Ernest A. Baker

Ernest Albert Baker (1869–1941) was an author, and editor of English fiction, dictionaries, and librarianship, besides books and journalism on outdoor activities, particularly caving. He wrote a standard reference, The History of the English Novel, first published in ten volumes between 1924 and 1939.[1][2] Baker also wrote A Guide to Historical Fiction (1914), an overview of Historical fiction in novels and short stories.[3] His caving books were Moors, Crags and Caves of the High Peak and Neighbourhood (1903); with Herbert E. Balch, The Netherworld of Mendip; Explorations in the Great Caverns of Somerset, Yorkshire, Derbyshire & Elsewhere (1907), and Caving; Episodes of Underground Exploration (1932).

Bibliography

  • Moors, Crags and the Caves of the High Peak and Neighbourhood (1903)
  • A Descriptive Guide to the Best Fiction British and American (1903)
  • The Netherworld of Mendip (with Herbert E. Balch) (1907)
  • Explorations in the Great Caverns of Somerset, Yorkshire, Derbyshire & Elsewhere (1907)
  • A Guide to Historical Fiction (1914)
  • The Highlands with Rope and Rucksack (1923)
  • The History of the English Novel (1924-39) in 10 vols.
  • Caving; Episodes of Underground Exploration (1932)

References

  1. ^ "Who was Who".
  2. ^ Brian Corman. Women Novelists Before Jane Austen. University of Toronto Press. 2009 p.273, etc.
  3. ^ Hackett, Helen. Shakespeare and Elizabeth : The Meeting of Two Myths. Princeton; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2009. ISBN 9780691128061 (p. 179)
  • Media related to Ernest A. Baker at Wikimedia Commons
  • Works by Ernest A. Baker at Project Gutenberg
  • Works by or about Ernest A. Baker at the Internet Archive
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