Arthur Mee (1875 - 1943) was a British writer, journalist and educator. He is best known for The Children's Encyclopedia, which he founded and edited. He also produced other works, usually with a patriotic tone, especially on the subjects of history or the countryside. He came from a Methodist up-bringing, and supported the temperance movement. 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Facsimile of an illustration page The Procession of the Worlds from an 8 volume edition of the Encyclopedia The Childrens Encyclopedia was a printed encyclopedia originally in eight volumes (later expanded to ten volumes), originated by Arthur Mee, and published by the Educational Book Company Ltd. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... See: temperance (virtue) Temperance movement, a socio-political movement Temperance - album by Astrud Gilberto This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

He was born in Nottingham, England, to a modest family. As a boy he earned money from reading the reports of Parliament to a local blind man. He left school at 14 to join a local newspaper; he became an editor by age 20. He contributed many non-fiction articles to magazines and joined the staff of The Daily Mail in 1898. He was made Literary Editor five years later. This article is about the English city. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... The Daily Mail and its Sunday edition the Mail on Sunday are British newspapers, first published in 1896. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

After publishing several books, in 1908 he began work on The Children's Encyclopedia, which came out in a fortnightly magazine form. A complete bound form in ten volumes was not published until after his death. After the success of The Children's Encyclopedia he came up with the first newspaper published for children; the weekly Children's Newspaper. This was published until 1965. 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

Although he made money from these works, he did not receive a fair share, according to his biographer J. Hammerton. He had a large house built overlooking the hills near Sevenoaks in Kent. Its development from design stage to the final building was depicted in The Children's Encyclopedia. Sevenoaks is a town in Kent, in south-east England. ... This article is about the English county of Kent. ...

Mee had one child but despite his work declared that he had no particular affinity with children. It is clear from his works for them that his interest was in trying to encourage the raising of a generation of patriotic and moral citizens.

He died in London and his books continued to be published after his death (for example, The King's England, a guide to the counties of England). Mee's works were successful abroad: his Encyclopedia was translated into Chinese and sold well in the US, and some are still published. When used as an adjective, Chinese refers to anything that originates from China, , Chinese cuisine. ... US,Us or us may stand for the United States of America us, the oblique case form of the English language pronoun we. ...

Reference

• John Hammerton (1946) Child of wonder

External links

• Further reading (http://www.kingsengland.com/amdoe.htm)
• Excerpts from The Children's Encyclopedia (http://www.got01.dial.pipex.com/encyclopaedia%20mee)