Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

1912

1. Red Book (May, 1912)   "The Lady with the Pig"   A story. "An adventure of a triple-chinned cupid." Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 59-67.  [HARPER]
2. _____ (June, 1912)   "The Lady with the Parti-Colored Hair"   "An adventure of a bald-headed Cupid." A story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 313-322.  [HARPER]
3. _____ (July, 1912)   "The Lady with the Reluctant Lover"   "The adventure of the pink Cupid." A story. "An adventure of the third of the five Cupids." Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 438-446.  [HARPER]
4. _____ (September, 1912)   "The Lady with the Broken Leg"   A story. "The cupid who drove the car." Illustrated by Rea Irvin. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 885-894.  [EPBLIB]

1913

5. 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]
6. _____ (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

7. _____ (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]
8. _____ (November, 1913)   "The Progressive Murder"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 201-208.  [HARPER]

1914

9. Red Book (May, 1914)   "For the Love of Mike" "A 'Guaranteed Laugh' story of a group of circus 'freaks.'" Illustrated by Rea Irvin. "Another 'Laughs-guaranteed' story from the most famous humorist in the country today."  [HARPER]
10. _____ (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]
11. _____ (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]
12. _____ (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]
13. _____ (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

14. _____ (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

15. Red Book (January, 1915)   "The Half of a Thousand"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 555-563.  [HARPER]
16. _____ (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]
17. Green Book (May, 1915)   "Cupid"   Illustrated by Rea Irvin.  [HARPER]
18. Red Book (May, 1915)   "The Togbury Jool"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin.  [HARPER]
19. _____ (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]
20. _____ (August, 1915)   "The Disappearance of Ma'y Jane"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 756-764.  [HARPER]

	Red Book September, 1915 Click for larger image

21. _____ (September, 1915)   "The Premature Death of Philo Gubb" A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 960-969.  [HARPER]
22. _____ (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]
23. _____ (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

24. Green Book (June, 1916)   "Why He Married Her" A story. "She talked him to sleep and this won his love; one of Mr. Butler's best tales." Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 1050-53.  [EPBLIB]
25. Red Book (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]
26. _____ (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]
27. _____ (September, 1916)   "Too Much Gubb"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 982-991.  [HARPER]

	Green Book June, 1916 Click for larger image

28. _____ (November, 1916)   "The Tenth of June"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 129-138.  [HARPER]
29. _____ (December, 1916)   "Who Would Steal a Pump?"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 354.  [EPBLIB]

1917

30. Green Book (March, 1917)   "She Liked His Face" A story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 436-39.  [EPBLIB]
31. Red Book (April, 1917)   "The Mystery Man" A Shagbark Jones story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin.  [EPBLIB]
32. _____ (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]
33. _____ (July, 1917)   "More or Less Atoms"   A Shagbark Jones story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p574-83.  [HARPER]
34. 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]

	Red Book May, 1917 Click for larger image

35. Red Book (August, 1917)   "Hinjin and Horth"   A Shagbark Jones story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 781-789.  [EPBLIB]

1919

36. Green Book (September, 1919)   "The Avalanche"   A story. "A new adventure of Jane Sprood, Detective." Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 77-79, 96-97.  [HARPER]

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