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Frederick Warne

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71: 183: 282: 51:. Routledge established a publishing business in 1843, and in 1851 Warne became a partner in the firm, which was then styled Routledge & Co.; the name was changed to Routledge, Warne & Routledge in 1858 on Routledge's son, Robert Warne Routledge, becoming a partner. From 1851 to 1865, Warne was largely identified with the success of the firm. 42:
in 1825, sixth and youngest son of the twelve children of Edmund Warne, a builder, and his wife Matilda. After being privately educated in Soho, at the age of fourteen, he joined his brother William Henry Warne (d. 1859), and his brother-in-law
92:, which was originally published by Routledge, Warne & Routledge in 1863, was first issued by Warne in January 1867, when 668,000 copies were soon sold. In 1886 a revised edition appeared, which sold nearly one million copies by 1911. 292: 194:
In 1895, Warne and Dodd, his business partner, left the business (Duret had retired in 1879), and he was succeeded by his three surviving sons, Harold Edmund, William Fruing and
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He married on 6 July 1852, Louisa Jane, daughter of William Fruing of Jersey: they had seven sons and three daughters. Three sons and two daughters survived him.
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Warne effectively emulated Routledge's ambition to popularise well-regarded literature. In 1868 he inaugurated
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He also first introduced to the English reading public the three American magazines
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for children. He inaugurated a new era between 1870 and 1880 by his issue of the
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to join him. An American branch was established in New York in 1881.
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The Chandos Classics/Library (Frederick Warne) - Book Series List
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In 1865, on the advice of the publisher George Smith, of
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Index

Chandos Records
Frederick Warne & Co
Westminster
George Routledge
Leicester Square
Smith, Elder & Co.
Dalziel Brothers

The Diverting History of John Gilpin
picture books
Aunt Louisa
Edward Lear
Randolph Caldecott
Kate Greenaway
Walter Crane
Benjamin Disraeli
Longman
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Lord Fauntleroy
The Century Magazine
St. Nicholas Magazine
Scribner's Monthly

Highgate Cemetery
Norman
Bedford Square
Highgate Cemetery


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