One Thousand Beautiful Things: Chosen from The Life and Literature of the World by Arthur Mee (PT112)

Published 1936: Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original green cloth wilt gilt titles on the spine. 322 very clean and bright pages, mild speckled foxing on the endpapers and edges, previous owners signature on the first free page. Boards slightly rubbed with time consistent with age. (PT112)

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Arthur Mee (1875-1943) was one of the most successful children’s non-fiction writers of the first four decades of the 20th century. His name is now almost forgotten but, in his time, I think it is fair to say that everybody knew him. He was the literary editor of Alfred Harmsworth’s Daily Mail from 1903 until his death in 1943 and he collaborated with Harmsworth on a number of publications like The Self-Educator (1905-7), and The History of the World (1907-9). Perhaps his greatest talent was his ability to organize a huge and diverse amount of general knowledge and disseminate it to the general public (in particular, children) in ways which stimulated their imaginations and kept them coming back for more. Google Books.