Bookseller of the Last Century: Being Some Account of the Life of John Newbery, and of the Books He Published, with a Notice of the Later Newberys ... of Printing, Publishing and Libraries)

Charles Welsh's account of the achievements of John Newbery was first published in 1885. Newbery is best known as the pioneering publisher of good-quality children's books such as A Little Pretty Pocket-Book and Little Goody Two-Shoes. In many ways he can be regarded as the first publisher who created and marketed books specifically for children. He was an associate of Samuel Johnson and Oliver Goldsmith, and founded a number of newspapers that published some of their works. Welsh also draws attention to a less well known aspect of Newbery's diverse business ventures: his involvement in the selling of patent medicines. The author chronicles the immediate successors to the Newbery business and includes a lengthy summary of the son Francis Newbery's autobiography. The illustrated book contains a number of appendices including John Newbery's will, lists of his publications and some of the newspapers with which he was associated. PREFACE 14 CONTENTS 17 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 19 CHAPTER I. 20 CHAPTER II. 39 CHAPTER III. 54 CHAPTER IV. 91 CHAPTER V. 101 CHAPTER VI. 108 CHAPTER VII. 137 APPENDICES 179 I.—COPY OF THE WILL OF JOHN NEWBERY 179 II.—A LIST OF THE BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THE NEWBERYS FROM 1740 TO 1800 187 SOME OF THE NEWSPAPERS WITH WHICH JOHN NEWBERY WAS CONNECTED 355 LIST OF NEWBERY'S PUBLICATIONS FROM 1740 TO 1802. 356 IV.—MR J. M. W. GIBBS ON GOLDSMITH, JOHNSON, AND NEWBERY 367 V.—DR WM. DODD, JOHN NEWBERY, AND THE "CHRISTIAN MAGAZINE." 370 VII.—EXTRACTS FROM THE ACCOUNT BOOKS OF BENJAMIN COLLINS OF SALISBURY, REFERRING TO WORKS NOT PUBLISHED BY THE NEWBERYS 375 INDEX . 386 9781108012799 Cambridge University Press Charles Welsh's account of John Newbery was first published in 1885. Newbery is best known as the pioneering publisher of such children's books as A Little Pretty Pocket-Book and Little Goody Two-Shoes but he also founded a number of newspapers and sold patent medicine.