# Edwin Lester Arnold — Bibliography

**Edwin Lester Linden Arnold** (14 May 1857 – 1 March 1935)  
English writer. Best known for *Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation* (1905), an early planetary romance and possible influence on Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom series.

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## Fiction

| Title | Year | Notes |
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| *The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician* | 1890 (US) / 1891 (UK) | First serialised in *Illustrated London News*; historical romance with reincarnation/suspended animation; Phra witnesses invasions of England across centuries. Intro by Sir Edwin Arnold. |
| *The Constable of St. Nicholas* | 1894 | Novel. |
| *The Story of Ulla and Other Tales* | 1895 | Collection. Includes "The Story of Ulla" (*Short Stories*, Mar 1892), "Rutherford the Twice-Born" (*The Idler*, May 1892), and eight other stories. |
| *Lepidus the Centurion: A Roman of Today* | 1901 | Lost-race/adult fantasy; commercially unsuccessful. [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/lepiduscenturio00arnogoog) |
| *Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation* | 1905 | Planetary romance; magic carpet to Mars; precursor to Burroughs. Republished as *Gulliver of Mars* (Ace 1964), *Gullivar of Mars* (Bison 2003). |

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## Non-fiction

| Title | Year | Notes |
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| *A Summer Holiday in Scandinavia* | 1877 | Travel. [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/asummerholidayi00arnogoog) |
| *Coffee: Its Cultivation and Profit* | 1886 | [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/coffeeitscultiva00arnorich), [HathiTrust](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006538072) |
| *Bird Life in England* | 1887 | [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/birdlifeinenglan00arnorich) |
| *England as She Seems: Being Selections from the Notes of an Arab Hadji* | 1888 | [HathiTrust](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/103398794) |
| *On the Indian Hills: or, Coffee-planting in Southern India* | 1893 | 2 vols., illustrated. [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/onindianhillsorc00arnoiala), [HathiTrust](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102962617) |

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## Full Text Available (Project Gutenberg)

| Title | PG # | Local | Format |
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| *Gulliver of Mars* (Gullivar Jones) | [604](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/604) | `pg604.txt` | Plain text, HTML, EPUB, Kindle |
| *The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician* | [67345](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67345) | `pg67345.txt` | Plain text, HTML, EPUB, Kindle |

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## Other Online Sources

- **Internet Archive:** [search Edwin Lester Arnold](https://archive.org/search?query=Edwin+Lester+Arnold) — *Lepidus the Centurion*, *Phra the Phoenician*, *The Story of Ulla*, *Coffee*, *Bird Life*, *A Summer Holiday in Scandinavia*, *On the Indian Hills*
- **HathiTrust:** Several titles (page images)
- **LibriVox:** [Gulliver of Mars audiobook](https://librivox.org/search?title=Gulliver+of+Mars&author=Arnold)

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## Life & Context

- **Father:** Sir Edwin Arnold (1832–1904), author of *The Light of Asia* (1879)
- **Childhood:** Largely in India; returned to England for agriculture and ornithology
- **Career:** Journalist from 1883; coffee cultivation in India/Ceylon
- **Themes:** Reincarnation, suspended animation, Buddhism (*Phra*; father's influence)
- **Reception:** *Gullivar Jones* poorly received; Arnold wrote little fiction after 1905; *Phra* and *Gullivar Jones* are his best-known works

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## References

- [Wikipedia: Edwin Lester Arnold](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Lester_Arnold)
- [The Online Books Page: Edwin Lester Arnold](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Arnold,%20Edwin%20Lester,%201857-1935)
- [Project Gutenberg: Arnold, Edwin Lester](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/317)
- [ISFDB: Edwin L. Arnold](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?738)
- [SF Encyclopedia: Arnold, Edwin L](http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/arnold_edwin_l)

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