of Knowledge. Mee exhibited a number of prejudices in his writing, notably anti-Catholic and anti-intellectual (which may best be illustrated by his treatment of Alexander of Hales in the Gloucestershire volume of the 'King's England'). His writing dwells on the casualties of the Great War. See also References Sources Gillian Elias (1993) Arthur Mee – Journalist in Chief to British Youth Maisie Robson (2003) Arthur Mee's Dream of England Enchanted Land: Half-a-Million Miles in the King's England, Introductory Volume to the UK series known as The King's England – (A New Domesday Book of 10,000 Towns and Villages); details of all the 41 titles obtained from a copy of The King's England series, originally published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, which were illustrated with 10,000 places and 6,000 photographs commencing about 1936 Further reading The World of the Edwardian Child, as seen in Arthur Mee's Children's Encyclopædia, 1908–1910 by Michael Tracy (2008) includes more information and a new assessment of Arthur Mee and his work, also that of other contributors to the Encyclopædia, and a summary of Hammerton's biography. External links Stapleford Website The Children's Encyclopedia – Online Complete Digital Copy of Volume 1 Arthur Mee (includes excerpts from The Children's Encyclopedia) Brief biography and some criticism Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, retrieved 2 Jan 2008 Arthur Mee: Encyclopedist BBC Radio 4 biography 1875 births 1943 deaths English children's writers English male journalists People from Stapleford, Nottinghamshire English encyclopedists People from Eynsford