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. For many
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 first full-length
account of Mee's life since 1946, Crawford draws upon a range of
Mee's correspondence to offer for the first time a realistic
picture of the man at work and at home as an antidote to the overly
romanticised image attached to his name. The book places Mee's work
within the wider cultural, political and social context of an
England undergoing unparalleled societal change and technological
advancement. Scholars of the history of education, children's
literature and beyond will find much of interest in these pages,
and childhood devotees to Mee's publications may well find
themselves transported back to a time of wonder, imagination and
hope.
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