Charles Elkin Mathews (1851[1] – 10 November 1921) was a Britishpublisher andbookseller who played an important role in the literary life of London in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Mathews was born inGravesend, and learned his trade inLondon andBath. In 1884 he opened his own shop inExeter, where he published his first books in collaboration with other local booksellers.
In 1887 he returned to London, andJohn Lane and he went into partnership and foundedThe Bodley Head, which first operated as an antiquarian bookshop and later as a publisher. In 1894 they publishedThe Yellow Book and from 1893 they published the Keynotes book series.[2]
In 1892 he published a volume of verse from theRhymers' Club titledThe Book of the Rhymers' Club and in 1894 a follow-up volumeThe Second Book of the Rhymers' Club was published by him andJohn Lane.
In 1894 Mathews left The Bodley Head partnership. He set up on his own as Elkin Mathews Ltd. and published works by his neighbourW. B. Yeats,Lionel Johnson,John Masefield,James Joyce,Ezra Pound andRobert Bridges, among others. He also "returned to a great concentration on bookselling".[3]
He died in 1921.
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