`On the Mark in Corning`

TIE lOBI 10 ! G I SOCIITY
OFFICIAL
PUBLICATION
A magazine devoted to the study of Horatio Alaer, Jr.,
his life, works, and influence on the culture of America.
1832 - \899
VOLUME XXXIII
JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1995
NUMBER 1
1995 Convention Preview
The world-famous Corning Glass Center and Museum
'On the Mark in Corning'
-- See Page 3
Michael A. Donohue:
A profile of a publisher and his Horatio Alger, Jr. products
-- See Page 9
NEWSBOY
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HORATIO ALGER SOCIETY
Presiaent's co{umn
To further the philosophy of Horatio Alger, Jr. and to encourage
the spirit ofStrive and Succeed that for haifa century guided Alger's
undaunted heroe - lads whose strtlggles epitomized the great
American dream and flamed hero ideal III countles millions of
young Americans.
Pr paration ar well under way for the 31 t annual
c n\' ntion f the Horatio Alger ociety, to b h Id May
4 thr ugh May 7 in oming, ew York. Our con ntion
h t, Ri hard L. Pop (PF-740) ha plann d a full and
citin pr gram, which i outlined b ginning on Pag 3.
Th" kend ag nda nd your con ntion r gi tration
f rm ar at nclo d in thi i ue. Al 0 includ d are a
c lor brochur from our convention headquarter, the
B t W tem odge on the r n, along with a hot I
r gi. tr ti n card.
tart making our plan now to attend what we hope
will b th bi ge t tumout e r!
This i al 0 a g od tim to tart putting a ide books
and th r it m for the con ntion auction. In addition to
ight m fir t dition d nated by Raymond L. Murray
(PF-546),w willal oau tionth r mainingAlgercoll cti n of Bill M ord (PF-360), who pa d away ju t two
we k aft r la t year' convention. Hel n Mc ord ha
gra iously donat d th balance of her hu band' collection of Al rand ther boy books with th entire
pr
d t b r tain d by the
iety. It i our int ntion
t
nduct two eparate auctions - our annual con enti nau ti nwithth ntir proceed tob donat dtoth
it; and a pecial member ' auction of higher-qualit b k and other r lat d item in which the oci ty
will r c i e a commis ion of 15 percent of the proceed .
Y u may nd it m for either auction directly t Dick
P P (hi addre i Ii ted on the convention regi tration
f rm) or bring them to th conv ntion in May.
I am plea d to announce the ociety' r ceipt of a
1,000 b qu t fr m th lat Bill Mc ord. To my kn wid , thi i th fir t tim a member ha left a monetary
b qu t t th
i ty in hi or her will. A th 1990
c n nti n h t and an attend at many other con enli n , Bill' affable natur and gener ity were omnipr nt. ow, after hi pa ing, hi genero ity continues.
m ting
W plan t di cu during th annual busin
how Bill' magnanimity hould be acknowledged.
B au
f a ri u illne in h r family, our
t m d pr id nt, Mary Ann Ditch (PF- 61) ha a ked
me t p n h r column for thi i ue of ewsboy.
I I k f rward to
ing everyon at oming. In th
m antim , pi a k p Mary Ann and her family in your
th u ht .
OFFICERS
Your partic'lar friend,
Rob rt E. Ka per (PF-327)
xecutive cretary
MARY AN DITCH
JOH CADICK
MURRAY D. LEVI
ROBERT E. KASPER
ROBERT COLLMER
BOB HUBER
JESSICA CADICK
CHRISTI E DE HAAN
BART J. NYBERG
JOSEPH T. SLAVI III
MILTO F. EHLERT
ElL J. McCORMICK
JOH R. JUVI ALL
LEO "BOB" BE ETT
RALPH D. GARD ER
PRESIDENT
VICE-PRESIDE T
TREASURER
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
(1995) DIRECTOR
(1995) DIRECTOR
(19 5) DIRECTOR
(1996) DIRECTOR
(1996) DIRECTOR
(1996) DIRECTOR
(1997) DIRECTOR
(1997) DIRECTOR
(1997) DIRE TOR
EMERITUS
EMERITU
Newsboy, the om ial new I tt r of th Horatio Alger
So lely. i publi h d bi-monthly ( Ix is u s per y arlo
M mb r hip fee for any l2-month p riod I $20. with
Ingle I ue of Newsboy co ling $3.00. Plea e mak all
r mlttan e payabl to the Horatio Alg r So lety. Memand
b r hlp application ,ren wal ,chan e of addr
other corr pondenc hould bent to Ex utive Secretary Robert E. Ka per. 585 E. Sl. Andr \II Drive.
Media, PA 19063. (610) 566-5917
Newsboy I indexed in th Mod rn Language
As oclation' Int mational BibBo raphy.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY H.A.S.
-HoratioAIg r.Jr.. A Comp" hen i Bibliography. by Bob Bennelt
(PF-265).
-HoratioAIg ror. The American Hero Era. by Ralph D. Gardner
(PF-053).
-The Fictional Republic: Horatio Alger and American Political
Discourse. by arol ackenofT(PF-92 1).
-Publication Formats oj the 59 Storie by Horatio AIg r. Jr. as
Reprinted by the John C. Winston Co.. by Bob Sawy r (PF-455)
and Jim Thorp (PF-574).
-Horatio Alger Books Publish d by A.L. Burt. by Bradford S.
ha e(PF-4l2).
-Horatio AIg r Books Published by M.A. Donohue & Co.. by
Bradford S. ha (PF,412).
-TIle La t UJe oj Horatio AIg r. Jr.. by G ry
hamhor t with
Jack Bales (PF-258).
eWllboy ad rat . Full page.
200: on -half pag. 17.00: on
quarter page. 9.00: per column Inc h (lin h de p by approx. 3 1/21n h
I ty. to
wld I. 2.00. Send ads. wlth h k payabl to HoraUo Alg r
Robert E. Kasper. 585 E. Sl. Andre
Dr.. Media. PA I 063. Th ahov
rate apply to all want ads. along wlth ads orrertng non-AI r books for
aI . Ho
er. It the polley of the Ii0raUo Alg r Sod ty to promol th
chang of Alger book and relaled AI r materal by provtding pa
free of charge to our member for the lale only of IIch malertal. Send
su h ad or 'Letters lo th Edllor' 10 NeWlboy edllor WUllam R. Gowen
(PF'-706) al923 South Lake t.. Apl. . Mllnd 1 In. IL 0060.
