Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

Poetry

1892

1. New England Magazine (October, 1892)   "To Lovers"   A poem in 27 verses. Credited to "Ellis Butler." p 272.  [MOA]

	New England Magazine October, 1893 Click for larger image

1893

2. New England Magazine (October, 1893)   "Night In the City" A poem in 12 verses. Credited to "Ellis Butler." p 160.  [MOA]

1895

3. New England Magazine (May, 1895)   "Good - Better - Best"   A poem in 12 verses. p 384.  [MOA]
4. _____ (October, 1895)   "October"   A poem in eight verses. Page 226.  [MOA]
5. _____ (October, 1895)   "Trespassers"   A poem in 16 verses. Page 256.  [MOA]

1896

6. New England Magazine (March, 1896)   "Maude's Valentine"   A poem in 12 verses. While this item is listed in the magazine's index, it's not listed in the MOA index. Page 128.  [MOA]
7. Middletown Daily Argus (April 13, 1896)   "At Variance"   A poem. Reprinted from Life (unknown issue). This newspaper is from Middletown New York.  [NPA]
8. Newark Daily Advocate (June 18, 1896)   "A Satisfactory Reform"   A poem. Reprinted from Truth. This newspaper is from Newark Ohio. p 4.  [NPA]
9. New England Magazine (July, 1896)   "A Minute"   A poem in 12 verses. While this item is listed in the magazine's index, it's not listed in the MOA index. Page 642.  [MOA]

	Puck July 1, 1896 Click for larger image

10. Puck (July 1, 1896)   "Ridden Down" A poem.  [HARPER]
11. New England Magazine (September, 1896)   "Outbid" A poem in 32 verses. Page 128.  [MOA]

1897

12. Century Magazine (January, 1897)   "Partners"   A poem in 16 verses. Published in the "In Lighter Vein" section. Page 477. Same as Current Literature, February 1897.  [MOA]
13. _____ (February, 1897)   "The Ballad of a Bachelor"   A poem. With pictures by Jay Hambidge. Published in the "In Lighter Vein" section. p 638.  [MOA]
14. Munsey's Magazine (February, 1897)   "To Kate. (In Lieu of a Valentine)" A poem in 25 verses. Printed in the "Etchings" section. Volume 16. Page 637.  [EPBLIB]
15. New England Magazine (February, 1897)   "The Daughter of the Year"   A poem. Page 768.  [MOA]
16. Marion Daily Star (May 5, 1897)   "An Exception"   A poem. Reprinted from Truth. Marion (Ohio) Daily Star; May 5, 1897.  [NPA]
17. New England Magazine (July, 1897)   "To Marguerite"   A poem in eight verses. Page 638.  [MOA]

	Munsey's Magazine February, 1897 Click for larger image

18. _____ (August, 1897)   "Circumstantial Evidence"   A poem in 20 verses. Page 768.  [MOA]
19. Munsey's Magazine (October, 1897)   "Immortality"   A poem in eight verses. Volume 18. Page 24.  [EPBLIB]
20. Century Magazine (November, 1897)   "To Jessica, Gone Back to the City"   A poem. p 160.  [MOA]
21. Munsey's Magazine (November, 1897)   "Golden Silence"   p 316.  [EPBLIB]
22. ANTHOLOGY: Taken From Life (1897) "The Secret Combination"   A poem. Images from Sixth Edition (1902?). p 22-23.  [GOOGLE BOOKS]

1898

23. New England Magazine (January, 1898)   "Anticipation"   A poem in 12 verses. Page 650.  [MOA]
24. Munsey's Magazine (February, 1898)   "Cupid Caught Napping"   A poem in 24 verses. Volume 18. Page 658.  [EPBLIB]

1899

25. National Magazine (September, 1899)   "A Lost Angel"   A poem. p 637.  [HARPER]

1900

26. Truth (March, 1900)   "A Culinary Puzzle" A poem. p 77.  [HARPER]

	Truth March, 1900 Click for larger image

1901

27. Oshkosh Daily Northwestern (October 10, 1901)   "When Ida Puts Her Armor On"   A poem. Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern; October 10, 1901; p 5.  [NPA]

