Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

	Lippincott's Monthly Magazine January, 1915 Click for larger image

1915

1. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (January, 1915)   "Miss Kimpton's Bones" A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 77-85.  [RGTPL]
2. Red Book (January, 1915)   "The Half of a Thousand"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 555-563.  [HARPER]
3. Short Stories (January, 1915)   "You Got T' Salute"   HARPER gives the full title of this publication as "Short Stories with Keith's House Plans," which may be a different publication than "Short Stories."  [HARPER]
4. Muscatine Journal (January 11, 1915)   "Former Carrier Tells of Being a Barefoot Boy in Muscatine"    [HARPER]
5. Popular Magazine (January 23, 1915)   "The Prophet Man" A story. "A patent-medicine itenerant tries to revive the old-time game and meets with unexpected success and revillings, especially at the hands of a negro who is funny enough for a whole circus." The name "Butler" appears on the cover. p 121-130.  [FICTIONMAGS]
6. Blue Book (February, 1915)   "Mr. Truesdale Tells the Truth"   A story. "The poor man promised his wife to tell the exact truth: what happened to him." p 825-29.  [HARPER]
7. Red Book (February, 1915)   "Dietz's 7642, Bessie John"   A Philo Gubb story.  [EPBLIB]
8. American Magazine (March, 1915)   "Hidden Treasure"   A story. "The First of a Series of Boy Stories." Illustrations by J. H. Gardner Soper.  [RGTPL]

	Popular Magazine January 23, 1915 Click for larger image

9. Blue Book (March, 1915)   "The Man Who Read The Journal"   A story. "A quaint and most unusual story, by the greatest humorist in America." p 1038-1044.  [EPBLIB]
10. Designer (March, 1915)   "The Fringe of Fate"   A story. Illustrated by Arthur Little. p 3.  [HARPER]
11. Ladies' World (March, 1915)   "A Cross-stitch Penance" A story. "A capital story to read aloud." Illustrations by Frank Strothmann. p 6-7, 34.  [EPBLIB]
12. McCall's (March, 1915)   "Billy Brad and One in Authority"   A story.  [HARPER]
13. Red Book (March, 1915)   "Buried Bones"   A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]
14. 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]
15. Green Book (April, 1915)   "Enlisting the Deaness"    [HARPER]
16. People's Home Journal (April, 1915)   "Ellis Parker Butler" Autobiographical piece. Includes a picture of the author. p 3.  [EPBLIB]
17. _____ (April, 1915)   "Uncle Redney Breaks Loose" A story. "A Complete Novelette" Illustrated by John Cassel. p 10-13, 35.  [EPBLIB]

	Pictorial Review April, 1915 Click for larger image

18. Pictorial Review (April, 1915)   "Mr. Middlemay's Alibi" A story. "The amazing adventures of a man who goes shopping." Illustrations by P. J. Monahan. p 20+  [HARPER]
19. Red Book (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]
20. American Magazine (May, 1915)   "Swatty"   "A Story of Real Boys." Illustrations by F. E. Schoonover.  [RGTPL]
21. Green Book (May, 1915)   "Cupid"   Illustrated by Rea Irvin.  [HARPER]
22. Red Book (May, 1915)   "The Togbury Jool"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin.  [HARPER]
23. Puck (May 1, 1915)   "The Earning Point"    [HARPER]
24. Every Week (May 10, 1915)   "When John Fixed the Cuckoo Clock"    [HARPER]
25. American Magazine (June, 1915)   "The Son and Father Movement" A story. "Another Boy Story -- A Funny One." Illustrations by Leon M. Gordon.  [RGTPL]

	Red Book June, 1915 Click for larger image

26. Red Book (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]
27. National Sunday Magazine (June 27, 1915)   "Mr. Busby's Telephone Affinity"    [HARPER]
28. American Magazine (July, 1915)   "A Letter to Ellis Parker Butler"   "From the real father in 'The Son and Father Movement.'" Volume 80. Number 1.  [EPBLIB]
29. Red Book (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]
30. Puck (July 10, 1915)   "Sprague Hennerby, Scientific Detective"    [HARPER]
31. Every Week (July 12, 1915)   "The Unscrambling"    [HARPER]
32. London Magazine (August, 1915)   "Hidden Treasure"   Illustrated by E. Verpilleux  [EBAY]
33. Red Book (August, 1915)   "The Disappearance of Ma'y Jane"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 756-764.  [HARPER]
34. American Magazine (September, 1915)   "The Demigod" A Kid Story. Illustrations by H. J. Soulen.  [RGTPL]

