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Currently owned by Lagardère Group under Hacette UK. Acquired Smith, Elder & Co. in 1917.

Publishing company founded in London in 1768 by John Murray (1745–1793), owned by the Murray family until 2002, when it was acquired by Hodder Headline and then by Lagardère in 2004.

Publications

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Title Author(s) Translator Year Location Notes
Popular Tales of the Germans (transcription volumes: 1, 2) Johann Karl August Musäus Thomas Beddoes 1791 London
Observations on the disturbances in the Madras army in 1809 (transcription project) John Malcolm 1812 London With William Miller
The Corsair: A Tale (transcription project) Lord Byron 1814 London
Hebrew Melodies (transcription project) Lord Byron 1815 London
Emma: A Novel Jane Austen 1816 London Three volumes (transcription volumes: 1, 2, 3)
The Restoration of the Works of Art to Italy (2nd Edition) (transcription project) Felicia Hemans 1816 London 2nd edition.
Armata: A Fragment (transcription project) Thomas Erskine 1817 London
Macbeth, and King Richard the Third (transcription project) John Philip Kemble 1817 London
Modern Greece: A Poem (transcription project) Felicia Hemans 1817 London
Algebra, with Arithmetic and mensuration from the Sanscrit (transcription project) Brahmagupta Henry Thomas Colebrooke 1817 London
Northanger Abbey and Persuasion Jane Austen 1818 London In four volumes (transcription volumes: 1, 2, 3, 4)
An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands (transcription project) William Mariner and John Martin 1818 London 2nd expanded edition. 1st edition published 1817.
Translations from Camoens; and Other Poets, with Original Poetry (transcription project) Felicia Hemans 1818 London
Mazeppa, a Poem Lord Byron 1819 London
Stanzas to the Memory of the Late King (transcription project) Felicia Hemans 1820 London
The Sceptic (transcription project) Felicia Hemans 1820 London
The Vespers of Palermo (transcription project) Felicia Hemans 1823 London
The Siege of Valencia; The Last Constantine: with Other Poems (transcription project) Felicia Hemans 1823 London
The measure of value stated and illustrated: with an application of it to the alterations in the value of the English currency since 1790 (transcription project) Thomas Robert Malthus 1823 London
Chinese Moral Maxims (transcription project) John Francis Davis John Francis Davis 1823 London Printed in Macao
Tales and Historic Scenes (transcription project) Felicia Hemans 1824 London
A New System of Domestic Cookery (transcription project) A Lady 1824 London 1824 edition. 1st edition published in 1805.
The Forest Sanctuary; and Other Poems (transcription project) Felicia Hemans 1825 London
Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia Phillip Parker King 1826 London Two volumes: (transcription volumes: 1, 2)
Narrative of an Official Visit to Guatemala from Mexico (transcription project) G. A. Thompson 1829 London
Lives of British Physicians (transcription project) 1830 London
Mechanism of the Heavens (transcription project) Pierre-Simon Laplace Mary Somerville 1831 London
On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences (transcription project) Mary Sommerville 1834 London
The Country House (transcription project) Alexis de Chateauneuf 1842 London Edited by Lady Mary Fox
A charge delivered at the ordinary visitation of the archdeaconry of Chichester in July, 1843 (transcription project) Henry Edward Manning 1843 London
Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena (transcription project) Elizabeth Balcombe Abell 1844 London First Edition. Second edition published by John Murray the following year.
A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions (transcription volumes: 1, 2) James Clark Ross 1847 London
A Naval Biographical Dictionary (transcription project) William Richard O'Byrne 1849 London
History of the Guillotine (transcription project) John Wilson Croker 1853 London
A Handbook for Travellers in Spain (transcription volumes: 1, 2) Richard Ford 1855 London Part of Murray's Handbooks for Travellers. Third edition
London in 1856 (transcription project) Peter Cunningham 1856 London
On the Origin of Species (transcription project) Charles Darwin 1859 London
Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world (transcription project) Charles Darwin 1860 London
Antique Gems (transcription project) Charles William King 1860 London
A Popular Account of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa (transcription project) David Livingstone 1861 London
Ancient Law (transcription project) Henry James Sumner Maine 1861 London
On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, and on the Good Effects of Intercrossing (transcription project) Charles Darwin 1862 London
The Book Of Common Prayer (transcription project) Church of England 1863 London
Two years of church progress (transcription project) A. J. B. Beresford Hope 1862 London
Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man (transcription project) Charles Lyell 1863 London
The Rock-cut Temples of India (transcription project) ames Fergusson 1864 London
Judging from the past and present, what are the prospects for good architecture in London? (transcription project) Nicholas Wiseman 1864 London
Church Politics and Church Prospects (transcription project) A. J. B. Beresford Hope 1865 London
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication (transcription volumes: 1, 2) Charles Darwin 1868 London
The Irish church and its formularies (transcription project) A. J. B. Beresford Hope 1870 London
The Wild Garden (transcription project) William Robinson 1870 London
Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries; Their Age and Uses (transcription project) James Fergusson 1872 London
The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection (transcription project) Charles Darwin 1873 London
Worship in the Church of England (transcription project) A. J. B. Beresford Hope 1874 London
