Burns & Oates was a British

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publishing house which most recently existed as an imprint of

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Company history

It was founded by

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in 1835, originally as a bookseller. Burns was of

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background and he gained a reputation as a

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publisher, producing works by the

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. In 1847 his business was put in jeopardy when he converted to

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, but the firm was fortunate to receive the support of

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, who chose the firm to publish many of his works. The clerics

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and

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claimed that Newman wrote his novel ''

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'' specifically to assist Burns. After a while trading as Burns, James Burns took a partner, renaming the company Burns & Lambert. In 1866 they were joined by a younger man, William Wilfred Oates, making the company Burns, Lambert & Oates and later Burns & Oates. Oates was another Catholic convert, and had previously co-founded the publishing house of Austin & Oates based in Bristol. Burns & Oates passed to his son Wilfred Oates, whose sister

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became one of the firm’s most successful authors. The company was designated "Publishers to the Holy See" by

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. In the United States the company's agent was The Catholic Publications Society of New York.

Book series

* The Bellarmine Series * The Bible for Children * Cardinal Books * Catholic Bibliographical Series * Clarion Books * The Clifton Tracts * Early Christian Series * Faith and Fact Books: Catholic Truth in the Scientific Age Series * Golden Library * Herder History of Dogma Series * A History of Philosophy * The History of the Primitive Church * Leisure Crafts Series * Nature & Science Series for Children * The New Library of Catholic Knowledge * The Orchard Books * Paternoster Series * Present Problems Series * Quaestiones Disputatae * Scripture Textbooks for Catholic Schools * Vision Book Series

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Burns & Oates
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