Hotten, John Camden, 1832-1873

Publisher and author.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : 74 & 75 Picadilly, W., London, to Rev. W. Kett, 1868 Feb. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125499

Epithet: publisher

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x00039f

English publisher and author.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, 1870 June 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269536164

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Horace Greeley, 1869 Mar. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269529967

John Camden Hotten was an English publisher, based in London. He published for a general audience, including such taboo literature as Swinburne's poetry, as well as many American authors. A cataloguer and antiquarian, he also wrote, compiled, and edited biographies, bibliographies, translations, and dictionaries, including Grose's glossary of slang.

From the description of John Camden Hotten letter to Dear sir, 1869 May 11. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 60494879

After some years of apprenticeship in the London book trade, John Camden Hotten spent six years in America. On his return he opened his own bookshop and publishing business at 151B Piccadilly, London, in a building owned by the wine merchants Campbell, Cockburn & Co. The first edition of his successful Dictionary of modern slang, cant and vulgar English appeared in 1859. Hotten introduced a number of Amerian humorous writers to England.

From the description of Lease of premises at 151B Piccadilly, London, 1855 June 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122483576

John Camden Hotten (1832-1873) was a British bookseller and publisher. Many of the books published under his imprint were written in part or in whole by himself. In 1866 he published Algernon Swinburne's Poems and Ballads after it was withdrawn from circulation by its original publisher for "indecency." He spent several years in American and was the first to introduce a number of American writers to the British public, including James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Bret Harte. He was a Fellow of the Ethnological Society and contributed articles on literary topics to the London Review and other periodicals.

From the guide to the John Camden Hotten Correspondence, 1866-1872, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

John Camden Hotten was an English publisher and bookseller. After an extended visit to America, he opened a small London bookshop and began producing a variety of books. He wrote, compiled, or edited many of his publications, including biographies, bibliographies, translations, dictionaries, and other reference materials. He published the first English editions of several prominent American authors, and published Swinburne despite concerns of censorship.

From the description of John Camden Hotten letters, 1870-1872. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53943028