	Blue Book September, 1915 Click for larger image

35. Blue Book (September, 1915)   "Benny The Book-Agent" A story. "The first adventure of the inimitable Benny is the initial story of a joyous new series by the foremost humorist in America. Have a laugh with Benny -- on Benny!" Volume XXI. Number 5.  [EPBLIB]
36. Red Book (September, 1915)   "The Premature Death of Philo Gubb" A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 960-969.  [HARPER]
37. Blue Book (October, 1915)   "A Whirl at Banking"  [HARPER]
38. Green Book (October, 1915)   "My Valet" A story. p 598-607.  [HARPER, LOCKE]
39. Red Book (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]
40. Blue Book (November, 1915)   "Benny Butts In"   A story. "The irrepressible Benjamin attends a waxwork dinner party, and does other things equally surprising and interesting." p 34-41.  [HARPER]
41. Everybody's Magazine (November, 1915)   "The Gray-Green Platypus"   A story. Illustrations by Will Crawford. "If you don't know what a Platypus is (we didn't) you are ignorant of the latest thing in furs -- in fiction." p 579-89.  [RGTPL]
42. Ladies' World (November, 1915)   "The Worries of Wilma" A film story. Illustrations by George Brehm. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Also printed in Pearson's Magazine.  [HARPER]
43. Red Book (November, 1915)   "Four Tufts of Golden Hair" A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]

	Red Book November, 1915 Click for larger image

44. American Magazine (December, 1915)   "The Murderers"   A Swatty Story. Illustrations by W. B. King.  [RGTPL]
45. Blue Book (December, 1915)   "No. 40 Elm Avenue" A story. "Benny the Book-agent tumbles into one of the most exciting adventures of his gay career." The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 275-283.  [EPBLIB]
46. Red Book (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]
47. MOTION PICTURE: Doggone It (1915)   Royal. Based on "Getting Rid of Fluff."  [HARPER]
48. MOTION PICTURE: Hats is Hats (1915)   Vitagraph. Director: Wally Van [Nostrand]. Performers: Hughie Mack, Edwina Robbins, Donald MacBride.  [HARPER]
49. MOTION PICTURE: Lena (1915)   Edison. Director: Charles M. Seay. Screenwriter: Ellis Parker Butler. Performers: Miriam Nesbitt, Dan Mason, Viola Dana. See IMDB.  [HARPER, IMDB]
50. ANTHOLOGY: One Hundred Choice Selections (1915) "The Politeness of William Higgel"   Volume 40. Edited by Phineas Garrett. Philadelphia.  [HARPER]

	Blue Book December, 1915 Click for larger image

51. BOOK: Red Head and Whistle Breeches (1915)   New York: Bancroft Company.  [EPBLIB]
52. The Book of Wonders (1915) "The Story in Pigs is Pigs" Article. Edited and Arranged by Rudolph John Bodmer. "The Book of Wonders, gives plain and simple answers to the thousands of everyday questions that are asked and which all should be able to, but cannot answer." "Fully illustrated with hundreds of educational pictures which stimulate the mind and give a bird's eye view of the wonders of nature and the wonders produced by man." Article on page 374 tells of the production of the 1914 film starring John Bunny, illustrated with several photographs. Presbrey Syndicate, Inc. New York. 1915.  [EPBLIB]
53. MOTION PICTURE: The Shadow and the Shade (1915)   Selig. Director: Edward J. LeSaint. Screenwriter: Ellis Parker Butler. Performers: Stella Razeto, Lamar Johnstone.  [HARPER]
54. ADAPTATION: Werner's Readings and Recitations #56: Dramatic (1915) "Who Ate the Cake"   Monologue. By Stanley Schell. Based on "Billy Brad and the Big Lie." New York: Edgar S. Werner. p 57-59.  [HARPER]
55. ANTHOLOGY: Who's Cobb and Why? (1915) "Mr. Cobb of Paducah"   Full title "Who's Cobb and Why? and Other Personal Pictures of America's Genial Philosopher, Humorist and Romancer." New York: George H. Doran. A publisher’s promotional pamphlet issued to promote the books of Irvin S. Cobb. First/only printing; paperback pamphlet. 32 pages.  [HARPER]

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