‘The Chatauqua Young Folk’s Journal’ is the latest addition to the sparkling list.  This periodical was a natural growth of the modern liking for clubs, circles, societies, reading unions, home studies, and reading courses.  It is the official voice of the Chatauqua Young Folks Reading Union, and furnishes each year a valuable and vivacious course of readings on topics of interest to youth.  It is used largely in schools.  Its contributors are among our leading clergymen, lawyers, university professors, critics, historians and scientists, but all its literature is of a popular character, suited to the family circle rather than the study.  Mr. Lothrop now has the remarkable success of seeing six flourishing periodicals going forth from his house.

In 1875, Mr. Lothrop, finding his Cornhill quarters inaquate [sic], leased the elegant building corner Franklin and Hawley streets, belonging to Harvard College, for a term of years.  The building is 120 feet long by 40 broad, making the salesroom, which is on the first floor, one of the most elegant in the country.  On the second floor are Mr. Lothrop’s offices, also the editorial offices of ‘Wide Awake,’ etc.  On the third floor are the composing rooms and mailing rooms of the different periodicals, while the bindery fills the fourth floor.

     This building also was found small; it could accommodate only
     one-fourth of the work done, and accordingly a warehouse on
     Purchase street was leased for storing and manufacturing purposes.

In 1879 Mr. Lothrop called to his assistance a younger brother, Mr. M.H.  Lothrop, who had already made a brilliant business record in Dover, N.H., to whom he gives an interest in the business.  All who care for the circulation of the best literature will be glad to know that everything indicates the work to be steadily increasing toward complete development of Mr. Lothrop’s life-long purpose."[A]

[Footnote A:  The Paper World.]

This man of large purposes and large measures has, of course, his sturdy friends, his foes as sturdy.  He has, without doubt, an iron will.  He is, without doubt, a good fighter—­a wise counselor.  Approached by fraud he presents a front of granite; he cuts through intrigue with sudden, forceful blows.  It is true that the sharp bargainer, the overreaching buyer he worsts and puts to confusion and loss without mercy.  But, no less, candor and honor meet with frankness and generous dealing.  He is as loyal to a friend as to a purpose.  His interest in one befriended and taken into trust is for life.  It has been more than once said of this immovable business man that he has the simple heart of a boy.