January-February 1995
NEWSBOY
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'On the Mark in Corning'
1995 H.A.S. convention preview
Thur day, May 4. For early arrivals we have omething
pecial planned at lunch time on that date as you can t 11
by Richard L. Pope (PF-740)
from the ncIosed supplement, which details the conMak your own pap rweight, witne s incredible
vention schedule.
feats of magic, fly in a gLider, ee 100 waterfall, vi it the
A color brochure for Lodge on the reen along with
th hotel' r gi tration card are encIo d in this is u of
world-famou
oming la C nt r, e a uperb collection of W tern art, tour 50 winerie ,visit the grave of
ewsboy. Please send your reservations directly to th
Mark Twain, e antiqu airplane built by the man who
hotel a soon as po sible; the special Horatio Alger
erved a the ·model for Tom Swift, and that's just for
Society convention room rate is $49, single or double.
After the lunch break, registration will r sume in the
open r !
The greater orning area i a vacationer's paradise.
H.A.S. hospitality room and continue all afternoon.
uth rn Ti r of up tate New York cIo e
The early arrivals can begin to have fun on Thur day
ituat din th
afternoon, visiting area points of interest. Thur day
to the P nnsylvania border, Coming is the gateway to
dinn r i on
the b autiful
your own, but
and g ologiwe hav ancally uniqu
other optional
Finger Lak
v nt in tor
r gi n.
you Thur for
]ackieandI
day
v ning.
are g tting
Th agenda
ready to w 1for both Fricome y u t
day and atwhat we hope
urday i quite
will be th
full, a y u can
large t a mtell from th
bly f Horatio
encl sed
Alger
ci ty
uppl m nt.
member in a
We ar in th
I ng tim for
proc
of linour 31 t aning up
me
nual c nvenint re ting
tion May 4thp aker and
7th. orning i
om
very
an ea y driv
Corning, New York's historic Market Street will welcome members of the
p
cial
ent
rfrom Bo ton, Horatio Alger Society for the 31st annual H.A.S. convention May 4-7,1995.
tainm
nt.
ew
York
The annual Horatio Alger Society b ok al i ch dity, Wa hington, D. ., Pitt burgh, I eland and
uled for Saturday moming, as is cu tomary. Becau e f
Toronto. Sine
ur little city i home to two major
local interest in the e author, be sure to bring b ks by
F rtun 500 c mpani (Dr
r-Rand and orning inHoward Garis, L. Frank Baum, Mark Twain or Edgar
corporated), w ha
xc Llent and frequent air ervice
Ric Burrough in addition to your Alg rand ri
provid d by U Air t ur n arby Elmira/ orning Airbooks. There are everallocal coll etor of ancy Dr w,
port.
Hardy Boy, Tarzan, Tom Swift and UncI Wiggily. W
Th r i
mu h t do and 0 much to nj y in the
will be advertising the book ale in local newspap r .
oming ar a that you might want to giv orne thought
aturday night will be our annual banqu t and aucto oming arly r taying on. Early May i a particularly
tion of donated books and other item to rai money for
nice tim of year in orning, and y u won't have the
our S iety. Plea e b thinking ahead about it m y u
has Ie f horde f t uri t .
may wi h to donate. If you want to nd them to u in
Officially, our conv ntion will begin with r gi traad an e, pi a e have th m here at Lea tone w k prior
tion at th B t W t rn L dg
n th
r n in the
(Col1tinued 011 Pa<~e 4)
adjacent t wn of Paint d Po t, tarting at 10 a.m. on
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P,tfitor's note6oo{
A Y u can read Is wh r in this issue, we have an
iting w k nd plann d for our 31 t conv ntion May
4-7in orning, .Y. urho t ,Jackie and Dick Pope (PF740) ha b n working on th program and ar hoping
f r the bigge t turnout in hi tory.
Wh n ou look at th agenda (ndo d on the y llow
h t) b ad i ed that thi i preliminary. Dick may
huff) a uple f v nt around if it works out b tt r
that way. n big vent Dick and Jackie have plann d i
th ir gourmet br akfa t for our traditional Sunday "farew II ." Thi will be held at th ir home ju t outside of
oming and we'r hoping that mo t f tho att nding
th con ention will top by for a while before hitting the
r ad. Di k r aliz that many m mb r will have long
dri e ah ad that day but h promise this will be on of
th highlight of th w ek nd!
In another it m r lated to the convention, Executi
r tar Rob Ka p r outline in his gue t column (in
" hich h i filling in for Pre ident Mary Ann Ditch) that
th rewillbetwocateg ri of auctions at the convention,
th annual H.A. . fundrai er of donated item (with all
pr
d g ing to th Horatio Alger Society) and a
m mb r ' auction in which partic'lar friend put up
b k r r lated it m for which the Society receives a 15
p r nt c mmi ion. Tho e at rand Rapid last y ar
will r m mb r how thi work d.
If Y 1I plan to nd Dick Pop your auction it m in
ad anc , b certain yOll earmark for which auction they
ar int nd d. I'm gu ing that many m mber will
nd their donated items ahead and bring the
h
t
memb r ' auction (15 percent commission) item with
th m.
I , don't forget to nd your con ention regi trati n form (attach d to th endo ed the blue sheet) dir tl t Di k Pop . The r gi tration card for the B t
W tern Lodge on the reen is also endo ed; mail that
with our r ervation dir ctly to the hotel. Rem mb r,
th n w
t of a tamp for po tcards is 20 cent !
In a r lat d
nt to our conv ntion, Don Phelp is
h ting a b ok fair in Plymouth, Ma achu ett the prei u w k nd (April 2 -30).
The
ntwillbeheldatthe heratonlnnofPlymouth
nfer n
nter, and it will provide many collecrtor
an pportunity "double their pleasur " and take in two
big v nt n ucce ivew ek nd. veraIH.A..m mber ha told me they plan to att nd both and Don ha
inform d m that he will be coming to our convention if
Lodge on the Green in Painted Post, N.Y. is the
site of the 1995 Horatio Alger Society convention.
'On the Mark in Corning'
(Continued from Page 3)
to th convention.
Early Sunday morning, Jackie and I will be ho ting a
"gourmet"br akfa tatourhom inthewood . W hope
ju t about all of the convention attend
will be able to
join us for what w hop will b a nice wrap-up to a
memorable convention. You'll be able to
our collections of walking ticks, old and rar boo and Am rican
art, as well a enjoy our pond and waterfall .
W hope you will njoy your vi it to thi hi toric city
and region, at the same time renewing old acquaintenc
and meting new fri nd ..
If you have any questions, please feel free to call us
at (607) 936-6610 in the evening.
he' still able to walk after his bu y weekend! If you want
more information about D n's how, call him at (50 )
866-5915. For more information e the full-page ad on
the back cover of thi i su of ew boy.
In other business ...
Several copies of the ov mb r-Decemb r1994 ewsboy were missing pages 4 and 25 becau of a printing
error. Even though I thought I had caught the rron ou
i ue, a few lipped through. If you n d a fr r placement, writ to Ex cutiv
cretary R bert E. Ka p rat hi
addre on Page 2.
We did catch a couple of mailing lab I rror from the
last i ue, which was th first ent out u ing our n w
membership databa . Hop fully, th fact that you are
reading this issue mean your addr s i
K.
