Charles George Harper

Dunster castle and yarn market (From "The Somerset coast")

The old church in Kingston Seymour (from "The Somerset coast")

Charles George Harper (1863 – 1943) was an English author and illustrator. Born in London, England, Harper wrote many self-illustrated travel books, exploring the regions, roads, coastlines, literary connections, old inns etc. of Britain.

Published works (selected)

• The Hardy country; literary landmarks of the Wessex novels (London, A. & C. Black, 1904).
• The Ingoldsby country; literary landmarks of the "Ingoldsby legends" (London, A. & C. Black, 1904)
• The old inns of old England – Vol. 1, Vol. 2 (Chapman & Hall, 1906).
• The South Devon coast (Chapman & Hall, 1907)
• The North Devon coast (Chapman & Hall, 1908)
• The Somerset coast (Chapman & Hall, 1909).
• Thames Valley Villages – Vol. 1, Vol. 2 (Chapman & Hall, 1910)
• Summer days in Shakespeare land (J. Pott & Co., 1913).
• The Kentish coast (Chapman & Hall, 1914)
• The Dover road: annals of an ancient turnpike (Cecil Palmer, 1922)
• The Great North road, the old mail road to Scotland (Charles Palmer, 1922).

Further reading

• Sketchley, R. E. D. English book-illustration of to-day (Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and co., 1903), pp 47–48.
• Charles Baker. British book illustrators 1860 – 1900 - A bibliography (Birmingham bookshop, 1978).

External links

• On-line archive of books by C G Harper (archive.org).
• Chronological list of books by C G Harper (booksandwriters.co.uk)

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