Vaticanism: an answer to reproofs and replies (start transcription) W. E. Gladstone 1875 London
Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (transcription project) Mrs John Herschel 1876 London
The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms (transcription project) Charles Darwin 1881 London
The Cat: An Introduction to the Study of Backboned Animals Especially Mammals (transcription project) St. George Jackson Mivart 1881 London
A Handbook for Travellers in Spain (transcription volumes: 1, 2) Richard Ford 1882 London Part of Murray's Handbooks for Travellers.
Worship and Order (transcription project) A. J. B. Beresford Hope 1883 London
Speeches and addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 (transcription project) Edward VII of the United Kingdom 1889 London Edited by James Macaulay
Female suffrage. A letter from the Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone, M.P. to Samuel Smith, M.P. (transcription project) William Ewart Gladstone 1892 London
Life of Sir William Petty 1623 - 1687 (transcription project) Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice 1895 London
Old Deccan Days (transcription project) Mary Frere 1898 London
A Short History of Astronomy (transcription project) Arthur Berry 1898 London
The Works of Lord Byron Lord Byron 1898–1905 London In 7 volumes of Poetry and 6 volumes of Letters and Journals. Edited by Coleridge and Prothero
A Glimpse at Guatemala (transcription project) Anne Cary Maudslay and Alfred Percival Maudslay 1899 London
Undenominationalism (transcription project) R. C. Moberly 1902 London
Savage Island (transcription project) Basil Home Thomson 1902 London
A Treatise upon the Law of Copyright (transcription project) Evan James Macgillivray 1902 London
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive (transcription project) Sir Henry Yule and A. C. Burnell 1903 London New edition edited by William Crooke
The Pathway to Reality (transcription project) Richard Burdon Haldane 1903 London 1st volume. 2nd volume by E. P. Dutton and Company here (transcription project)
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East Marco Polo Henry Yule 1903–1920 London In two volumes (transcription volumes: 1, 2, notes and addenda). Edited by Henri Cordier
Fountains Abbey (transcription project) George Hodges 1904 London
Things Japanese (transcription project) Basil Hall Chamberlain 1905 London 5th edition revised.
The Empire and the century (transcription project) Multiple 1905 London
Bengal in 1756-57 Samuel Charles Hill 1905 London Part of the Indian Record Series. Three volumes: (transcription volumes: 1, 2, 3)
Things Indian (transcription project) William Crooke 1906 London
What We Want (transcription project) "a group of priests" Alfred Leslie Lilley 1907 London Letter from several clergymen to Pius X
Catherine of Bragança, infanta of Portugal, & queen-consort of England (transcription project) Lillias Campbell Davidson 1908 London
On the Coromandel Coast (transcription project) Fanny Emily Penny 1908 London
The Life Story of an Otter (transcription project) John Coulson Tregarthen 1909 London
The Alchemy of Happiness (transcription project) Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī Claud Field 1910 London Part of the The Wisdom of the East Series edited by L. Cranmer-Byng and Dr. S. A. Kapadia.
History of Indian and Eastern Architecture (transcription volumes: 1, 2) James Fergusson 1910 London
Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century (transcription project) 1911 London Edited by Henry Wace and William C. Piercy
The Diwan of Zeb-un-Nissa (transcription project) Zeb-un-Nissa Magan Lal and `Jessie Duncan Westbrook 1913 London Part of the The Wisdom of the East Series edited by L. Cranmer-Byng and Dr. S. A. Kapadia.
The Spirit of Japanese Poetry (transcription project) Yone Noguchi 1914 London Part of the The Wisdom of the East Series edited by L. Cranmer-Byng and Dr. S. A. Kapadia.
The Wages of Virtue (transcription project) Percival Christopher Wren 1916 London
The Muse in Arms (transcription project) Multiple 1917 London Edited by Edward Bolland Osborn
Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market (transcription project) Walter Bagehot 1917 London New edition with introduction by Hartley Withers. Originally written 1873. Part of The Lombard Street Library series.
The Sayings of Lao Tzŭ (transcription project) Lao Tzŭ Lionel Giles 1917 London Part of the The Wisdom of the East Series edited by L. Cranmer-Byng and Dr. S. A. Kapadia]
Territory in Bird Life (transcription project) Henry Eliot Howard 1920 London
A History of the Indian Nationalist Movement (transcription project) Sir Verney Lovett 1920 London
Primitive Culture (transcription volumes: 1, 2) Edward Burnett Tylor 1920 London Sixth edition. First edition published 1871.
Mehalah: a story of the salt marshes (transcription project) Sabine Baring-Gould 1920 London Originally published 1880.
The Slippery Slope (transcription project) William Amias Bailward 1920 London
The Victory at Sea (transcription project) Rear Adm. William Sowden Sims 1920 London In collaboration with Burton J. Hendrick
A Handbook of Indian Art (transcription project) E. B. Havell 1920 London
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Anne Brontë 1920 London Based on Thomas Hodgson's 1854 Parlour Library edition which is considered "mutilated."
The Autobiography of an Indian Princess. (transcription project) Suniti Devi, Maharani of Cooch Behar 1921 London
The Philosophy of Humanism and of Other Subjects (transcription project) Richard Burdon Haldane 1922 London

Periodicals

Title Years Location Notes
Quarterly Review 1809–1967 London
Blackwood's Magazine 1817–1980 Edinburgh Only published volume 3. Also published as: Edinburgh Monthly Magazine, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London 1831–1880 London
The Geographical Journal 1893–1906 London

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  • Used for The Wisdom of the East Series
    Used for The Wisdom of the East Series

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