A new Merriwell format ...
My article on the books of Gilb rt Patten in the ptember-October 1994 i ue r produc d th traditional
cover de ign for the Frank M rriwell hard-cov r books
(Continued 0/1 Page 8)
January-February 1995
NEWSBOY
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The real
Tom Swift
The work ofAmerican
aviation pioneer Glenn
Curti i preserved at
the new and expanded
Glenn Curti Museum
Glenn Curtiss, left, is visited by Henry Ford at the Curtiss Flying School
on Keuka Lake in Hammondsport, N.Y. in the summer of 1913.
b
of the Atlantic cean on May 27, 1919.
Th e are ju t a f w of th career highlight of thi
important in ntor, many of who e creation ar on
f
di play at the mu urn. In addition to e ampl
eral of the abo -m ntion d aircraft, th re i a larg
collection of urti
motorcycle and the t Ii h
Aerocar," a pr dece or f t day' motor h m (rm mber Tom Swift' Hou on Wh I?).
If you hav vi ited th mu urn in pr viou y ars, b
advi- d that it has moved from it old and cramp d
I ati n on the
ond fl r f the village hall at th
corner of Main and Lake treet in downt wn
Hamm nd port. Th
urti Mu urn now ha m drn, e panded quarter on ew York Route 54, n -half
mil outh f Route 54A (Main tr t).
Your vi it will includ avid 0 pre ntati n, "Th
I on urti
tory," hown
ry half hour thr ughut the da .
The mu urn' hour during the tim f th H.
c n ntion are Monda thr ugh aturday, 10 a.m. t 4
p.m., and unday from noon to 5 p.m.
Admi ion i 4 for adult, .50 f rag 5 and Id r
and 2.50 f r tudent. hildr n ag
and lmd r ar
admitt d fr e. For inf rmation all th
I on urti.·
Mu urn at ( 07) 569-2160.
Th Hammondsport/K uka Lak ar a i al
th
ew York' omm rial win indu. tr ,
birthpla e of
and win r tour ar availabl. For inf rmation, writ
Th K uka Win ry R ute, 997
ounty R ut 7,
Hamm nd port, .Y. 14 40, or all (607)
-4 51.
II
p
iati nil
in de igning
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January-February 1995
Deed of Gift greement
University Libraries
orthern Illinois UOIver ity
DeKalb. Illinois
The Horatio Alger Society. a nonprofit organization founded in 1961, hereby donates and pennanentl
transfers Society correspondence, repons, books. journals. and other relevant items to onhern Illinois
Untversity. University Libraries, Depanment of Rare Books and Special Collections. Literary right, if
held. hall be assigned to onhem Illinois University. If duplicate items are received from the Society,
and if unwanted. the Society shall have first right of return refusal. The phased transfer of Society
matertals shall begin no later than December 1. 1994, With future shipment of materials to follow on a
mutually agreed-upon schedule.
orthern Illinois University agrees to house. organize, produce finding aids, and catalog the collections
and re ords of the Society. The archives of the Horatio Alger Society shall be available to all qualified
tudents and cholars. orthem Illinois University agree to furnish reference serVIce to the oClety
whenever matertal is needed from its historical archive. All materials will be pennanently hou ed In the
Rare Books and Special Collections Depanment. Untversity Libraries. orthern IllinOIS Umver It}
merials will not circulate, but reproduction capability will be avaIlable for non-fragile Items.
orthern llllnois University agrees to be guided by the basiC concept as contained in the allached
Resolution as adopted by the Horatio Iger Society as well as the repository Goal and Objectives
developed by the Society during the repository election process. also attached. Both the Re olution anti
the Goal and Objectives are incorporated herein and made pan of thl agreement .
I
• 'onhern llllnois University funher agrees to periodically ho t future meetings of lhe Horatio Alger
Society; to prepare and mount approprtate exhibitions; to compile and produce a catalog of Iger
holdings, to pre erve fragile Items In the colleCllon; to purchase on a continuing basis. fund permitting.
works related to the life and works of Horatio Alger and other similar wnters; to participate In the
cn:atlon of an endowment for the Horatio Alger Collection; and to acknowledge future donations fr In
Indl Idual Society members The Horatio Iger Society. in turn. will promote the repo itory within the
membership. encouraging members to donate book and collections to onhern IllinOIS Umver It}
(2 o-'r!., -f ~ !~
gent/Horatio Alger SocIety
Date
The Unt erslty libraries ( onhern Illinois Um erslty Board of Regents), by its duly authortzed agent.
hereby accepts the above gift.
Date
ttachments
Horatio Alger Society Resolution
Horatio Iger S lety Goal and Objectives
January-February 1995
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The Alger repository moves forward
by Robert E. Kasper (PF-327)
tory can only complement this fine collection of 19th
On November 19, 1994, I had the gr at pleasure of
century juvenile fiction.
In addition to 11,000 dime novels, NIU has impre siv
visiting Founders Memorial Library at orthern Illinois
Univer ity (NIU), located in DeKalb, Illinois. This is, of
collections of many juvenile authors, including (in addicour e, the ite of the n wly formed repository of the
tion to Alger) Optic, Castlemon, Henty and Twain, along
with a rapidly growing collection of 20th century boys
works of Horatio Alg r, Jr.
serie books.
At the invitation of Samu I Huang, Head of Rare
Books and Special Collections at NIU, I departed from
During our visit we discussed many topics concerning the repository. Sam and Arthur had several fine idea
Chicago that crisp Saturday moming accompanied by
ewsboy ec:titor William Gowen. On our arrivaC
about the growth and direction of the repository, including the e tabpromptly at 10
a.m., we were
li hment of an
ndowment for
enthu ia tithe collection
cally greeted by
andcr atingan
Sam, who imannual Stipend
mediately initifor Alger reated a tour of
search. The e
the Rare Books
topic
and
and Sp cia I
other ideas will
Collection Debedi cu din
partment. As
many of you reCo~byrep­
resenta ti ve
memb r, Sam
fromNIU.
was pre ent at
A our vi it
the 1994 Grand
drew to a do e,
RapidsconvenI b came cogtion and ably
nizantofNIU'
rep res n ted
IV in outlink enint r stin
the goals and
ing it de ir to
objectiv
et
b come the of- Northern Illinois University's Founders Memorial Library is the location of
forth in the
ficial H.A.S re- the official Horatio Alger repository.
r solution and
po itory.
of Sam's and Arthur's dedication in achieving the e
Shortly after our arrival we were joined by Arthur P.
goals. Although I never had any doubt about our deciYoung, Director of University Libraries. It was quickly
sion
to elect NIU, I was now firmly convinced that the
evident that Dr. Young shares Sam's enthusiasm in atcorrect choice had been made.
taining the goals and objectives of the repository resoluThe final draft of th De d of Gift Agr em nt i
tion.
reproduced on Page 6. The 18 months of hard work by
During our tour we were able to view the Alger
the re olution committee is ended; the hard work of th
collection of Raymond L. Murray (PF-546), a longtime
member hip is ju t beginning. I direct your attention to
Society member from orth Carolina. Raymond had ju t
the last sentence of the agreement:
donated hi collection to the repo itory and it was in the
"The Horatio Alger Society, in turn, will promote the
proc s of being catalogued.
repo itory within the membership, encouraging members to
Raymond also d nat d eight first dition to the
donate books and collections to Northern lllinois Univer ity."
