Ernest Albert Baker (1869–1941) was an author, and editor of English fiction, dictionaries, and librarianship, besides books and journalism on outdoor activities, particularly caving.
Baker wrote a standard reference, The History of the English Novel, first published in ten volumes between 1924 and 1939.Brian Corman. Women Novelists Before Jane Austen. University of Toronto Press. 2009 p.273, etc. Baker also wrote A Guide to Historical Fiction (1914), an overview of historical fiction in novels and short stories.Hackett, Helen. Shakespeare and Elizabeth : The Meeting of Two Myths. Princeton; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2009. (p. 179)
His caving books were Moors, Crags and Caves of the High Peak and Neighbourhood (1903); with Herbert E. Balch, The Netherworld of Mendip; Explorations in the Great Caverns of Somerset, Yorkshire, Derbyshire & Elsewhere (1907), and Caving; Episodes of Underground Exploration (1932).
He edited book series for George Routledge including the Half-Forgotten Books series (1903–1907)Patrick Spedding, The Half-forgotten Books series, 1903–1907, blogger.com. Retrieved 16 July 2026. and the Library of Early Novelists.Ernest A. Baker, A Guide to the Best Fiction in English, London : George Routledge & Sons, limited, 1913, p. 19. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
Bibliography
Moors, Crags and the Caves of the High Peak and Neighbourhood (1903) A Descriptive Guide to the Best Fiction British and American (1903) The Netherworld of Mendip (with Herbert E. Balch) (1907) Explorations in the Great Caverns of Somerset, Yorkshire, Derbyshire & Elsewhere (1907) A Guide to Historical Fiction (1914) The Public Library (1922) The Highlands with Rope and Rucksack (1923) The History of the English Novel (1924-39) in 10 vols. Caving; Episodes of Underground Exploration (1932)
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