Petre Mais

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Stuart Petre Brodie Mais (1885 - 1975) was an English writer and broadcaster, best remembered for his travel books, many of which were commissioned by railway companies.

He worked as a journalist for the Oxford Times newspaper, and also for the BBC as a radio broadcaster. He presented Letter from America from 1933, 13 years before it was made famous by Alistair Cooke, he also presented a series on This Unknown Island.

[edit] Literary works

He was a schoolmaster and his first books were a series of anoted William Shakespeare plays, published in 1914. He continued to publish works on English literature, and even tried his hand at writing novels.

[edit] Travel books

These include:

• See England First (1927)
• The Cornish Riviera (1928 for the Great Western Railway)
• Glorious Devon (1928 for the Great Western Railway)
• North Wales (1928 for the London Midland and Scottish Railway)
• Sussex 1929
• It isn't far from London (1930)
• Southern rambles for Londoners (1931 for the Southern Railway)
• The Highlands of Britain (1932)
• This unknown island (1932)
• Week-ends in England (1933)
• Isles of the island (1934)
• England's pleasance (1935)
• Lovely Britain edited (1935)
• Round about England (1935)
• Southern schools (1935 for the Southern Railway)
• England's Character (1936)
• A.C.E: the Atlantic Coast Express (1937 for the Southern Railway)
• Britain calling (1938)
• Let's get out here (1938 for the Southern Railway)
• Walking in Somerset (1938)
• Highways and Byways in the Welsh Marches (1939)
• Hills of the South (1939)