Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

Books

1. Dollarature or, The Drug-Store Book (1930)   An essay in twenty-four pages about books, authors and the way books are sold in America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.  [EPBLIB]
2. Dominie Dean (1917)   A novel. A fictional account of a minister in Muscatine. Serialized in Ladies' Home Journal in April, May and June 1916 where it was credited to Ellis Parker Butler and James B. Dare. According to HARPER, Dare did not compose any of the text, but served as inspiration and a resource. Frontispiece and additional illustrations by Victor Sermon Perard. New York, Chicago, Toronto, London, Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Company.  [NYPL]
3. Dorna or The Hillvale Affair (1929)   A novel. Four illustrations. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.  [EPBLIB]

Other Material

1. VIGILANTES: Clearfield Progress (July 16, 1918) "Dark Age Brutes"   Article. Clearfield (Pennsylvania) Progress; July 16, 1918; p 2.  [NPA]
2. Long Island Daily Star (September 15, 1937)   "Death of Butler Brings Tribute to His Character"    [HARPER]
3. Dallas Morning News (May 27, 1906)   "Decoration Day at Boomer"   A story.  [DALLAS]
4. MOTION PICTURE: The Disappearance of Ma'y Jane (1921)   Clever Comedies. Director: Webster Cullison. Performers: Victor Potel, Hughie Mack, Henry Mann, Max Ansher.  [HARPER]

	Discoverer Album 1934 Click for larger image

5. BOOK: Discoverer Album (1934) Full title "The Discoverer Album for Postage Stamps of the World". 64 pages. Published (copyright 1934) by H. E. Harris & Co. Boston. There was also an edition published in 1957 with the same title.  [HARPER]
6. MOTION PICTURE: Doggone It (1915)   Royal. Based on "Getting Rid of Fluff."  [HARPER]
7. Naugatuck Daily News (April 17, 1897)   "Dora's Easter Service"   A story. Illustrated. Naugatuck (Connecticut) Daily News; April 17, 1897; p5.  [NPA]
8. MOTION PICTURE: Ducks is Ducks (1916)   Metro/Rolma 1916. Performers: Max Figman, Lolita Robertson.  [HARPER]

Anthologies

1. Harper Centennial (1917) "Dear House of Harper"   "A Few of the Greetings and Congratulations." A congratulatory letter from Ellis Parker Butler to the editors and publishers at Harper. "Twelve hundred and fifty copies of this book have been printed from type by Harper & brothers for private distribution among their friends." p 38  [GOOGLE BOOKS]
2. 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]
3. Best Ghost Stories (1919) "Dey Ain't No Ghosts"   Introduction by Arthur B. Reeve. This story forms the basis for the later "Ghosts What Ain't" essay and book. The Modern Library. New York: Boni and Liveright. p 177-87. Also published in 1943.  [EPBLIB]
4. Humorous Ghost Stories (1921) "Dey Ain't No Ghosts"   Edited by Dorothy Scarborough. G.P. Putnam's Sons. The Knickerbocker Press. New York. London. See NYPL.  [NYPL]
5. The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories (1921) "Dey Ain't No Ghosts"   Edited with an introduction and notes by Franklin K. Mathiews, chief scout librarian. Published for the Boy Scouts of America. New York: D. Appleton and Company.  [HARPER]
6. American Ghost Stories (1928) "Dey Ain't No Ghosts"   Selected by C. Armitage Harper. Boston, New York: Houghton Miffin Company. p 221-35.  [HARPER, LOC]

	Famous Tales and Laughter Stories 1912 Click for larger image

7. Famous Tales and Laughter Stories (1912) "The Dog That Returned to Mexico" Volume 3 of a 20 volume set called "Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf." New York: The University Society.  [EBAY]
8. The Second St. Nicholas Anthology (1950) "The Dog That Returned To Mexico"   Random House.  [EPBLIB]
9. Real Dogs: An Anthology of Short Stories (1926) "Dog Wanted: Male"   Edited by Charles Wright Gray. This version is taken from The Strack Platform Readings. New York: Garden City Publishing. Reprinted in 1937. New York: Sun Dial Press.  [EPBLIB]
10. 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]

Periodicals (Prose)

