Price Collier

Price Collier was an American author born in 1860 and died in 1913. He is best remembered for travel and commentary books including England and the English from an American Point of View and The West in the East from an American Point of View, works that drew on his observations of other countries and his interest in international affairs.

His writing was aimed at general readers rather than specialists, and that helps explain why it still feels approachable. He wrote as a visitor trying to make sense of the habits, politics, and public character of the places he saw, often comparing them with American life.

Because he died relatively young, his career was not a long one, but his books capture a vivid moment in the years before the First World War, when travel writing, journalism, and cultural criticism often overlapped. Readers coming to him now will find a period voice that is opinionated, curious, and deeply engaged with the wider world.