It began as a subsidiary of Charles Scribner's Sons in 1870, named Scribner and Company,[1][2] but was bought by Roswell Smith in 1881 and renamed by him after the Century Association.

[3] The Century Company was also the publisher of St. Nicholas Magazine from the time of its founding.

[4] William Morgan Schuster became president of the Century Company of New York City in 1915.

Meredith Corporation bought Appleton-Century-Crofts in 1960, and sold its textbook division to Prentice Hall in 1973.

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