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Stewart Kidd Company	Stewart Kidd Company was a publishing firm based in Cincinatti, founded in 1910. In 1924 the firm was purchased by D. Appleton & Company, later Appleton-Century-Crofts. See the FOB entry for Appleton-Century-Crofts, which indicates that part of the firm has passed into the ownership of Pearson Education and part into the ownership of the Academic Learning Company.	2008
Story Classics Press	The publishing firm of Story Classics Press was acquired by Thomas Yoseloff, Inc. in 1956. See 'Publishers Weekly', 20 August 1956, and see the FOB entry for Thomas Yoseloff, Inc., which indicates that the firm merged with A. S. Barnes & Co. in 1958 and in 1978 the merged firm was acquired by Leisure Dynamics, Inc., shortly after which it disappeared from the world of publishing.	2008
Swan Sonnenschein	William Swan Sonnenschein formed his first publishing firm, W. Swan Sonnenschein & Allen, in 1878. From 1882 this became W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co. In 1911 the Swan Sonnenschein company merged with George Allen & Co., and in 1914 the merged firm became George Allen & Unwin Ltd. See the FOB entry for George Allen & Unwin.	2006
T. B. Harms Company	The music publishing firm of T. B. Harms was established in New York City around 1892. In 1929 the firm was purchased by Warner Brothers Pictures, and it is identified as one of the predecessor firms of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. in the history pages of www.warnerchappell.com.	2007
Temple Classics Magazine	Temple Classics Magazine was founded by J. M. Dent in 1904, but was not successful and lasted for only five issues. See the entry for J. M. Dent in FOB.	2006
The Critic	The Critic was a New York-based magazine of literary criticism published beginning in 1881. In 1884 the magazine merged with Good Literature to become The Critic and Good Literature and started a new series. The title reverted to The Critic that same year. In 1906, the magazine was absorbed into a new incarnation of Putnam's Monthly, which was titled Putnam's Monthly and The Critic for its initial issues. A small collection of responses from 26 American authors to the question “Has America Produced a Poet?” solicited by The Critic’s editors is housed at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.	2025
The Golden Cockerel Press	The Golden Cockerel Press, founded by Harold (Hal) Midgley Taylor in 1920, began as a cooperative private press venture, publishing a literary review, The Voices, and two literary titles before being put up for sale in 1924. Purchase of the press that year by wood engraver Robert Gibbings marked the start of a more productive period, resulting in the publication of some 71 classic and contemporary titles between 1924 and 1933. That year, Christopher Sandford took over the business at which point the press ceased to be private with production moved to Chiswick Press. By the time ownership again changed hands in 1959, 120 additional titles had appeared. Between 1959 and 1961 American publisher Thomas Yosseloff completed four more titles before closing the Golden Cockerel imprint for good. A collection of correspondence and production materials documenting the operation under the ownership of Robert Gibbings and Christopher Sandford is housed at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.	2025
Theodore Bliss and Company	Theodore Bliss was a partner in the publishing firm of H. C. Peck and Theo. Bliss (q.v.) until it was dissolved in 1862 because of Civil War financial difficulties. After the war Bliss formed his own publishing firm which he ran for several years until forced by ill health to retire. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 356.	2009
Thomas Cadell	The firm of Thomas Cadell was founded in the 1760s, and from 1793 to the 1820s traded as Cadell & Davies. Thomas Cadell became part of the Longman Group. See the FOB entry for Longman and see www.pearson.com.	2008
Thomas Murby & Co.	The geological publishers Thomas Murby & Co. were purchased during World War II by Messrs George Allen & Unwin. See the FOB entry for George Allen & Unwin, which indicates that any surviving rights will now belong to HarperCollins.	2006

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