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Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

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Books

    That Pup (1908)
  1. That Pup (1908)   SEE CONTENTS.Click here to see a picture of this item.Two related stories: "The Education of Fluff" and "Getting Rid of Fluff." Eight illustrations. (While the illustrations are uncredited, they are clearly signed "Strothmann," maybe Frederick Strothmann who also illustrated some of Mark Twain's work.) New York: McClure.  [EPBLIB]
  2. The Thin Santa Claus (November, 1909)   Subtitled "the chicken yard that was a Christmas stocking." A short story in 35 pages. Two illustrations by May Wilson Preston. New York: Doubleday, Page and Company. Also A. L. Burt.  [EPBLIB]

Other Material

  1. 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]
  2. VIGILANTES: Hopewell Herald (February 27, 1918) "Thrift-Spending and Spend-Thrifting"   A short article. Patriotic call for use of thrift stamps. Reprinted from "The Billboard." Hopewell (New Jersey) Herald; February 27, 1918; p 8.  [NPA]
  3. BOOK: On the Tibur Road (1912) "To G. M. W. and G. F. W."   Poetry. A preface to the book by George Meason Whicher and George Frisbie Whicher (noted as "a letter in verse"). Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press. p vi-viii.  [EPBLIB]
  4. BOOK: Two Friends and Their Supporting Investments (June, 1922)   A promotional give-away for a stockbrokerage firm. Illustrations by Tony Sarg. "Before -- During -- After, being a short tale, a merry fable, and a couple of morals" New York: Jas. H. Oliphant & Company. The Marchbanks Press.  [EPBLIB]

Anthologies

  1. Marriage (1923) "The Tenth Mrs. Tulkington"   "Short Stories of Married Life by American Writers." Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company. Printed at the Country Life Press, Garden City, N. Y. ("These stories were published first ... under the auspices of the United Feature Syndicate.") According to advertisements in the Bridgeport Connecticut newspapers, these stories were written "expressly for the Bridgeport Post."  [FIRKINS]
  2. 'Testing Stoopid' from Stories Boys Like (1965)
  3. Stories Boys Like (1965) "Testing Stoopid" Click here to see a picture of this item.A Jibby Jones story. Complied By Franklin M. Reck. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company.  [EBAY]
  4. Conquest (1946) "Too Much Horse"   A Jibby Jones story. Book one. Edited by George W. Norvell and Carol Hovious. Boston: D. C. Heath. p 249-62.  [HARPER]
  5. The American Boy Anthology (1951) "Too Much Horse"   A Jibby Jones story. Edited by Franklin M. Reck. Illustrations by Clifford Geary. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. p 423-40.  [EPBLIB]
  6. The Story Pocket Book (December, 1944) "The Tuckle Beard"   A story. Selected by Whit Burnett, editor of Story Magazine. Paperback. New York: Pocket Books. p 60-74.  [EPBLIB]

Periodicals (Prose)

