The Century Company

The Century Company

Status	Defunct
Founded	1881
Defunct	1933
Successor	Appleton-Century
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	New York, New York

The Century Company was an American publishing company, founded in 1881.

History

It began as a subsidiary of Charles Scribner's Sons in 1870, named Scribner and Company, ^{[1] [2]} but was bought by Roswell Smith in 1881 and renamed by him after the Century Association. The magazine that the company had published up to that time, Scribner's Monthly , was renamed the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. ^[3]

The Century Company was also the publisher of St. Nicholas Magazine from the time of its founding. ^[4]

William Morgan Schuster became president of the Century Company of New York City in 1915. In 1933, the Century Company merged with publisher D. Appleton & Company to form Appleton-Century Company, and later merged with F.S. Crofts & Co. to form Appleton-Century-Crofts in 1947. ^[5] Schuster remained president throughout the mergers, ^[6] until his retirement in 1952.

Meredith Corporation bought Appleton-Century-Crofts in 1960, and sold its textbook division to Prentice Hall in 1973. ^[5]

Imprints

• Century Vagabond Books

See also

• Century Dictionary
• Century type family
• Duell, Sloan and Pearce
• Meredith Publishing Company
• Theodore Low De Vinne

Notes

1. Lawrence, Lindsy (2024-04-02). ""An Honest Bargain?": Transatlantic Marriage, Domestic Violence, and Garden Restoration in Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Shuttle (1906)". Women's Writing . 31 (2): 233–253. doi:10.1080/09699082.2024.2325821. ISSN   0969-9082.
2. John 1981, p. ix.
3. John 1981, p. 108.
4. John 1981, p. 97.
5. Gelder, Lawrence Van (November 11, 1973). "MAIN OPERATIONS OF APPLETON SOLD". The New York Times . p. 72. ISSN   0362-4331. ProQuest   119779118 . Retrieved 2025-02-09.
6. "W. Morgan Shuster Dead at 83; Led Appleton-Century-Crofts". The New York Times . May 27, 1960. p. 31. ProQuest   114968956 . Retrieved 17 October 2024.

References

• John, Arthur (1981). The Best Years of the Century: Richard Watson Gilder, Scribner's Monthly, and the Century Magazine, 1870-1909. University of Illinois Press. ISBN   0-252-00857-X.

External links

• History of the Century Company at New York Public Library