Smith, Elder & Co., alternativelySmith, Elder, and Co.[1] orSmith, Elder and Co.[2][3] was a British publishing company which was most noted for the works it published in the 19th century. It was purchased byJohn Murray in the early 1900s, its archive now kept as part of theJohn Murray Archive at theNational Library of Scotland inEdinburgh, Scotland.
^abc"Business Correspondence of Smith, Elder, and Co., 1850–1908: Finding Aid". Princeton University Library. 2008. Retrieved7 July 2012.Abstract. Consists, for the most part, of business correspondence of George Smith relating to theCornhill Magazine, which he founded in 1859, and other publishing business of Smith, Elder, and Co., the London publishing firm.
^Steve King."Charlotte Bronte. Charlotte Bronte as "Currer Bell"". Today in Literature. Retrieved7 July 2012.Smith, Elder and Co. took the risk on passages like that, andJane Eyre was an immediate and controversial hit.
^One 1850 advertisement of "New Christmas Books" (3) shows footer "London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill." (The Observer, 1850-12-22 p. 1).The Cornhill Magazine was inaugurated January 1960, named after the 65 Cornhill street address. The "Sixth Edition" title page ofThe King of the Golden River, no date, shows "London:" over "Smith, Elder & Co., 15 Waterloo Place." (viewed asHathiTrust Digital Library 011986310).
