Horace J Knowles Explained

Horace J. Knowles
Birth Date:	22 July 1884
Death Date:	21 August 1954
Nationality:	English
Known For:	Children's Literature, Fairy Stories and Bible Illustrations
Notable Works:	Peeps Into Fairyland, The Bible, The Legend Of Glastonbury, The Sermon On The Mount, Countryside Treasures

Horace John Knowles (22 July 1884 – 21 August 1954) was an author and illustrator. He is remembered mostly for magical depictions of Fairyland in his magnum opus Peeps into Fairyland, as well as for his biblical illustrations. For his first two published books, Legends from Fairyland (1908)^[1] and Norse Fairy Tales (1910),^[2] he collaborated with his brother Reginald L. Knowles.

Knowles' style, similar to that of his brother, has often been described as Art Nouveau.

Partial list of works

A set of biblical illustrations and maps created for the British and Foreign Bible Society's 1954 edition of the Revised Standard Version,^{[3] [4]} later used in the popular New English Bible,^[5] the King James Authorised Version 400th Anniversary Edition Bible,^[6] and other bibles.

• Legends From Fairyland (1908)
• Norse Fairy Tales (1910)
• Cowslips And Kingcups (1920)^[7]
• Among The Innocents (1920)^[8]
• Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales (1923, unpublished)^[9]
• The Land Of Goodness Knows Where (1923)^[10]
• Peeps into Fairyland (1924)^[11]
• The Enid Blyton Book Of Fairies (1924)^[12]
• Eager Heart (1931)^[13]
• A Book Of Thoughts On Courage (1932)^[14]
• A Book Of Thoughts On Friendship (1932)^[15]
• A Book Of Thoughts On Hope (1932)^[16]
• For A Little Child Like Me (1934)^[17]
• The Sermon On The Mount (1935)^[18]
• The Months (1936)^[19]
• The Friendly Year (1940)^[20]
• The Land of Far Beyond (1942)^[21]
• Mrs Nimble And Mr Bumble (1944)^[22]
• Three Asiatic Legends In Rhyme (1945)^[23]
• Countryside Treasures (1946)^[24]
• Through The Hole In The Wall (1946)^[25]
• The Legend of Glastonbury (1948)^[26]
• Sea-Eagle (1952)^[27]

Notes and References

1. Book: Lee, Holme. Legends from Fairyland. Holme Lee. Chatto & Windus. Illustrators : Reginald Knowles, Horace Knowles. 1907.
2. Book: Dasent, Sir George Webbe. George Webbe Dasent . Norse Fairy Tales. S. T. Freemantle. 1910. London. Illustrator, Horace Knowles; Reginald L. Knowles.
3. Book: King James Authorised Version 400th Anniversary Edition Bible. Bible Society. Illustrator, Horace Knowles. 2011. 9780564090648. xi. Whilst the text of the Bible remains unchanged from that published by The British and Foreign Bible Society in 1954, much care has been taken with this edition to set that text as clearly as possible on the page. The layout is uncluttered and this, together with the inclusion of illustrations created originally by Horace Knowles for the Revised Standard version in 1952, helps to bring greater immediacy to this 400-year-old translation..
4. Book: Stirling, John. The Bible: Authorized Version. The British & Foreign Bible Society. 1954. London.
5. Book: The New English Bible. Bible Society. Illustrator, Horace Knowles. 1990. 0564002011.
6. Book: King James Authorised Version 400th Anniversary Edition Bible. Bible Society. Illustrator, Horace Knowles. 2011. 978-0564090648.
7. Book: Cole, Charlotte Druitt. Cowslips And Kingcups. Methuen. 1920. London. Illustrator, Horace Knowles.
8. Book: Latham, Austin. Among The Innocents. Methuen. 1920. London. Illustrator, Horace Knowles.
9. Book: Knowles, Horace J. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. Unpublished. 1923.
10. Book: Pedley, Muriel. The Land Of Goodness Knows Where. George Newnes. 1923.
11. Book: Knowles, Horace. Peeps into Fairyland. Thornton Butterworth. Illustrator: Horace Knowles. 1924.
12. Book: Blyton, Enid. Enid Blyton. The Enid Blyton Book Of Fairies. Newnes. 1924. London. Illustrator, Horace Knowles.
13. Book: Buckton, Alice M.. alice Buckton. Eager Heart: A Christmas Mystery Play. Elkins Mathews & Marrot Ltd.. 1931. London. Illustrator, Horace Knowles.
14. Book: Knowles, Horace J. A Book Of Thoughts On Courage. Elkins Mathews & Marrot Ltd.. 1932.
15. Book: Knowles, Horace J. A Book Of Thoughts On Friendship. Elkins Mathews & Marrot Ltd.. 1932.
16. Book: Knowles, Horace J. A Book Of Thoughts On Hope. Elkins Mathews & Marrot Ltd.. 1932.
17. Book: Stirling, John. For A Little Child Like Me. Ivor Nicholson and Watson Limited. 1934.
18. Book: Knowles, Horace J. The Sermon On The Mount. Ivor Nicholson & Watson Limited. 1935.
19. Book: Hunt, Leigh. The Months. London - Ivor Nicholson and Watson Ltd. Illustrator : Horace J. Knowles. 1936.
20. Book: Gee, H. L.. Herbert Leslie Gee. The Friendly Year. Epworth Press. 1940.
21. Book: Blyton, Enid. The Land of Far Beyond. Methuen & Co. Ltd. Illustrator : Horace J. Knowles. 1942.
22. Book: Uttley, Alison. Alison Uttley. Mrs Nimble And Mr Bumble. Francis James Publishing Co.. 1944.
23. Book: Hetherington, A. L.. Three Asiatic Legends In Rhyme. Francis James Publishing Co.. 1945. Illustrator, Horace Knowles.
24. Book: Knowles, Horace J. Countryside Treasures. Francis James Publishing Co.. 1946.
25. Book: Rivett, Lillian. Through The Hole In The Wall. Francis James Publishing Co.. 1946. Illustrator, Horace Knowles.
26. Book: Chant, Arthur Guy. The Legend of Glastonbury. The Epworth Press. Illustrator : Horace J Knowles. 1948.
27. Book: Nelson, Raphael. Sea-Eagle. Epworth Press. 1952.