Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

	Fruit Garden and Home January, 1923 Click for larger image

1923

1. Fruit Garden and Home (January, 1923)   "Thank God For a Garden" An essay. Includes a photo of the author. p 11-12.  [HARPER]
2. Radio News (January, 1923)   "Mr. Murchison's Radio Party" A story. "We are pleased to announce that, beginning with this issue and for the year to come, Mr. Ellis Parker Butler will write radio stories exclusively for RADIO NEWS." One illustration by Frank R. Paul (b. 1884, d. 1963). Includes a photo of the author. p 1268-69, 1384-86.  [EPBLIB]
3. Independent (January 6, 1923)   "Judge Hooper on an Archaic Peculiarity" A Judge Hooper story. One illustration by Tony Sarg. Vol. 110 No. 3833. p 21.  [HARPER]
4. _____ (January 20, 1923)   "Judge Hooper on the Laws of Warfare"   A Judge Hooper story.  [HARPER]
5. Radio News (February, 1923)   "Mr. and Mrs. Brownlee Hold Hands" A story. "Sophia, take your hand off that dial! Do you hear me? Once! Twice! For the third and last time..." Illustrated by R. Ward. p 1468, 1557-59.  [EPBLIB]
6. Independent (February 3, 1923)   "Judge Hooper for Henry Ford"   A Judge Hooper story.  [HARPER]
7. _____ (February 17, 1923)   "Judge Hooper on the Ruhral Troubles"   A Judge Hooper story.  [HARPER]

	Radio News February, 1923 Click for larger image

8. Frivol (February 26, 1923)   "Ode to Iowa"   The University of Iowa's monthly magazine of humor. Also reprinted in the university's "The Alumna" in March, 1923.  [NPA]
9. Blue Book (March, 1923)   "The Clue Sense"   Not listed in HARPER.  [PULPGEN]
10. Fruit Garden and Home (March, 1923)   "My Neighbor's Chickens" An essay. p 13-14. Also, editor's note on page 58.  [HARPER]
11. Radio News (March, 1923)   "Mr. Bimberry Hears the Banquet"   A story.  [EPBLIB]
12. Independent (March 3, 1923)   "Judge Hooper on Tut-ankh-Amen"   A Judge Hooper story.  [HARPER]
13. New York Times (March 4, 1923)   "Lighter Side of an Author's Life Seen by Men Who Write Our Yarns"   An article with an extensive section on Ellis Parker Butler.  [EPBLIB]
14. Independent (March 17, 1923)   "Judge Hooper on War to End War"   A Judge Hooper story.  [HARPER, RGTPL]
15. American Boy (April, 1923)   "Jibby Jones & The Liver Coffee"   A Jibby Jones story. Illustrated by Arthur G. Dove. Volume 24. Number 6. p 17-18,48-49.  [EPBLIB]

	Fruit Garden and Home March, 1923 Click for larger image

16. Blue Book (April, 1923)   "His Majesty the King"   A story. One illustration. "Wherein a young detective blessed with the invaluable 'clue sense' undertakes to find a young king who turned up missing." Not listed in HARPER or PULP. p 88-93.  [EPBLIB]
17. National Magazine (April, 1923)   "The Mayor of Sweet Grass"    [HARPER]
18. Radio News (April, 1923)   "Mr. Brownlee's Loudtalker"   A story.  [EPBLIB]
19. Story World and Photodramatist (April, 1923)   "Humor in Writing"    [HARPER]
20. Independent (April 14, 1923)   "Judge Hooper on Intellectual Altitude"   A Judge Hooper story.  [HARPER, RGTPL]
21. Blue Book (May, 1923)   "The Throw Down" 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]
22. Delineator (May, 1923)   "Red Sand and Pickety-Rough"   A story. "If you like 'folks,' you will like Silent Joe." Jeffrey J. Folks refers to this story as "Silent Joe of Fire Island Beach." p 5, 74-8.  [RGTPL]
23. Radio News (May, 1923)   "Mr. Binks Radio"   A story.  [EPBLIB]
24. Success Magazine (May, 1923)   "The Pishylogical Momentum" A story. Illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman. "The humorous tale of a country minister and a devastating press agent." p 22-25, 70-72.  [HARPER]

