Charles+Scribner's+Sons

= Charles Scribner's Sons =

"This house has a reputation unequaled in the publishing of American Literature, for the house of Scribner is also the house of  F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe,  Marjorie Rawlings..." -Charles Scribner III

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﻿﻿﻿Charles Scribner's Sons is a major American publishing house, which was founded in 1846 and still lives today 164 years later. ======

**1846**: Charles Scribner formed a partnership with Isaac Baker to start an independent publishing house called  Baker & Scribner. In the early years they published mostly religious or theological works; the first work published  was Edwin Hall's theological treatise, The Puritans and Their Principles.



**1850**: Isaac Baker passed away leaving Scribner in charge of the publishing company, whose name changed to  Charles Scribner & Company. Under Scribner's reign the company expanded and took on new projects, even  publishing their first major commercial success - an American version of Johann Peter Lange's Biblical Commentary of the Holy Scriptures.

**1865**: Scribner's printed their first magazine, Hours at Home, a "quasi-religious magazine...that would bring into every  the virtues by which Americans were supposed to live."

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**1870**: Scribner's Monthly magazine was printed for the first time. It was very successful and was known for publishing <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> the words of up and coming young American writers.



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**1871**: Unfortunately, Charles Scribner passed away in 1871 from typhoid and was never able to see the great successes <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> of his company. The was taken over by his eldest son, John Blair, who was 20 years old at the time.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**1873**: This year saw the inauguration of the famous children's periodical St. Nicholas, of which Frank Stockton was assistant editor. "The magazine brought many now-classic books to the publishing firm and established it <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> permanently in the field of children's literature."

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**1875**: Charles Scribner II graduated from Princeton, just like his father, and joined his brother in the family business. At <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> this point the name was changed to Charles Scribner's Sons.



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**1879**: John Blair dies leaving his younger brother in charge of the company. This was a pivotal moment for Charles <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Scribner's Sons because the following years would be defined by lucrative buisness ventures and publications <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> of major American works. "This was a truly golden age of American book publishing. At the turn of the century <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Scribners had virtually cornered the Market in American Literature."

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**1881**: Rowell Smith, an outside partner, bought out Scribner's magazine company and Scribner's Monthly and the <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Nicholas passed out of hands. Smith's business took the name of Century Company, and the Scribner's <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Monthly became Century Magazine. Stockton, who had published in Scribner's Monthly, continued to publish in <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Century Magazine after the change over.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**1913**: Charles Scribner III, son of Sribner II, graduated from Princeton and joined his father running the family business. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> It was during this time that the company published such authors as Alan Seeger, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Stark Young, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> and Ernest Hemingway.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**1930s**: A separate children's literature department was finally established.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**1937**: Scribner's Magazine folded after 50 years. After the war Charles Scribner IV joined the firm, and his "own true love <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> was for reference works, and these years saw the birth of works that have become the staple of every major <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> school, college, and public library.

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