  1. Blue Book (August, 1916)   "T. Jebberson"   A Jabez Bunker story. "Jabez Bunker invades the lair of a professional stock-promoter and comes away with three thousand dollars shorn from the shearer." The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 761-69.  [EPBLIB]
  2. Every Week (March 1, 1935)   "Take It and Like It"   A story. "Her name was Cast-iron Annie, and a young man in love -- and in trouble -- found her a friend indeed." Illustrated by Harry Grissinger. Found in the Lima (Ohio) News.  [NPA]
  3. Up to Date (September 26, 1896)   "A Tale of Decadence"    [HARPER]
  4. _____ (May 2, 1896)   "Tale of the Twentieth Century"    [HARPER]
  5. Association Men (July, 1926)   "A 'Talk' on Vacation"    [HARPER]
  6. 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]
  7. American Magazine (April, 1915)   "Teacher's Pet"   A story. "This is the second Butler Boy Story. Another one Next Month." Illustrations by H. J. Soulen.  [RGTPL]
  8. Best Detective Magazine (February, 1930)   "Tears"    [COOK+MILLER]
  9. 'Tears and Temperament' from Popular Magazine (April 20, 1918)
  10. Popular Magazine (April 20, 1918)   "Tears and Temperament" Click here to see a picture of this item.A story. "You would hardly believe that low-browed politicians could show such histrionic ability." p 204-211.  [FICTIONMAGS, PULP]
  11. Cosmopolitan (January, 1910)   "Teeth is Teeth" Click here to see a picture of this item.A story. Featuring S. Potts and Daniel. Illustrations by Horace Taylor. p 141-6.  [RGTPL]
  12. Saturday Evening Post (September 5, 1925)   "Telling Jedbury" Click here to see a picture of this item.A story. "Uncle Orlando would go driving down the road and all the bees for miles around would start right in and swarm to beat the band." Illustrated by Nate Collier. p 10, 118.  [BEST, RGTPL]
  13. Leslie's Monthly (March, 1901)   "Temporary Editor" Click here to see a picture of this item.A story. One illustration. p 514-515.  [HANNIGAN]
  14. 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]
  15. Photoplay Magazine (November, 1920)   "Ten Rules for Humor" Click here to see a picture of this item.An article with an Ellis Parker Butler byline, written almost exclusively with quotes from Butler, but written with Butler in the third person. This article is a rewrite/reprint of the similarly named article in the Los Angeles Evening Herald. p 107, 123.  [EPBLIB]
  16. American Magazine (June, 1927)   "Ten Ways to Make a Fool of Yourself"   An essay.  [RGTPL]
  17. Black and Blue Jay (March, 1930)   "Ten Years"    [HARPER]
  18. New Age Illustrated (November, 1927)   "The Tent Show Lady"    [HARPER]
  19. 'Ten Rules for Humor' from Photoplay Magazine (November, 1920)
  20. Red Book (November, 1916)   "The Tenth of June"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 129-138.  [HARPER]
  21. Washington Post (January 13, 1918)   "The Tenth of June"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p SM8.  [WASHPOST]
  22. American Boy (November, 1930)   "Testing Stoopid"   A Jibby Jones story. Illustrated by R. M. Brinkerhoff.  [EPBLIB]
  23. Blue Book (November, 1938)   "Testy and Stubborn" Click here to see a picture of this item.A story. "A characteristic bit of comedy by the famous author." Illustrated by Arthur Jameson. p 92-96.  [PULP]
  24. Fruit Garden and Home (January, 1923)   "Thank God For a Garden" Click here to see a picture of this item.An essay. Includes a photo of the author. p 11-12.  [HARPER]
  25. American Magazine (May, 1906)   "That Pup of Murchison's"   A story. Illustrated by Albert Levering. Later printed as "The Education of Fluff" in That Pup.  [RGTPL]
  26. _____ (July, 1927)   "That Refrigerator Door" Click here to see a picture of this item.A story. Illustrated by Tony Sarg. "The trouble is that nobody shuts the door properly. Now, watch me."  [RGTPL]
  27. Association Men (February, 1925)   "That Steak of Yellow"    [HARPER]
  28. 'The Theatre, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow' from Theatre Magazine (September, 1928)
