As a traveler, Lucas has traveled to several countries and written several travelogues. Lucas is remembered best for his essays and books travel abroad. Roving East and Roving West is one of his most excellent works. The author left Europe and traveled to India and Japan which belong to the eastern world and America which belongs to the western world, experiencing life and culture in different countries.

Lucas is remembered best for his essays and books travel abroad. Roving East and Roving West is one of his most excellent works. It is in the form of prose. He has contrasted the eastern world represented by India and Japan and the western world represented by America in his book. This work is a record of the author's impression of what he sees and hears throughout the journey.

Edward Verrall Lucas (June 1868—26 June 1938) 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.