[PDF] A Catalogue Of Books Published By Houghton Mifflin And Company Boston The Riverside Press Cambridge eBook

Author : Houghton Mifflin Company
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 34,75 MB
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780266408413

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Excerpt from A Catalogue of Authors Whose Works Are Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company: Prefaced by a Sketch of the Firm, and Followed by Lists of the Several Libraries, Series, and Periodicals; With Some Account of the Origin and Character of These Literary Enterprises The office was at first established on Remington Street in Cam bridge, and the most important connection was that made with Messrs. Little, Brown and Company of Boston, then as now an eminent pub lishing house, especially of law books. The moving spirit at that date was Mr. James Brown, a warm friend of the elder John Murray, from whom he named a son, who has succeeded him in business. The firm gave the young printer substantial encouragement, and Mr. Houghton, who was now by himself, became the tenant of Mr. Charles C. Little in a brick, domestic looking building on the banks of the Charles River. The building had formerly been used by the city of Cambridge as a house for the town poor, and stood almost in the open country. Mr. Houghton and Mr. Brown were desirous of giv ing the new press a significant name, and tried various experiments till Mr. Brown said one day: This press stands by the side of the Charles River; why not call it the Riverside Press? And this most natural name was then given it, so that now the term Riverside has come to cover a thickly populated district and to be applied to various neighboring industries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.