Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

1911

1. Bookman (January, 1911)   "Unpublished Reviews"   Humor. Tongue-in-cheek reviews of books by Julius Caesar, Marco Polo, Baron von Munchhausen and the Greek poet Homer. p 544-45.  [RGTPL]
2. Canada West Monthly (January, 1911)   "The House That Wouldn't Wait"   A Betzville Tales story. Illustrations by Peter Newell. Same as "Pilgath Gubb's Auto-House"? p 178-181.  [EPBLIB]
3. Cosmopolitan (January, 1911)   "Something for the Kid"   Humor. Butler's contribution to a section called "An Up-to-the-Minute XMas." Illustrated in color by Horace Taylor. p 168-70.  [RGTPL]
4. Pall Mall Magazine (January, 1911)   "The Exciting Life"    [HARPER]
5. Red Book (January, 1911)   "Anabasco Betz and Her Back"   "A story of a strenuous piano." A story. p 479-481.  [HARPER]
6. Smart Set (January, 1911)   "Travel Broadens One So"    [HARPER]
7. Illustrated Sunday Magazine (January 8, 1911)   "The Philosophy of Love"   A story. The copy in EPBLIB is from the Minneapolis Tribune Sunday Magazine. "S. Potts and Daniel." Illustrated by Dan Sayre Groesbeck. p 8, 17-18.  [HARPER]
8. Judge (January 14, 1911)   "Thoughts about Exotic Poetry"    [HARPER]
9. Illustrated Sunday Magazine (January 22, 1911)   "The Danger of Tainted Money"    [HARPER]
10. Judge (January 28, 1911)   "Uncle Ashdod, Skipper of the Sally Ann"   p 14-15.  [HARPER]
11. Short Stories (February, 1911)   "Harrod's Synthetic Bingo"    [HARPER]
12. Judge (February 11, 1911)   "Fatma, the Fortune-Teller"    [HARPER]
13. Illustrated Sunday Magazine (February 19, 1911)   "A Homily on Dogs"    [HARPER]
14. Judge (February 25, 1911)   "Anent George W."   p 5-6.  [HARPER]

	Atlantic Monthly March, 1911 Click for larger image

15. Atlantic Monthly (March, 1911)   "The Scenic Novel" Humor.  [RGTPL]
16. Judge's Library (March, 1911)   "The Suffra-Jane and the Suffra-Joseph"   "(A Prefectly Idiotic Suffra-Jingle)"  [HARPER]
17. Judge (March 4, 1911)   "Appropriate Telephone Numbers"   p 3.  [HARPER]
18. _____ (March 11, 1911)   "The Enthusiastic Moment"    [HARPER]
19. _____ (March 18, 1911)   "John Scott's Affectionate Pup" A story. p 15-16 (pages are unnumbered).  [HARPER]
20. New York Times (March 19, 1911)   "My Selective Garden"   A story. "An Experiment that Should Have Revolutionized the Art of Gardening in a Jiffy, Being Worked by an Infallible System -- But It Didn't." p V-14.  [NYTIMES]
21. _____ (March 24, 1911)   ""Yawp," "Yoppox," "Faryawp," "Yawpists," "Yawpers," "Jang," "Hellogram""   A letter to the editor. The first of four letters in a series. p 10.  [NYTIMES]
22. Judge (March 25, 1911)   "Uncle Ashdod and the B. B. S. Club"   p 9-10.  [HARPER]
23. 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]

	Judge March 18, 1911 Click for larger image

24. _____ (March 29, 1911)   ""Yawp""   A letter to the editor. "Ellis Parker Butler Identifies the Lampton with the Telephonic Variety." The third of four letters in a series. p 12.  [NYTIMES]
25. _____ (March 29, 1911)   "A Solemn Protest"   A letter to the editor by Mrs. R. P. Mulligan. The last of four letters in a series. p 12.  [NYTIMES]
26. Century Magazine (April, 1911)   "The Last Conversion of Sally-in-the-Hollow"   A story. With pictures by F. R. Gruger. p 890-894.  [RGTPL]
27. Human Life (April, 1911)   "King Kelly and the Rinky-Forry"    [HARPER]
28. Pacific Monthly (April, 1911)   "The Man That Was Squelched"   A story. This magazine merged with Sunset Magazine after December 1911. p 381-389.  [HARPER]
29. Short Stories (April, 1911)   "Sir Algernon Saint-Montgomery"    [HARPER]
30. Judge (April 1, 1911)   "The Complete Letter Writer"    [HARPER]
31. Betzville Tales (April 9, 1911)   "Mrs. Betz and the Ballot"   A Betzville Tales story. One illustration by Peter Newell. "Aunt Rhinocolura Betz is always in the forefront of progress, and leads our village with a strong but gentle hand; and when she said she was going to flop over and be a suffragette, the City Council immediately met and voted that every lady in town could vote any time she felt like it." Washington Post; April 9, 1911; pg. SM4, 2 pgs.  [WASHPOST]
32. Judge (April 15, 1911)   "Uncle Ashdod and the Easter Eggs"    [HARPER]
33. Illustrated Sunday Magazine (April 16, 1911)   "Daniel and His New Shoes"   A story. "S. Potts Spouts Wisdom". Illustrated by Dan Sayre Groesbeck.  [HARPER]
34. Judge (April 29, 1911)   "An Accommodating Gentleman"    [HARPER]

