Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

1917

1. American Magazine (January, 1917)   "The Red Avengers"   A Swatty story. "A story of four boys who went hunting excitement and got more than they bargained for." Illustrated by W. B. King. Volume 83. Number 1.  [RGTPL]
2. Blue Book (January, 1917)   "Art Is Art"   A Jabez Bunker story. Table of contents mistakenly reads "Art and Art."  [HARPER]

	Red Book January, 1917 Click for larger image

3. Red Book (January, 1917)   "The Last Case of Philo Gubb" A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]
4. Woman's Home Companion (January, 1917)   "Tea at Five"   A story. "Which sets forth the delights and dangers of telling the truth." Illustrated by Henry Raleigh.  [RGTPL]
5. Authors' League Bulletin (February, 1917)   "Wasting Time"    [HARPER]
6. Blue Book (February, 1917)   "Reel Graft"   A Jabez Bunker story.  [HARPER]
7. Boston Sunday Post Magazine (February 25, 1917)   "Scratch-Cat"   A story. Illustrations by William van Dresser. Bruce Barton, Editor. Includes a photo of the author.  [EPBLIB]
8. Every Week (February 26, 1917)   "Scratch-Cat" A story. Illustrations by William van Dresser. p 5-8. Same issue as the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.  [HARPER]
9. Blue Book (March, 1917)   "Granite Foam"   A Jabez Bunker story.  [HARPER]
10. Green Book (March, 1917)   "She Liked His Face" A story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 436-39.  [EPBLIB]

	Green Book March, 1917 Click for larger image

11. Blue Book (April, 1917)   "You Ought to Get Cash"   A Jabez Bunker story.  [HARPER]
12. Green Book (April, 1917)   "A Nice State of Affairs"    [HARPER]
13. Red Book (April, 1917)   "The Mystery Man" A Shagbark Jones story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin.  [EPBLIB]
14. American Magazine (May, 1917)   "Wasted Effort"   A Swatty story. "Swatty's brilliant plan to save the day." Illustration by W. B. King.  [RGTPL]
15. Blue Book (May, 1917)   "Away from Here"   A Jabez Bunker story.  [HARPER]
16. Green Book (May, 1917)   "The Troubadour"    [HARPER]
17. Red Book (May, 1917)   "The Mortgage Money" A Shagbark Jones story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. "An exploit of Shagbark Jones, the most extraordinary solver of mysteries ever chronicled." p 159-167.  [EPBLIB]
18. Blue Book (June, 1917)   "Androcles Jones"    [HARPER]
19. Green Book (June, 1917)   "Ar-r-r-r! Woof! Woof!" A story. The invention of the "Carstairs Burglar Alarmer."  [HARPER]

	Green Book June, 1917 Click for larger image

20. Red Book (June, 1917)   "No Mystery"   A Shagbark Jones story.  [HARPER]
21. World Magazine (June 20, 1917)   "Uncle Jass of Meotock Sizes Up the War"    [HARPER]
22. American Magazine (July, 1917)   "Markley's 'Size-Up' of Dix"   A stort. "The story of a $2,000 man who had a price mark put on him by an expert accountant." Illustrations by Paul Stahr. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover.  [RGTPL]
23. Blue Book (July, 1917)   "Dear Uncle 'Lije" A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Not indexed in PULP.  [EBAY, HARPER]
24. Boys' Life (July, 1917)   "The Sawbuck Patrol" A story.  [EBAY]
25. Red Book (July, 1917)   "More or Less Atoms"   A Shagbark Jones story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p574-83.  [HARPER]
26. Writer's Monthly (July, 1917)   "A Snapshot of Ellis Parker Butler"   By Harry M. East, Jr. p 3-5.  [HARPER]
27. Saturday Evening Post (July 21, 1917)   "Mutual Spurs, Limited" A story. A tale of mentoring and self-improvement. p 35, 37.  [HARPER]

