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After
graduating
from
Princeton,
Charles
Scribner
(1821-1871)
became the
younger
partner of
Isaac Baker
in forming a
new kind of
publishing
house in New
York City.
Unlike
traditional
houses,
which were
generally
outgrowths
of printing
companies or
book
sellers,
theirs would
exist purely
as a
publisher.
With the
death of
Baker in
1850,
Scribner
gained
control of
the company,
renaming it
Charles
Scribner and
Company.
In 1865 the
company made
its first
venture into
magazine
publishing
with Hours
at Home.
The elder
Scribner
passed
control of
the Company
to his
oldest son,
John Blair
Scribner
(1850-1879),
who was then
joined by
Charles
Scribner II
in 1875
after his
Princeton
graduation.
When the
other
partners in
the venture
sold their
stake to the
family, the
company was
renamed
Charles
Scribner's
Sons.
In 1870 the
Scribners
organized a
new firm,
Scribner and
Company, to
publish a
magazine
entitled
Scribner’s
Monthly
which became
highly
popular.
They also
launched a
well-known
magazine for
children,
St.
Nicholas, in
1873 with
Mary Mapes
Dodge as
editor and
Frank R.
Stockton as
assistant
editor. The
Scribner
family sold
this company
to outside
investors in
1881 and
Scribner’s
Monthly was
renamed the
Century
Magazine,
with the
Scribners
enjoined
from
publishing
any magazine
for a period
of five
years.
In 1884,
Scribner's
younger
brother,
Arthur
Hawley
Scribner,
joined
Charles
Scribner's
Sons. The
book
publishing
business was
highly
successful,
and in 1886
Scribner's
Magazine was
relaunched.
It too was a
great
success.
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