1. Illustrated Sunday Magazine (January 22, 1911)   "The Danger of Tainted Money"    [HARPER]
2. _____ (April 16, 1911)   "Daniel and His New Shoes"   A story. "S. Potts Spouts Wisdom". Illustrated by Dan Sayre Groesbeck.  [HARPER]
3. Red Book (August, 1916)   "The Dark Closet"   A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]
4. Washington Post (December 23, 1917)   "The Dark Closet"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Thornton Fisher. p F18.  [WASHPOST]
5. American Magazine (April, 1906)   "The Day of the Spank"   A story. Later appears in The Confessions of a Daddy. Two illustrations by Mary Sigsbee Ker. p 665-670. Reprinted in Dallas Morning News, June 2, 1907, titled "Deedee's Spanking".  [RGTPL]
6. Good Literature (October, 1909)   "The Day of the Spank"   A story. Volume 18. Number 3.  [EPBLIB]
7. Century Magazine (April, 1904)   "The Day on the Roof"   A story. Pictures by John Sloan. p 839-46.  [RGTPL]
8. Smart Set (July, 1911)   "The Days We Celebrate"    [HARPER]
9. McBride's (February, 1916)   "The Dead Line"    [RGTPL]
10. Up to Date (December 18, 1897)   "A Deadly Duel"    [HARPER]
11. Every Week (September 2, 1937)   "Dear Little House"   A story. Illustrated. Found in Indiana (PA) Weekly Messenger. p 3-4.  [NPA]

	Blue Book July, 1917 Click for larger image

12. Blue Book (July, 1917)   "Dear Uncle 'Lije" A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Not indexed in PULP.  [EBAY, HARPER]
13. National Magazine (August, 1897)   "The Death of Caesar"   A sketch.  [EPBLIB]
14. _____ (October, 1898)   "The Death of Mephistopheles"    [MISC]
15. American Magazine (September, 1915)   "The Demigod" A Kid Story. Illustrations by H. J. Soulen.  [RGTPL]
16. American Girl (April, 1934)   "The Detective Club" A Betty Bliss story. Illustrated by Leslie Turner. "Betty Bliss has an idea which is destined to make history in Westcote, the town where she and her best friends live." p 8-10, 46, 48.  [HARPER]
17. This Week (May 5, 1935)   "Detour"   The copy in EPBLIB is from the Sunday Star, Washington D.C. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover.  [EPBLIB]
18. Boys' Life (May, 1920)   "Dey Ain't No Ghosts"   A story. One illustration by Frank Rigney. p 14, 65-66.  [HARPER]
19. Ghost Stories (October, 1929)   "Dey Ain't No Ghosts" This story forms the basis for the "Ghosts What Ain't" essay and book. Previously published in the Century Magazine.  [EBAY, PULP]

	Century Magazine October, 1913 Click for larger image

20. Century Magazine (October, 1913)   "Dey Ain't No Ghosts" A story. With pictures by Charles Sarka. This story forms the basis for the later "Ghosts What Ain't" essay and book. p 837-843.  [RGTPL]
21. Up to Date (January 30, 1897)   "A Diamond Ring: A Farce in Four Sparkles"    [HARPER]
22. This Week (September 13, 1936)   "Diamonds for Thieves"    [HARPER]
23. World Magazine (August 12, 1917)   "Diary of a Conscientious Objector"    [HARPER]
24. Saturday Evening Post (January 16, 1926)   "Dictated to Doris" A story. Illustrated by R. M. Crosby. p 30, 32, 149, 150, 153.  [RGTPL]
25. Judge's Library (September, 1912)   "Dictionary of Business Terms"    [HARPER]
26. Red Book (February, 1915)   "Dietz's 7642, Bessie John"   A Philo Gubb story.  [EPBLIB]
27. _____ (August, 1915)   "The Disappearance of Ma'y Jane"   A Philo Gubb story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 756-764.  [HARPER]
28. Bookman (December, 1922)   "The Dit School of Fiction"   Humor. p 435-38.  [RGTPL]
29. 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]
30. National Magazine (February, 1912)   "Doctor MacCloodicus: A Romance of Revenge"    [RGTPL]

