Donohue Brothers, Chicago 1900
The Donohue Brothers firm succeeded Donohue, Henneberry in 1900.
Michael A. Donohue and William Henneberry founded Donohue, Henneberry
and Company in 1879. Initially it was exclusively a bookbinder but as
time went on it did more and more publishing. As with most of the
reprint publishers of this era, a majority of its books were published
as parts of a publisher's series.
In 1900 Donohue petitioned a local circuit court to legally help
dissolve the partnership between him and William Henneberry. Apparently
the partners had been unable to come to an amicable dissolution of
their partnership. In April, 1900 Donohue started up a new firm with
his sons, Donohue Brothers. Soon after its founding the Donohue
Brothers purchased the plates of the W. L. Allison Company, a prominent
New York book publisher. By 1901 Donohue had purchased Henneberry's
share, combined it with the Donohue Brothers and continued the business
under the M. A. Donohue and Co. name. Associated with Donohue were his
sons - Michael A. Donohue Jr., J. W. Donohue, W. F. Donohue, and E. T.
Donohue. Henneberry continued in the book publishing business as the
Henneberry Company.
During its very short life the Donohue Brothers published
a number of cloth bound series, two of which included Mayne Reid authored titles:
The Aetna Series (250 titles) -previously published by Donohue,
Henneberry and the Fireside Series for Boys (77 titles)-previously
published by Allison.
The Donohue Brothers also published series in wraps. The Modern Authors’ Library was initially published and Donohue, Henneberry & Co. and subsequently published by M. A. Donohue and Co., the successor to there Donohue Brothers.
It included:
Afloat in the Forest
Desert Home
Lone Ranch
Fireside Series
Mayne Reid titles in this series:
Boy Hunters
Afloat in the Forest
Desert Home
Lone Ranch
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Aetna Series
(The cover of this book is unchanged between the Donohue Henneberry version and the Donohue Brothers format.)
Mayne Reid titles in this series
Boy Hunters
Afloat in the Forest
Desert Home
Lone Ranch
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