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INTRODUCTORY. A Book Clerk at Fifteen — Why and how this Volume was written — Early Business Career— Becomes a Book Publisher — Origin of Bancroft’s California Bookstore — Author’s removal to New York — Continues a Successful Book Publisher — The Book Publisher’s Festival — United States Agent for Paris Exposition— The Century Club — Commodore Vanderbilt’s Steamship — William Orton and other Friends 21
HENRY IVISON. Early apprenticeship to William Williams of Utica — Opens a book store in Auburn — S. Wells Williams — Ex-Gov. Throop, and the Albany Regency — President Van Buren on a fence — Mr. Seward and AVashington Irving — Ivison removes to New York — Mark H. Newman & Co. — Newman & Ivison — Sad death of John C. Ivison — Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co. — The thirty-day credit system — He astonishes Trubner & Co., London — Immense sales of school-books — Retires with an ample fortune 49
WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Early recollections of Mr Seward — He meets General Lafayette and Washington Irving — Elected Governor of New York — Seward, Weed, and Greeley — Writes Life of John Quincy Adams — General Taylor advised — Solomon Northrup kidnapped — Murder of the Van Nest family — Eloquent defense of William Freeman — The Trial published in book form — Gladstone’s compliment — Irrepressible Conflict and Higher Law — J. G. Whittier’s poetical tribute — Author appointed U. S. dispatch agent — Attempted assassination of Mr. Seward — Dr. Verdi’s thrilling account— Interesting anecdotes — AVonderful journey around the world — Mr. Seward’s death — His monument in Madison Square 56
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You’ve reached the end of Fifty years among authors, books and publishers.