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Arthur Warren
1860–1924
A Boston journalist turned London correspondent, he wrote warmly remembered sketches of literary and political life in late Victorian Britain. His best-known book, London Days, draws on years spent meeting major public figures and watching the city at close range.
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London Days: A Book of Reminiscences
by Arthur Warren
About the author
Best known for London Days: A Book of Reminiscences (1920), this American writer and journalist built his career first in Boston and then in London. Contemporary library records identify him as Arthur Warren (1860–1924), and surviving references to his work show a strong interest in literary, theatrical, and public life.
Accounts of his career describe him as a dramatic critic for the Boston Herald before he became the paper's London correspondent in 1888. In London Days, he looks back on years in the city through personal memories of well-known figures and the social world around them, giving the book an easy, first-hand charm rather than the feel of a formal history.
He also wrote about industrialist George Westinghouse, and later references connect him with Westinghouse's publication work. Although not a household name today, his writing still offers a lively window into the people and atmosphere of turn-of-the-century London.