	Success Magazine May, 1923 Click for larger image

25. American Boy (June, 1923)   "Jibby Jones and the Ghost"   A Jibby Jones story. Illustrations by Arthur G. Dove.  [EPBLIB]
26. Blue Book (June, 1923)   "Blackmail Broadcast, Unlimited"    [HARPER]
27. Bookman (June, 1923)   "Review"   Review of Ghosts What Ain't by Robert Benchley. p 456-7.  [HARPER]
28. National Magazine (June, 1923)   "Hank Wilfers, Sweet Grass Policeman"    [HARPER]
29. Radio News (June, 1923)   "Mr. Filbert Tunes In"   A story. "Each woman sat in a porcelain basin! For insulation, sir! The hair of each woman was done in two braids, and these were connected together in one long chain. Those women, sir, were being used as an antenna made of human hair."  [EPBLIB]
30. Rotarian (June, 1923)   "Save Your Neck"   An essay. Illustrations by Worth D. Griffin. p 333-335, 360-361.  [EPBLIB]
31. Saturday Evening Post (June 23, 1923)   "Into Each Life"   A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Cover by Norman Rockwell "Summer Vacation."  [RGTPL]
32. Sun and the Globe (June 19, 1923)   "Even English Humor Broad"    [HARPER]
33. American Boy (July, 1923)   "Jibby Jones and the Alligator"   A story. Illustrations by Arthur G. Dove.  [EPBLIB]
34. Good Stories (July, 1923)   "The Great Detective"   A story. "Old Mabry was not old, but he was called old and he looked old."  [EPBLIB]
35. Munsey's Magazine (July, 1923)   "Ancestors"   An essay. "A brief discussion of the actual value of a pilgrim father to his proud descendant of today."  [EPBLIB, PULP]
36. Radio News (July, 1923)   "Casey's High-Voltage Cat"   A story.  [EPBLIB]

	Argosy July 14, 1923 Click for larger image

37. Argosy (July 14, 1923)   "The Extroducer" A story. One illustration. p 957-60.  [ARGOSY, PULP]
38. American Boy (August, 1923)   "Jibby Jones and the Left Hand"   Illustrated by Arthur G. Dove.  [EPBLIB]
39. American Magazine (August, 1923)   "Water-Logged Willies" "That's what I call people who are soaked in debt -- I have been there myself, and 'never again!' for me." An essay.  [RGTPL]
40. Blue Book (August, 1923)   "Hemburn's Wife" A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Page 41. Not listed in HARPER or PULP.  [EPBLIB]
41. Munsey's Magazine (August, 1923)   "Scarlet Hours" A novel. "The story of Roger Haddard, the literary genius of Lewisville, and the business and social upheaval of which he was the center." Volume LXXIX. Number 3. Pages 385-427.  [EPBLIB, PULP]
42. National Magazine (August, 1923)   "Frost-Bit Frisbie"    [HARPER]
43. Radio News (August, 1923)   "Hetterby's Set"   A story. "With trembling fingers old Jessica felt on the bed for the ear phones; as her hands touched them she stared at her aged husband with tear-filled eyes."  [EPBLIB]
44. American Boy (September, 1923)   "Jibby and the Bolshevik Band"   A Jibby Jones story. Illustrated by Arthur G. Dove.  [EPBLIB]