	Better Homes and Gardens January, 1925 Click for larger image

31. Better Homes and Gardens (January, 1925)   "Does Your Budget Budge Much?" An essay. p 15-16, 31.  [HARPER]
32. St. Nicholas Magazine (August, 1906)   "The Dog That Returned to Mexico"   A story. Illustrations by F. W. Read. Volume 33. p 875-880. Later reprinted in The Second St. Nicholas Anthology.  [RGTPL]
33. Delineator (January, 1925)   "Dog Wanted: Male"   A story.  [BEST, EPBLIB, RGTPL]
34. Atlantic Monthly (September, 1930)   "Dollarature" An essay. Also published as a book. p 394-399.  [RGTPL]
35. Ladies' Home Journal (April, 1916)   "Dominie Dean"   Part one. "'Thusia Fragg Whirls Him Into the Vortex of Riverbank Scandal." Illustrations by F. R. Gruger. By Ellis Parker Butler and James B. Dare. Volume 33, Number 4. p 16, 98-100.  [RGTPL]
36. _____ (May, 1916)   "Dominie Dean"   Part two. By Ellis Parker Butler and James B. Dare. One illustration by F. R. Gruger. p 24, 93-5.  [RGTPL]
37. _____ (June, 1916)   "Dominie Dean"   Part three. "Although he won without losing, yet he won by losing" By Ellis Parker Butler and James B. Dare. One illustration by F. R. Gruger. p 24, 76-7.  [RGTPL]
38. American Magazine (November, 1930)   "Don't Twist the Tail!"   Illustrated by Frank Hoffman. "A story with a kick in it!" Volume 111. Number 5.  [RGTPL]

	Collier's January 23, 1904 Click for larger image

39. Collier's (January 23, 1904)   "Don't Swear!" A Perkins of Portland story. Perkins figures out how to make money advertising on every automobile made in America. This story was printed as "An Adventure in Automobiles" in Perkins of Portland. Illustrated by Sigurd Schou. p 18.  [HANNIGAN]
40. Washington Post (November 8, 1931)   "Don't Twist Their Tails"   A story. Illustrated. p MF10+.  [WASHPOST]
41. Judge (September 27, 1919)   "The Doodlebirds"    [HARPER]
42. Liberty (December 3, 1927)   "The Doves of Sandona" A story. "A Comedy of Florida at Its Wildest, Money at Its Maddest, and Love at Its Tenderest." Pictures by Katherine Sturges. p 72-76.  [HARPER]
43. Open Road For Boys (July, 1933)   "Down the Delaware"   A story. Illustrated by Sidney King. p 10-11, 39-40.  [EPBLIB]
44. Up to Date (March 21, 1896)   "Dress Reform on the Reservation"   The full title of the publication is "Up to Date: Everybody's Magazine."  [HARPER]
45. Collier's (September 27, 1919)   "The Dried Goldfish"   Illustrated by A. B. Frost. "When with ladies Mr. Scoggins was almost boyish in his manner!" Not listed in RGTPL.  [EPBLIB, FICTIONMAGS]
46. Up to Date (July 31, 1897)   "The Dude"    [HARPER]

	Argosy November 5, 1932 Click for larger image

47. Argosy (November 5, 1932)   "Dum-Fool" A short story. "Dum-fool sat staring at his stranded steamboat." "Fat old Cass Allen looked like easy pickings to the sharpers of that Mississippi river town." Illustrated. Volume 233. Number 6.  [ARGOSY, PULP]

Periodicals (Poetry)

1. New England Magazine (February, 1897)   "The Daughter of the Year"   A poem. Page 768.  [MOA]
2. Up to Date (January 1, 1898)   "Desertion and Non-Support"    [HARPER]

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3. 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]
4. Puck (December 9, 1896)   "Dr. Cupid's Celebrated Love Draught"    [HARPER]

Related Materials

1. Muscatine Journal (August 19, 1954)   "Diary of Ellis Parker Butler Is Found at Jensen Residence"    [HARPER]
2. New York Times (October 2, 1913)   "Down with Poison Ivy!"   An article. "Ellis Parker Butler Organizes a League to Suppress It." p 5.  [NYTIMES]

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