Joseph E. (Joseph Ernest) Morris

Joseph Ernest Morris was a British travel writer whose books were published in the early to mid-20th century. Library records connect him with a substantial run of regional and guide-style works, including books on Oxford, Surrey, Northumberland, the Channel Islands, the Lake of Geneva, and several counties of Yorkshire.

His bibliography suggests a strong interest in places, landscapes, and historic buildings. Many of his books appeared with A. & C. Black, a publisher well known for illustrated travel and topographical series, and his work seems to have been aimed at general readers who wanted informed, readable introductions to towns, counties, and scenic regions.

Reliable biographical details about his personal life are limited in the sources I could confirm here, so it is safest to remember him chiefly through his books: clear, observant guides to British and European places that helped shape how readers explored them.