Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

Books

1. Red Head and Whistle Breeches (1915)   New York: Bancroft Company.  [EPBLIB]

Other Material

1. The Mansfield News (January 24, 1900)   "The Rainmakers"   The Mansfield News (Mansfield, Ohio).  [NPA]
2. ADAPTATION: Raising the Roof (1937)   A play. "A Mystery Farce in Three Acts." Dramatized by Jeanne Mower. Presented on the stage of "The Crow Stock Company" (Hollywood?) on Easter weekend 1937. Based on the story "The Misses Meekins" in McCalls. Unpublished (?).  [NYPL]
3. Betzville Tales (November 12, 1909)   "Rastus Diggs and His Mother-In_Law"   Illustrated by Peter Newell. Printed this date in the Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Daily Press.  [NPA]
4. In the Best of Humor (March 31, 1929)   "The Reformed Calendar"   Series published in the Dallas Morning News from December 30, 1928 to August 11, 1929.  [DALLAS]
5. Book News Monthly (July, 1908)   "Review"   Includes a short review of The Cheerful Smugglers. p 885.  [EPBLIB]
6. Moving Picture World (July 11, 1914)   "Review of Pigs is Pigs"   Review of the 1914 film starring John Bunny. See IMDB.  [IMDB]

	Judge September 4, 1920 Click for larger image

7. Judge (September 4, 1920)   "Review" By Myron M. Stearns ("Lenso"). A review of the King Vidor movie made from Butler's book The Jack-Knife Man.  [EPBLIB]
8. Bookman (June, 1923)   "Review"   Review of Ghosts What Ain't by Robert Benchley. p 456-7.  [HARPER]
9. Saturday Review (November 8, 1924)   "Review"   Review by T. Morris Longstreth of Jibby Jones and the Alligator. p 267.  [HARPER]
10. _____ (November 23, 1929)   "Review"   Review of Dorna. p 462.  [HARPER]
11. New York Times (April 16, 1933)   "Review"   A review of The Young Stamp Collector's Own Book. p 10.  [HARPER]
12. Oshkosh Daily Northwestern (June 9, 1906)   "Review of Pigs is Pigs"   Includes a short quote from Butler. Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern; June 6, 1906; p 6.  [NPA]
13. BOOK: The Revolt: A Play in One Act (1912) New York: Samuel French.  [NYPL]

	The Revolt: A Play in One Act 1912 Click for larger image

14. Betzville Tales (October 21, 1909)   "Rickshaw Phipps and Bedelia"   Illustrated by Peter Newell. Printed this date in the Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Daily Press.  [NPA]
15. VIGILANTES: Robinson Crusoe and Thrift Stamps (1917) The byline reads: "Ellis Parker Butler (Of the Vigilantes)." World War I literature to promote the purchase of Thrift Stamps. Eight pages in a basic saddle-stitched booklet. The book is undated but there is an internal reference to the year "1697, 220 years ago" placing the writing, at least, at 1917. HARPER dates this booklet as being printed in 1919. Newark, NJ: National War Savings Committee for New Jersey.  [HARPER]
16. Betzville Tales (November 19, 1909)   "Rocco Mackintosh and His Two Natures"   Illustrated by Peter Newell. Printed this date in the Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Daily Press.  [NPA]

Anthologies

1. Reading Aloud Effectively (1954) "The Financial Structure"   Humor. Edited by Ben Graf Henneke. New York: Rinehart. p 240-44.  [HARPER]

	A Treasury Of Fishing Stories 1946 Click for larger image

2. A Treasury Of Fishing Stories (1946) "The Reformation of Uncle Billy" Compiled by Charles E. Goodspeed. Illustrated by Everett Ward. New York: A. S. Barnes and Company.  [EBAY]
3. America in the War (1918) "Restitution and Reparation"   An article. Edited by Louis Raemaekers (b.1869, d.1956). "Each cartoon faced with a page of comment by a distinguished America, the text forming an anthology of patriotic opinion." John Philip Sousa, John Kendrick Bangs, Cabot Lodge, John Burroughs, Ellis Parker Butler, Albert Bigelow Paine, Palmer Cox, Alice Hegan Rice, Admiral Peary. Hardback. Good. Oversized. New York: The Century Company. p 60. From Questia.  [WEB]
4. The St. Nicholas Anthology (1948) "The Rowena O'Toole Company"   A story. Illustrated by R. Kirby. Edited by Henry Steele Commanger with an introduction by May Lamberton Becker. New York: Random House.  [EPBLIB]

Periodicals (Prose)

1. St. Nicholas Magazine (September, 1935)   "Rajah's Vase"   A story. Illustrations by W. P. Couse.  [RGTPL]
2. Smart Set (July, 1912)   "The Ramatapaniyopanishad"    [HARPER]
3. All-Story (March 28, 1914)   "The Real Edward Somers"   A story.  [PULPGEN]