  29. Theatre Magazine (September, 1928)   "The Theatre, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" Click here to see a picture of this item.An essay. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Includes a photo of the author by Culver.  [CORNYN]
  30. New York Herald Magazine (February 17, 1907)   "There is a Humorous Side to a Boil"   Humor. p 3.  [HARPER]
  31. American Magazine (August, 1918)   "Thief! Thief!"   A boy story. "The story of Swatty's exciting adventure at the circus." Volume 86. Number 2. John M. Siddall, editor.  [BEST, EPBLIB, RGTPL]
  32. Saturday Evening Post (December 5, 1908)   "The Thin Santa Claus" Click here to see a picture of this item.A story. Illustrated by May Wilson Preston. p 8-9, 36.  [HANNIGAN]
  33. Argosy (January 3, 1925)   "Thinner and Thinner"   A story. Think self-help diet books are a new phenomenon? Think again. Not indexed in PULP. p 732-739.  [ARGOSY]
  34. Illustrated Detective Magazine (March, 1931)   "The Third-Grade Watson" Click here to see a picture of this item.An Oliver Spotts story. Drawings by Rodney M. de Sarro. Volume III, Number 3. Cover design by W. T. Benda. p 62-65, 124-128.  [COOK+MILLER]
  35. D. A. C. News (October, 1926)   "The Thirteenth Door"   "A Murder Mystery Play in One Act."  [HARPER]
  36. American Girl (August, 1935)   "The Thirty-Nine Dimes Mystery" Click here to see a picture of this item.A Betty Bliss story. "The Detective Club goes sleuthing once again and enables innocence to triumph." Illustrated by Leslie Turner. p 5-8, 45.  [HARPER]
  37. 'This Funny Business' from Writer's Digest magazine (August, 1930)
  38. Writer's Digest (August, 1930)   "This Funny Business" Click here to see a picture of this item.An essay. Text and images contributed by John Locke.  [HARPER, LOCKE]
  39. Red Book (February, 1916)   "This Style, $20"   A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]
  40. Washington Post (December 2, 1917)   "This Style, $20"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p 68+.  [WASHPOST]
  41. Sunset Magazine (July, 1909)   "Thompson's Truthful Graveyard" Click here to see a picture of this item.A story. Drawings by M. J. Spero. p 3-9.  [HARPER]
  42. Judge (January 14, 1911)   "Thoughts about Exotic Poetry"    [HARPER]
  43. Washington Post (March 17, 1901)   "The Thousand Dollar Man"   A story. p 31.  [WASHPOST]
  44. Every Week (July 2, 1932)   "Three Go for the Bride"   A story. Illustrated by Ethel Hays. Found in the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.  [NPA]
  45. Saturday Evening Post (December 1, 1906)   "The Three Hundred" Click here to see a picture of this item.A Mike Flannery story. "How the New Spelling Came to Westcote." Illustrated by Gustavus C Widney. Later appears in Mike Flannery, On Duty and Off. p 8-9, 26-28.  [HANNIGAN]
  46. Ye Long Islande Almanack (January, 1929)   "Thrift: A Fable"    [HARPER]
  47. Detective Magazine (January 18, 1924)   "The Throw Down"   A story.  [FICTIONMAGS]
  48. 'The Throw Down' from Blue Book magazine (May, 1923)
  49. Blue Book (May, 1923)   "The Throw Down" Click here to see a picture of this item.A story. One illustration. Not listed in HARPER. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. "The sprightly story of a clever detective's adventures with a group of crooks who had a few brains themselves." p 55-60.  [PULPGEN]
  50. Popular Magazine (March 7, 1922)   "Thunderbolts"   A story. "A little hair splitting is relished by the best of lawyers."  [FICTIONMAGS, PULP]
  51. Cosmopolitan (October, 1907)   "Tim Lloyd and the Llama"   A story. Illustrated by Gordon Ross. p 649-656.  [RGTPL]
  52. Judge (August 6, 1921)   "Time Isn't Time" Click here to see a picture of this item.A story. p 5-6.  [HARPER]
  53. Red Book (January, 1922)   "A Tip from Fogarty" Click here to see a picture of this item.As James K. Hanna. Illustrated by Ray Rohn. One of a series called "The Great Graft Syndicate." p 66-69, 100-103.  [HARPER]
  54. Washington Post (November 4, 1917)   "The Togbury Jool"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p SF3.  [WASHPOST]
