Small Craft

Late 19th & Early 20th Century British Yachting

My Library: Arthur Watts

Not so much about cruising per se, but Arthur Watts (see The Art of Arthur Watts for details), father of my friend Simon Watts, wrote one or two books and illustrated a number of others. Additionally, he wrote a few articles for The Yachting Monthly prior to World War I about cruising aboard small boats—particularly aboard his boat, Mave Rhoe. During that war, he was in command of both a Motor Launch (ML) and an ML flotilla during the St. George's Day Raid on Zeebrugge and the follow-up raid on Ostend. In a very true sense, it was my interest in Arthur Watts that started me down the general path of research into his contemporaries.

Here is a list of books and articles Arthur wrote or illustrated that I have in my collection (sorted by publication year). You may also read some of what Arthur wrote here.

Author Title Publication Year Publisher
Caricature of To-Day 1928 The Studio, Ltd
The Strand Magazine 1905 George Newnes, Ltd.
The Yachting Monthly & Marine Motor Magazine 1913 Herbert Reiach
The Yachting Monthly & Marine Motor Magazine 1913 Herbert Reiach
The Yachting Monthly & Marine Motor Magazine 1914 Herbert Reiach
K.R.G. Browne Brighton 1935 Southern Publishing Co., Ltd.
E.M. Delafield Diary of a Provincial Lady 1930 MacMillan & Co. Ltd.
E.M. Delafield The Provincial Lady in London 1933 Harper & Brothers Publishers
H.F. Ellis So This is Science! 1932 Methune & Co., Ltd.
H.F. Ellis So This is Science! 1932 Methune & Co., Ltd.
G.B. Hartford Commander, R.N. 1927 Arrowsmith
Olga Katzin A Little Pilgrim's Peeps at Parnasus 1927 Robert Holden & Co. Ltd.
Olga Katzin Peeps at Parnasus 1928 Coward-McCann, Inc.
E.V. Knox Poems of Impudence 1927 Doubleday, Page & Co.
Merejkowski, Dmitri The Forerunner 1933 Constable & Co.
E. Nesbit The Power of Darkness 1905 George Newnes, Ltd.
Charles Pears Bringing Home the Mave Rhoe 1908 The Yachting Monthly
Russell Thorndike; Reginald Arkell The Tragedy of Mr. Punch 1923 Duckworth & Co.
Philip Warner The Zeebrugge Raid 1978 William Kimber
Arthur Watts A Painter's Anthology 1924 D. Appleton and Company
Arthur Watts A Three-Legged Cruise 1913 The Yachting Monthly
Marjorie Watts Mrs. Sappho 1987 Duckworth
Simon Watts The Art of Arthur Watts 2003 Algrove Publishing