As late as 1920, Cather became dissatisfied with the performance of her publisher Houghton Mifflin—"My Ántonia" received an advertising budget of only $300, they refused to pay for all of the illustrations she commissioned for the book from Władysław T. Benda, and the physical quality of the books were poor. That year, she turned to the young publishing house, Alfred A. Knopf, which had a reputation for supporting its authors through advertising campaigns. She also liked the look of its books and had been impressed with its edition of "Green Mansions" by William Henry Hudson. She so enjoyed their style that all her Knopf books of the 1920s—save for one printing of her short story collection "Youth and the Bright Medusa"—matched in design on their second and subsequent printings.