[1] Applying for a Civil Service post, he was appointed to the War Office in London, where he remained until 1875 when he retired with a pension and began his literary efforts.
[9] The couple had six children: Frith originally trained as an engineer,[12] and worked for the War Office until 1875 when he qualified for a pension.
They include many experiences of a varied character in Europe, Asia, and America; but while making use of the narratives and notes of more experienced climbers, without copying their work; we have in some cases embodied the spirit of it, and fixed it in our pages for the amusement, and it may be for the instruction, of young people.
"[13] The first of Frith's works that is catalogued at the British Library is an 1875 translation of Les Braves Gens by Jules Girardin.
Frith followed this in 1976 with a translation of two of Jules Verne's stories in the following year: Une Ville flottante and Les Forceurs de blocus as A Floating City and the Blockade Runners.
The titles included: Frith's instructional non-fiction has been quite long-lived, with new editions, sometimes revised, long after his death.