author
Eugène E. (Eugène Edward) Street
d. 1913
A vivid travel writer of the early 1900s, this author brought Portugal to life for English-speaking readers with sharp observation and a curious, on-the-ground eye. His books mix social detail, local color, and the pleasures of armchair travel.
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Spanish Life in Town and Country
by L. Higgin, Eugène E. (Eugène Edward) Street
About the author
Eugène Edward Street was a British author best known for writing about life in Portugal and for contributing chapters on Portugal to books about the Iberian Peninsula. Library catalog records connect him with A Philosopher in Portugal (1903) and with Spanish Life in Town and Country (1902), where he supplied the sections on Portuguese life.
His surviving works suggest a writer interested in everyday customs, social habits, and the character of places rather than just major political events. That makes his books especially appealing today as snapshots of how Portugal was described to English-language readers at the start of the twentieth century.
Street also wrote Handbook of Practical Registration (Parliamentary & Municipal), which points to a more practical and professional side of his career beyond travel writing. Reliable catalog records identify him as Eugène E. (Eugène Edward) Street and note that he died in 1913.