A wanderer in Paris / by E. V. Lucas ; with fifteen illustrations in colour by Walter Dexter and thirty-two reproductions from works of art. 1923 [Leather Bound]

by Edward Verrall Lucas

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Genres: Travel, France

388 pages, Leather Bound

First published August 5, 1909

About the author

Note: This is the Goodreads listing for E.V. Lucas.

He was a versatile and popular English writer. His nearly 100 books demonstrate great facility with style, and are generally acknowledged as humorous by contemporary readers and critics. Some of his essays about the sport cricket are still considered among the best instructional material.He is remembered best for his essays and books about London and travel abroad; these books continue through many editions. He is particularly noted for his biography of Charles Lamb.

He was born in Eltham, Kent into a Quaker family, and educated at Friends Public School in Saffron Walden. He worked first in a Brighton bookshop and then on a Sussex newspaper followed by The Globe; rising without university education to the Punch magazine 'table' in 1904. He became a prolific writer, providing extensive content for Punch and a column "A wanderer's notebook" for the Sunday Times.

He was responsible for A. A. Milne teaming up with E. H. Shepard for the Winnie-the-Pooh books. He wrote under pen names EVL, VVV, E. D. Ward, and FF for film criticism. Some of his early work was in collaboration with Charles Larcom Graves (1856–1944), another Punch writer.

Rupert Hart-Davis collected and published a collection of his essays on cricket, Cricket All His Life, which John Arlott called "the best written of all books on cricket.

From 1924 he was chairman of the London publishers Methuen and Co.. According to R. G. G. Price's A History of Punch, his polished and gentlemanly essayist's persona concealed:

a cynical clubman … very bitter about men and politics … [with] the finest pornographic library in London.

Reviews

[Owen · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting read, especially if you know the city fairly intimately. As the title suggests, Lucas had the leisure to wander around the old city for some time and his store of anecdotes and bits of hidden or half-forgotten historical information help recreate the atmosphere of Paris before World War One.

[Carol Griffiths · Rating 3 out of 5]

Given that this book was published in 1908, it is very enjoyable and contains wonderful little snippets of history that I have not encountered in more recent books about the City of Light. E.V. Lucas wanders through the various Parisian arrondissements and describes the artistic, architectural and historic highlights.

[Mamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this was a wonderful commentary of France. I will admit that a lot of it went over my head, but it will definitely sink in once I learn more about France and read it again when I visit Paris. Also, much of it must be outdated since I read the version that was published in 1952, but it was fun to notice the parts that made it obvious and to imagine that I was back in that time period. A wonderful read!

[Spartacus7 · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful look at Paris as it was, read, in my case, nearly 80 years after first publication. And so different to the dry, utilitarian nature of modern-day travel guides. This is more than a travel guide - it's poetic expression and insight into the wonders of Paris, its art, and other many outstanding beauties large and small. The historical perspective it now gives adds another dimension to its value.