	Munsey's Magazine August, 1923 Click for larger image

45. Blue Book (September, 1923)   "The Bronson Bonds"   A story. "Wherein a detective blessed with 'the clue sense' solves a very interesting and unusual case. A famous fiction-writer here contributes a most ingenious story wherein a detective with an 'automatic brain' solves a very curious mystery." One illustration.  [EPBLIB, PULP]
46. Fruit Garden and Home (September, 1923)   "The Mayor of Moravia" An essay. Volume 2. Number 1. p 9-10. Also, editor's note on page 50.  [HARPER]
47. 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]
48. American Boy (October, 1923)   "Jibby Jones and the Whangdoodle"   A Jibby Jones story. Illustrated by Arthur G. Dove.  [EPBLIB]
49. Delineator (October, 1923)   "Behind Legs of the 'Orse"   A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover.  [RGTPL]
50. Fruit Garden and Home (October, 1923)   "Pansies for Thoughts" An essay. "Let your garden solve your problem." p 9-10.  [HARPER]
51. Munsey's Magazine (October, 1923)   "Money To Burn" A story. "Why Grandpa Winch insisted on lighting his stogies with ten-dollar bills."  [EPBLIB, PULP]
52. Radio News (October, 1923)   "The Celebrated Pilkey Radio Case"   A story.  [EPBLIB]

	Munsey's Magazine October, 1923 Click for larger image

53. World Traveler (October, 1923)   "Home to Happyland"    [HARPER]
54. American Boy (November, 1923)   "Jibby Jones and the Elsewhere Uncle"   A Jibby Jones story. Illustrated by Arthur G. Dove. Jibby Jones on the train.  [EPBLIB]
55. Fruit Garden and Home (November, 1923)   "My Neighbor's Dog" An essay. The author pleads his case for a canine-based "be good to your neighbor" policy. p 9-10.  [HARPER]
56. National Magazine (November, 1923)   "The Octopussy Cat"    [HARPER]
57. Radio News (November, 1923)   "The Great Radio Message from Mars"   A story.  [EPBLIB]
58. Woman's Home Companion (November, 1923)   "The Miltod Election" A story. Illustrations by Herbert Paus. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover.  [RGTPL]
59. Fruit Garden and Home (December, 1923)   "The Christmas Complex" An essay. The author ponders gift-giving at Christmas time. p 9-10.  [HARPER]
60. National Magazine (December, 1923)   "The Moaning of the Pines"    [HARPER]
61. Radio News (December, 1923)   "Solander's Radio Tomb" A story. One illustration by Frank R. Paul (b. 1884, d. 1963). p 696, 804-7. One of Butler's classic science fiction stories. Reprinted 4 more times, including in 1998.  [EPBLIB]

	Radio News December, 1923 Click for larger image

62. Rotarian (December, 1923)   "Carden - The Conqueror"   A story. Illustrated by A. H. Winkler. p 7-10, 54-56.  [HARPER]
63. Success Magazine (December, 1923)   "Beloved Humans: It's Going to Be a Great Life" An essay. Illustrated by Arthur G. Dove. "Ellis Parker Butler's Great Story for Success." p 24-27, 83, 90.  [HARPER]
64. Sunset Magazine (December, 1923)   "Do You Still Believe in Fairies?" An essay. "Author of: The Cave Men, etc." Two illustrations. Cover calls this article "Pep" alongside the name "Ellis Parker Butler." p 12-13, 80-82.  [RGTPL]
65. Detective Magazine (December 21, 1923)   "The Letters in the Sky" A story. British publication. Vol. 3 No. 29. p 215-222. Illustrated by Leo Bates.  [FICTIONMAGS]
66. ANTHOLOGY: American Wit and Humor (1923) "Just Like a Cat"   A Mike Flannery story. The book is volume 8, part 1 of 22 volume set "The Pocket University." Edited by Thomas L. Masson. Nelson Doubleday, Inc. Doubleday Page and Company. Garden City, New York.  [EPBLIB]
67. Dutch Treat Club Year Book (1923)   "What Is the Dutch Treat Club?" A tongue-in-cheek history of the Dutch Treat Club. Illustrations by Herb Roth, R. M. Brinkerhoff and others. p 7-13.  [EPBLIB]
68. BOOK: Ghosts What Ain't (1923) An essay. One of the author's best-received self-improvement essays. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Hardback. 43 pages.  [EPBLIB]

	Ghosts What Ain't 1923 Click for larger image

69. BOOK: Jibby Jones (1923)   Subtitled "A Story of Mississippi River Adventure for Boys." A collection of twenty four Jibby Jones stories. Illustrations by Arthur G. Dove. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.  [EPBLIB]
70. ANTHOLOGY: 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]

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