. 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. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY 1885, but in the fall of that year Mr. Sidney L. Smith, whose decora-tive work is found in some of the most notable illustrated books,produced another design upon the same generaltheme, and the Vedder-Smith sketch is nowfamiliar to the public on the books whichHoughton, Mifflin and Company publish, eitherin its form as at first adopted,or as still later simplified byMr. Bruce
. 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. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY 1885, but in the fall of that year Mr. Sidney L. Smith, whose decora-tive work is found in some of the most notable illustrated books,produced another design upon the same generaltheme, and the Vedder-Smith sketch is nowfamiliar to the public on the books whichHoughton, Mifflin and Company publish, eitherin its form as at first adopted,or as still later simplified byMr. Bruce Rogers. Its spe-cial significance readily ap-pears when one considersthat the printing-house whichis identified with this firmtook its name from its position on the banks ofthe Charles. The piper, who is charming his littlepaper boats that float on the stream and bearlighted candles, sits under the boughs of the tree of knowledge atsunrise, and is conveniently near a printing-press, which is the goal ofthe boats. XVII |Ejp|fSag^ § m ^Mmm^m. A Catalogue of auti)or6 WHOSE WRITINGS ARE PUBLISHED BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY BOSTON, NEW YORK, AND CHICAGO Abbott, L3anan. {i8 December, 1835 ) A son of Jacob Abbott the widely known author of the Rollo Books. He wasbom in Roxbury, Mass., and was graduated at the University of the City of NewYork in 1853. At first a lawyer, he soon became a Congregationalist minister,and has devoted himself largely to Biblical exegesis and the study of sociologicalquestions. He was pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, from 1888 to 1898, suc-ceeding the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. He was associated with Mr. Beecher in theconduct of The Christian Union, and is now senior editor of The Outlook. The Life and Letters of Paul the Apostle. (1898.) izmo,pp. xii, 332, $ Aft estimate of PauPs character and teachings from the point of view of The Theology of an Evolutionist. (1897.) i6mo, pp. x, 191, $ and Social Problems.
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