Society to be auctioned during the annual convention in
If you have books or collections to donate or if you
Coming, NY
want additional information about the Alger repo itory,
We al 0 viewed the mas ive Albert Johannsen dime
novel collection hou ed in th rare book room. It wa
write to:
University Libraries, Rare Books and Special Colint re ting to see early (1860 ) Beadles & Adam dime
lections Department, orthem Illinois Univer ity,
novels from Johan n' library as well a records of hi
DeKalb, Illinois 60115-2868.
meticulou re earch and other note . The Alg r repo i-
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MEMBERSHIP
w members:
Ralph J. ad on (PF-955)
22 6 r k R ad
andy,
4093
( 01) 942-6459
Rc Iph, a radio broadca ter by profe ion, al 0 ollect
Id radio and nj y nmning (he has run in 27 marathons). His th r hobb i p try. H 1 am dab ut th
1
fr m th Horatio Alger A
iation of Famou
m ri an, nd h ure ntIy ha 41 Alg r titl in hi
all -ti n.
ollm r (PF-956)
d d cr Drive
a 0, T 76710
( 17) 772-1 97
Iy and h r hu band Bob (PF- 66) ho ted the 1992
H. . -. onv nti n at Ba I r Uni er ity. he learn d
about the
i ty fir t-hand by attending the 1991 Indianapoli:> on nti nand ay h ba am "hook d." H r
th r hobbi ar hiking, backpacking and reading.
Federal's alternate binding for its reprints of the first
six Frank Merriwell titles is little known to collectors.
hange of addres :
B atric F rtner (PF-565)
6 ari tta Plac
It n,IL 62002
(618) 463-2370
1 d M. Hunt (PF-7 5)
931 ak Lan
. quit ,TX 751 1
Dani I . Wuj k (PF-930)
402 ca ia Dri
Da tona Bach, FL 32127-6102
( inter addr
)
initial)
rthur h rman (PF-910)
]402
. Wagon Wh 1Dri
un ity W t, Z 5375
R b rt J. Bank (PF-253)
20 ain . . t.
,ranit \ ill ,
29 29
(602) 214-0000
t£aitor's note6oot
(COil t ill ued from
Page 4)
a publi hed by Str t & mith, F d ral and a id
McKay (a boy tanding in profile in front of a choolh u ,facing t hi right).
The abov e ample, unearthed n ar Wa hington D. .
by Joe lavin (PF- 0), rev al that F deral (which reri) al
printed th ix hard- 0 r & titl of thi
publish d th books in a m dium-gr n
er that depict a boy sitting at a desk readin a b ok. Th lamp
had and d k pad ar light y How and the lett ring on
the front and pin i in black.
Th b ok' pag (i.e., tr t & mith li t d a the
publi her on th titI page) ar identical to th r F deral
reprint that 1 have se n.
AU thi prov is that th r ar many urpri
out
th r in bookland. It' p ible th r ar mor Alg r
c er variation awaiting di 0 ry. Happy huntin !
Donations received:
Wallac Palm r (PF-612)
B rni Bib rd rf (PF-524)
J hn Cadick (PF- 58)
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Michael
Page 9
A. Donohue:
A profile of a publisher and
his Horatio Alger, Jr. products
b Bradford . ha e (PF-412)
i ha I . D nohu tart d hi fir t b k manufacturing bu in 5 in partn r hip with Alfr d J. 0 in 1 61
wh n D nohu wa a oung man of 20. 1
r ub equ nty ar hcwa!>inpartn r hip with
ral therm n
until 1901, wh n almo t 60, h form d th M.A. D n hu
&
. bu in .• with hi four on. 2
Th bu in . r main d a u hand wa acti e in bo k
publi hing until the arly 1970 .3 It hould b not d that
I
I
. . Donohu
o.
wa one f vcr 70
,,4~ at
~
publi h L to pr du
t ri writt n by Horatio 1ger, Jr. 4 In my tudy of
D n hu Aig r ,I'v fund that Donohu pr duc d 35
diff r nt Aig r format from 1 04 through at lea t 1934.
That printing p ri d i ba d upon my in p ction f
more than 260 in cription dat found written in Alger
publi h d by th M. . D n hue & o. firm. s
D nohu Al r w r pr duced in pap rback, qualit hard-co r and in p r quality cardb ard co r,
ral of th
format
lling for a little a 10 cent .
m c
r ha appliqu' (pa t d-on pictur ), which
ain dpopularitywithpubli her of boy 'b ksduring
the fir t d ad
f thi
ntury. Mo t D nohue Aig r
hay imprint d illu tration on the COy r, orne having
cvcral bright lor with Id I ttering n the pin .
Don hu pr duc d 59 Alg r tit! in hard-cover and
ab ut th am in pap rba k, a few of which ar v ry
hard for coli ct r to find. F r e ampl , "Wren Wint r'
Triumph," a r print titl f th riginal"A R lling ton "
publi h d by Thomp on & Th ma in 1902, wa pubIi hed und r thi n w titl nly b D nohu (in a r
n ider th mrar format).6 Ind d, Aig r coil ctor
Iv lucky t I at a c py of "Wr n Winter' Triumph" toda .
Donohue: The man and his bu ine
Michael Ambr
D n hu, r. wa born in ort
unty,lr land n pt.25,1 41, on fJ hnandBridget
( nnelly) D n hu . H cam to the Unit d tat in
1952 at ag 11 and I am d th b kbinding trade} Th
1 2 hi ag it direct r ha th fir t app aran of a
D n hu bu in , Ii ting
D n hue a a bo k-
6iIt4t
ditor' note: Tills artIcle / excerpted frolll Brad Clw.e' /lew
book, "l/oratlO Alger Book..~ Pllbl/slred by M.A. OOl1olrlle & Co."
Tire /look /s aVa/laMe for $12.95 pillS $1 po.tage by writi/lg to
Bradford S. Clrase, 6 a/ldpiper Rd., Enfield, CT 060 2.
