over $4,000 words, 10000
defined phrases 3oO,0 900 illustrative quotations and
5000 cuts It's claim to be called the greatest Of
American publishing enterprises is borne out by the
,,c that S75O,oO0, In cash. has been spent on
and that its total cost. including interest on the
money invested has been fully 81 900 O0o Fifteen
thousand copies OF II had been sold when the last
volume was issued.
me century Company publishes tile "Laudes
DonInip edited by the Rev. DR.. Charles $ Robinson,
and other hymnals, as we'll some popular juvenile
works including those neverfahng sources OF delight
70 Young and old, hlmer CoXs Brownie Books The
company has recently brought out Kennan'S Siberia
and the Exile system which is based the articles
wEsh appeared in the magazine, although they have
AL been rewritten, and much new material has been
added The Emperor Of Germany read all Mr.. kennan's
coatbnons 10 The Century" and at his request an
sdvance copy of the book was sent him. Two Of the
subscription books issued by this company which have
cN most widely are THE Life Of Lincoln by Messrs.
Hay and Nicolay and the "Nar Book OF the latter
$4,000 copies have been sold.
The Century Company occupies large, well-lighted
and attractive offices at Nc. SO East Seventeenthst,
overlooking Union Square. The officers of the cor
po.aton are Roswell smith. president; Frank II.
scott, treasurer Charles +. Chichester assistant
treasurer and william W. Ellsworth, secretary
C. p. PUTNAMs SONS.
The Kniokerbocker Press IS the imprint which g. p.
htnnm's Sons put their books This firm has
,slesroom OF unusual airfness and size in busy
Twenty thrd-st. at Nos. - and 90 West The London
baach is at No "a Bedford-st, Strand. The Holiday
season has found the house with an especially at
;rsctive stock of new books many of them worth
buying for the illustrations alone. Perhaps emef
among these holiday volumes IS the DarrO cdluOh III
two volumes of Washington 1rvings "Alhainbra"
TIN, Is printed from eectrotype plates and Illus
traed with thryone photographers from photographs,
many of which were taken specially for this edition
sy r. II. Lawrence. Each page IS surrounded by
ooish border in red and gold the designs, sixteen
n number being carefully copied from the decorations
the palace The binding is ornamented vita handsome
Ioorsh designs. Two editions were sold In advance
u publication and the third edition was exhausted in
about week.
putnam's sons have begun to give to the world
these are Nelson" by W. Clark Russell Sir Philip
,dney,- by H. x. Fox Bourne, and julius Caesar
by w. warde Fowler (ready in January. Evelyn
Abbott, Of Dallol College, oxford, as in charge Of the
.ere-. The little Knickerbocker Nuggets. selection
81 classics. have earned wide popularity. and the
firm has started a series known as Literary Gems
They are Issued IN sets OF six volumes. atractvey
bound in full morocco, gilt top, with fronisplece
ln photosiavuie. These make pretty gifts.
other books from the Knckerbocker Press which
have had wide sales are Joseph Jacobs's Celtic
Fairy Tales Landscape Gardening by Samuel Par
sons r. superintendent OF Parks OF New York Theo
dore Roosevelts Hunting Trips OF a Rancbnan' and
Charles Morey's Teufel the TerTero or the Life and
Adventures of an Artists Dog book for children.
HoUGHTON. MlFFL1N & Co.
Tout ben on ren7 DO il we'll not at ALL is the
appropriate mottn of Houghton Miftiin & Co.. a firm
that has been closely identified with American letters
10 many years. II is BOson house or better. inst
tuaon. but has set up a branch hearth in this city at
No II East seventeentst. The place of business hero
was formerly residence and 1t has been made into
the cosiest shop imaginable. bookcases not as high
your head line all the walls and the rest OF The stock
i. displayed on tables. The visitor can therefore,
pick up any Of the books WITHOUT the aid of step
ladder The floor Of the innermOSt room s warmly
oapsted and upholstered armchairs invite the book
lover to llnger. In short, you seem to be IN the
library Of "A home rather than in the seesroom OF
big firm.
Henry o. Houghton founded the firm in 1s4o, but
II has .nce absorbed number of rival houses, one OF
which had it, beginning In 1911. The present partners
are H. q. IIoughton. George H. Mifiin, James Murray
Kay Thurlow Weed Barnes aud Henry o. IOught)n, Jr
The printing binding aud electrotypng is carried on at
The Riverside Press IN Cambridge under the title oil
H. .. HoughtOn & Go. Tie firm doe every part OF
the work Of book making itself, and does 1t all IN
Unsurpassed style Longellow, Emerson, hawthorne
Lowell Ilolme, and Whittier all had liougton Mlinih
Co for their publishers and all had the ircndIiest
personal relations with the partners Otherauthofs some
or all Of whose works the house has given 70 the public
sre top pur,o,to,ts Charles Dudley Warner, B1yard