In the latter years of the 19th century, Pearson published a number of notable first editions, including H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man (1897), Bram Stoker's Miss Betty (1898), and Baroness Orczy's The Emperor's Candlesticks (1899).
Pearson published books by such writers as Winifred Graham, Percy F. Westerman, Norman Hunter, Fâ’iz El-Ghusein, Robert Leighton, Marie Connor, and Catherine Christian.
The Express was a departure from the papers of its time and created an immediate impact by carrying news instead of only advertisements on its front page.
Pearson came into direct competition with the Daily Mail and in the resulting commercial fight almost took control of The Times, being nominated as its manager, but the deal fell through.
[2] The Daily Express eventually passed, in November 1916, under the control of the Canadian–British tycoon Sir Max Aitken, later Lord Beaverbrook.
Beginning to lose his sight due to glaucoma despite a 1908 operation, C. Arthur Pearson was progressively forced from 1910 onwards to relinquish his newspaper interests.
[4] The Pearson imprint focused mostly on magazines from the 1930s through the 1950s, known for ongoing titles like Home Notes and London Opinion, as well as Men Only.