 Stables has been regarded as one of the most prominent of the English imitators of Jules Verne, especially in his novels of polar adventure, like "The Cruise of the Snowbird" (1882), "Wild Adventures Round the Pole" (1883), "From Pole to Pole" (1886), and "his most ambitious novel," "The Cruise of the Crystal Boat" (1891).He is also notable as the first person to order a "gentleman’s caravan" from the Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works, in which he travelled the length of Great Britain in 1885 (the subject of his book "The Gentleman Gypsy").Stables married Theresa "Lizzie" McCormack on 15 July 1874 and they had four sons and two daughters.