Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

Books

	Many Happy Returns of the Day! 1925 Click for larger image

1. Many Happy Returns of the Day! (1925) Fifty page essay on birthdays that could be used as a birthday gift. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.  [EPBLIB]
2. Mike Flannery, On Duty and Off (May, 1909)   SEE CONTENTS.A true sequel to Pigs is Pigs, this book has three further adventures of Mike Flannery, the Westcote stationmaster. Illustrations by Gustavus C. Widney. New York: Doubleday, Page and Company.  [EPBLIB]

Other Material

	Saturday Evening Post February 6, 1909 Click for larger image

1. Saturday Evening Post (February 6, 1909)   "Magazine Men" An article. Short bio with photo. p 22.  [EPBLIB]
2. New York Times (May 16, 1909)   "The Man Who Made Pigs and Pups Famous Tells How He Did It"   By Walter Alden Dyer. "Ellis Parker Butler Gives Receipts for Humor and Various Other Things." Includes a caricature of the author, from a sketch made in Paris by Leo Mielziner (b. 1869, d. 1935). p SM9.  [NYTIMES]
3. Dallas Morning News (June 6, 1909)   "The Man Who Made Pigs Famous"   Interview by Harry Peyton Steger.  [DALLAS]
4. Mark Twain Quarterly 2 (1937)   "Marietta Holley"   Written as an introduction to Cyril Clemens' bibliography of Holley's works.  [HARPER]
5. Argosy (August 8, 1931)   "The Men Who Make the Argosy" A profile. Includes a photograph of the author.  [ARGOSY]
6. Appleton Post Cresent (December 29, 1926)   "Merry Mary!"   A poem. Appleton (Wisconsin) Post Cresent; December 29, 1926; p 12.  [NPA]
7. New York Times (September 22, 1906)   "Methods of Some Popular Writers"   An article. "A Budget of New Gossip About Authors -- Some Experiences of Robert Hichens, Will N. Harben, Ellis Parker Butler, and Rex E. Beach." p BR582.  [NYTIMES]

	Argosy August 8, 1931 Click for larger image

8. Mike Flannery (June 23, 1912)   "Mike Flannery Discusses on the Unterrified Democracy"   A Mike Flannery story. New York Times; June 23, 1912.  [HARPER, NYTIMES]
9. _____ (May 26, 1912)   "Mike Flannery Discusses the Political Campaign"   A Mike Flannery story. Illustrated. "Station Agent, Whose Arguments in 'Pigs is Pigs' Convinced and Amused the Whole World, Turns His Attention to the Roosevelt-Taft Situation." New York Times; May 26, 1912.  [HARPER, NYTIMES]
10. _____ (June 2, 1912)   "Mike Flannery Discusses the Six-Year Term"   A Mike Flannery story. New York Times; June 2, 1912.  [HARPER, NYTIMES]
11. _____ (July 14, 1912)   "Mike Flannery Explains the Difference Between the Republican and Democratic Platforms to Rudolph Schultheis"   A Mike Flannery story. Indianapolis Star; July 14, 1912; p 5.  [NPA]
12. _____ (July 21, 1912)   "Mike Flannery on the People's Birthright"   A Mike Flannery story. Indianapolis Star; July 21, 1912.  [NPA]
13. _____ (November 10, 1912)   "Mike Flannery Says: "Th' Bist Man Won""   A Mike Flannery story. Indianapolis Star; November 10, 1912; p 14.  [NPA]
14. _____ (September 22, 1912)   "Mike Flannery's Campaign News"   A Mike Flannery story. Illustrated. Indianapolis Star; September 22, 1912.  [NPA]
15. _____ (September 29, 1912)   "Mike Flannery's Campaign News"   A Mike Flannery story. Indianapolis Star; September 29, 1912.  [NPA]
16. _____ (October 6, 1912)   "Mike Flannery's Campaign News"   A Mike Flannery story. "The 'Pigs is Pigs' Ixpriss Agent Discourses on the Changes of Meaning of the Polite and Courteous Little, Beautiful Word 'Liar'." Indianapolis Star; October 6, 1912.  [NPA]
17. _____ (October 13, 1912)   "Mike Flannery's Campaign News"   A Mike Flannery story. Illustrated. Indianapolis Star; October 13, 1912.  [NPA]
18. _____ (October 20, 1912)   "Mike Flannery's Campaign News"   A Mike Flannery story. "The 'Pigs is Pigs' Ixpriss Agent Discourses on the Troubles of a Presidential Candidate." Indianapolis Star; October 20, 1912.  [NPA]
19. _____ (November 3, 1912)   "Mike Flannery's Campaign News"   A Mike Flannery story. Illustrated. Indianapolis Star; November 3, 1912.  [NPA]
20. _____ (September 15, 1912)   "Mike Flanney's Latest Campaign News"   A Mike Flannery story. Illustrated. "The 'Pigs is Pigs' ixpriss agent tells Rudolph, his assistant, how the great American electorate ponders the serious issues of the campaign." Indianapolis Star; September 15, 1912.  [NPA]
21. ADAPTATION: Mike Larritz, Way-Station Agent (1910)   A monologue. By Elizabeth R. Fraser. Copyrighted but unpublished(?). Based on a Mike Flannery story by Ellis Parker Butler.  [HARPER]

