C. H. Forbes-Lindsay

Charles Harcourt Ainslie Forbes-Lindsay, usually published as C. H. Forbes-Lindsay, was a British-born author born in 1860. Library and catalog records connect that full name with a long list of works published from the early 1900s into the 1920s.

He wrote across an unusually broad mix of subjects. His better-known books include India, Past and Present (1903), The Philippines under Spanish and American Rules (1906), Panama, the Isthmus and the Canal (1906), Washington, the City and the Seat of Government (1908), and Cuba and Her People of To-day (1911). He also wrote biographical and practical works such as books on Captain John Smith, bridge and whist, selling, efficiency, and life-insurance work.

That range makes him an interesting figure for modern listeners: not just a travel or history writer, but a restless compiler of stories, places, and public life. Some details of his later life are hard to confirm from the sources found here, so this sketch stays close to what his surviving book records clearly show.