M.A. Donohue & Coo's "Graduate Format," which
includes at least 10 Alger titles published around 1908.
binding partner hip located at 23 lark tr et. 8
Aft r mo ing to
rallocation , th 0 & D n hu
partner hip broke up in 1 71, with 0 joining I aac
H nder .11 in anoth r b okbinding bu in
That am year, Donohue b came a partner in the
D n hu , WiI on & Henn b rry bookbindin firm. In
1 78, Wil on decided to I ave th firm and hand
William King bury cr at d th ir wn b kbinding bu ine.
r . Donohue and Henn berry c ntinued th ir
bookbinding bu in
under the nam of D n hue &
Henneb rry, chang d their location v ral time and in
17m
d to 407-425 D arbom tr t and add d printing er ic . Four y ar later, the firm e pand d to
includ publi hing a w II a printing and binding. 9 In
1890, Don hu & Henn b rry join d with John L
11 a
part of the Unit d tat B ok ompany tru t, hich
la ted nIy three year .10
All four of Michael Donohu
in 01 d with th ir fath r in th b k bu in
ar . William F. D n hu , Micha I D nohu '
on, wa tr a ur r of th Donohue & H nneb rr firm in
1 90. H w
r, in 1 92, hand . . W k
t up th
Donohu & H nn b rr firm on th third fI r f 415
Darb m tr t appar ntl to publi h boo . In 1 4,
M.A. Don hu m, Jr. join d hi broth r William in that
firm a a cI rk, th n ca hi rand finall a a 5istClnt
( elllt ;1Il1l:d 01/ Past' [()
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Michael A. Donohue
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manager in 1899,11
It hould b noted that in 1900, the Donohue &
Henneberry firm gave up the publishing side of its
bu ine ,12 This is significant because in that year, another Donohue firm was created, which carried out
publi hing activities as well as the selling of books at the
arne D arbom Street address. It was called Donohue
Brother ,it succe ded Donohue, Henneberry & Co. and
wa operated by at least two of the Donohue sons,
William and Michael, Jr. Contributing to this development wa the purcha e that same year by Donohue
Brother of the tock and plates of the William Allison
ompany book publishing firm of New York. 13
A noted, the boys shed the Donohue, Henneberry &
Co. name in 1900 when they became Donohue Brothers
and onc ntrated on publishing and selling books (very
Uk ly printed and bound by their father's firm).
Donohue Brother existed for about one year when, in
March 1901, The Publishers' Weekly reported that
Michael A. Donohue, Sr. bought out his long-time partn r Henneberry and combined the Donohue &
Henn b rry firm (which at that time had a printing and
binding bu in s) with the publishing and selling busin
of Donohue Brothers. 14
It wa the merger of the e two companie ,Donohue &
H nneb rry and Donohue Brothers, in 1901, that formed
th M.A. Donohu & Co. busines which now carried a
full range of activities, including printing, binding, pubIi hing, s lling and distribution for many, many y ar . It
wa , of cour e, this finn that produced Alger starting
about 1904.
In ummary, Michael A. Donohue, Sr. was associated
with publi hing companie in Chicago as follows:
1. Cox & Donohue; 1861 to 1871 (Oark St., laSalle St.).
2. Donohue, Wilson & Henneberry; \ 87\ to \ 878 (Madison St.).
3. Donohue & Henneberry; 1878 to \ 90 1 (Madison St.,
Monroe St., Wabash Ave. and 407-425, 429 Dearborn St.).
4. Donohue, Henneberry & Co.; 1892 to 1900 (415
Dearborn St.).
5. Donohue Brothers; 1900-1901 (407, 415-425
Dearborn St.)
6. M.A. Donohue & Co.; 1911 (407-429 Dearborn St.);
19\ \ to the 1970s (701-733 South Dearborn St.).
I n e that Michael A. Donohue was a true elfmoti at d, ind P nd nt sort of fellow. At age 21 he was
a principal partn r in a bookbinding firm and, over the
y ar, urviv d a his partners went into business with
oth r ,finally stablishing his own finn with his sons as
prin ipal m mb r of th management team.
For year , the Donohue men, including grand on ,
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occupied the key positions ofcompany authority, thereby
effectively excluding "outsiders" from participating in
management of the firm. Independence is additionally
reflected in Donohue's apparent resistance in submitting
Donohue catalogs regularly to trade publications as many
other publishing companies did during that period. Mr.
Donohue was also not listed as a member of the American Publishers' Association in 1904. 15
Another side of Michael A. Donohue was his family
life. He was married in Chicago in 1863 at age 22 to a Miss
Jane Furey, who was also born in Ireland. 16 Theyeventually had seven children, four boys and three girls. All
four boys apparently worked throughout their live in
Donohue firms, starting as cashiers and clerks, then
advancing to higher-level positions. The three girls did
not work in the finn, which likely reflects the customs of
the time.
In 1915, just before Michael A. Donohue, Sr. died, he
was president of the firm, and his four ons wer officers:
John was vice president, William was secretary, Michael,
Jr. was treasurer and Edgar was general manager. 17
In 1898, a couple of years before Donohue started
M.A. Donohue & Co., the Donohue family home wa
located at 4547 Grand Blvd. (now Martin Luther King
Drive) in Chicago Before that, Donohue and hi family
lived on Union Avenue, Winter Street, Vernon Avenue
and, in 1886, at 4601 Lake Ave. I suspect that each of these
moves to a new addres wa a step up in prestige and a
better residential location as Donohue's economic circumstances improved. I understand Grand Boulevard
was really grand in those days, with a wid grassy strip
down the middle and lined with three- and four-story
brick or brownstone mansions. 18
B fore Michael A. Donohue, Sr. produced a much as
one Alger, he was apparently a very successful man. Like
Alger's heroes, he had come from modest means, he had
worked very hard and was continuing to move in the
direction of gaining even more success. Donohue was a
director of the Federal Life Insurance Company and
belonged to the Colonial Club and the Hinsdale Golf
Club. His recreation interest was given as golf. When he
died, there was a requiem high mass celebrated at the
Corpus Christe Church in Chicago. 19
Of interest, p rhaps, is that there were three Michael
A. Donohues: Michael A. Donohue, Sr., Michael A.
Donohue, Jr., and Michael A. Donohue III. Michael, Jr.
attended Chicago public schools and in 1902 married
Adah Maley of Chicago. They had four children; their
second child being Michael m. Michael, Jr. was Ii ted as
treasurer of the M.A. Donohue & Co. firm in 1917. On
Oct. 5, 1915 when Michael, Sr. died, the sons (and then,
grandsons) carried on as principal partners until their
deaths or retirements. 20
In 1976, Gilbert K. Westgard II (PF-024) poke with
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TO RENT
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THE
PACE AT ATTRACTIVE RATE
OHUE BUrLDf
EX
701 733 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET
The M.A. Donohue Building and Annex in Chicago as
advertised in Publishers Weekly in 1912, top; and the
building today in a view from the southwest.
arcu and Richard D n hu ,grand on ofMicha I, r.
ab ut th firm and it bu in .21 According to th
tgard int r i w, when illiam, th la t urviving
n, r tir d a pr id nt in 1949, Richard (the on of
ichael, r.' old t on J hn) beam th fourth and la t
pre id nt of th
mpany.