	Millingham's Cat-Fooler 1920 Click for larger image

22. BOOK: Millingham's Cat-Fooler (1920) A story. Printed to promote a hose manufacturer's business. "We have printed Mr. Butler's story in this convenient edition for all commuters and other gardeners whether they are buyers or lenders of hose. Draw from this tale whatever lesson you choose. 'Don't borrow garden hose of your neighbors; buy a hose for yourself.' 'Don't try to deceive your friends; you will always get found out.' 'Don't make the mistake of thinking all garden hose is alike.'" Cambridge MA: Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company.  [EPBLIB]
23. Betzville Tales (October 14, 1909)   "Miss Allegretto and the Pie"   Illustrated by Peter Newell. Printed this date in the Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Daily Press.  [NPA]
24. VIGILANTES: Miss Liberty's School for Bond Buyers (1918)   New York: Liberty Loan Committee, Second Federal Reserve District.  [HARPER]
25. Betzville Tales (August 18, 1909)   "Miss Petunia Scraggins and the Clothespins"   Illustrated by Peter Newell. Printed this date in the Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Daily Press. Printed August 11, 1909 in the Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Gazette.  [NPA]
26. MOTION PICTURE: The Model Cook (1916)   Metro/Drew. Director: Sidney Drew. Screenwriter: Ellis Parker Butler. Performers: Sidney Drew, Lucille McVey (Mrs. Sidney Drew). See IMDB.  [HARPER, IMDB]
27. Chicago Sunday Tribune (February 15, 1931)   "Mr. Barfin Decides"   A story. Also in Dallas Morning News, same date.  [HARPER]
28. Betzville Tales (September 8, 1909)   "Mr. Pethcod Scroggs' Identical Twins"   Illustrated by Peter Newell. Printed this date in the Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Gazette.  [NPA]
29. _____ (April 9, 1911)   "Mrs. Betz and the Ballot"   A Betzville Tales story. One illustration by Peter Newell. "Aunt Rhinocolura Betz is always in the forefront of progress, and leads our village with a strong but gentle hand; and when she said she was going to flop over and be a suffragette, the City Council immediately met and voted that every lady in town could vote any time she felt like it." Washington Post; April 9, 1911; pg. SM4, 2 pgs.  [WASHPOST]

