. American lands and letters. The Old Carey Book-store in Philadelphia. This house of Carey, under some one of its Pro-tean names,* reprinted by arrangement with Con-stable & Co., the Waverley novels, which as soonas they left the binders hands in Philadelphia,were dispatched by a specially chartered stage-coach, over hill and dale, for the supply of NewYork buyers. Both Cooper and Irving also were among theauthors who were booked by this famous Phil- * The proper succession of firm-titles was : Matthew Ca-rey ; Matthew Carey & Son; Carey, Lea & Carey; Carey,Lea & Blanchard; E. L. Carey & A. H
. American lands and letters. The Old Carey Book-store in Philadelphia. This house of Carey, under some one of its Pro-tean names,* reprinted by arrangement with Con-stable & Co., the Waverley novels, which as soonas they left the binders hands in Philadelphia,were dispatched by a specially chartered stage-coach, over hill and dale, for the supply of NewYork buyers. Both Cooper and Irving also were among theauthors who were booked by this famous Phil- * The proper succession of firm-titles was : Matthew Ca-rey ; Matthew Carey & Son; Carey, Lea & Carey; Carey,Lea & Blanchard; E. L. Carey & A. Hart; Carey & Hart;Lea & Blauchard ; A. Hart; Henry C. Lea, etc. Vide : One Hundred Years of rnUishing^ 1785-1885 ; Lea,r>ros. & Co. ; also, Smyths Fhiladelphia Magazines^ etc. THE CAREYS. 13. From an cns^ravinff by Sartain.
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