Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

Essays

1903

1. Leslie's Monthly (May, 1903)   "The Romance Trust"   A humorous essay. p 100-102.  [HARPER]

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2. Brown Book of Boston (July, 1903)   "The Windiest Corner in the World" An article. With photographs. About the Flat Iron Building in New York. Volume 7; Number 3. p 86.  [FICTIONMAGS]

1918

3. Carry On (October-November, 1918)   "Exit Mr. Tumult and Miss Shouting" An essay. p 11-12. Volume I. Number 4. "A Magazine on the Reconstruction of Disabled Soldiers and Sailors."  [HARPER]
4. McClure's Magazine (November, 1918)   "The Ginger Jar" A signed "advertorial" for Woolson's Economy Expense Book. There may be appearances of this ad elsewhere.  [HARPER]

1919

5. Putnam's Investment Handbook (1919) "Bonds Are Certainly Bonds"   An extended quotation. Book by Albert W. Atwood. G. P. Putnam's Sons: New York. p 82-90.  [GOOGLE BOOKS]

1920

6. Photoplay Magazine (July, 1920)   "Movies Is Movies" An essay. Illustrations by R. F. James. "A brilliant satire on motion pictures." The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 56-7, 122.  [HARPER]

1921

7. American Magazine (May, 1921)   "You Folks in the Audience" An essay. The author comments on his time spent on the lecture circuit including tips for speakers. p 41, 81-85.  [RGTPL]
8. Film Fun (September, 1921)   "It Might Be" Commentary. Cutting criticism of the American acceptance of the post World War I German film industry. p 9.  [EPBLIB]

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9. Outlook (December 7, 1921)   "Why the Who's Are Who" An essay. This issue also includes a photograph and short bio of the author. p 561 and 583.  [HARPER]

1922

10. Saturday Evening Post (June 24, 1922)   "What Would the Boys We Were Think of Us Now?" An autobiographical essay. "The Boy I Used to be Decided That He Must be a Blacksmith. I Confess I Have Failed the Young Man." Includes a photo of Butler, aged 7. Illustrated by M. L. Blumenthal. p 8-9, 82, 85-6.  [RGTPL]
11. Fruit Garden and Home (November, 1922)   "Home Grown Whetstones" An essay. Two illustrations. p 9-10, 27. Also, editor's note on page 42.  [HARPER]
12. _____ (December, 1922)   "Kitchen Efficiency" An essay. "The work a woman does in the house is the most blessed thing life gives her." p 11-12.  [HARPER]

1923

13. Fruit Garden and Home (January, 1923)   "Thank God For a Garden" An essay. Includes a photo of the author. p 11-12.  [HARPER]
14. _____ (March, 1923)   "My Neighbor's Chickens" An essay. p 13-14. Also, editor's note on page 58.  [HARPER]
15. Rotarian (June, 1923)   "Save Your Neck"   An essay. Illustrations by Worth D. Griffin. p 333-335, 360-361.  [EPBLIB]

	Fruit Garden and Home September, 1923 Click for larger image

16. 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]
17. _____ (October, 1923)   "Pansies for Thoughts" An essay. "Let your garden solve your problem." p 9-10.  [HARPER]
18. _____ (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]
19. _____ (December, 1923)   "The Christmas Complex" An essay. The author ponders gift-giving at Christmas time. p 9-10.  [HARPER]
20. 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]
21. 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]

1924

22. Fruit Garden and Home (April, 1924)   "The Neighbor's Kids"   An essay. p 21-22. Also, editor's comments on page 66.  [HARPER]

	Fruit Garden and Home May, 1924 Click for larger image

23. _____ (May, 1924)   "What's Wrong with the Home?" An essay. "Not a Home Has Been Broken Up On My Street in Sixteen Years." Includes a photo of the author. p 15-16.  [HARPER]
24. Rotarian (May, 1924)   "What's This Success Thing?" An essay. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 7-9,62. Short bio on page 6.  [EPBLIB]
25. _____ (July, 1924)   "The Little Tin Godlets" An essay. "Some statues found in their niches in the Pantheon of Peculiarities." The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 13-14, 43-46.  [EPBLIB]
26. Better Homes and Gardens (September, 1924)   "Get Your Family Roots Into Your Own Soil"   An essay. Vol 3. No. 1. p 11-12, 41. Also, editor's comments on page 50. This article "epitomizes the whole creed of the ownership of your own home."  [HARPER]
27. _____ (October, 1924)   "Spare Which -- The Rod or the Child?"   An essay. p 11-12, 43.  [HARPER]
28. Rotarian (November, 1924)   "Who's Your Friend?"   An essay. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Illustrations by Garrett Price. p 13-15, 69-72. Short bio on page 4. Also, letters written in the contest started in the July 1924 issue "Little Tin Godlets" are printed p 30,46-53.  [EPBLIB]

