The Book Of Everlasting Things
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
A masterly act of curation by one of Britain's most beloved popular educators, The Book of Everlasting Things gathers the timeless ideas, stories, and achievements of civilisation that Arthur Mee believed every curious mind deserved to encounter. Chosen with deliberate care, the collection spans history, culture, science, and the arts, presenting a rich panorama of human endeavour that transcends the fleeting fashions of any single era. Illustrated with seventy masterpieces of art, this volume is as much a visual feast as it is an intellectual one, inviting readers to contemplate the enduring beauty and wisdom that humanity has produced across the centuries. Arthur Mee, the celebrated editor of The Children's Encyclopaedia and The Children's Newspaper, brings to this anthology the same infectious enthusiasm and moral conviction that made him a household name in early twentieth-century Britain. His prose style is warm, authoritative, and unapologetically idealistic, rooted in the belief that great ideas and noble deeds have the power to uplift ordinary lives. Published by the venerable house of Hodder and Stoughton, The Book of Everlasting Things stands as a testament to an age when knowledge was considered a gift to be shared freely — and leaves the reader wondering which of today's fleeting certainties might themselves prove everlasting.
Author: Arthur Mee
Format: Hardback
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
A masterly act of curation by one of Britain's most beloved popular educators, The Book of Everlasting Things gathers the timeless ideas, stories, and achievements of civilisation that Arthur Mee believed every curious mind deserved to encounter. Chosen with deliberate care, the collection spans history, culture, science, and the arts, presenting a rich panorama of human endeavour that transcends the fleeting fashions of any single era. Illustrated with seventy masterpieces of art, this volume is as much a visual feast as it is an intellectual one, inviting readers to contemplate the enduring beauty and wisdom that humanity has produced across the centuries. Arthur Mee, the celebrated editor of The Children's Encyclopaedia and The Children's Newspaper, brings to this anthology the same infectious enthusiasm and moral conviction that made him a household name in early twentieth-century Britain. His prose style is warm, authoritative, and unapologetically idealistic, rooted in the belief that great ideas and noble deeds have the power to uplift ordinary lives. Published by the venerable house of Hodder and Stoughton, The Book of Everlasting Things stands as a testament to an age when knowledge was considered a gift to be shared freely — and leaves the reader wondering which of today's fleeting certainties might themselves prove everlasting.