Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

1909

1. Betzville Tales (September 2, 1909)   "Philo Gubb and the Auto Hen"   Illustrated by Peter Newell. "Philo Gubb is one of the tenderest hearted men in Betzville. He hasn't the style necessary to mingle in our best society, but he has a good heart, and when his speckled hen died after setting on a nest of eggs for a week Philo's heart bled with pity for the motherless eggs." Printed this date in the Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Daily Press.  [NPA]

1913

2. Red Book (May, 1913)   "Philo Gubb, The Correspondence School Detective"   First appearance of Philo Gubb as a "deteckative." This story was later printed as "The Hard-Boiled Egg," the first chapter of Philo Gubb. Illustrated by Rea Irvin.  [EPBLIB]
3. _____ (June, 1913)   "Philo Gubb and the Oubliette"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 346-357.  [HARPER]

	Red Book July, 1913 Click for larger image

4. _____ (July, 1913)   "Philo Gubb and the Un-burglars" A Philo Gubb story. Later printed as chapter 5 in Philo Gubb. Illustrated by Rea Irvin.  [EPBLIB]
5. _____ (August, 1913)   "Philo Gubb and the Two-Cent Stamp"   A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]
6. _____ (September, 1913)   "Philo Gubb and the Chicken"   A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]
7. _____ (October, 1913)   "Philo Gubb and the Dragon's Eye"   A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]
8. _____ (November, 1913)   "The Progressive Murder"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 201-208.  [HARPER]

1914

9. Red Book (August, 1914)   "The Pet"   A Philo Gubb story. "Philo Gubb, the correspondence school detective, takes the trail again." Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 731-741.  [HARPER]
10. _____ (September, 1914)   "The Eagle's Claws" A story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. Later printed in Philo Gubb. "Philo Gubb takes the trail of an artistic bit of tattoo decoration." p 959-970.  [EPBLIB]
11. _____ (October, 1914)   "The Missing Mister Master"   A Philo Gubb story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 1210-19.  [HARPER]
12. _____ (November, 1914)   "Waffles and Mustard" A story. Later printed in Philo Gubb. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. "Philo Gubb, the Correspondence-School Detective takes the trail of a lost will." p 172-182.  [HARPER]

	Red Book November, 1914 Click for larger image

13. _____ (December, 1914)   "The Anonymous Wiggle"   A Philo Gubb story. "Philo Gubb takes the trail and finds himself in an affair of the heart." The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 351-360.  [EPBLIB]

1915

14. Red Book (January, 1915)   "The Half of a Thousand"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 555-563.  [HARPER]
15. _____ (February, 1915)   "Dietz's 7642, Bessie John"   A Philo Gubb story.  [EPBLIB]
16. _____ (March, 1915)   "Buried Bones"   A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]
17. _____ (April, 1915)   "Philo Gubb's Greatest Case"   "The correspondence school deteckative is engaged to solve the mystery of the murder of H. Smitz." A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 1191-1201.  [HARPER]
18. _____ (May, 1915)   "The Togbury Jool"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin.  [HARPER]
19. _____ (June, 1915)   "One Hundred Dollars Reward" A Philo Gubb story. The only Red Book issue with a Butler story indexed in PULP. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover.  [HARPER, PULP]
20. _____ (July, 1915)   "Henry"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. "Philo Gubb, the deteckative, confronts and solves a mystery in the transmigration of souls." p 511-519.  [HARPER]

	Red Book June, 1915 Click for larger image

21. _____ (August, 1915)   "The Disappearance of Ma'y Jane"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 756-764.  [HARPER]
22. _____ (September, 1915)   "The Premature Death of Philo Gubb" A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 960-969.  [HARPER]
23. _____ (October, 1915)   "The Stolen Umbrella"   A Philo Gubb story. "Philo Gubb, the famous correspondence-school deteckative, confronts a baffling mystery." Illustrated by Rea Irvin. P 1133+.  [HARPER]
24. _____ (November, 1915)   "Four Tufts of Golden Hair" A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]
25. _____ (December, 1915)   "The Inexorable Tooth"   A story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. "Philo Gubb, the correspondence school 'deteckative,' takes the trail again." "The foremost Humorist in America." This story is not in the Philo Gubb book.  [EPBLIB]

