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Burns & Oates is a British Roman Catholic publishing house which now exists as an imprint of Continuum. It was founded by James Burns in 1835 originally as a bookseller. Burns was of Presbyterian background and he gained a reputation as a High Church publisher producing works by the Tractarians.In 1847 his business was put in jeopardy when he converted to Catholicism but the firm was fortunate to receive the support of John Henry Newman who chose the firm to publish many of his works.

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