1925

29. Better Homes and Gardens (January, 1925)   "Does Your Budget Budge Much?" An essay. p 15-16, 31.  [HARPER]

	Cosmopolitan May, 1925 Click for larger image

30. Cosmopolitan (May, 1925)   "What it Cost Me To Score One Big Success" An autobiographical essay. Includes a full-page photo of the author. This publication was titled "Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan." p 56-57,134.  [HARPER]
31. Rotarian (September, 1925)   "Ain't Got Time!" An essay. Illustrations by Garrett Price. p 12-14, 46-9. Also, there's a short editor's note on page 53.  [HARPER]
32. American Legion Magazine (September 11, 1925)   "The Collecting Mania" Illustrated by Paul H. Carruth. "Consider this mania folks have for collecting things." p 6-7, 14-17.  [HARPER]

1926

33. Better Homes and Gardens (January, 1926)   "Is the Radish Unconstitutional?" An essay. "The First Thought of Man Is to Amend Something." p 17-18,45.  [HARPER]
34. American Magazine (February, 1926)   "How It Feels To Be The Father Of Twins"   An essay. Includes a photograph of the author and his twin daughters, Jean and Marjorie. p 24-25,66,68.  [RGTPL]
35. Outlook (February 17, 1926)   "Boom! Boom! Boom!"   A humorous essay. "All my life I have lived where the hot, coppery odor of expanding and bursting booms has drifted into my nostrils, but this is the first time a full-blown boom has sat down on my front porch and snorted like big money." p 258-64.  [HARPER]
36. Better Homes and Gardens (March, 1926)   "Our Friends, the Bees" An essay. "The Bee Works Overtime to Make Gardens Possible." p 17, 68-69.  [HARPER]

	Better Homes and Gardens March, 1926 Click for larger image

37. Rotarian (June, 1926)   "Strike Your Average -- Early!"   An essay. Illustrations by Tony Sarg. p 14-16, 60-62.  [HARPER]
38. Seng Book (July, 1926)   "Playing the Game" An essay. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Published by The Seng Company, World's Largest Makers of Furniture Hardware, 1450 Dayton Street, Chicago, Illinois. Illustrated by John Fullin (sp?). Vol. 1 No. 2. p 9-11, 35-37.  [EPBLIB]
39. Better Homes and Gardens (November, 1926)   "How's Your Soil?" An essay. "The Soil in Which We Are Growing Should Furnish Us With Happiness." p 16, 36-7.  [HARPER]
40. Farm Life (November, 1926)   "Honoring Adam, the First Farmer" Humor. "It's five thousand years since he ceased to be and we ought to have a suitable celebration." p 12.  [HARPER]

1927

41. American Legion Magazine (October, 1927)   "Black Hens and White Eggs" An essay. Illustration by Walter Jardine. p 6.  [HARPER]

1928

42. Theatre Magazine (September, 1928)   "The Theatre, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" An essay. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Includes a photo of the author by Culver.  [CORNYN]

1930

43. Atlantic Monthly (September, 1930)   "Dollarature" An essay. Also published as a book. p 394-399.  [RGTPL]

	Plagiarism the "Art" of Stealing Literary Material 1931 Click for larger image

1931

44. BOOK: Plagiarism the "Art" of Stealing Literary Material (1931) "Plagiarists Are Thieves" By Maurice Salzman of the California Bar. Butler received a byline for Chapter VI. Los Angeles: Parker, Stone and Baird Co. p 66-73.  [EPBLIB]

1933

45. Stamps (August 5, 1933)   "What Should the Adult Beginner Collect?" An article. Adult and beginning stamp collectors are advised to start with current US issues and work in both directions. p 197.  [EPBLIB]

1934

46. BOOK: Hobbies for Everybody (1934) "Stamp Collecting" Edited by Ruth Lampland. New York: Harper. p 335-40.  [EPBLIB]

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