Marrin's Bookshop

Synopsis

Peter drummond (1799 ? 1877), founder of the stirling tract depot, in its first purpose built building (1862) which still stands at the foot of king street. the publishing enterprise for temperance and religious tracts ran from 1848 ? 1980, and started life in a seed box in messrs drummond & sons seed premises in king street. it developed into a world ? wide publishing business. drummond, a very religious man, was shocked that people were being ferried across the river forth to cambuskenneth to visit the abbey and public houses on sundays. he published a tract, the sabbath, and distributed 10,000 copies, and followed that with another 200,000 copies in the following months. he subsequently published several new tracts; by 1852 he devoted himself to tract publishing full time. the tracts were distributed free, although distributors were charged (these included clergy, missionaries, preachers, sunday schools). donations covered the publishing costs. most of the tracts were printed by the stirling observer press. the enterprise also started publishing books and magazines. by 1872, around 60 million tracts had been published.

Item Description

John G. Saxe, author of The Snake in the Glass. PRINTED ON ORANGE PAPER. 28 CM X 25 CM.