PUBLISHER: Donohue Brothers, Chicago, 1900
ABOUT: The relationship of this imprint to Donohue, Henneberry & Co. and to M.A. Donohue Company is not completely understood from the few scraps of information directly available for it. It's address at 407-409 Dearborn points to post-Donohue & Henneberry Company and appeared in the Chicago Lakeside directories only in the year 1900. Finally, in her The Publishing History of Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1857-2002 (2008), Claire Parfait notes (page 163) that Donohue Bros. announced in the 1899 [U. S. Catalog:] Books in Print that it had succeeded W. L. Allison.
In fact Donohue & Hennebery dissolved during 1898-1899, and Henneberry began to establish his own firm, The Henneberry Company, opening in 1901 with an agressive line of newly designed reprint editons. Donohue -- perhaps more accurately the Donohue family -- reorganized more quickly but more briefly as Donohue Brothers. By 1901 Michael A. Donohue had gained overall control and that firm emerged as M. A. Donohue & Co.. See the linked pages for far more detail.
Cary Sternick's account of this firm at his (Tom Brown bibliography page) expands on the dissolution and his account has been incorporated in the Donohue, Henneberry & Co. page linked above.
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Last revised: 12 April 2020