New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . rican Book Company, is descendedfrom Scotch stock. His father, Henry Ivison, was theorganizer of the firm of Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Com-pany. Mr. Ivison took his fathers place in that firm, in-heriting not only his position, but his sterling integrity anduprightness. He entered the business in 1857, at the ageof twenty-two years, and rose by industry and applicationto the most prominent position, enabling his father to retirein 1880 and spend a few years in quiet. Mr. Ivison hasl)een an elder in the Presbyterian Church s
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . rican Book Company, is descendedfrom Scotch stock. His father, Henry Ivison, was theorganizer of the firm of Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Com-pany. Mr. Ivison took his fathers place in that firm, in-heriting not only his position, but his sterling integrity anduprightness. He entered the business in 1857, at the ageof twenty-two years, and rose by industry and applicationto the most prominent position, enabling his father to retirein 1880 and spend a few years in quiet. Mr. Ivison hasl)een an elder in the Presbyterian Church since 1863, and isactive in all good works. The American Book Companywas incorporated in the spring of 1890, in New Jersey, forthe purpose of publishing school books. Instead of pro-curing manuscripts of uncertain worth and awaiting thetedious process of testing the value of new books, the com-pany purchased of several firms the best and most popularbooks in the market, thus securing a trade from the begin-ning. The purchased list of school books were those for-. D. B. IVISON. merly owned by D. Appleton & Co., A. S. Barnes & Co.,Ivison, Blakeman & Co., Van Antwerp, Bragg <5v: Co., andthe common school books of Harper Brothers. Three ofthese firms dissolved and went out of business. The mo-tive that led to the creation of this company was the wide-spread demand on the part of the people that standardschool books should be procurable at low rates. Promptsteps were taken to accomplish this purpose. The firstannouncement of the American Book Company madeknown better rates and terms than were ever before given,and, to prevent any exorbitant prices, even in the remotestparts of the country, the company delivers books by mail,postpaid, at their former wholesale prices. The list of pub-lications owned by the American Book Company embracesabout three thousand items, covering all the branches usuallytaught in the common schools and high schools of thiscountry. In every branch of study
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