	Liberty April 26, 1930 Click for larger image

4. Liberty (April 26, 1930)   "Real Money" A story. "A Story of Paper Profits." Pictures by L. R. Gustavson. p 20-26.  [HARPER]
5. D. A. C. News (December, 1927)   "A Real Sport"    [HARPER]
6. 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]
7. Life (September 21, 1911)   "Reasonable Interest" A poem. Credited as from the Bookman. p 463.  [EPBLIB]
8. American Magazine (January, 1917)   "The Red Avengers"   A Swatty story. "A story of four boys who went hunting excitement and got more than they bargained for." Illustrated by W. B. King. Volume 83. Number 1.  [RGTPL]
9. American Girl (May, 1937)   "The Red Avengers' Mystery" A Betty Bliss story. "A missing dog and a ransom note keep Betty Bliss and the Detective Club busy trying to solve." Illustrated by Leslie Turner. p 18-9, 49-50.  [CHAPIN, HARPER]
10. Red Book (July, 1914)   "Red Cedar!"    [HARPER]
11. American Girl (August, 1936)   "The Red Hand Bag Mystery" A story. Illustrated by Leslie Turner. "Will Betty Bliss and the Detective Club solve this baffling new riddle?" Volume 19. Number 8. p18-19, 38-39.  [HARPER]
12. Scrap Book (July, 1907)   "Red Head and Whistle Breeches" A story. A reprint from the "Junior Munsey" "about seven years ago". p 142-147.  [PULP, PULPGEN]
13. 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]
14. New Story Magazine (March, 1914)   "Red Terror"    [HARPER]
15. Blue Book (February, 1917)   "Reel Graft"   A Jabez Bunker story.  [HARPER]
16. Century Magazine (February, 1899)   "The Reformation of Uncle Billy"   A story. Four illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele. "Billy Matison's been lyin' 'bout fish off an' on for nigh sixty-six year." p 538-41.  [MOA]
17. Radio News (September, 1924)   "Regulate or Bust!"   A story.  [EPBLIB]
18. Every Week (August 1, 1931)   "The Rejected Bride"   A story. Found in the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.  [NPA]
19. Judge (September 15, 1906)   "The Remarkable Invention of James K. Hanna of Muscatine"    [HARPER]
20. Munsey's Magazine (August, 1910)   "Remember Grandma" A story. HARPER lists this as the July 1910 issue. p 646-48.  [EPBLIB, HARPER]

	Munsey's Magazine August, 1910 Click for larger image

21. American Boy (September, 1922)   "Remember Rover"   A story. Illustrated by Arthur G. Dove. A Jibby Jones story with everything but Jibby... Wampus and George are there in Riverbank, but Tad and Jibby aren't. p 20.  [EPBLIB]
22. Family Circle (August 14, 1936)   "Remember the Can-opener!" A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Illustrated by Bill Holman. p 4-5, 22.  [EPBLIB]
23. Ainslee's (January, 1906)   "The Republic of Susan B." A story.  [HARPER]
24. People's Home Journal (June, 1909)   "The Republic of Susan B."   A story. Not listed in HARPER.  [EPBLIB]
25. Judge (April 9, 1921)   "The Return of Stewed Fish"    [HARPER]
26. World Magazine (June 1, 1919)   "The Return of the Gods"    [HARPER]
27. Country Gentleman (May 17, 1924)   "The Revenge of Doctor Vigg" A story. Illustrated by Tony Sarg.  [HARPER]
28. Saturday Review (October 4, 1930)   "Review of Whither Whiter, or After Sex, What?"   A review of the book by Walter S. Hankel.  [HARPER]
29. Windsor Magazine (1904)   "The Rich Boy's Birthday"   A poem. Illustrated by B. Cory Kilvert. Publication date is approximate; found in volume dated December 1904 through May 1905  [EBAY]

	Country Gentleman May 17, 1924 Click for larger image

30. Every Week (May 6, 1932)   "Right Straight Through"   A story. Illustrated by George Scarbo. Found in the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.  [NPA]
31. Judge (August 14, 1920)   "The Role of the Doldrums" A story. The phrase "The Role of the Doldrums by Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 5-7.  [HARPER, MISC]
32. Saturday Evening Post (May 10, 1919)   "Romance" A story. Illustration by Will Grefe. p 12, 109.  [HARPER]
33. MacFadden Fiction-Lovers (December, 1924)   "Romance to Order"    [HARPER]
34. Leslie's Monthly (May, 1903)   "The Romance Trust"   A humorous essay. p 100-102.  [HARPER]
35. Pictorial Review (March, 1932)   "Room and Board"   A story. "Newly married and out of a job -- it took great courage to face a thing like that." Illustration by Robert K. Ryland.  [RGTPL]
36. St. Nicholas Magazine (January, 1906)   "The Rowena O'Toole Company" A story. Illustrated by R. Kirby. Pages 243-247. Later reprinted in The St. Nicholas Anthology.  [RGTPL]
37. Children's Digest (March, 1951)   "The Rowena O'Toole Company"    [EBAY]
38. Country Life in America (May, 1910)   "The Royal Game"   "The Adventures of a Suburbanite." Part seven of seven.  [RGTPL]
39. Green Book (October, 1916)   "Rushing Her"    [HARPER, RGTPL]
40. Blue Book (January, 1918)   "The Rut"    [HARPER, PULP]

Periodicals (Poetry)

1. Truth (November 7, 1896)   "The Rape of the Pocket-Book"   p 10.  [HARPER]
2. Bookman (September, 1911)   "Reasonable Interest"   A poem in 24 verses. p 23.  [EPBLIB]
3. Current Literature (August, 1897)   "Reformed"    [HARPER]
4. Puck (January 12, 1898)   "The Revelers"    [HARPER]
5. Leslie's Monthly (December, 1902)   "The Rich Boy's Christmas"   A poem. With decorations by B. Cory Kilvert. p 220.  [HARPER]

	Puck July 1, 1896 Click for larger image

6. Puck (July 1, 1896)   "Ridden Down" A poem.  [HARPER]
7. Sunset Magazine (October, 1913)   "The Romance of Patrolman Casey"   A poem. Printed in the "The Month's Rodeo" section. p 780.  [MISC]

Related Materials

1. Indianapolis Star (May 8, 1918)   "A Reader's Notes"   Article about the Vigilantes organization. Indianpolis Star, May 8, 1918.  [NPA]

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