1902

28. Leslie's Monthly (January, 1902)   "A Study in Feeling"   A poem. HARPER calls this "A Story in Feeling." p 384.Commentary. Four verses of this poem were reprinted in Dallas Morning News, February 2, 1902.  [EPBLIB, HARPER]
29. _____ (July, 1902)   "A Question" A poem. With an illustration by B. Cory Kilvert. p 306. Reprinted: Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern; July 5, 1902; p 6.  [HARPER]
30. _____ (October, 1902)   "Womanly Qualms"   A poem. With an illustration by B. Cory Kilvert. p 620.  [HARPER]
31. _____ (November, 1902)   "The Golf Walk"   A poem. With a drawing by B. Cory Kilvert. p 94-5.  [HARPER]
32. _____ (December, 1902)   "The Poor Boy's Christmas"   A poem. With decorations by B. Cory Kilvert. p 221.  [HARPER]
33. _____ (December, 1902)   "The Rich Boy's Christmas"   A poem. With decorations by B. Cory Kilvert. p 220.  [HARPER]
34. New York Times (December 28, 1902)   "Says Mister Doojabs"   A poem. p SM16.  [NYTIMES]

	Leslie's Monthly February, 1903 Click for larger image

1903

35. Leslie's Monthly (February, 1903)   "A St. Valentine's Day Tragedy" A poem in ten verses. Illustrated by B. Cory Kilvert. p 436.  [EPBLIB]
36. _____ (February, 1903)   "The Hunter" A poem in twelve verses. Illustrated by B. Cory Kilvert. p 433. HARPER lists only one poem in this issue.  [HARPER]
37. Iowa City Citizen (April 13, 1903)   "The Charge of the Second Iowa Cavalry"   Epic poem about the charge of the 2nd Iowa Cavalry at Farmington, Mississippi on May 9, 1862. Also, the poem was read at the 12th reunion of the Second Iowa Cavalry on September 6 and 7, 1905. See WEB.  [NPA, WEB]
38. Leslie's Monthly (May, 1903)   "Why I Went to the Foot"   A poem in 28 verses. With an illustration by B. Cory Kilvert. Volume 56. Number 1. p 100.  [HARPER]
39. _____ (June, 1903)   "An Old-Fashioned Garden" A poem in 12 verses. With an illustration by Mills Thompson. p 204.  [HARPER]

1904

40. Leslie's Monthly (January, 1904)   "The Ballade of the Automobile"   A poem. p 352.  [HARPER]
41. _____ (February, 1904)   "Valentine to the Girl in Black"   A poem in six verses. Attributed to "E. P. B." With a drawing by H. Imbrie. Page 470.  [HARPER]
42. _____ (April, 1904)   "To Phyllis and May" A poem in six verses. Attributed to "E. P. B." p 707.  [HARPER]

	Leslie's Monthly April, 1904 Click for larger image

1905

43. Leslie's Monthly (May, 1905)   "The Twenty Hoss-Power Shay"   A poem about an automobile. A parody of Oliver Wendell Holmes's well-known "The Deacon's Masterpiece or, the Wonderful One-Hoss Shay" that can be found online here.  [EPBLIB]
44. _____ (May, 1905)   "To May"   A poem.  [EPBLIB]
45. American Magazine (September, 1905)   "The Water Nymphs"   A poem in eight verses. With photograph by Alice Boughton. Not indexed in RGTPL. p 577.  [HARPER]
46. _____ (September, 1905)   "The Wood Nymph"   A poem in eight verses. With photograph by Alice Boughton. Not indexed in RGTPL. p 576.  [HARPER]
47. Century Magazine (September, 1905)   "The Tearful Tale of Captain Dan" A poem. With pictures by May Wilson Preston. Published in the "In Lighter Vein" section. p 797-798.  [RGTPL]
48. _____ (November, 1905)   "Why Washington Retreated"   A poem. p 161-162.  [RGTPL]
49. American Magazine (December, 1905)   "The Ballade of the Mistletoe Bough"   A poem. With a full-page illustration by Boyd Dillon. p 220-221.  [RGTPL]

1906

50. American Magazine (April, 1906)   "Bird Nesting"   A poem. Accompanies a photo by Alice Boughton. p 684.  [RGTPL]

	Century Magazine September, 1905 Click for larger image

1909

51. Everybody's Magazine (May, 1909)   "Jabed Meeker, Humorist"   A poem. Drawings by Horace Taylor. A portion of this poem was reprinted in the New York Times (09-APR-1933, p BR21). p 638.  [RGTPL]
52. Century Magazine (December, 1909)   "The Cut Finger"   A poem. p 318. Also, on page 275 is a full-color reproduction of a painting of Ellis Parker Butler and his wife (Ida) and first child (Elsie). The portrait was made by Ernest L. Blumenschein.  [RGTPL]

