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Sir John Alexander Hammerton (born 27 February 1871 in Alexandria, Scotland; died 12 May 1949 in London) is described by the Dictionary of National Biography as 'the most successful creator of large-scale works of reference that Britain has known'.
Arthur Butler Phillips Mee (born Aberdeen, October 21, 1860-died Llanishen, January 15, 1926) was a Scottish-born newspaper journalist, editor and notable amateur astronomer.

An early version of Readers Digest
ABOUT, EDMOND: King of the Mountains
AINSWORTH, HARRISON: Tower of London
ANDERSEN, HANS: Improvisatore
APULEIUS: The Golden Ass
ARABIAN NIGHTS
AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE
AUERBACH, BERTHOLD: On the Height
AUSTEN, JANE:: Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Northanger Abbey; Mansfield Park; Emma; Persuasion
BALZAC, HONORE DE: Eugenie Grandet; Old Goriot; Magic Skin; Quest of the Absolute
BECKFORD, WILLIAM: History of the Caliph Vathek
BEHN, APHRA: Oroonoko
BERGERAC, CYRANO DE: Voyage to the Moon
BJOERNSON, BJOERNSTJERNE: Arne; In God's Way
BLACK, WILLIAM: Daughter of Heth
BLACKMORE, R.D: Lorna Doone
BOCCACCIO: Decameron