1916

26. Red Book (January, 1916)   "The Carnival of Crime"   A Philo Gubb story. p 589-98.  [HARPER]
27. _____ (February, 1916)   "This Style, $20"   A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]
28. _____ (March, 1916)   "The Parmiller Pounds"   A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]
29. _____ (April, 1916)   "The Kinwiller Case"   A Philo Gubb story.  [EPBLIB]
30. _____ (May, 1916)   "The Ghatghee"   A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]

	Red Book November, 1915 Click for larger image

31. _____ (June, 1916)   "In the Dark!"   A Philo Gubb story. "The twenty-seventh of the stories of Philo Gubb, the famous correspondence-school detective." Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 351+  [HARPER]
32. _____ (July, 1916)   "The Needle, Watson"   A Philo Gubb story. "Introducing a new character in the stories of Philo Gubb, the correspondence-school deteckative." The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 607-16.  [HARPER]
33. _____ (August, 1916)   "The Dark Closet"   A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]
34. _____ (September, 1916)   "Too Much Gubb"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 982-991.  [HARPER]
35. _____ (October, 1916)   "The Hound of the Tankervilles" A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]
36. _____ (November, 1916)   "The Tenth of June"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 129-138.  [HARPER]
37. _____ (December, 1916)   "Who Would Steal a Pump?"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 354.  [EPBLIB]
38. MOTION PICTURE: The Chicken (1916)   Serial. Based on "Philo Gubb and the Chicken." Director: Pierce Kingsley. Performers: Edwin Stevens, May Trado.  [HARPER]

	Red Book October, 1916 Click for larger image

39. MOTION PICTURE: The Hard-Boiled Egg (1916)   Serial. Based on "Philo Gubb." Director: Pierce Kingsley. Performers: Edwin Stevens, May Trado. Script available on microfilm #LU9270 from the Library of Congress.  [HARPER]

1917

40. Red Book (January, 1917)   "The Last Case of Philo Gubb" A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]
41. Washington Post (October 28, 1917)   "The Correspondence School Deteckative"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p 3+.  [WASHPOST]
42. _____ (November 4, 1917)   "The Togbury Jool"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p SF3.  [WASHPOST]
43. _____ (November 11, 1917)   "One Hundred Dollars Reward"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p SM5+.  [WASHPOST]
44. _____ (November 18, 1917)   "Henry"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p MF5+.  [WASHPOST]
45. _____ (November 25, 1917)   "Four Tufts of Golden Hair"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p 69+.  [WASHPOST]
46. _____ (December 2, 1917)   "This Style, $20"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p 68+.  [WASHPOST]

	Red Book January, 1917 Click for larger image

47. _____ (December 9, 1917)   "The Kinwiller Case"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p SM4.  [WASHPOST]
48. _____ (December 16, 1917)   "The Needle, Watson!"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p SM5.  [WASHPOST]
49. _____ (December 23, 1917)   "The Dark Closet"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p F18.  [WASHPOST]
50. _____ (December 30, 1917)   "The Hound of the Tankervilles"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p MF8.  [WASHPOST]

1918

51. Washington Post (January 6, 1918)   "Too Much Gubb"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p FM8.  [WASHPOST]
52. _____ (January 13, 1918)   "The Tenth of June"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p SM8.  [WASHPOST]
53. _____ (January 20, 1918)   "Buried Bones"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated. p SMA8.  [WASHPOST]

	Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective September, 1918 Click for larger image

54. BOOK: Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective (September, 1918)   SEE CONTENTS.Seventeen of the Philo Gubb stories. Twenty illustrations. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.  [EPBLIB]