Th pr id ncy f th firm, th r f r , pa d from
Mi ha I, r. t hi ld t n J hn, th n to William and
finally t Ri hard, th
n of J hn, th old t of Michael,
r.' by. Thi wa a u e ion which truly foll w d th
family lin. Th tw grand on indicated that th ir 197
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acti ity involved managing the Donohue building and
lea ing room to mall independent print r .
W tgard ha also recently pointed out to me that the
of the Donohue firm n d
D arbom Str t addr
clarification. In an earlier article for ew boy and in my
book on Donohue Alger, I a umed that the 407-42
D arbom t. and 701-733 South D arbom St. addre
wer eparate location, b lieving that the firm had
moved three blocks outh on D arbom St. in 1911. According to W tgard, th location did not chang but
hicago merely revi ed it tr t-numbering y tern
around that time.
Ther fore, the 701-733 S. D arbomSt. Donohu Building and ann x, which still tand today, was hom for
various Donohue bu ine s for three-quarter of a century, dating back to wh n th D n hue & H nneb rr
firm mad it move to the 400 block f D arbom tr et.
Lat r, th 400 block of D arbom Str twa r numb r d
a the 700 block of outh D arbom Str t.
Donohue and hi Alger book
I ha e determined that M.A. Donohue & o. publi h d 35 differ nt Horatio Alg r r print format fr m
1904 through at lea t 1934. 22 In this regard, a format i
d fin d a a Donohue Alg r book who co er and pin
combination i one of a kind. The variou format had
multi-color d cov r a well a black-and-whit; imprint d cov r with appliqu' , b th full and quart rpage; cloth-co er d cardboard, plain cardboard and
pap r cover. The books vari d from very high-quality
loth cover with gold lettering to thin, poor-quality
book
lling for a little a 10 c nt. ollect r familiar
with M.A. Donohue boo of oth r author know that th
quality varied widely; g nerally, bo k pr du din th
1930 were the cheap t quality, pr bably du to th
r at 0 pr ion.
. produc d nly ne t of p p rM.A. Donohue &
back Alg r , initially publi h d around 1910 a part f
th Boy Alert Library and containing w 11 ov r 50 1ger
till .23
Hopefully, my new book on th Donohue Alg r will
b h lpfulto Alger collector in providing d tailed information about the ariou format 0 that they can r lat
any n p cific Donohu Alg r t oth r in imilar
format group .24
In ord r to identify and diff r ntiate b tw n f rmat, I hav given a nam and number to each. When a
co erl pin combination differ only in th iz f th
I tt ringorwh ntheauthor' namewa giv na "AI r"
in ne in tance and "Alg r Jr." in an ther, th y ar
con id r d different ditions of th am f rmat.
Diff r nc in the color of th binding cloth or t I f
I tt ring w re al 0 con id r d f minimal ignifican in
di tingui hing betwe n format. m of th 35 differ nt
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Good-quality Donohue Aigerformats, from left: "Horse" (format 14, around 1908-1911); "Sailboat" (format 8,) and
"Accountant" (format 6). The latter two were produced in the 1907-1910 period.
Michael A. Donohue
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f rmat ar n cloth and other on cardboard or paper
f the 0 r ha
laborat multi-eolor d
illu trati n f boy doing thing and other hay v ry
pi in ti kfigur typ illu trati n or contain black curvyt p d ign.
tepping back from th p cHic of each format for a
m m nt, it can b ob rv d that Donohue e ntially
pr du d quality Alger b k from 1904 into th ne t
d' ad . But then, tarting about 1911, he b gan to produ in p n i ,v ry p rly-c n truct d Algers, along
with quality Alg r . The ewer di tributed nationally
v rth y ar t th u and fl aloutlet ,includingthe
5-and-10- nt. tor .25
Jud in from in cription dat and the number of
th
p or-qua lit diti n which till xi t today, I'd
that from 1911 thr ugh th arty 1930 , ine p nIg r fl d d the young r ading
r print D nohu
mark t, lik Iy aimed at capturing th la t of whatev r
br ad-s al int r t wa 1 ft in r ading the work
Iger.
I r w r riginall co r d with
n hu
du~t ja k l., alth ugh f w r main t day.26 I hay concluded that at I a. t fi diff r nt du t jack t w r u d
b 'D n hu on Ig r , whi h mean that Donohu v ry
Ii\... I 1I'i d th am du t jack t t
r many diff r nt
AIg rf rmat .1 hav found thi to b tru in th Donohu
coli tions I have in p ted.
Imp rtanttoth r archeri th print dinformati n
'ontaln dna du t ja k t. F r ampl, u ing th title
lI<,ts and illu tration n Don hu d.j.' plu imilar
Informat ion fund in ad rti m nt within the D n hu
t\ Iger bo b th m Iv , I hav d t rmined that ther
ar at I a t yen omnibu
ri pr duc d by D n hu
which contain 1ger titl .
It appear that th Bound to Win erie for Boy and
th Onward erie wer th higher-quality Aig r , with
two rie
indi idual copi co ting 75 c nt ach. Th
included title by oth r author uch a " liv r pti"
(William T. Adam ), Jam F nim re
per and dward S. Elli , a w 11 a Alger.
Th oth dive ri , om including medium-quality
books and other ha ing very poor con truction, conxp n ive, Bing
tain d only Alger titl and w r I
rie. Th e
for 10, 25 of 50 cents ach, d p nding nth
other five Donohue ri includ The Fire ide Henty
eries, The Victory Alger erie, The Alger eries for
Boy, Famous Alger erie for Boy and The Famou
Alger Books. A of thi point in my r earch, I have not
be n able to tie ea h of the 35 format to a p cHic ri .
I should al 0 mention that th Ii ting of titl . wa
mtim completely diff r nt for the arne-named ri .
Donohue pr due d f rmat with two differ nt t of
applique. They w r introduc d by th company around
1910, with one et co ring th full fr nt c
rand th
other co ering only about a quarter-page in th enter of
th front co er. Appliqu' on D n hu Al r wer
produc d for at lea t 10 Y ar aft r 1910 a wiland
appear on both th m dium-quality and poor r-quality
binding. The appliqu' illu trati n were apparently
u ed with littl r gard for th titl f th b ok r the
ubject of th tor.
ccording to B nnett, D nohu publi h d 64 AIg r
titl .27 After in p cting mor than 00 actual D n hue
Algerb ok ,Iha b enabl to onfirmactual xampl
of only 59 titl and b Ii v th oth r fi d not i t.
Tho five are:" nd
rant' Plu k and How H W n
ut;"" rit, the Young Boatman of Pine Pint;" "The Tin
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Poorer-quality Aigerformats, from left: "Ribbons" (format21 , about 1911);"Athletel3 Roses" (format 25, about
1911) and "Torch" (format 20, about 1910).
