The Century Magazine
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The Century Magazine was an illustrated monthly magazine first published in the United States in 1881 by The Century Company of New York City, which had been bought in that year by Roswell Smith and r
The Century
D. R. Miller's "War Diary" (The Century, 1886) attracted a great deal of attention.
1907 advertisement for The Century promoting writings by President Roosevelt and then Secretary of War William Taft
Richard Watson Gilder
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Richard Watson Gilder was an American poet and editor.
The Century Magazine
…editor was to have been Scribner's editor and co-owner Josiah G. Holland, but he died prior to the appearance of the first issue. He was succeeded by Richard Watson Gilder, the managing editor of Scribner's, who would go on to helm The Century for 28 years. Gilder largely continued the mixture of literature, history…
Portrait of Richard Watson Gilder
Richard Watson Gilder, photographed by William M. Vander Weyde
Gilder as a soldier in the American Civil War
Mr. and Mrs. Gilder at the time of their marriage