  55. Red Book (May, 1915)   "The Togbury Jool"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin.  [HARPER]
  56. Green Book (October, 1919)   "Toluardorol"   A Jane Sprood story. p 76-79+.  [HARPER]
  57. 'Tom Betts' Dog' from St. Nicholas Magazine (April, 1933)
  58. St. Nicholas Magazine (April, 1933)   "Tom Betts' Dog" Click here to see a picture of this item.A story. Illustrations by R. M. Brinkerhoff. "This is the story of a dog who was big enough, and strong enough, but who had a good deal of trouble with his tail." The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 286-88, 311-12.  [RGTPL]
  59. National Magazine (September - October, 1932)   "Tom Watched - with the Watch Missing"   A story. A reprint of "What Tom Said about It." p 189+.  [HARPER]
  60. Designer (July, 1924)   "Tomorrow's Dawn"   A story. Illustrated by Grattan Condon. This publication's full title is "The Designer and the Woman's Magazine." The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. "Ellis Parker Butler, humorist, tells how to torture the man you love." This story was later reprinted in the British magazine Gaiety. p 12-13, 54.  [HARPER]
  61. Munsey's Magazine (September, 1921)   "Too Long and Too Loose"   A story. "How Marcel Marceau's Trousers Played Their Part in the History of French Art." Not Marcel Marceau (1923-), the mime artist, who was not yet born when this story was published. Volume LXXIII. Number 4. p 612-616.  [PULP]
  62. Maclean's (January 15, 1938)   "Too Many Runs" Click here to see a picture of this item.A story. "A comedy by that master of humorous fiction, the late Ellis Parker Butler." Illustrated by Charles Overman. p 10-11, 31-33.  [EPBLIB]
  63. Red Book (September, 1916)   "Too Much Gubb"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 982-991.  [HARPER]
  64. Washington Post (January 6, 1918)   "Too Much Gubb"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p FM8.  [WASHPOST]
  65. 'Too Many Runs' from Maclean's magazine (January 15, 1938)
  66. American Boy (January, 1933)   "Too Much Horse"   A Jibby Jones story. "One moth-eaten horse, complete with self-stopper, sway-back, and swivel joints! Sold! For a dollar!" Illustrated by R. M. Brinkerhoff.  [EPBLIB]
  67. Rotarian (September, 1930)   "Too Much Rabbit"   Later reprinted in Hunting the Wow.  [HARPER]
  68. Radio News (June, 1924)   "Too Much Waves"   A story.  [EPBLIB]
  69. National Magazine (December, 1897)   "Too Soon"    [HARPER]
  70. Maclean's (November 15, 1927)   "Tornado"    [HARPER]
  71. New York Herald Tribune (April 22, 1928)   "Traffic Cops Are Human!"   Printed in the New York Herald Tribune Magazine. Later printed in Hunting the Wow as "The Traffic Cop." p 1, 8. XIII.  [HARPER]
  72. Printer's Ink (July 18, 1929)   "The Tragedy of the Oversold Customer"    [HARPER]
  73. New York Times (February 22, 1903)   "The Tragedy of Toto"   A story. p SM13.  [NYTIMES]
  74. Smart Set (January, 1911)   "Travel Broadens One So"    [HARPER]
  75. Green Book (May, 1917)   "The Troubadour"    [HARPER]
  76. Harper's Monthly Magazine (December, 1917)   "Trouble With Martha" Click here to see a picture of this item.p 153.  [RGTPL]
  77. 'Trouble With Martha' from Harper's Monthly Magazine (December, 1917)
  78. New York Times (October 1, 1911)   "Truthful Thomas Frisbee"   "The Yarn of a Scientific Agriculturalist." V:14. Also reprinted in Dallas Morning News, October 8, 1911.  [HARPER]
  79. Story Magazine (May, 1935)   "The Tuckle Beard"   A story. Also printed in the London Sunday Express.  [EPBLIB]
  80. Short Stories (November 25, 1933)   "Tug of War" Click here to see a picture of this item.A story. Illustrated. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. "Hard-boiled Riverboat Rivalry, and If You Can't Pull -- Push." p 91-97.  [HARPER]
  81. Red Book (March, 1922)   "The 24th Figure" Click here to see a picture of this item.As James K. Hanna. Illustrated by Ray Rohn. One of a series called "The Great Graft Syndicate." p 83-85, 146, 148, 150.  [HARPER]

