Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

Other Material

	Good Housekeeping August, 1908 Click for larger image

1. Good Housekeeping (August, 1908)   "Laughing Philosophers" by Arthur Guiterman. Pages 123-30.  [EPBLIB]
2. MOTION PICTURE: Lena (1915)   Edison. Director: Charles M. Seay. Screenwriter: Ellis Parker Butler. Performers: Miriam Nesbitt, Dan Mason, Viola Dana. See IMDB.  [HARPER, IMDB]
3. Decatur Daily Review (August 3, 1897)   "A Lifetime of Regret"   Previously published in National Magazine as "The Funny Man." Decatur (Illinois) Daily Review; August 3, 1897.  [NPA]

Anthologies

1. Landscapes (1941) "Pigs is Pigs"   Editors, Ruth Dawson Samson, Sara Compher Klippert ; advisors, Marquis E. Shattuck, Walter R. Northcott. Contains "Pigs is Pigs" and "Our First Burglar".  [WORLDCAT]

	The Humorous Speaker 1909 Click for larger image

2. The Humorous Speaker (1909) "The Late John Wiggins" Edited by Paul Martin Pearson. New York: Hinds, Noble and Eldridge. p 249-66.  [HARPER]

Periodicals (Prose)

1. McClure's Magazine (January, 1906)   "The Lady Across the Aisle"   A story. Illustrated by Phillips Ward.  [RGTPL]
2. Short Stories (August, 1909)   "The Lady Across the Aisle"    [PULPGEN]

	Ladies' World July, 1913 Click for larger image

3. Ladies' World (July, 1913)   "Lady-Love's Birthday" A story. Illustrations by Blanche Greer. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p5+.  [EPBLIB]
4. Short Stories (October, 1914)   "The Lady Policeman"   HARPER gives the full title of this publication as "Short Stories with Keith's House Plans," which may be a different publication than "Short Stories."  [HARPER]
5. Red Book (September, 1912)   "The Lady with the Broken Leg"   A story. "The cupid who drove the car." Illustrated by Rea Irvin. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 885-894.  [EPBLIB]
6. _____ (August, 1912)   "The Lady with the Overshoe"    [HARPER]
7. _____ (June, 1912)   "The Lady with the Parti-Colored Hair"   "An adventure of a bald-headed Cupid." A story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 313-322.  [HARPER]
8. _____ (May, 1912)   "The Lady with the Pig"   A story. "An adventure of a triple-chinned cupid." Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 59-67.  [HARPER]
9. _____ (July, 1912)   "The Lady with the Reluctant Lover"   "The adventure of the pink Cupid." A story. "An adventure of the third of the five Cupids." Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 438-446.  [HARPER]
10. _____ (January, 1917)   "The Last Case of Philo Gubb" A Philo Gubb story.  [HARPER]

	Red Book January, 1917 Click for larger image

11. Century Magazine (April, 1911)   "The Last Conversion of Sally-in-the-Hollow"   A story. With pictures by F. R. Gruger. p 890-894.  [RGTPL]
12. Blue Book (September, 1914)   "The Last Man" A novelette. The phrase "The most unusual story ever published 'The Last Man' by Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. "Fate choose a commonplace book-keeper and a society belle to be the last people left on earth: their surprising adventures and their strange romance." p 929-949.  [EPBLIB]
13. Judge (December 4, 1920)   "The Last Quart" A story. "A Christmas Tale Dedicated to the Once Flowing Bowl." p 5-7.  [HARPER]
14. Woman's World (May, 1912)   "The Last Step" A story. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John. p 6, 23.  [EPBLIB]
15. D. A. C. News (November, 1925)   "The Last Straw"    [HARPER]
16. Everybody's Magazine (April, 1909)   "The Late John Wiggins"   A story. Illustrations by Martin Justice. p 454-64.  [RGTPL]
17. Every Week (May 28, 1933)   "Leave It to Anne"   A story. Illustrated by Dorothy Urfer. Found in Lima (Ohio) Sunday News. p 25.  [NPA]
18. Rural Progress (November, 1934)   "Legally Won"   A football story.  [EPBLIB]