Box and What it ontained;" "The Young Acrobat of the
r at orth Am rican ircu;" and "Mark Ma on."
Th fir t four of the e appar ntly non-existent title
hay th ubtitl join d with the title. Only the horter
form wa actually u ed on the cover, pine and title page
of th many xampl of D nohue Alger titl s I've inp cted and th r for know i t. A far a I can determin , "Mark Ma n" wa n v r publi h d under that
title by D n hue; how ver, I have ample of the title
" ark Ma on' Vict ry" in ix differ nt Donohue f rmat .Du tjack tli tingsdocarryth "MarkMa on"title
but appar ntly ar incorrect.
n int r ting note r garding titl r lat to "Tony
th Her "inFormat17.lhav c pi ofboththattitl and
"Tonyth Tramp." In idetheb okhavingthi latter title,
howev r, th titl page and r t of th text i titl d "Tony
th Hr." I aloha a copy of "Tony th Tramp" in
Format 34 which ontain that title on th out ide co er,
pin and n th d u t jacket a w 11. Hower, the inside
title page and t t how the title a "Tony the Hero,"
which i a imilar format to that found in Format 17.
I' conclud d that th tory, "Tony th H ro" i th
int nded titl and that th c
r howing "Tony, th
Tramp," which, of cour , is the original name for the
am t ryinit
rialf rm( ewYorkWeekly,Jun 26pt. 4, 1 76) ar in rr r in thi particular u ag .
mingly
M.A. Donohu & 0.' Alg r r print,
regardl
f quality, were agerly ought-after, not only
by y ung t r but by their par nt and r lati
a w 11.
any f the latt r hop d that tho who r ad Alg r'
t ri ~ would b
me in pir d to trive and ucceed,
work and win and g n rally gra p the concept of elfbetterm nt. Thi wa a dynami time in the lif of our
country. It wa th fir t thr e decade of the 20th en-
tury, a time of great technical, mechanical and
ial
growth; a time of mobilization and inv I ment in th
fir t-ever World War; and it wa a time for play during
the pre-d pr ion "roaring twenti ."
Teacher, both Sunday chool and academic, al n
with minister, parent and grandpar nt , wrot d dication in Donohue Alger which r flect their belief that
Alg r' word were good for young y . Older p opl
today, yen after 60 or 70 year, till fondly r m mb r
r ading Alger in their youth and b ing aff ct d by th
me ag. Many of tho e Alger, which mu t have influnc d g n ration of Am rican and, a a re ult influenc d th development of our nation, w rundoubt dly
publi h d by Michael Ambro e Donohue, Sr. and hi
hicago-ba d family firm.
OTES
1. Ruben A. Donnell y, Annual Directory of the
City of Chicago, 1862. This ource lists the 0 and
Donohu bu ine ; the 1 61 dir ctory d
not. Sinc th
1862 directory likely reflect event occurring in 1 61
and, b cau
everal oth r our
r f r to 1 61 a the
tart dat , I conclude that
ox and Donohue bu in
tart din 1 61.
th ir partn r hip and bu in
2. The Publishers' Weekly, The American Book
Trade Journal, Volume LIX, 0.13, Whole o. 1522 of
March 30, 1901, p. 902. Also in apt. RL. Dartt, "A
mpanion to G.A. Henty - A Bibliography," p. O.
3. John H. Tebbel, "A Hi tory of Book Publishing in
w York and Lond n: RR
th United tate," Vol. ill,
Bowker Co., 1975, p. 272.
4. Ralph. D. ardn r, "Horati Alg r; or, Th Am rican Hero Era." Mendota, Ill: The Way ide Pr , 1964,
pp.361-362.
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Michael A. Donohue
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5. BradfordS. ha e, "HoratioAlgerBooksPublished
by M.A. Donohu & 0." Part ill-IV: D cription and
Pr ntation of Donohue Alger Formats. Enfield, Conn.:
andpip r Publi hing, April 1994, pp. 19-107.
6. Bob B nnett, "Horatio Alger, Jr.: A Comprehensive
Bibli graphy." Mt. PI a ant, Mich.: Flying Eagle Publihing 0.,1980, p. 37.
7. Alb rt . Marqui , "The Book of Chicagoans."
hicago, Ill.: A. . Marqui & Co., p. 194. (Cited in
I anor A. ampb ll," en al gical harts for th Family of Michael Ambrose Donohue." Census sheets and
I tt r to c tt B. ha detailing a g nealogical search of
th M.A. Donohue family. February 1986, p. 2).
8. Donn II y,1862.
9. Thi mat rial on Donohue busine s partner wa
tak n fr m th Annual Directoryofthe City of Chicago.
ariou y ar from 1861.
10. Mad 1 in B. Stern, "Publi her for Ma s Entertainment in 19th ntury America." Bo ton, Ma .: G.K.
Hall and .,1980, p.120.My ourc differ as to whether
it wa D nohue & Henn b rry (Stern) or the Donohue,
H nn b rry & o. firm (Tebbel) which joined Lo ell in
th U.. B ok o. I ho Stern b cau e her reference
emed mor credible.
11. D nn lley,1 90 thr ugh 1899.
12. Donn 11 y,1900.
13. The Publi hers' Weekly, The American Book
Trade Journal, Vol. LVII, 0.15, Whol 0.1472of April
14, 1 00. p. 08.
14. The Publishers' Weekly, The American Book
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Bill:
While doing some routine research on a book I reently acquired, I came acros what I believ are two
pr iou lyunr cognized eries.Althoughldon'tbelieve
eith r wa int nd d a a seri , both contain a ca t of
ntinuing charact r , the ba ic ingr dient for eries
b ok tatu . Th yar a follow:
Hartley, George Inness, "Boy Hunters in Demerara,"
publi hed by Century in 1921 and its sequel, "The Lost
Flamingo ," published by Century in 1924.
Longstreth, T. Morris, "The Silent Five," published
by entury in 1924 and its sequel, "Coin and
fO bones," published by Century in 1925.
H r ' how I got on th trail of the e book . I recently
acquired" oin and ro bon ." My wantli t how d a
Ii ting f r ong tr th' "The Silent Five," although at
fir t I could not r m mber wh r I had hard of the title.
D
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January-February 1995
Trade Journal, Vol. LIX, o. 13, Whole No. 1522 of
March 30,1901. p. 902.
15. The Publishers' Weekly, The American Book
Trade Joumal, Vol. LXVII,No.4, Whole No. 17220fJan.
28, 1905. pp. 521-522.
16. Campbell: Chart 1.
17. Donnelley, 1915, p. 447. Cit din ampb ll's letter,
p. 1. There appears to be some confusion in th literature
about the younge t on's name: Edgar T. or Edward T. I
have u ed Edgar since it was given a such on the census
chart and by family memb r in the W tgard interview.
