author
E. Walter Walters
b. 1877
A warmly opinionated early 20th-century writer, he is best remembered for celebrating the pleasures of reading and book collecting in plain, affectionate prose. His books also ranged into topical nonfiction, including aviation and public affairs.
2 Audiobooks
Confessions of a book-lover
by E. Walter Walters
Heroic airmen and their exploits
by E. Walter Walters
About the author
Born in 1877, E. Walter Walters was a British author whose surviving bibliography shows a mix of literary reflection and current-affairs writing. He is now most closely linked with Confessions of a Book-Lover (1913), a book that presents him as an enthusiastic, personal guide to the habits and joys of a devoted reader.
Catalog and public-domain records also connect him with other early 20th-century works, including The "New" Lloyd George and the Old and Heroic Airmen and Their Exploits. Taken together, those titles suggest a writer interested not only in books and reading, but also in the public questions and heroic narratives of his time.
Reliable biographical detail beyond his birth year is hard to confirm from the sources reviewed here, so much of his life remains obscure. Even so, his writing leaves a clear impression: a reflective, accessible voice with a genuine love of books and a feel for the concerns of the age he lived in.