Arthur Henry Mee was an English writer, journalist and educator. He is best known for The Harmsworth Self-Educator, The Children's Encyclopædia, The Children's Newspaper, and The King's England.
Arthur Mee with The Children's Encyclopædia
The Northamptonshire volume in The King's England series.
Mee's former home in Tulse Hill, London.
The blue plaque at Tulse Hill.
The Children's Encyclopædia
The Children's Encyclopædia was an encyclopaedia originated by Arthur Mee, and published by the Educational Book Company, a subsidiary of Northcliffe's Amalgamated Press, London. It was published from 1908 to 1964. Walter M. Jackson's company Grolier acquired the rights to publish it in the U.S. under the name The Book of Knowledge (1910).
The Goblins in the Gold-Mine