C. B. Black

Charles Bertram Black was a British traveller and writer, born in 1821 or 1822 and died in 1906. He was the son of the Scottish publisher Adam Black, and he became closely associated with Black's Guides, the long-running travel series issued by A. & C. Black.

His books covered a wide stretch of Europe, including Paris, Normandy and Brittany, the north of France, Holland, the Rhine, and the Riviera. The surviving record of his work suggests a writer focused on practical travel: routes, places to visit, and local highlights for readers planning real journeys rather than armchair grand tours.

He is also credited with contributing articles to the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Although not a widely famous literary figure today, his guidebooks offer a vivid glimpse of 19th-century travel writing at the moment when railways and modern tourism were opening Europe to more readers.