	Saturday Evening Post July 21, 1917 Click for larger image

28. American Magazine (August, 1917)   "The Temporary Receiver"   "The story of a crisis in the life of a $60-a-week man." Two illustrations by Paul Stahr. Page 34 is a photographic "portrait in Alco Gravure" of Butler and his son, Ellis Olmstead Butler. The photograph is copyright by Norman Butler, New York (relation?). This publication also includes a short "tribute" to Butler from Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins (Canadian-born American journalist, novelist. b. 1876, d. 1929). The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover.  [RGTPL]
29. Blue Book (August, 1917)   "The Cardinal's Signet Ring"  [EBAY, HARPER]
30. Green Book (August, 1917)   "Suffering Carrots"   A story. "The quaint story of Eleanor and Henry Henderby, who were so tender-hearted they would eat no meat and became green from too much spinish." Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 377-384.  [HARPER]
31. Red Book (August, 1917)   "Hinjin and Horth"   A Shagbark Jones story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 781-789.  [EPBLIB]
32. Snappy Stories (August 4, 1917)   "The Life and Letters of Samuel J. Winterburn"    [HARPER]
33. World Magazine (August 12, 1917)   "Diary of a Conscientious Objector"    [HARPER]
34. Bankers Monthly (September, 1917)   "An Officer of the Guard"    [HARPER]
35. Girl's Own Paper (September, 1917)   "The Party"   A story. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Volume 38 #12. p 635+.  [FICTIONMAGS]
36. Green Book (September, 1917)   "Splendid Margaret"   A story. "Have you ever read of the hysteria call St. Vitus Dance which swept over Europe during the Middle Ages? Here is the intensely interesting account of a similar hysteria which grips the women of London and horrifies all England." p 539-576.  [HARPER]
37. Red Book (September, 1917)   "In His Own Boat"   A Shagbark Jones story.  [HARPER]
38. Detective Story (September 25, 1917)   "Bread Upon the Waters" A Bryson Brace story. Not illustrated. p 70-75.  [COOK+MILLER]
39. New Republic (September 8, 1917)   "Another Group of Vigilantes"   A titled letter to the editor.  [HARPER]
40. Good Housekeeping (October, 1917)   "The Odd One"   A story. Illustrated by G. Patrick Nelson. p 45-47, 105-113.  [RGTPL]
41. Green Book (October, 1917)   "The Berkley Brides" A story. "A novelette of the unusual sort for which The Green Book is famous." p 736-768.  [HARPER]
42. Washington Post (October 6, 1917)   "Himself Plus"   A story. Illustrated. p SM10.  [WASHPOST]
43. VIGILANTES: Mansfield News (October 16, 1917) "Jim Dale"   A poem. Mansfield (Ohio) News; October 16, 1917; p 4. Chillicothe (Missouri) Constitution; October 31, 1917. Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Gazette; October 24, 1918; p 11.  [NPA]

	Green Book October, 1917 Click for larger image

44. Washington Post (October 28, 1917)   "The Correspondence School Deteckative"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p 3+.  [WASHPOST]
45. World Magazine (October 28, 1917)   "Mike Flannery on the Glory of War"   A Mike Flannery story.  [RGTPL]
46. Milestones (November, 1917)   "The Nerve of A Casey" A story. Illustrated by Norman Rockwell.  [EBAY]
47. St. Nicholas Magazine (November, 1917)   "An Amateur Censor"   A story. Illustrated by Reginald Birch.  [RGTPL]
48. Detective Story (November 27, 1917)   "Hidden Death"    [COOK+MILLER]
49. Snappy Stories (November 4, 1917)   "The Great Unkissed" A story. Volume 30. Number 3.  [PULP]
50. Washington Post (November 4, 1917)   "The Togbury Jool"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p SF3.  [WASHPOST]
51. VIGILANTES: Indianapolis Star (November 9, 1917) "Helping Take the Hell out of War"   Article. Indianapolis Star; November 9, 1917; p 3.  [NPA]

	Snappy Stories November 4, 1917 Click for larger image

52. Washington Post (November 11, 1917)   "One Hundred Dollars Reward"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p SM5+.  [WASHPOST]
53. World Magazine (November 11, 1917)   "Mike Flannery on German Kultur in Bel'jum"   A Mike Flannery story.  [HARPER]
54. Washington Post (November 18, 1917)   "Henry"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p MF5+.  [WASHPOST]
55. _____ (November 25, 1917)   "Four Tufts of Golden Hair"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p 69+.  [WASHPOST]
56. Blue Book (December, 1917)   "Old Harby's Job"    [HARPER, PULP]
57. Green Book (December, 1917)   "An American Britling"    [HARPER]
58. Harper's Monthly Magazine (December, 1917)   "Trouble With Martha" p 153.  [RGTPL]
59. Munsey's Magazine (December, 1917)   "In Pale-Pink Pajamas"    [HARPER]
60. Short Stories (December, 1917)   "The Elopement"    [HARPER]
61. Washington Post (December 2, 1917)   "This Style, $20"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p 68+.  [WASHPOST]