Periodicals (Poetry)

  1. World Magazine (December 3, 1916)   "Tapping the Air"   Reprint of "The Air-Tapper." p 7+.  [HARPER]
  2. 'The Tearful Tale of Captain Dan' from Century Magazine (September, 1905)
  3. Century Magazine (September, 1905)   "The Tearful Tale of Captain Dan" Click here to see a picture of this item.A poem. With pictures by May Wilson Preston. Published in the "In Lighter Vein" section. p 797-798.  [RGTPL]
  4. Truth (April 8, 1897)   "10:30 P.M. Sharp"   p 5.  [HARPER]
  5. _____ (May 16, 1896)   "Three Benedictions and a Curse"   p 11.  [HARPER]
  6. Puck (January 3, 1894)   "A Tip-Top Sail"   p 343. Signed "E. B." Unconfirmed.  [HARPER]
  7. Truth (April 22, 1897)   "To a Friend"   p 16.  [HARPER]
  8. Up to Date (March 21, 1896)   "To Date"    [HARPER]
  9. Century Magazine (November, 1897)   "To Jessica, Gone Back to the City"   A poem. p 160.  [MOA]
  10. Munsey's Magazine (February, 1897)   "To Kate. (In Lieu of a Valentine)" Click here to see a picture of this item.A poem in 25 verses. Printed in the "Etchings" section. Volume 16. Page 637.  [EPBLIB]
  11. New England Magazine (October, 1892)   "To Lovers"   A poem in 27 verses. Credited to "Ellis Butler." p 272.  [MOA]
  12. _____ (July, 1897)   "To Marguerite"   A poem in eight verses. Page 638.  [MOA]
  13. 'To Kate. (In Lieu of a Valentine)' from Munsey's Magazine (February, 1897)
  14. Leslie's Monthly (May, 1905)   "To May"   A poem.  [EPBLIB]
  15. _____ (April, 1904)   "To Phyllis and May" Click here to see a picture of this item.A poem in six verses. Attributed to "E. P. B." p 707.  [HARPER]
  16. New England Magazine (October, 1895)   "Trespassers"   A poem in 16 verses. Page 256.  [MOA]
  17. Current Literature (October, 1898)   "The Trickster"   p 240. Originally appeared in the humor weekly Life.  [HARPER]
  18. Truth (May 6, 1897)   "The True 'American Spirit'"   "To R. Kipling." p 10.  [HARPER]
  19. Leslie's Monthly (May, 1905)   "The Twenty Hoss-Power Shay"   A poem about an automobile. A parody of Oliver Wendell Holmes's well-known "The Deacon's Masterpiece or, the Wonderful One-Hoss Shay" that can be found online here.  [EPBLIB]
  20. Judge (November 1, 1919)   "The Two Kisses"    [HARPER]
  21. Up to Date (July 17, 1897)   "Two Little Rebellions"    [HARPER]
  22. 'To Phyllis and May' from Leslie's Monthly magazine (April, 1904)
  23. National Magazine (August, 1897)   "Two Love Letters"   A poem in 16 verses.  [EPBLIB]

Related Materials

  1. New York Times (March 27, 1911)   "Telephonic Messages"   A letter to the editor by W. J. Lampton. The second of four letters in a series. p 10.  [NYTIMES]
  2. Los Angeles Evening Herald (March 9, 1920)   "Ten Humor Rules Given by Author of 'Pigs is Pigs'"   Written by Adela Rogers St. John (b. 1894, d. 1988). Includes a photo of the author (the same photo as printed in July 1925 issue of Sunset Magazine) and a photo of the elder Butler with his son Ellis Olmsted (called "Ellis, Jr." in the caption). The similarly named article in Photoplay Magazine reprints major portions of this article. Ms. St. John was acting as publicist for King Vidor's film company (First National Pictures), which made the motion picture version of "Jack-Knife Man" this same year. Page 1 of Section 2.  [EPBLIB, HARPER]
  3. Top-Notch (May, 1935)   "Letter"   Testimonial in the Silver Anniversary Issue.  [LOCKE]



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