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Arthur Mee
Arthur Mee (1875-1943), best remembered as the creator of The Children's Encyclopaedia, was more than a popular editor, journalist and travel writer; for a generation of young readers and their parents, the name Arthur Mee truly meant something. Formany in his audience, the narratives and discourses embedded within his writing tied together and legitimised a trinity of beliefs that lay at the heart of his nonconformist faith and character: God, England and Empire. Despite the enormous appeal of his many published works, which during the first half of the twentieth century saw him become a household name and a major publishing brand, Mee has remained an ethereal figure. In Arthur Mee, the fir...
Arthur Mee's Dream of England
The Lady, 16 to 22 March 2004 Lindsay Fulcher reads up on how our history has been shaped Many people will have fond memories of The Children's Newspaper, The Children's Encyclopaedia and his dark blue covered volumes on each county, published by The King's England (which are being gradually re-issued). Now, the man behind them is the subject of a slim volume. In Arthur Mee's Dream of England (The King's England Press, GBP4.95), Maisie Robson writes about this very unusual journalist who held values that are extremely uncommon nowadays. Arthur Henry Mee (1875-1943) was a patriot, who was brought up immersed in the values of the British Empire and the Boy Scouts. He was a staunch campaigner for the Temperance Movement and was scathing about the mania for football as a spectator sport and so-called sportsmen who are bought and sold like sheep - would this appear in the newspapers today? England's dream and pleasant land Arthur Mee's Dream Of England Maisie Robson The King's England Press - GBP4.95 THOSE of us who can remember growing up in the 1950s - and many who may not will no doubt recognise the name of the famous author and founder of the first newspaper of its kind for the
The Fiddlers; Drink in the Witness Box
This historical work accounts for the food destruction that resulted from the Drink Trade in Britain during the First World War. English writer, journalist, and educator, Arthur Mee explains how this criminal act of making alcoholic drinks has caused famine in England and is leading towards a big disaster; how the distillation of these drinks takes up several important foods that could feed a huge population in those times of war; how it uses up the men who at the time of the war were more required in combat. Mee also talks about several issues during the war concerning subjects such as alcoholism, social pathology, social and public welfare, and Criminology.
