Scribner's Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine for the People was an illustrated American literary periodical published from 1870 until 1881. Following a change in ownership in 1881 of the company that had produced it, the magazine was relaunched as The Century Magazine .
13-396: Charles Scribner I , Andrew Armstrong , Arthur Peabody , Edward Seymour, Josiah Gilbert Holland , and Roswell Smith established Scribner & Co. on July 19, 1870, to start on the publication of Scribner's Monthly . Scribner's Monthly absorbed the second incarnation of Putnam's Monthly Magazine of American Literature, Science and Art . The first issue of the newly formed periodical
26-692: A Times reporter that they would make a new monthly publication "as soon as the necessary arrangements could be perfected". Scribner also announced that the editor would be Edward Burlingame, the son of Anson Burlingame , who was already connected to the publishing house as a literary advisor. Scribner further noted that the magazine would not be a revival of the formerly published Scribner's Monthly . Notable contributors have included Charles Barnard , Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , Truman C. Everts , Edmund Gosse , Frances Hodgson Burnett , Sidney Lanier , John Muir and others. Charles Scribner I Charles Scribner I (February 21, 1821 – August 26, 1871)
39-545: A monthly magazine. In 1870 this magazine was merged into Scribner's Monthly under the editorship of Josiah G. Holland , and published by a separate company, Scribner and Co., with Dr. Holland and Roswell Smith as part owners. Upon Scribner's death the next year in August 1871, Charles Scribner and Co. was reorganized as Scribner, Armstrong, and Co. The partners in the new firm were Scribner's eldest son, John Blair Scribner , Andrew C. Armstrong, and Edward Seymour. In 1877,
52-418: A trip to Europe. After returning from Europe, in 1846 Scribner became the younger partner of Baker in forming a new kind of publishing house under the firm name of Baker and Scribner. Unlike traditional houses, which were generally outgrowths of printing companies or book sellers, theirs would exist purely as a publisher. This had an influence on the character of its publications, which were chiefly confined to
65-554: The business was run by his younger brothers, Charles and Arthur . He married Lucy Ann Skidmore (1853-1931), a daughter of Lucy Ann ( née Hawley) Skidmore and coal merchant Joseph Russell Skidmore. After his death, she established "The Young Women's Industrial Club" in Saratoga Springs, New York , which in 1911, was renamed the "Skidmore School of Arts," eventually becoming what is known today as Skidmore College . Scribner died of pneumonia on January 21, 1879, at
78-493: The death of his father in August 1871, Charles Scribner and Co. was reorganized as Scribner, Armstrong, and Co. with John as president. The partners in the new firm were John Blair Scribner, Andrew C. Armstrong, and Edward Seymour. In 1877, the publication house moved to 743 Broadway. Upon Seymour's death in April 1877, and Armstrong's retirement in 1878, the firm-name was changed to Charles Scribner's Sons . After John died in 1879,
91-607: The magnate John Insley Blair and Nancy Ann (née Locke) Blair. Her brother DeWitt Clinton Blair , continued their father's business and his son, C. Ledyard Blair , was a prominent investment banker. Together, they were the parents of: He died of typhoid on August 26, 1871, while traveling in Lucerne , Switzerland. He is interred in the family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx , New York City. John Blair Scribner John Blair Scribner (June 4, 1850 – January 21, 1879)
104-421: The publication house moved to 743 Broadway. Upon Seymour's death in April 1877, and Armstrong's retirement in 1878, the firm-name was changed to Charles Scribner's Sons , under which form the business was conducted after John Blair Scribner's death in 1879 by Charles Scribner and Arthur H. Scribner , younger brothers of John Blair. In 1846, Scribner was married to Emma Elizabeth Blair (1827–1869), daughter of
117-520: The works of contemporary authors. It also published Presbyterian philosophy books. With the death of Baker in 1850, Scribner gained control of the company, renaming it Charles Scribner, and then Charles Scribner and Company. With Charles Welford, who died in May 1885, he formed the house of Scribner and Welford in 1857 for the importation of foreign books. In 1865, Charles Scribner and Co. made its first venture into magazine publishing with Hours at Home ,
130-530: Was an American publisher who, with Isaac D. Baker (1819–1850), founded a publishing company that would eventually become Charles Scribner's Sons . Scribner was born in New York City on February 21, 1821. He was the son of Uriah Rogers Scribner (1778–1853) and Betsey ( née Hawley) Scribner (1787–1871). Among his siblings were the Rev. William Scribner and Walter Scribner, a druggist . His sister Martha
143-573: Was published in November of that year. In April 1881, Charles Scribner II sold his share of the Scribner & Co. company to Roswell Smith. The names of the magazine and the company were retooled, dropping mention of 'Scribner'; Scribner's Monthly was changed to The Century Magazine and Scribner & Co. was changed to Century Company . Charles Scribner II was unable to launch a competing magazine for five years. In 1886, Scribner announced to
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#1732787193038156-538: Was the president of Charles Scribner's Sons from 1871 to 1879. Scribner was born on June 4, 1850 in New York City. He was the eldest son of Charles Scribner I and Emma Elizabeth Blair (1827-1869). Among his brothers were Arthur Hawley Scribner and Charles Scribner II . His grandfather and namesake was John Insley Blair . He attended Princeton College , but did not graduate, but instead he came to work at Charles Scribner Company with his father. Upon
169-471: Was the wife of George W. Schuyler , and their family included sons Eugene Schuyler , and Walter S. Schuyler , as well as grandson Walter S. Grant . He attended the Lawrenceville School from 1834 to 1837. After a year's study at New York University , he entered Princeton University and graduated with the class of 1840. He began the study of law, but was obliged by ill health to make
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