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. He wrote a standard reference, '' The History of the English Novel'', first published in ten volumes between 1924 and 1939. Baker also wrote ''A Guide to Historical Fiction'' (1914), an overview of

Historical fiction Historical fiction is a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting related to the past events, but is fictional. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to other ty ...

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'' (1900); (with

Herbert E. Balch Herbert Ernest Balch (4 November 1869 – 27 May 1958) MA FSA was an English archaeologist, naturalist, caver and geologist who explored the caves of the Mendip Hills and pioneered many of the techniques used by modern cavers. Born in Wells, h ...

), ''The Netherworld of Mendip; Explorations in the Great Caverns of Somerset, Yorkshire, Derbyshire & Elsewhere'' (1907), and ''Caving; Episodes of Underground Exploration'' (1932).

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* 20th-century English non-fiction writers English bibliographers English editors British cavers 1869 births 1941 deaths {{editor-stub