"We have commenced quite in a small way... If the business should prosper, we shall, both of us, do our best to realise some of our ideals... We feel , however, that the world can go on without us, or our ideals; and, in the meantime, we shall strive to do the work that lies nearest us in the best manner we can. Daniel Macmillan, 1843." --Port.

Part one : The foundations (1813-63) / Chapter one : Macmillan origins -- Chapter two : Struggle and independence -- Chapter three : From bookselling to publishing -- Chapter four : The years of building. Part two : Science, "Alice", and Thomas Hardy (1863-72) / Chapter five : Design and fortune -- Chapter six : Long term publishing. Part three : End of the old order (1872-90) / Chapter seven : John Morley's influence -- Chapter eight : Losses and triumphs. Part four : the second generation (1890-1914) / Chapter nine : Fiction -- Chapter ten : New worlds -- Chapter eleven : The book wars. Part five : Continuity through two wars (1914-1943) / Chapter twelve : Growing younger -- Chapter thirteen : Notes for the future.