	Mrs. Dugan's Discovery 1916 Click for larger image

30. ADAPTATION: Mrs. Dugan's Discovery (1916) Recording. Columbia Gramophone #A-1940. Performer: Steve Porter (b. 1865?, d. 1946). Steve Porter was a recording industry pioneer. He recorded comic sketches as early as 1897 (often in Irish dialect) and was a baritone singer with the American Quartet. This recording follows the original story with some alterations. archive.org has a substantial collection of Steve Porter's works available online.  [HARPER, WEB]
31. Chicago Herald American (January 4, 1942)   "Mustapha Ali"   A story. Illustrated by N. P. Steinberg.  [EPBLIB]

Anthologies

1. The Saturday Evening Post Carnival Of Humor (1958) "Mascot"   Edited By Robert M. Yoder. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, Inc.  [EPBLIB]
2. Masterpieces of Mystery Ellery Queen (1976)   Eighteen volume set including volume titled "Detective Directory II." Copyright 1976-79. Worchester MA: Davis Publications, Inc. pp 351.  [EBAY]
3. Tom Masson's Annual; Third of Series (1925) "The Memoir Aristocratic"   A story. Story is subtitled "As Done by the English Upper Classes, Typed by Ellis Parker Butler." Book is subtitled "Ye Comically Inclined People's Vade Mecum." Edited by Thomas L. Masson. Country Life Press. Doubleday, Page and Company. Garden City, New York.  [EPBLIB]
4. The Best Humor of 1925 (1926) "The Memoir Aristocratic"   Edited by Nathan Haskell Dole and Harold S. Dole. p 59-63.  [HARPER]
5. A Treasury of Golf Humor (1949) "Montana Golf"   Edited by David Stanley. Illustrated by Cobbledick. Also contains "Aunt Emma and the Devil's Ditch." New York: Lantern Press. p 160-199.  [EPBLIB]
6. Who's Cobb and Why? (1915) "Mr. Cobb of Paducah"   Full title "Who's Cobb and Why? and Other Personal Pictures of America's Genial Philosopher, Humorist and Romancer." New York: George H. Doran. A publisher’s promotional pamphlet issued to promote the books of Irvin S. Cobb. First/only printing; paperback pamphlet. 32 pages.  [HARPER]
7. One Hundred Choice Selections (1909) "Mrs. Madden's Golden-Wedding"   Edited by Phineas Garrett. Volume 39. Philadelphia. p 150-56.  [HARPER]
8. Good Housekeeping Treasury (1960) "Mrs. Dugan's Discovery"   Donald Elder, editor. Humor. "75 Years of its Best Stories, Articles and Poetry." Includes a black and white Strothmann illustration from the 1908 reprint. References May 1905 as the original publication date. New York: Simon and Schuster. 638 p. illus. 26 cm. p 70-1.  [EPBLIB]

Periodicals (Prose)

1. Munsey's Magazine (July, 1927)   "Mad Marix"   A story. "This man's plan for upsetting the civilized world went wrong, owing to an unexpected intervention, but who knows what may happen the next time?"  [EPBLIB]
2. Judge (November 4, 1911)   "Making It Clear"    [HARPER]
3. Judge's Library (November, 1912)   "Making It Clear"    [HARPER]
4. Woman's Home Companion (February, 1906)   "The Making of Alderman Droghan"   A story. "A Delightfully Humorous Glimpse Into the Innermost Workings of the Political Machine, Touching Incidentally Upon the Influence Exerted by Mike's Wife's Cousin Bridget's Husband. Illustrated by Frank Verlbeck. p6-7.  [RGTPL]