1923

55. Radio News (September, 1923)   "The McNoodle Brothers' Radio Mystery"   A Philo Gubb story. "Philo Gubb, the famous correspondent school 'deteckative,' has come back this month. No doubt you have read Mr. Ellis Parker Butler's amusing stories of Philo Gubb. Here he is back in all his past glory. This month he has managed to get mixed up in a radio and bootlegging mystery which cannot fail to hold your interest. It is one of the best from Mr. Butler's pen. We promise you an interesting twenty minutes."  [EPBLIB]

1929

56. ANTHOLOGY: World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories (1929) "The Hard-Boiled Egg" Also includes "Philo Gubb's Greatest Case." Edited by Eugene Thwing. Volume 2 of 10. New York and London: Funk and Wagnalls.  [CONTENTO, EBAY]

1932

57. ANTHOLOGY: 20 Best Short Stories in Ray Long's 20 Years as an Editor (1932) "Philo Gubb, The Correspondence School Detective"   Printed in Philo Gubb as "The Hard-Boiled Egg." Crown Publishers. New York. Ray Long was the editor of several magazines including Red Book, Cosmopolitan and The Ladies' Home Journal.  [EPBLIB]
58. 20 Best Short Stories in Ray Long's 20 Years as an Editor (April, 1932) "Some Amazing Figures"   This book includes a two-page discourse by editor Ray Long on the way Philo Gubb developed from the first story in the May 1913 edition of Red Book magazine.  [EPBLIB]

1933

59. Argosy (UK) (September, 1933)   "Philo Gubb"   Vol. XIV No. 88. p 41+.  [FICTIONMAGS]

1943

60. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (March, 1943)   "Philo Gubb's Greatest Case"   The last chapter of the Philo Gubb book printed in 1918. Includes a lengthy paragraph about Philo Gubb (and the author) by the editor.  [EPBLIB, PULP]

	World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories 1929 Click for larger image

1945

61. ANTHOLOGY: Laugh Your Head Off! (1945) "Philo Gubb, The Correspondence School Detective"   Printed in Philo Gubb as "The Hard-Boiled Egg." This is a miniature book, only 3x4.5 inches. Royce Publishers. Chicago. Originally came attached to a Get-Well card. Outside of card shows a dog in bed reading a book called "Funny Stories." The card says "This card will help you feel better!" Inside the dog is holding the book that contains complete stories by Damon Runyon, Ring Lardner, O. Henry, Roarke Bradford, Edward Streeter and, of course, Ellis Parker Butler.  [EPBLIB]

1947

62. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (April, 1947)   "The Sword Swallower Murder"   A Philo Gubb story that does not appear in the book. Includes a full-page discourse on Philo Gubb by the editor.  [EPBLIB, PULP]

1969

63. BOOK: Queen's Quorum (1969)   By Ellery Queen (Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee). "A History of the Detective Crime Short Story as revealed in the 106 most important books published in the field since 1845." Includes the selection of Philo Gubb as one of those most important books. New York: Biblo and Tannen.  [HARPER]

1981

64. ANTHOLOGY: Sherlock Holmes in America (1981) "Watson, Once Epaminondas, Joins Deteckative Gubb"   A Philo Gubb story. Reprinted from a story issued by the McClure Syndicate. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. ISBN: 0-8109-1609-6. p 115-120.  [EPBLIB]

1988

65. ANTHOLOGY: Mississippi River Tales (1988) "Philo Gubb's Greatest Case" Edited by Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh and Martin H. Greenberg. "From the American Storytelling Tradition" Little Rock: August House Publishers. ISBN 0-87483-067-2 (paperback). p 52-70. Also, a portrait of the author on page 199.  [EPBLIB]

1994

66. ANTHOLOGY: The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Detective Stories (1994) "The Hard-Boiled Egg"   A Philo Gubb story. Edited by Marie Smith. New York: Carroll and Graf Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0786700882.  [EPBLIB]

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