Roving East and Roving West is a novel by Edward Verrall Lucas. Edward Verrall Lucas 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 a close friend of Edwin Lutyens.

本书为一部游历散文佳作,对比了以印度和日本为代表的东方世界和以美国为代表的西方世界,记录了作者游历各地的见闻和感想,富有浓郁的历史文化特色,带您领略不一样的东西方。爱德华•维罗尔•卢卡斯(1868-1938)出生于英国肯特郡埃尔特曼。他曾先后担任《环球报》和幽默讽刺漫画《笨拙》的编辑,为《星期日泰晤士报》"漫游者札记"提供了大量稿件。卢卡斯是一位多产作家,生平留下的作品达一百多部,他最为突出的贡献是兰姆研究、有关板球运动的散文和游记散文。他以一个漫游者的身份记录了自己游历各地的见闻和感想,留下多部游记作品,其中有:《荷兰漫游者》(1905)、《伦敦漫游者》(1906)、《巴黎漫游者》(1909)、《佛罗伦萨漫游者》(1919)、《威尼斯漫游者》(1914)等。