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From 1889, Cule was active in the British Amateur Literary Association and in 1891 was elected Vice-President. He launched a periodical called ''Opinion'' which was issued for five or six months "at a great loss!" <ref>"Balaites who have Risen, No.1 Mr W.E. Cule. ''The British Amateur Literary Association'', September 1902</ref>
In 1900,Cule was appointed editor of the ''Sunday School Teacher''
received encouragement from [[Andrew Melrose Publisher|Andrew Melrose]] the publisher for the Sunday School Union. Melville published Cule's first two books in 1899 - ''Child Voices'', a collection of sketches and stories about children, and ''Sir Constant Knight of the Great King'', an allegory of the Christian life. The same year, [[Chambers Harrap|W.& R.Chambers]] published his fairyland book ''Mabel's Prince Wonderful'', whose heroine was named for Cule's eldest daughter Mabel. In 1903 Cule moved to [[London]] to take up a position in the publishing department of the National Sunday School Union. He continued to write boys' stories while also contributing serials to ''The Child's Own Magazine''which were later published in the "Red Nursery" series of children's books. ''The White Caravan'', ''Two Little New Zealanders'' and ''Mr Crusoe's Island'' are examples of serials that later became popular books.
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