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Arthur Colton
1868–1943
A versatile American writer of fiction, poetry, and travel-flavored adventure, he published widely around the turn of the 20th century. His books often suggest a taste for distant places, restless motion, and the literary magazine world of his day.
8 Audiobooks
The Delectable Mountains
by Arthur Colton
Port Argent: A Novel
by Arthur Colton
Tioba, and Other Tales
by Arthur Colton
The Belted Seas
by Arthur Colton
The Cruise of The Violetta
by Arthur Colton
"The Debatable Land": A Novel
by Arthur Colton
Index for Works of Arthur Colton Hyperlinks to all Chapters in the Individual Ebooks
by Arthur Colton
Harps Hung up in Babylon
by Arthur Colton
About the author
Born in Washington, Connecticut, in 1868, Arthur Willis Colton was an American author whose career ranged across novels, short stories, and poetry. Reference sources and library records connect him with a substantial body of work published from the late 19th century into the early 20th, and he died in 1943.
Colton's books include The Delectable Mountains, Tioba, and Other Tales, The Belted Seas, The Cruise of the Violetta, Port Argent, and Harps Hung up in Babylon. Listings from Project Gutenberg and the Online Books Page show how broad his output was, with work spanning fiction, tales of travel and adventure, and verse.
Some brief biographical notes also identify him as a librarian at the University Club in New York. While detailed personal information is not easy to confirm from major modern reference pages, the surviving record of his writing suggests a prolific literary life shaped by magazines, books, and a strong interest in far-off settings and reflective, poetic language.