	Harper's Monthly Magazine December, 1917 Click for larger image

62. _____ (December 9, 1917)   "The Kinwiller Case"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p SM4.  [WASHPOST]
63. Continent (December 13, 1917)   "A Boy's Ministers"    [HARPER]
64. Washington Post (December 16, 1917)   "The Needle, Watson!"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p SM5.  [WASHPOST]
65. _____ (December 23, 1917)   "The Dark Closet"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p F18.  [WASHPOST]
66. World Magazine (November 25, 1917)   "Mike Flannery on the Kaiser's New Tactics"   A Mike Flannery story.  [HARPER]
67. Saturday Evening Post (December 29, 1917)   "An Autobiography" An essay. Includes a photo of the author. p 23, 40.  [EPBLIB]
68. Washington Post (December 30, 1917)   "The Hound of the Tankervilles"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p MF8.  [WASHPOST]
69. BOOK: Dominie Dean (1917)   A novel. A fictional account of a minister in Muscatine. Serialized in Ladies' Home Journal in April, May and June 1916 where it was credited to Ellis Parker Butler and James B. Dare. According to HARPER, Dare did not compose any of the text, but served as inspiration and a resource. Frontispiece and additional illustrations by Victor Sermon Perard. New York, Chicago, Toronto, London, Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Company.  [NYPL]

	Saturday Evening Post December 29, 1917 Click for larger image

70. ANTHOLOGY: Harper Centennial (1917) "Dear House of Harper"   "A Few of the Greetings and Congratulations." A congratulatory letter from Ellis Parker Butler to the editors and publishers at Harper. "Twelve hundred and fifty copies of this book have been printed from type by Harper & brothers for private distribution among their friends." p 38  [GOOGLE BOOKS]
71. BOOK: Illustrated Flushing and Vicinity (1917) "Why I Live In Flushing" Complete title: "Illustrated Flushing And Vicinity, College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, In The Third Ward, Queens Borough City Of New York." Compiled, Edited and Published by Darby Richardson under the auspices of Business Men's Association Of Flushing, Flushing Association, Upper Flushing Association. 1917. Press of Isaac Goldmann Company. New York. 9 1/4 x 6". 72 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. p 7-10.  [EPBLIB]
72. BOOK: Kids is Kids (1917)   New York: New York City Public Welfare Committee.  [NYPL]
73. ANTHOLOGY: Prairie Gold (1917) "Bread"   A story. This book is a collection of works by "Iowa Authors and Artists." The Reilly and Britton Company. Chicago.  [EPBLIB]
74. VIGILANTES: Robinson Crusoe and Thrift Stamps (1917) The byline reads: "Ellis Parker Butler (Of the Vigilantes)." World War I literature to promote the purchase of Thrift Stamps. Eight pages in a basic saddle-stitched booklet. The book is undated but there is an internal reference to the year "1697, 220 years ago" placing the writing, at least, at 1917. HARPER dates this booklet as being printed in 1919. Newark, NJ: National War Savings Committee for New Jersey.  [HARPER]
75. ADAPTATION: The Jacknife Man: A Comedy in Three Acts (1917)   Stage Play. 1917-1918. By Lee Wilson Dodd. Director: Robert Milton. Produced by the estate of Henry B. Harris. Performers: Frank Bacon, Mrs. Jacques Martin, Horace James, Freddy Verdi, Frank Morgan. (The title spelling here, "Jacknife" instead of "Jack-Knife," is as it was written.)  [HARPER]
76. MOTION PICTURE: They Say Pigs Is Pigs (1917)   A cartoon. Unknown content. Listed here because of similarities of title. Gaumont Company. Distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. Directed by Harry S. Palmer. Produced by Harry S. Palmer. Written by Harry S. Palmer. Originally Released on July 14, 1917. Originally Released Theatrically. Black & White. See BCDB. Released after another Gaumont cartoon (1916) called "Pigs"  [WEB]

	Robinson Crusoe and Thrift Stamps 1917 Click for larger image

77. VIGILANTES: What the Victory or Defeat of Germany Means to Every American (1917)   A single-page 27x15 cm. handbill or newspaper insert. New York: National Security League.  [HARPER]
78. VIGILANTES: Why We Are at War; Why You Must Help; What You Can Do (1917)   A twelve page booklet urging thrift, support of the government and military preparedness. (Uncredited and unconfirmed.) New York: National Security League.  [HARPER]

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