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Charles Scribner, Jr.'s thoughts and essays on publishing, his fascinating career, and the love of ideas. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of publishing.

Excerpt from The Defence of Professor Briggs Before the General Assembly, Vol. 3: The Case Against Professor Briggs To the Venerable the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Greeting: The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, represented by the undersigned Prosecuting Committee, in the case of the said Presbyterian Church against the Rev. Charles A. Briggs, D. D., presents the following ...

Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Dower, Vol. 1 of 2IN the volume now submitted to the public, I have endeavored to collect, and arrange in a convenient form, the various rules and principles of the law establishing and regulating the Right of Dower.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. For...

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In his lively, informal, and extremely candid memoir of a lifetime spent among books and authors, Charles Scribner, Jr., offers an intimate view of a family--and family business--from his early childhood in the 1920s, when Max Perkins was editing Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Wolfe, through his classical studies at Princeton and cryptanalysis during WWII, which prepared him for taking the reins of Scribners in 1952 at age 30. 16-page photo insert.