author
E. Walter Walters
b. 1877
A warmly reflective early 20th-century writer, this British author is best remembered for turning a deep love of reading into lively, personal essays. His books range from affectionate writing about book collecting to patriotic and historical works shaped by the First World War era.
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 books suggest a wide-ranging literary life. Library and catalog records link him to works including Confessions of a Book-Lover, Heroic Airmen and Their Exploits, The Souls of the Brave, Visions of the Red Cross, and Ensor Walters and the London He Loves.
He is most easily recognized today through Confessions of a Book-Lover (1913), a gentle, conversational celebration of reading, browsing, and collecting books. The tone is personal rather than academic, which helps explain why the book still appeals to modern audiobook listeners and public-domain readers.
The rest of his known titles show an author interested not only in books and culture, but also in courage, public life, and wartime memory. Clear biographical details beyond his birth year are hard to confirm from the sources available here, so his life is best approached through the subjects he chose to write about: literature, London, and the heroic spirit of his age.