	Country Gentleman April, 1928 Click for larger image

5. Country Gentleman (April, 1928)   "Mamie" The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Illustrated by R. M. Brinkerhoff. p 14, 110-112.  [EPBLIB]
6. American Magazine (March, 1916)   "Mamie's Father"   A Swatty story. "Get back to boyhood with Butler -- and smile reminiscently." Illustrations by W. B. King.  [RGTPL]
7. Rotarian (December, 1933)   "A Man, a Boy, and a Dog" A story. "Jimmy lost his temper -- but so did his father, for that matter." Illustrations by Raeburn Van Buren. p 16-17, 55-56. Also, a short bio of the author on page 64.  [RGTPL]
8. Judge (April 17, 1920)   "The Man from '20" A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover.  [HARPER]
9. Washington Post (February 22, 1920)   "A Man Gets What's Coming to Him"   A story. "Wads of money and a Beautiful Girl -- What Would You Have Done?" p 71.  [WASHPOST]
10. Pacific Monthly (April, 1911)   "The Man That Was Squelched"   A story. This magazine merged with Sunset Magazine after December 1911. p 381-389.  [HARPER]
11. Century Magazine (July, 1913)   "The Man Who Did Not Go to Heaven on Tuesday"   A story. No illustrations. p 340-346.  [RGTPL]

	Golden Book Magazine October, 1929 Click for larger image

12. Golden Book Magazine (October, 1929)   "The Man Who Did Not Go to Heaven on Tuesday" A story. Illustrated by Fred Nankivel.  [EPBLIB, FICTIONMAGS]
13. Pictorial Review (April, 1921)   "The Man Who Murdered a Fairy" A story. Drawings by John R. Neill. p 12-13.  [HARPER]
14. Blue Book (March, 1915)   "The Man Who Read The Journal"   A story. "A quaint and most unusual story, by the greatest humorist in America." p 1038-1044.  [EPBLIB]
15. Century Magazine (March, 1910)   "The Man Who Was Someone Else"   A story. Illustrations by F. R. Gruger. p 666-673.  [RGTPL]
16. American Magazine (October, 1905)   "The Man With the Glass Front"   A story. Illustrated by Hermann Heyer. p 712-716.  [RGTPL]
17. People's Home Journal (January, 1909)   "The Man with the Glass Front" A story. p 13.  [EPBLIB]
18. American Magazine (November, 1924)   "Many Happy Returns o' the Day!"   An essay. Includes a photo of the author and his son, Ellis. "The only way you'll ever have 'em is to scuttle the idea that your birthday makes you a year older; on the contrary, you're only twenty-four hours older than you were the day before. I've figured out that each birthday adds to my chances of breaking all endurance records for longevity." Also published as a small book.  [RGTPL]
19. _____ (July, 1917)   "Markley's 'Size-Up' of Dix"   A stort. "The story of a $2,000 man who had a price mark put on him by an expert accountant." Illustrations by Paul Stahr. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover.  [RGTPL]

	People's Home Journal January, 1909 Click for larger image

20. American Boy (September, 1934)   "Marooned"   A story. "Proving That City Cousins Are Curable Diseases After All!" Illustrated by Grattan Condon.  [EPBLIB]
21. Delineator (July, 1922)   "Martin Forgot"   A serious story.  [EPBLIB]
22. Saturday Evening Post (May 23, 1925)   "Mascot" A story. Illustrated by Harry R. Davis. p 42, 50, 52, 54.  [BEST, RGTPL]
23. _____ (September 14, 1918)   "Matey" A story. Illustrated by Thelma Cudlipp. p 45-48.  [BEST]
24. D. A. C. News (May, 1928)   "Matrimony, as Is"    [HARPER]
25. Century Magazine (April, 1906)   "A Matter of Economy"   A story. Mr. and Mrs. Muller strive to outdo one another on saving money in their home. One illustration by Charlotte Harding. p 920-924.  [RGTPL]
26. Short Stories (February, 1912)   "A Matter of Feeling"    [HARPER]
27. 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]
28. National Magazine (April, 1923)   "The Mayor of Sweet Grass"    [HARPER]

