See also:

• ARCHIBALD, 5TH EARL OF DOUGLAS (c. 1391–1439)

ARCHIBALD See also:

• CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
• ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE (1774-1827)
• CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
• CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
• CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)

CONSTABLE (1774-1827)  , Scottish publisher, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 24th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1774 at Carnbee, See also:

• FIFE
• FIFE (Fr. fifre; Med. Ger. Schweizerpfeiff, Feldpfeiff; Ital. ottavino)

Fife . His See also:

• FATHER

father was See also:

• LAND

land steward to the See also:

• EARL

earl of Kellie . In 1788 See also:

• ARCHIBALD, 5TH EARL OF DOUGLAS (c. 1391–1439)

Archibald was apprenticed to See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, bookseller, of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, but in 1795 he started in business for himself as a dealer in rare and curious books . He bought the Scots See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine in 1801, and See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• LEYDEN, JOHN (1775-1811)

Leyden, the orientalist, became its editor . In 1800 See also:

• CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
• CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
• CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
• CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
• CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)

Constable began the See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

Farmer's Magazine, and in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1802 he issued the first number of the Edinburgh See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review, under the nominal editorship of See also:

• SYDNEY

Sydney See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith; See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• JEFFREY, FRANCIS JEFFREY

Jeffrey, was, how-ever, the guiding spirit of the review, having as his associates Lord See also:

• BROUGHAM
• BROUGHAM, JOHN (1814-188o)

Brougham, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott, See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• HALLAM
• HALLAM, ROBERT (d. 1417)

Hallam, John See also:

• PLAYFAIR, JOHN (1748-1819)
• PLAYFAIR, LYON PLAYFAIR

Playfair and afterwards See also:

• MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, BARON (1800-1859)

Macaulay . Constable made a new departure in See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing by the generosity of his terms to authors . The writers for the Edinburgh Review were paid at an unprecedented See also:

• RATE

rate, and Constable offered Scott loon guineas in advance for Marmion . In 1804 A . G . See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

Hunter joined Constable as partner, bringing considerable See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital into the See also:

• FIRM

firm, styled from that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time Archibald Constable & Co . In 18o5, jointly with See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man & Co., Constable published Scott's See also:

• LAY

Lay of the Last See also:

• MINSTREL

Minstrel, and in 1807 Marmion . In 18o8 a split took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place between Constable and Sir Walter Scott, who transferred his business to the publishing firm of John Ballantyne & Co., for which he supplied the greater See also:

• PART

part of the capital .

In 1813, however, a reconciliation took place . The publishing firm of Ballantyne was in difficulties, and Constable again became Scott's publisher, a See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition being that the firm of John Ballantyne & Co. should be See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound up at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early date, though Scott retained his See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing business of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Ballantyne & Co . In 1812 Constable, who had admitted See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• CATHCART
• CATHCART, SIR GEORGE (1794-1854)
• CATHCART, WILLIAM SCHAW CATHCART

Cathcart and Robert Cadell as partners on the retirement of A . G . Hunter, See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased the See also:

• COPYRIGHT

copyright of the See also:

• ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Encyclopaedia Britannica, adding the supplement (6 vols., 1816–1824) to the 4th, 5th and 6th See also:

• EDITIONS

editions (see ENCYCLOPAEDIA) . In 1814 he bought the copyright of Waverley . This was issued anonymously; but in a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short time 12,poo copies were disposed of, Scott's other novels following in See also:

• QUICK

quick See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession . The firm also published the See also:

• ANNUAL

Annual See also:

• REGISTER

Register . Through over-See also:

• SPECULATION

speculation, complications in Constable's business arose, and in 1826 a See also:

• CRASH

crash came . Constable's See also:

• LONDON

London agents stopped See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment, and he failed for over £250,000, while James Ballantyne & Co. also went bankrupt for nearly £90,000 . Sir Walter Scott was involved in the failure of both firms . Constable started business afresh, and began in 1827 Constable's See also:

• MISCELLANY

Miscellany of See also:

• ORIGINAL

original and selected See also:

• WORKS

works .

. consisting of a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of original works, and of See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard books republished in a cheap See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, thus making one of the earliest and most famous attempts to popularize wholesome literature . He died on the 21st of See also:

• JULY

July 1827 . After Constable's See also:

• BANKRUPTCY (from Lat. bancus or Fr. banquet table or counter, and Lat. ruptus, broken)

bankruptcy, Robert Cadell (1788-1849), who had been his partner, in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with Sir Walter Scott, bought from the various publishers in whose hands they were, all Scott's novels which had been issued up to that time, and began the issue of the See also:

• FORTY

forty-eight See also:

• VOLUME

volume edition (1829-1833) . The result of its publication was that the See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt on See also:

• ABBOTSFORD

Abbotsford was redeemed, and that Cadell bought the See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate of Ratho near Edinburgh, which he owned till his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 21st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1849 . Archibald Constable's son,See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas (1812-1881), was appointed in 1839 printer and publisher in Edinburgh to See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria, and issued, among other notable series, Constable's Educational Series, and Constable's See also:

• FOREIGN

Foreign Miscellany . In 1865 his son Archibald became a partner, and when he retired in 1893 the firm continued under the name of T . & A . Constable . See also Archibald Constable and his See also:

• LITERARY

Literary Correspondents, by his son Thomas Constable (3 vols., 1873) . This See also:

• BOOK

book contains numerous contemporary notices of Archibald Constable, and vindicates him from the exaggeration of J . G . See also:

• LOCKHART, JOHN GIBSON (1794–1854)
• LOCKHART, QEORGE (1673-1731)
• LOCKHART, SIR WILLIAM STEPHEN ALEXANDER (1841–1900)

Lockhart and others .