18. Campbell: Lett r, p. 1.
19. Ibid., p. 2.
20. Tebbel, p. 272.
21. Gilbert K. Westgard II. L tt r dated pt. 17, 1986
to the author.
22. The initial cla ification of the Donohue format
wa developed by the late William R. Wright of
Chillicothe, Ohio. The author ha ummariz d and modifi d the Wright y t m after being grant d acc
to the
large Wright Donohue library in ord r to gath rand
analyze Donohue format information.
23. Paul F. Miller (PF-351) of Vienna, Ohio, without
he itation loaned the author hi whol collection of
Donohu paperback Alger for tudy and analy i .
24. Bradford . ha ,"Horatio Alger Boo Publi hed by M.A. Donohu & 0."
25. Tebb 1, p. 506.
26. Hank Gra belle (PF-584) of R dondo Beach, alif.
entphotocopi sofDonohu du tjack t fromhisext nive Alger du t jacket coli ction for tudy and analy i .
27. B nnett, pp. 144-145.
I could find no record of it in Hud on' bibliograophy,
although another later ries by Long treth i included.
I next turn d to the U.S. Catalogue, which gav m the
information on Long tretch listed above.
I wa still puzzled, however, how I had come aero
Longstreth in the first place. Turning to my collection, I
arch d for a title publi hed by ntury from the mid'20's with a dust jacket. Sure enough, on the back panel
of the du tjacketfor Barbour' "Spaniard's av" J came
aero s the li ting for Longstreth' "The Silent Five."
A I read through the other titl Ii t d there, Hartley'
"The Lo t Flamingo" jumped out at me. It ays, and I
quote, "Th boy naturali t of'BoyHunter in D merara'
go on a new expedition and find many thrilling e perinces." I had acquired a copy of the earlier title a whil
back but had a sumed it was only a 010 titl . It now
appears that this i a g nuine Ii .
Th U.S. Catalogue list Long treth' " oin and
ro bone" as a qu lto "Th Sil nt Fiv." ot ha ing
NEWSBOY
January-February 1995
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
George Inness Hartley's "Boy Hunters in Demerara"
is the first title of a two-volume series published by
The Century Company in 1921 and 1924.
thi titl, I an't b on hundr d p rcent ur
book har a ca t fchara t r , but it doe e
abl t a urn, if one i a gu I to th th r,
ind ed th ca .
Actually, it wa a I t f fun d ing th d te
that b th
m r a onthat thi i
tive work!
inc r Iy,
Bart J. yb rg (PF- 79)
20W4S0 Rutg r Dri e
D wn r rov IL 60516
THE SILENT FIVE
By T. Morris Longstreth
A summ r boy's camp, hidden treasur', exciting adventure. Ill. $1.75.
THE LOST FLAMINGOS
By George Innes Hartley
The boy naturalists of "Boy Hunters
in Demerara" 0 on a new expedition and find many thrilling experinces. 111. $1.75.
Advertising blurbs from the back panel of a 1924 dust
jacket from Barbour's "Spaniard's Cave."
Page 15
D ar Bill:
Tru tingthatyouar well in health and pirit . P rm
last I tter to you, which you were graciou enou h t
repr ent in arc nt ew boy i u, I wa invol d in
oll cling Alger hort torie , articl , p InS, etc., which
had b n printed in ew boy ince it inception in 19 2.
Thanks to Brad ha , who I nt me hi compl t
ew boy collection dating back t 1962, I wa abl t
complete thi data, per attached. Plea fe I free to pubIi h thi in ewsboy inc th la t time thi wa done a
a guide to member was over 20 year ago.
Whil working on thi time-c n uming ta k co ring
four olume and over 880 page , I compil d inter ting
data from my p ru al of all th
ew boys v r i u d. I
would lik to hare thi data with other memb r and
hop you can reprint the following in futur
ewsboy
(p rhap once eery i u or v ry other i ue). Thi data
can i t of the following:
1. All hardcover-only books by Alg r, including ar
of publication and nam of h r r h roin .
2. Title and date fir t publi hed on all Alger h rt
tori r printed in ew boy. Thi wa la t don in th
ov mber 1970 ew boy is ue.
3. Li ting of the 10 rar t Alger titl ba ed n th
numb r of time that the have b n offer d for al in
ew boy, from 1962 to 1994.
4. Li t of 16 al o-rare Alger titl ba don ew boy
al a off ring the for al .
5. arne a 3, abo e, for 20 of th rna t common Alg r
tit! .
6. arne a 4, abo e, f r nine other common Alg r
title.
7. ample of lowe t price for rar Alger books from
1 67 to 19 0, including the manum ntal bargain al of
fir t dition h Id by th oci ty n Tu day, JuneS, 1973
at 2 p.m.
0 d
ld Day . Exc rpt from B ttman' "Th
They W re Terrible" howing how depr ing ill wa
during Alger' ew York ity (for th rich a well a th
poor) a compared with today.
I would be willing to r nd r a hart I ctur at the
upcoming can ention to members on how to do what I
hav had th pi a ure of doing. L t m know if y u
would like to have copie of each of the above eight it m
for inclu ion in future ewsboy.
R gard ,
t r (PF-92 )
Angelo yl
P. . Bo 53
Tamworth, NH 03 6
Editor' note: We will be working with Allgelo all a pect ofhis
re earell in tlle coming lIIonths. The pa t i ue of ew boy
contain lIIuch that is worth reprinting, Wlliell we plall to do
electively itl future issues. /n addition, anl/p-to-date ew boy
index i ill tlle planning tages.
NEWSBOY
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January-February 1995
ADVENTURE
800/(QUEST
AT PLYMOUTH ROCK
(l1••••chu••tt.)
APRIL 28-29-30, 1995
SHERATON INN OF PLYMOUTH
FOR MYSTERY. SUSPENSE, THRILLS AND ...
FUN, FUN, FUN!!!
The area's very first pop culture book show featuring,
primarily, juvenile series books (Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew et al)
with a sprinkling of Big Little Books, pulps, Burro.ughs material,
dime novels, children's books and collectible paperbacks.
Approximately 100 table
lops and lots of series book
guests at one of the area's
largest and finest hotels.
Tables will go fast, as we
expect to sell over half the
Dealers Room at the west
coast series book show in
California. Please contact
Don Phelps, 60 Bow Street,
Carver MA 02330 or call ...
(508) 866-5915
We fully expect it to be a
boHo show for both dealers
and attendees. Come be
part of what we hope will
be an annual trek to the
nostalgic world of the Hardy
Boys, Nancy Drew, Judy
Bolton, Tarzan, The Shadow,
Nick Carter, etc. - the worl
of whimsy, mystery, and
above all ...
ADVENTURE! ! !
Advertising will be in traditional book outlets
and also in many antique publications.