	Fruit Garden and Home September, 1923 Click for larger image

29. Radio News (September, 1923)   "The McNoodle Brothers' Radio Mystery"   A Philo Gubb story. "Philo Gubb, the famous correspondent school 'deteckative,' has come back this month. No doubt you have read Mr. Ellis Parker Butler's amusing stories of Philo Gubb. Here he is back in all his past glory. This month he has managed to get mixed up in a radio and bootlegging mystery which cannot fail to hold your interest. It is one of the best from Mr. Butler's pen. We promise you an interesting twenty minutes."  [EPBLIB]
30. Saturday Evening Post (March 10, 1906)   "The Meanest Lady"   Humor. Not listed in HARPER. Short piece, three-quarters of a column. p 19.  [EPBLIB]
31. Metropolitan (December, 1922)   "The Meechin Romance"    [HARPER]
32. Saturday Evening Post (January 24, 1925)   "The Memoir Aristocratic" Story subtitled "As Done by the English Upper Classes (Typed by Ellis Parker Butler)". Printed in the "Short Turns and Encores" section. p 26, 51.  [HARPER]
33. Judge (December 3, 1910)   "Merry Christmas, Incorporated"    [HARPER]
34. Bookman (October, 1919)   "A Message from Mr. Barr Leecorn"   Humor. Printed in the "Complaint Department." p 187-9.  [RGTPL]
35. New Story Magazine (April, 1912)   "The Micmac and Maizie"    [HARPER]
36. Cosmopolitan (September, 1905)   "A Midsummer Madness"   A story. Illustrated by William Hurd Lawrence. p 490-98.  [RGTPL]
37. Woman's Home Companion (March, 1924)   "Mighty Tight Money"   A story. Illustrated by George Wright. Volume LI. Number 3.  [RGTPL]

	Short Stories June 25, 1932 Click for larger image

38. Short Stories (June 25, 1932)   "Mike Flannery, Detective" A Mike Flannery story. Flannery foils a robbery at the Interurban Express office. Not listed in HARPER.  [EPBLIB]
39. World Magazine (November 11, 1917)   "Mike Flannery on German Kultur in Bel'jum"   A Mike Flannery story.  [HARPER]
40. _____ (October 28, 1917)   "Mike Flannery on the Glory of War"   A Mike Flannery story.  [RGTPL]
41. _____ (November 25, 1917)   "Mike Flannery on the Kaiser's New Tactics"   A Mike Flannery story.  [HARPER]
42. Time Magazine (September 20, 1937)   "Milestones"   An obituary. From Time.com WEB.  [WEB]
43. Woman's Home Companion (June, 1916)   "Millingham Decides" A story. "and so does Mrs. Millingham! Thereby settling forever the question as to whether husband or wife selects the family motor." Illustrated by W. B. King. p 5-6.  [RGTPL]
44. Judge's Library (June, 1911)   "Millington's Motor Boat"    [HARPER]
45. Century Magazine (November, 1909)   "Millington's Motor Mystery"   A story. With pictures by F. R. Gruger. p 121-128.  [RGTPL]
46. Woman's Home Companion (November, 1923)   "The Miltod Election" A story. Illustrations by Herbert Paus. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover.  [RGTPL]
47. Judge (November 6, 1920)   "A Miserable Business" A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p5-6.  [EPBLIB]
48. Nickell Magazine (March, 1899)   "Miss Josephine -- and Sal"    [BERCH]
49. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (January, 1915)   "Miss Kimpton's Bones" A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 77-85.  [RGTPL]
50. Burroughs Clearing House (January, 1918)   "Miss Libby Loan"    [HARPER]
51. Short Stories (May, 1901)   "Miss Mary goes to Church"    [HARPER]
52. New Age Illustrated (December, 1927)   "Miss Miffy's Great Day"   Later reprinted in Home Magazine.  [HARPER]
53. McClure's Magazine (April, 1904)   "Miss Milly's Creche"   A story. Illustrated by Alice Barber Stephens.  [FICTIONMAGS, RGTPL]
54. Pearson's Magazine (December, 1904)   "Miss Milly's Creche"   A story.  [FICTIONMAGS]
55. Chicago Sunday Tribune (February 21, 1932)   "Miss Mimms of New York"    [HARPER]