	Munsey's Magazine May, 1911 Click for larger image

35. Munsey's Magazine (May, 1911)   "The Bone-Crackers" A play. "A Dietetic Comedy in One Act." p 203-208.  [HANNIGAN]
36. Red Book (May, 1911)   "Mr. Peevy on Votes for Women"    [HARPER]
37. Short Stories (May, 1911)   "Aunt Betsy"   As Sage O. Vesey.  [HARPER]
38. Judge (May 13, 1911)   "The Seed Catalog"    [HARPER]
39. _____ (May 27, 1911)   "All for the Best"   p 13-15.  [HARPER]
40. Bookman (June, 1911)   "A Brief Consideration"   Humor. Full title: "A Brief Consideration of the Present Disheartening Condition and Quality of Fictional Literature Written in the English Languages." p 399-401.  [RGTPL]
41. Judge's Library (June, 1911)   "Millington's Motor Boat"    [HARPER]
42. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (June, 1911)   "The Scoop"   A story.  [RGTPL]
43. Short Stories (June, 1911)   "The Ghost Plumber's Courtship"   As Sage O. Vesey.  [HARPER]
44. Sunset Magazine (June, 1911)    [RANDLEMAN]
45. Judge (June 3, 1911)   "Uncle Ashdod and the Fishschutzenfest" Humor.  [HARPER]
46. _____ (June 10, 1911)   "Judge's Condensed Book Guide"    [HARPER]

	Judge June 3, 1911 Click for larger image

47. Good Housekeeping (July, 1911)   "Mrs. Dugan's Discovery"   Humor. A reprint of the now famous piece. Includes the Strothmann illustrations from 1908, printed in black only. An editor's note says this is a reprint from August 1909 (which is probably an error and should have referred to August 1906 or August 1908). p 142-144.  [RGTPL]
48. Red Book (July, 1911)   "The Whiggin"   A story. "Later She Married a Plipp." One of the "Built-by-Speculator" series. p 546-49.  [EPBLIB]
49. Smart Set (July, 1911)   "The Days We Celebrate"    [HARPER]
50. Success Magazine (July, 1911)   "The Automatic Baby" Humor. "A New Generation of Infants Germless, Voiceless and Hopeless." Illustrated by Rodney Thomson. p 10, 43.  [HARPER]
51. Judge (July 8, 1911)   "Uncle Ashdod and Votes for Women"    [HARPER]
52. _____ (July 15, 1911)   "Bit by Snake" A story. "A thrilling story of circus life." p 6-8.  [HARPER]
53. _____ (June 17, 1911)   "The Politeness of William Higgel"    [HARPER]
54. _____ (July 22, 1911)   "Uncle Ashdod and the Ruling Passion"    [HARPER]
55. Puck (July 26, 1911)   "Harold's Picnic Shoes"    [HARPER]
56. Judge (July 29, 1911)   "Judge's Dictionary of Business Terms"    [HARPER]

	Blue Book August, 1911 Click for larger image

57. Blue Book (August, 1911)   "The Super-Cook" A story. "A lightsome tale of an amusing domestic dilemma." p 894-896. Text and images contributed by John Locke.  [LOCKE, PULP]
58. Bookman (August, 1911)   "Djolan" A poem. A "djolan" is a bird (although you'll have trouble getting a dictionary that says so) and the "d" is silent, which is the whole point of the poem. p 625.  [RGTPL]
59. Century Magazine (August, 1911)   "The Blind Ass of the 'Dobe Mill"   A story. Illustration by F. R. Gruger. Truly a unique Butler piece; an allegory set in a rural Mexican village. p 607-610.  [CHAPIN, RGTPL]
60. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (August, 1911)   "Where There's a Will"   A story.  [RGTPL]
61. New Story Magazine (August, 1911)   "The Innocence of Mr. Canning"    [HARPER]
62. Red Book (August, 1911)   "The Snuffle-Sneeze"   A story. One of the "Built-by-Speculator" series. p 669-72.  [HARPER]
63. Short Stories (August, 1911)   "The Admirable John"    [HARPER]
64. Judge (August 12, 1911)   "Judge's Jokester's Guide to New York"    [HARPER]
65. _____ (August 19, 1911)   "Mr. Gimp Kills a Fly"    [HARPER]
66. Bookman (September, 1911)   "Reasonable Interest"   A poem in 24 verses. p 23.  [EPBLIB]

