The Legacy of AH Wheeler Bookstalls comes to an end
Books and magazines have always been an inherent part of train journeys. Train travel is incomplete without comics and books. In India, book stalls are present at almost every railway stations. Have you ever considered how these bookstalls got placed at stations? In this blog, we’ll be taking you to ancient times and will tell you about a European businessman who founded the book shops at railway stations. History behind Book Stalls at Stations: The idea of setting up a book stall sprang up when friend Arthur Henry Wheeler said that he had countless books in his library and wanted to sell out a few of them. Emile Moreau then took his wooden Almirah which had the pile of books to Allahabad railway station. This move clothed to be an enormous hit among the train travelers. As Emile got a positive response from the travelers, he had set up the chain of book shops with the name of A.H Wheeler and Co. (named after his friend) in Allahabad in 1877. Soon, the book stalls got widespread a