author
Walter J. Clutterbuck
1853–1937
Best known as the co-author of the lively Victorian travel classic Three in Norway by Two of Them, this English traveler wrote with humor, curiosity, and a real taste for adventure. His books also drew on journeys through the Arctic, British Columbia, Ceylon, and Borneo.
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Three in Norway, by Two of Them
by J. A. (James Arthur) Lees, Walter J. Clutterbuck
About the author
Born in 1853 and dying in 1937, Walter J. Clutterbuck was an English travel writer and photographer whose work grew out of long journeys in the late nineteenth century. He is most closely associated with Three in Norway by Two of Them (1882), written with J. A. Lees, a witty and observant account of travel that has remained his best-known book.
Clutterbuck went on to publish other travel books including The Skipper in Arctic Seas, About Ceylon and Borneo, and, with Lees, B.C. 1887: A Ramble in British Columbia. Across these works, he comes across as a practical, energetic narrator with an eye for landscape, local detail, and the small comic moments that make travel writing memorable.
Sources found during this search also describe him as an active photographer, which fits the strong visual quality of his travel books. I wasn't able to confirm a reliable portrait image from the pages I checked, so no profile image is included here.