BLACK, ADAM

(1784-1874), Scot: publisher; s. of a builder; 6. Edinburgh; was first a bookseller, but afterwards took up publishing: became proprietor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Waverly novels, and other valuable copyrights; founder of the firm of A. & C. Black; was twice Lord-Provost of Edinburgh, and sat as member for the city for ten years (1856-65). ALEXANDER (1859), son| lack. iterary 1895; Sunday Editor New York World, 1905-1910. Editor Newspaper Feature Service since 1913. Originated the icture playein 1913. Author Photography ndoors and Out, 1894; Mi : America, (1898; The Girl and ihe Guardsman, 1900: Thorney, 1913; The Great Desire, 1919; Be The Seven Angels, 1921, and The Latest Thing, 1922.. Editor Ostrander’s History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County.