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Arthur Watts
Again, 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 Mave Rhoe.
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.
Last updated 23:04 UTC 24 May, 2006
| 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 |
I have two copies of Arthur's A Painter's Anthology, one of which came from the personal library of illustrator J. Parker-Robinson who followed Arthur's career after the war until his death, tipping in many clippings and one letter of correspondence between the two of them. Parker-Robinson was in some way related to Oswald Robinson who was a great friend of Arthur's and who, as a Lieutenant in the RNVR, was killed in the action at Zeebrugge on St. George's Day, 1918. If you have any information about J. Parker-Robinson and his connection to Oswald Robinson I'd love to hear about it.