George Bell and Sons

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Friends, Associates Anne Ridler
Her brother was working for publishers George Bell , and she met a number of authors, including Antonia White and Margaret Kennedy . Later, through her own work, she met with T. S. Eliot 's...
Literary responses Anna Steele
The Academy gave Condoned a largely negative review, arguing that Steele had with the odd lack of judgment which not seldom distinguishes lady novelists, done nearly all she could to spoil her book.
The Academy.
11 (3 February 1877): 91
Publishing Margaret Gatty
All of MG 's books but one were pubished by Bell and Sons . Her family enjoyed with the Bells a family friendship through three generations, while the grandfather of the men who published MG
Publishing Adelaide Procter
According to Bessie Rayner Parkes , Procter had to be urged to publish the collection. The first series, which was issued at a price of 5 shillings by Bell and Daldy , had another edition...

Timeline

1839: George Bell founded his publishing firm in...

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1839

George Bell founded his publishing firm in London; it specialised in educational books.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 22, 25, 27

1839: George Bell founded his publishing firm in...

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1839

George Bell founded his publishing firm in London; it specialised in educational books.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 22, 25, 27

November 1881: Aunt Judy's Magazine, the leading fiction...

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November 1881

Aunt Judy's Magazine, the leading fiction periodical for children founded by Margaret Gatty , changed publishers, and adopted a new format with a cover designed by Randolph Caldecott .
Gatty, Horatia K. F. Juliana Horatia Ewing and Her Books. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1885.
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Texts

Browning, Robert, and Samuel R. Gardiner. Strafford. Editor Hickey, Emily, George Bell and Sons, 1884.
Conrad, Joseph. Nostromo. George Bell and Sons, 1904.
Dickens, Charles et al. “An Introduction”. Legends and Lyrics, Fifteenth, George Bell and Sons, 1874, p. xi - xxxi.
Le Breton, Anna Letitia. Memoir of Mrs. Barbauld, including Letters and Notices of her Family and Friends. George Bell and Sons, 1874.
Le Breton, Anna Letitia. Memoir of Mrs. Barbauld, including Letters and Notices of her Family and Friends. George Bell and Sons, 1974.
Procter, Adelaide, and Charles Dickens. Legends and Lyrics. 15th ed., George Bell and Sons, 1874.
Leland, John. The Itinerary of John Leland. Editor Smith, Lucy Toulmin, George Bell and Sons, 1910.