The Federal Book Company, New York

In 1902 the board of directors of the F. M. Lupton Publishing Company changed its name to the Federal Book Company. This allowed F. M. Lupton, Publisher to continue printing periodicals and magazines, while Federal published books. Apparently this was to alleviate confusion between F. M. Lupton Publishing Company and F. M. Lupton, Publisher.

This firm was active between 1902 and 1904. As with Lupton, it published four titles that note T. S. Arthur as the author. All are reprints but only two were actually written by Arthur.

Arthur authored books:
Ten Nights in a Bar-Room
The Little Savoyard

Not really Arthur books
Adventures by Land and Sea
Perils by Sea and Land

The latter two volumes were not actually written by T. S. Arthur. The adventurous content of these stories is unlike anything Arthur ever wrote.

Previously Worthington and the F. M. Lupton Publishing Company published these titles with T. S. Arthur also named as the author. But note:

The exact content of "Adventures by Land and Sea" was first published in America by Willis P. Hazard (copyright 1853) in “The Narratives of an Old Traveller” translated from the German of Dr. Ph. H. Knelb by a Lady.

All of the content of Perils by Land and Sea was first published in America as "Perilous Incidents in The Lives of Sailors and Travellers" translated from the German of Dr. Ph. H. Knelb by a Lady. Willis P. Hazard copyrighted this book in 1853.

How these titles came to have T. S. Arthur as the purported author in books published by Worthington and F. M. Lupton is unclear. Perhaps it was a way to enhance sales.

These four titles were published within several Federal publisher’s series. None were printed in non-series form. Representative covers are shown below if an Arthur title is not available. The books in these series are all 12 mo. and originally came with dust jackets.

The only illustration in any of these four titles is the Ten Nights in a Bar-Room frontispiece drawing of the Sickle and Sheaf bar by Edith Foote Upham.

Acme Series
This series was first published by Lupton. Initially all four titles were part of this series. By 1904 only Ten Nights in a Bar-Room was included.

Red Series
This series included three titles
Ten Nights in a Bar-Room
Little Savoyard
Adventures by Land and Sea

Windsor Series
Two titles:
Ten Nights in a Bar-Room
Perils by Sea and Land

1902-1903	1904

Unknown Series
(I believe that this is a 1903 Windsor Series book but am unable to confirm this as of yet.)