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J. Winchester	Jonas Winchester ran his own publishing firm in New York from about 1840 to 1844, in association with 'The New World' of which he was joint-owner. In 1844 Winchester sold his interest in the firm to his son Ebenezer and J. W. Judd, and it seems that the firm closed shortly afterwards. 'The New World' ceased publication in 1845. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 494.	2009
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.	Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. was formed as a company in 1878. Nicholas Trübner formed his company in 1851. The two companies merged to form Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. in 1889. In 1912 Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. merged with George Routledge & Sons to form Routledge & Kegan Paul. The Routledge Group was purchased by the Taylor & Francis Group in 1998. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com.	2008
Learning Company	The Learning Company is a specialist software firm which was acquired by Riverdeep in 2001. See the FOB entry for Riverdeep, which indicates that the firm is now part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. See www.hmhco.com.	2009
Longman	Thomas Longman founded his publishing house in 1724. The firm remained a family business until 1970, when it was merged with Penguin Books. By the time of the death of the last family chairman, Mark Longman, in 1972, the firm was known as Pearson Longman. It remains part of the Pearson Group. For a time the divison within Pearson was known as Longman Addison Wesley, but it has now reverted to Longman. See www.pearson.com and www.longman.co.uk.	2007
Mahlon Day	The publishing firm of Day and Turner was founded in New York in 1815 by Mahlon Day and Charles Turner. Turner withdrew from the firm around 1820 and it continued as Mahlon Day until 1846 when Day retired. From 1846 the firm continued as Baker, Crane and Day (q.v.), but it went out of business in 1848. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 114-115.	2009
Modern Library	The Modern Library was founded as an imprint of Boni and Liveright (q.v.) in New York in 1917. Its original name was The Modern Library of the World's Best Books. In 1925 the Modern Library was purchased from Boni and Liveright by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. In 1927 Cerf and Klopfer changed the name of the firm to Random House. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 242-245; the FOB entry for Random House; and www.randomhouse.com.	2008
Nation	'The Nation' was founded in 1907. In 1921 it took over 'The Athenaeum' and became 'The Nation and Athenaeum'. In 1931 'The Nation and Athenaeum' was merged with 'New Statesman', which for some years was published as 'New Statesman and Nation (incorporating Athenaeum)'. See www.newstatesman.com.	2013
Neale Publishing Company	The Neale Company was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1894 by Walter Neale. In 1901 it became the Neale Publishing Company. Walter Neale died in 1933 and the firm went out of existence. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 332-334.	2009
Nicholas Trübner	Nicholas Trübner formed his publishing company in 1851. The company was merged with Kegan Paul, Trench & Co. in 1889 to form Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. In 1912 Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. merged with George Routledge & Sons to form Routledge & Kegan Paul. The Routledge Group was purchased by the Taylor & Francis Group in 1998. See www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com.	2008
Nimbus	Nimbus: A Magazine of Literature, the Arts, and New Ideas began publication in December 1951 as a quarterly magazine edited by Tristram Hull for the magazine’s thirteen issues. Hull was later joined by co-editors Ivo Jarosy and David Wright. In 1957 Christopher Logue became co-editor with Hull and the name of the magazine was changed to Nimbus: New English Review. The magazine was published by John Trafford at the Halcyon Press. It ceased publication in 1958. A collection of editorial files for all issues of the magazine except the last are housed at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.	2025

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