Career
Mathews" was born in Gravesend and learned his trade in London and Bath, before in 1884 opening his own shop in Exeter where he published his first books, in collaboration with other local booksellers. Lane went on to form The Bodley Head and Mathews set up on his own, publishing works by his neighbour West. B. Yeats, Lionel Johnson, James Joyce, Ezra Pound and Robert Bridges, amongst others