Stella MEAD
(possibly: b. 1895 - d. 30 Mar 1981, Wandsworth registration district) (5)
Guyana interest: Stella Mead was the author of Through the British Commonwealth: British Honduras, British Guiana, West Indies.
Stella lived in Wembley, London. Amongst her friends was fellow-writer Una Marson (1).
Both Una and Stella attended the funeral of T. S. Eliot in St. Stephen's Church, Gloucester Road, London. (4)
(Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965), born in the U.S.A. but became a British Citizen.)
Some more of Stella Mead's Works (2)
BIM, A Boy in British Guiana• Paths in Storyland, with illustrations by Helen Jacobs, A H Watson and Harry Rountree. First published in 1929. Reprint: April 1948 published by James Nisbet & Co Ltd.
• The Land Where Dreams Come True. Published by James Nisbet and Co; 1st Edition edition, 1932.
• The Land Of Never-Grow-Old. Illustrated by Helen Jacobs, 1935.
• Fables from Russia. With Ivan Krilov. Oxford University Press; 1st edition, 1943.
• The Speckled Hen. Illustrated by Eulalie. Published by Amex Company Ltd., Letchworth, Hertfordshire c. 1945.
• Wid Wad Woo. Illustrated by Eulalie. Published by Amex Company Ltd., Letchworth, Hertfordshire c. 1945.
• Round the World Poetry: Away We Go. 11 Dec 1961. With Boswell Taylor. Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., December 1961.
• The Land Of Legends And Heroes [?]
• The Land Of Happy Hours [?]
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The Land Where Tales are Told - Illustrated by Helen Jacobs, A. H. Watson, Linden Miller and Ernest Aris.
• Through the British Commonwealth: British Honduras, British Guiana, West Indies.
Illustrated by Eulalie. Published by Amex Company Ltd., Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
• Through the British Commonwealth: West Africa
Illustrated by Eulalie.
• Princes And Fairies [?]
• Great Stories From Many Lands [s|?]
• Rama And Sita [?]
• The Shining Way [?]
• Morning Light [?]
• Golden Day [?]
• Under The Sun [?]
• Traveller's Joy [?]
• Magic Journeys [?]
Sources include:
1.Extract from Una Marson on Wikipedia. [site accessed 15 Feb 2017]
Una Maud Victoria Marson (5 February 1905 – 6 May 1965) was a Jamaican feminist, activist and writer, producing poems, plays and programmes for the BBC. Marson travelled to London in 1932 and worked for the BBC during World War II.
2. New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors [site accessed 15 Feb 2017].
The catalogue has, as far as this author is concerned, been amended by reference to books offered for sale on Abebooks, eBay and Amazon.
3. Learning About Eulalie, at Kay. E. Vandergrift's Special Interest Page.
[site accessed 15 Feb 2017]
4. The Life of Una Marson, 1905-1965, by Delia Jarret-Macauley.
Google Books. [site accessed 15 Feb 2017]
5. Information not confirmed.
