author
b. 1873
Best remembered for stories like Harbor Jim of Newfoundland, he wrote with a pastor’s eye for character and a traveler’s curiosity about the wider world. His books mix gentle moral purpose with an interest in everyday places and people.
by Alden Eugene Bartlett
Alden Eugene Bartlett was an American clergyman and writer, born in 1873. Public-domain and library records connect him with books including Harbor Jim of Newfoundland, The Joy Maker, Least Known America, and Out-of-the-Way Places of Europe.
His work suggests a range that went beyond fiction alone. Some titles lean toward uplifting or devotional writing, while others reflect an interest in travel and overlooked corners of ordinary life. That combination helps explain the tone readers often find in older Bartlett books: warm, observant, and shaped by a minister’s background.
Reliable biographical detail about his personal life appears to be limited online, but catalog and author records consistently identify him as both a clergyman and an author. A LibriVox author entry lists his lifespan as 1873–1964, though because fuller biographical sources are scarce, many summaries of his life remain necessarily brief.