	Bookman August, 1911 Click for larger image

67. Judge's Library (September, 1911)   "A New England Courtship"   The full title of this publication is "Judge's Library and Sis Hopkins Own Book Combined: A Magazine of Fun."  [HARPER]
68. Red Book (September, 1911)   "Mr. Migswitch"   A story. One of the "Built-by-Speculator" series.  [HARPER]
69. Short Stories (September, 1911)   "The Shyster"    [HARPER]
70. Judge (September 2, 1911)   "The Flight of Gaffney Greene"    [HARPER]
71. Associated Sunday Magazines (September 3, 1911)   "The Healer of Sore Minds"   A story. One illustration. "Entry No. 49 in Our Prize Story Competition". Found in Sunday Magazine of the Boston Sunday Post. p 6-7.  [HARPER]
72. Judge (September 9, 1911)   "Mr. Gimp Mends the Faucet"    [HARPER]
73. New York Times (September 10, 1911)   "Reasonable Interest"   A poem. Printed in the "New York Times Review of Books" section. First page of the September 10 edition. Credited as from the Bookman. p 537.  [NYTIMES]
74. Judge (September 16, 1911)   "Fixing Sammy"    [HARPER]
75. New York Times (September 17, 1911)   "Uncle Ashdod, Humorist, Tells a Variegated Codfish Yarn"   A story. p V-14.  [NYTIMES]
76. Life (September 21, 1911)   "Reasonable Interest" A poem. Credited as from the Bookman. p 463.  [EPBLIB]

	Judge September 30, 1911 Click for larger image

77. Judge (September 30, 1911)   "Princess Fifi" A story. p 6-8.  [HARPER]
78. Bookman (October, 1911)   "Mouths of Hippopotami and Some Recent Novels"   A poem. The apology is probably a reference to a series of similarly named articles by Frederic Taber Cooper in this publication. p 207.  [RGTPL]
79. Magazine Maker (October, 1911)   "How I Wrote My First Funny Story"    [HARPER]
80. Red Book (October, 1911)   "Aunt Coruna"   A story. One of the "Built-by-Speculator" series. p 1050-1054.  [HARPER]
81. Short Stories (October, 1911)   "The Ink Bottle"    [HARPER]
82. 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]
83. Puck (October 4, 1911)   "The New Reporter"    [HARPER]
84. Judge (October 7, 1911)   "The Curse of Wealth"    [HARPER]
85. _____ (October 14, 1911)   "Four Little Tales"    [HARPER]
86. _____ (October 21, 1911)   "Mr. Gimp Attends the Horse Show" A story.  [HARPER]
87. Adventure (November, 1911)   "The Verdon Jewels"    [HARPER]

	Judge October 21, 1911 Click for larger image

88. Architectural Record (November, 1911)   "The Client"   A story. Illustrations by J. M. Rose. p 441-49.  [RGTPL]
89. Red Book (November, 1911)   "The Bay Window"   A story. One of the "Built-by-Speculator" series.  [HARPER]
90. Short Stories (November, 1911)   "Miss Rosenbloom"    [HARPER]
91. Judge (November 4, 1911)   "Making It Clear"    [HARPER]
92. Associated Sunday Magazines (November 12, 1911)   "Fogarty's Thirteen"    [HARPER]
93. Judge (November 18, 1911)   "Mr. Griggs Invests"    [HARPER]
94. New Story Magazine (December, 1911)   "In Time For Tea"    [HARPER]
95. Pall Mall Magazine (December, 1911)   "Mr. Marston's Chauffeurette"   A story. p 1035-42.  [HARPER]
96. Red Book (December, 1911)   "The Burglar"   A story. One of the "Built-by-Speculator" series. "persistency is its own reward." p 240-244.  [HARPER]
97. Short Stories (December, 1911)   "Easy Money"    [HARPER]
98. ANTHOLOGY: Caricature (1911)   "Caricature: The Wit and Humor of a Nation in Picture, Song and Story, Illustrated by America's greatest artists." Short stories by Ellis Parker Butler: "Mr. Sonderby Hurries", "John Smith". 8th edition. Leslie-Judge Company.  [EPBLIB]
99. ANTHOLOGY: Caricature (1911)   "Caricature: The Wit and Humor of a Nation in Picture, Song and Story, Illustrated by America's greatest artists." Short stories by Ellis Parker Butler: "The Enthusiastic Motorist" and "Uncle Ashdod and the B. B. S. Club." 13th edition. Leslie-Judge Company. OCLC 22973870.  [HARPER]
100. ADAPTATION: Pigs is Pigs: A Comedy in One Act (1911)   A play. By John Jex. Copyrighted but unpublished(?).  [HARPER]
101. BOOK: The Adventures of a Suburbanite (1911)   Thirteen loosely related stories. Illustrations by A. B. Phelan. Garden City: Doubleday, Page and Company. The Bookman JAN-1912 (p 567) listed this book as just received.  [EPBLIB]

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