Author: Mee, Arthur (1875-1943). English writer, journalist and educator.
Title: Autograph Note Signed by the English Writer and Educator Arthur Mee to George Sutcliffe, the Famous Bookbinder.
Description: London, circa [1938]. [1938]. - Approximately 27 words penned on his 8 inch high by 5 inch wide "The Children's Newspaper" stationery. A brief letter in which Arthur Mee asks the book binder George Sutcliffe (Sangorski & Sutcliffe) "Will you please bind this for me like the rest.." Signed "A.M". with a brief annotation in pencil in the margin most probably initialed by Sutcliffe: "When finished put in (-) Autograph box." Near fine.

The English writer, journalist and educator Arthur Mee (1875-1943) is best known for "The Harmsworth Self-Educator", "The Children's Encyclopaedia" and "The Children's Newspaper". He left school at 14 to work at a local newspaper and became an editor by the age of 20. Contributing many articles, he went to work for The Daily Mail in 1898 and subsequently became literary editor. Though they bore an anti-Catholic and anti-intellectual slant, his books continued to be published after his death at 67 years old, especially his guide to the counties of England "The King's England". "The Children's Encyclopaedia" was translated into Chinese and was published in the United States as "The Book of Knowledge". Fine .

Keywords: EDUCATION; WRITER; JOURNALIST; EDUCATOR; EDITOR; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; ARTHUR MEE; SIGNATURE; THE CHILDREN'S NEWSPAPER; SUTCLIFFE; BOOK BINDER; BOOKBINDER.

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