	College Humor October, 1926 Click for larger image

19. College Humor (October, 1926)   "Legg of Lamb" A story. Illustrated by Julian Brazelton. p 79-80, 94.  [EPBLIB]
20. Independent (July 22, 1922)   "Lem Hooper Discovers Our President"   A Judge Hooper story. One illustration by Tony Sarg. Volume 109. Number 3821. p 10-11.  [EPBLIB]
21. _____ (February 11, 1922)   "Lem Hooper Explains the Chinese Puzzle"   A Judge Hooper story. One illustration by Tony Sarg. p 144-145.  [EPBLIB]
22. _____ (January 28, 1922)   "Lem Hooper Improves Ford's Currency Plan" A Judge Hooper story. Two illustrations by Tony Sarg. p 84.  [EPBLIB]
23. _____ (March 11, 1922)   "Lem Hooper on Bitter Bread"   A Judge Hooper story. One illustration by Tony Sarg. p 249-50.  [EPBLIB]
24. _____ (February 18, 1922)   "Lem Hooper on Censorships"   A Judge Hooper story. One illustration by Tony Sarg. p 173.  [EPBLIB]
25. _____ (August 19, 1922)   "Lem Hooper on Dictators"   A Judge Hooper story. One illustration by Tony Sarg. p 75.  [RGTPL]

	Independent January 28, 1922 Click for larger image

26. _____ (February 25, 1922)   "Lem Hooper on Evolution"   A Judge Hooper story. One illustration by Tony Sarg. p 199-200.  [EPBLIB]
27. _____ (February 4, 1922)   "Lem Hooper on Free Verse"   A Judge Hooper story. One illustration by Tony Sarg. p 113-114.  [EPBLIB]
28. _____ (June 24, 1922)   "Lem Hooper on Genoa"   A Judge Hooper story. One illustration by Tony Sarg. Volume 108. Number 3819. p 546-7.  [EPBLIB]
29. _____ (July 8, 1922)   "Lem Hooper on Text-Books"   A Judge Hooper story. One illustration by Tony Sarg. Not listed in HARPER. Volume 108. Number 3820. p 580-81.  [EPBLIB]
30. _____ (August 5, 1922)   "Lem Hooper on the Constitution"   A Judge Hooper story. One illustration by Tony Sarg. p 47.  [EPBLIB]
31. Judge (December 31, 1921)   "Let Us Also Prohibit ----" Humor. p 3-4.  [HARPER]
32. New Yorker (May 3, 1930)   "Let Us Jump" Humor. p 20-21.  [HARPER]
33. Every Week (July 29, 1937)   "Let Well Enough Alone"   A story. Illustrated by Walter Scott. Found in the Indiana (PA) Weekly Messenger. p 2,3,4. Also found in the Lima (Ohio) News (May 2, 1937).  [NPA]
34. Judge (September 17, 1921)   "Let's All Go Crazy!" Humor. p 5-6.  [HARPER]

	Judge September 17, 1921 Click for larger image

35. Bookman (November, 1930)   "Letter from the author on book borrowing"    [RGTPL]
36. Woman's Home Companion (June, 1920)   "A Letter to Miss Douglas"   A story. "An amusing mixture of temper and tantrums, antiques and antics, letters and love." Illustrated by May Wilson Preston. p 14-15, 64.  [RGTPL]
37. Authors' League Bulletin (February, 1919)   "A Letter to the Members"    [HARPER]
38. Saturday Evening Post (August 17, 1918)   "Letters from the Back" Fiction written as a series of letters to the front. p 45, 48.  [HARPER]
39. Detective Magazine (December 21, 1923)   "The Letters in the Sky" A story. British publication. Vol. 3 No. 29. p 215-222. Illustrated by Leo Bates.  [FICTIONMAGS]
40. Sunset Magazine (March, 1922)   "The Liar"   A story. Illustrated by Louis Rogers. p 12-15, 69-70.  [RGTPL]
41. Snappy Stories (August 4, 1917)   "The Life and Letters of Samuel J. Winterburn"    [HARPER]
42. Leslie's Monthly (March, 1903)   "The Literary Graveyard"   A story with poetry. Illustrated by B. Cory Kilvert. p 538-40.  [HARPER]
43. Green Book (August, 1918)   "A Little Girl in Tears"    [HARPER]

