Fifty Years Among Authors, Books and Publishers

G. W. Carleton & Company, 1884 - Authors, American - 739 pages

INTRODUCTORY A Book Clerk at FifteenWhy and	21

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T 0 ans a book store in AuburnS Wells WilliamsExGov	49

WILLIAM H SEWARD Early recollections of Mr Seward	56

HARPER BROTHERS First call on Harper Brothers	85

gether Journal of an African Cruiser Hawthornes 1st Visit	99

drenMr Goodrichs first experience as a publisherIs sold himself	110

FRANK B GOODRICH Dick Tinto and New York Times	123

CHARLES G HALPINE MILES OREILLY A Young Irish	426

meterAncressful Writer of African HumorAuthor of Uncle	433

CHARLES SCRIBNER A C ARMSTRONG Baker	441

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE Harriet Beecher Stowes fame	452

HENRY WARD BEECHER Henry Ward Beecher as an	461

Mrs Beechers Dawn to Daylight Motherly Talks	476

FRANK B CARPENTER A great Historical PainterOpens	485

Weeds AutobiographyWalking Barefoot through the SnowAd	506

THOMAS MCELRATH McElrath and BangsFirst American	141

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT The foremost American citi	150

APPLETON CO The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely	173

GEORGE RIPLEY AND CHARLES A DANA Mr Dana	193

ROBERT BONNER Founding the LedgerA Million Dollars	199

FANNY FERNFanny Ferns bright and pungent Sketches	208

JAMES PARTON A modern PlutarchFirst literary effort	220

THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Calls on the Author with	227

GEORGE W CARLETON Publisher Author and Artist	235

ALICE AND PHOEBE CARY Sweet and Musical Name	245

H O HOUGHTONHOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO River	271

JOHN WILEY John Wiley a familiar name His Father	292

GEORGE PALMER PUTNAM In the Front Rank of Publish	299

Thirrs Guizot and other historiansLord Byron gives him	321

GEORGE WILLIAM CHILDS Name of Mr Childs a household	333

HENRY J RAYMOND Four great Editors who became	352

GEORGE JONES George Jones assumes control of the Times	363

EllslerIntimate Friend of NapoleonChevalier Wikoff finds	368

agoGeorge Merriam surprises the authorA great undertaking	377

AUGUSTA J EVANS WILSON A Young Southern Author	389

JOHN ESTEN COOKE Best representative of Southern	400

B P SHILLABER MRS PARTINGTON HOW Mrs Partington	407

MIRIAM BERRY WHITCHER WIDOW BEDOTT Joseph	413

PRENTICE PRENTICIANA Prentice and	419

TEE AND SHEPARD A well known and popular Firm	517

ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE KINNEY Mother of Stedman	526

FREDERICK S COZZENS Pleasant MemoirsIrving Hal	538

E ZABETH OAKES SMITH Literary Celebrities Forty Years	545

tures in TexasCaptain Marryat makes a failureFanny Kembles	550

HENRY CAREY BAIRD Becomes Partner at TwentyEarliest	558

MIRIAM COLES HARRIS How Manuscripts should come	568

ALFRED S BARNES Friendship of Half a CenturySingular	575

J S REDFIELD Another Veteran of the Book Trade	585

RICHARD HENRY STODDARD Mary Russell Mitfords Trib	595

Maxing FamilyAn Author who never sought a PublisherAuthor	604

REV HENRY MARTYN FIELD D D The Observer and	610

TICKNOR A Publisher half a Century Ago	616

SOME WASHINGTON FRIENDS Hawthornes early Friend	630

NEW YORK VETERANS OF THE BOOK TRADE A Pat	649

JAMES R RANDALL The Author of My MarylandA	661

in New Orleans An Author meets Her First Publisher Xariffa	667

JOHN BIGELOW The Pathfinder to the Rocky Mountains	676

Brothers Stop Young Man dont be in such a Hurry Lotus	683

MIRIAM FLORENCE LESLIE FRANK LESLIE From	692

Fy Thusand Miles of Travels As many Burmese Wives as I	701

SOME GENERALS WHO BECAME AUTHORS The hero	709

BottaLaura C HollowayRossiter JohnsonRichard B Kim	719

Title	Fifty Years Among Authors, Books and Publishers
Author	James Cephas Derby
Publisher	G. W. Carleton & Company, 1884
Original from	the New York Public Library
Digitized	Sep 19, 2005
Length	739 pages

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