1910

53. Bookman (September, 1910)   "Little Ballads of Timely Warning; I: On Dishonesty Arising from Ignorance"   A poem. p 25.  [RGTPL]
54. _____ (October, 1910)   "Little Ballads of Timely Warning; II: On Malicious Cruelty to Harmless Creatures"   A poem. p 130.  [RGTPL]
55. _____ (November, 1910)   "Little Ballads of Timely Warning; III: On Laziness and Its Resultant Ills"   A poem. p 247-8.  [RGTPL]
56. _____ (December, 1910)   "A Parisian Episode"   A poem. p 358-9.  [RGTPL]

1911

57. 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]
58. _____ (September, 1911)   "Reasonable Interest"   A poem in 24 verses. p 23.  [EPBLIB]
59. _____ (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]

	Bookman August, 1911 Click for larger image

1912

60. BOOK: On the Tibur Road (1912) "To G. M. W. and G. F. W."   Poetry. A preface to the book by George Meason Whicher and George Frisbie Whicher (noted as "a letter in verse"). Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press. p vi-viii.  [EPBLIB]

1913

61. Sunset Magazine (October, 1913)   "The Romance of Patrolman Casey"   A poem. Printed in the "The Month's Rodeo" section. p 780.  [MISC]

1914

62. ANTHOLOGY: Toaster's Handbook (1914) "Deer"   A poem. "Jokes, Stories and Quotations" Compiled by Peggy Edmund and Harold Workman Williams. Also, third edition printed 1916. New editions available from Gutenberg, etc. ISBN 1419162381. p 131.  [GOOGLE BOOKS]
63. ANTHOLOGY: Toaster's Handbook (1914) "Dogs"   A poem. "Jokes, Stories and Quotations" Compiled by Peggy Edmund and Harold Workman Williams. Also, third edition printed 1916. New editions available from Gutenberg, etc. ISBN 1419162381. p 141.  [GOOGLE BOOKS]

1916

64. Bedford Gazette (February 11, 1916)   "Untitled"   A poem. A limerick. Illustrated. Bedford (Pennsylvania) Gazette; February 11, 1916; p 2.  [NPA]

1919

65. Snappy Stories (August 4, 1919)   "No Beer, No Work" A poem in 25 verses. p 1.  [EPBLIB]

1920

66. Judge (October 23, 1920)   "A Pastoral" A poem in 24 verses. Not listed in HARPER. p 28.  [EPBLIB]

	Judge November 27, 1920 Click for larger image

67. _____ (November 27, 1920)   "Speaking of Operations" A poem. "Respectfully dedicated to Irv Cobb." p 7.  [HARPER]

1921

68. St. Nicholas Magazine (December, 1921)   "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!" A poem in six verses. p 137.  [RGTPL]

1922

69. Judge (April 8, 1922)   "How'd You Like It?" A poem. p 1.  [HARPER]

1926

70. Saturday Evening Post (May 22, 1926)   "Millennium" A poem. p 175.  [HARPER]

1927

71. Bridgeport Telegram (February 17, 1927)   "Untitled"   A poem. Printed with three other short verses (from other authors) as "We Told You So!" Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram; February 17, 1927.  [NPA]

1930

72. New Yorker (November 22, 1930)   "Song For Heroes" A poem. p 44.  [HARPER]

1933

73. Life (November, 1933)   "Would You Believe It?" A poem in 16 verses. p 17.  [EPBLIB]
74. Red Book (November, 1933)   "The Final Tax" A poem. p 52.  [HARPER]
75. Saturday Evening Post (December 30, 1933)   "The Sheep" A poem. p 24. The cover has a New Year's illustration drawn by J. C. Leyendecker.  [HARPER]

1934

76. Saturday Evening Post (January 13, 1934)   "Nature's Wisdom" A poem. p 59.  [RGTPL]

	Saturday Evening Post January 27, 1934 Click for larger image

77. _____ (January 27, 1934)   "Western" A poem. p 24.  [HARPER]
78. _____ (March 10, 1934)   "The Whale" A poem. p 24.  [HARPER]

1937

79. Dutch Treat Club Year Book (1937)   "Underneath the Rose" A poem. About Clarence Budington Kelland, president of the club at this time. Accompanies a portrait of Kelland drawn by Leon Gordon. The pages in this issue are not numbered.  [HARPER]

1941

80. BOOK: The Tuscarora Club's Forty Year History: 1901-1941 (December, 1941) "Judgment Day"   A poem. Portland ME: Southworth-Athoensen Press. p 71-74.  [EPBLIB]

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