	Detective Magazine December 21, 1923 Click for larger image

44. Up to Date (October 17, 1896)   "Little Known Facts Concerning Well Known Persons"    [HARPER]
45. _____ (February 27, 1897)   "Little Known Facts Concerning Well Known Persons"    [HARPER]
46. Rotarian (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]
47. Association Men (September, 1924)   "Lives of Great Men"    [HARPER]
48. Chatelaine (October, 1929)   "The Locked Book"   Also printed in Woman's World.  [HARPER]
49. American Girl (March, 1938)   "The Locked Drawer Mystery" A story. "Betty Bliss and her fellow detectives solve their last case -- an announcement that causes the Editors of The American Girl sorrow and regret, for the death, last September, of Ellis Parker Butler will be a real and continuing loss to all readers of the magazine." Illustrated by Leslie Turner. p 6-13, 24-31.  [HARPER]
50. Judge (February 28, 1920)   "The Log of a Lost Soul" A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" and the title of the story appear on the cover. "Found in a Whisky Bottle Floating Outside the Three Mile Limit on January 16th Last." p 5-7.  [EPBLIB]
51. National Magazine (October, 1903)   "Lonce Boggs, Runner"    [HARPER]
52. Century Magazine (February, 1913)   "Long Sam "Takes Out"" A story. With pictures by May Wilson Preston. p 571-580.  [RGTPL]

	Century Magazine February, 1913 Click for larger image

53. Ideal House (September, 1906)   "Louis XV Textiles"    [HARPER]
54. _____ (October, 1906)   "Louis XVI Textiles"    [HARPER]
55. Harper's Monthly Magazine (June, 1919)   "Lover's Leap" A story. Published in the "Editor's Drawer" section. Illustrated by A. B. Walker. p 137-41.  [EPBLIB]
56. Woman's Home Companion (August, 1929)   "Luce and Lucy"   A story. Illustrated by Herbert Paus. p 9-10, 60, 62.  [RGTPL]
57. Chicago Blade and Ledger (August, 1937)   "Lucky Lukes and the Mascot"    [HARPER]
58. Short Stories (March 10, 1935)   "Lunk-head Johnson" A story. "Running for Mayor of Dog Leg on the Reform Ticket. Reformation of the Mayor Ticket!" p 144-150.  [HARPER]

Periodicals (Poetry)

1. Bookman (September, 1910)   "Little Ballads of Timely Warning; I: On Dishonesty Arising from Ignorance"   A poem. p 25.  [RGTPL]
2. _____ (October, 1910)   "Little Ballads of Timely Warning; II: On Malicious Cruelty to Harmless Creatures"   A poem. p 130.  [RGTPL]
3. _____ (November, 1910)   "Little Ballads of Timely Warning; III: On Laziness and Its Resultant Ills"   A poem. p 247-8.  [RGTPL]
4. National Magazine (September, 1899)   "A Lost Angel"   A poem. p 637.  [HARPER]
5. Up to Date (August 28, 1897)   "Love, A Traitor"    [HARPER]
6. _____ (June 27, 1896)   "A Lover's Quarrel"    [HARPER]

Related Materials

1. American Magazine (July, 1915)   "A Letter to Ellis Parker Butler"   "From the real father in 'The Son and Father Movement.'" Volume 80. Number 1.  [EPBLIB]
2. New York Times (March 4, 1923)   "Lighter Side of an Author's Life Seen by Men Who Write Our Yarns"   An article with an extensive section on Ellis Parker Butler.  [EPBLIB]
3. Books at Iowa 37 (November, 1982)   "Lighting Out for the Territory Back East: Ellis Parker Butler, American Humorist"   By Henry B. Chapin.  [WEB]
4. Author & Journalist (February, 1938)   "Literary Lessons from Ellis Parker Butler"   by Harry M. East. Includes an extensive quote from Butler. p 14-15.  [LOCKE]
5. Syracuse Herald (November 6, 1927)   "Literary Parasites"   By Arthur Strawn. Includes an extensive quote from Butler. p 5-6.  [NPA]

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