	Lippincott's Monthly Magazine January, 1915 Click for larger image

56. Truth (December, 1899)   "Miss Phenny Slams the Door"    [EBAY, HARPER]
57. Short Stories (November, 1911)   "Miss Rosenbloom"    [HARPER]
58. McCall's (December, 1935)   "The Misses Meekins"   A story. "Ellis Parker Butler tells a merry story of the Misses Meekins who raise the roof fund in a most peculiar way." Illustrated by F. R. Gruger. As a side note, there is an unrelated "Pigs is Pigs" article in the March 1944 issue of McCall's.  [EPBLIB]
59. Red Book (October, 1914)   "The Missing Mister Master"   A Philo Gubb story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 1210-19.  [HARPER]
60. Munsey's Magazine (November, 1922)   "The Mistake"   A story. p 219-225.  [EPBLIB]
61. Smart Set (January, 1906)   "Mitland, of the Blues"    [HARPER]
62. National Magazine (May, 1900)   "The Moaning of the Pines"    [HARPER]
63. _____ (December, 1923)   "The Moaning of the Pines"    [HARPER]
64. Up to Date (June 13, 1896)   "A Modern Drama"   "Up to Date: Everybody's Magazine."  [HARPER]
65. Munsey's Magazine (October, 1923)   "Money To Burn" A story. "Why Grandpa Winch insisted on lighting his stogies with ten-dollar bills."  [EPBLIB, PULP]

	Munsey's Magazine October, 1923 Click for larger image

66. Appleton's Magazine (June, 1909)   "The Monk and the Maidens"   "An Unwritten Chapter from Charles Kingsley's Hypatia." Illustrated by Horace Taylor. p 658-665.  [EPBLIB]
67. Saturday Evening Post (June 26, 1926)   "Montana Golf" A story. Golf and romance at the Pokatuk Country Club. Illustrated by Raeburn Van Buren. p 48, 68-72.  [RGTPL]
68. Author & Journalist (May, 1925)   "More Laughs in Literature, Please!" "Some Observations of Ellis Parker Butler, Including the Sad History of Oleander P. Collik." As reported by Justine Mansfield.  [HARPER, LOCKE]
69. Red Book (July, 1917)   "More or Less Atoms"   A Shagbark Jones story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p574-83.  [HARPER]
70. Collier's (July 13, 1907)   "Mosby's Depilitator" A story.  [HANNIGAN]
71. Reader Magazine (February, 1907)   "Motor Matrimony"   This story was reprinted as the advertising booklet An Up Hill and Down Dale Honeymoon.  [RGTPL]
72. Pearson's Magazine (June, 1913)   "Motor Matrimony"   p 667-74.  [HARPER]
73. McCall's (July, 1907)   "Mourning for Yonks" A story. Part one. Continued in the next month's issue. p 976-77.  [HARPER]

	McCall's August, 1907 Click for larger image

74. _____ (August, 1907)   "Mourning for Yonks" A story. Continued from the previous month. p 1060.  [HARPER]
75. Washington Post (June 20, 1920)   "Movies Is Movies"   "A few days ago, writes Ellis Parker Butler, the author of 'Pigs Is Pigs,' in the July Photoplay, a producer bought the motion picture rights of one of my novels -- the one called 'The Jack Knife Man' -- and paid $13,000 for it, all in real money. pg. 5, 1 pgs.  [WASHPOST]
76. 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]
77. Saturday Evening Post (March 27, 1909)   "Mr. Billings' Pockets"   A story. "He Explains the Morning After." Illustrated by Gustavus C. Widney. Later published in The Water Goats and Other Troubles.  [EPBLIB]
78. Radio News (March, 1923)   "Mr. Bimberry Hears the Banquet"   A story.  [EPBLIB]
79. _____ (May, 1923)   "Mr. Binks Radio"   A story.  [EPBLIB]
80. _____ (April, 1923)   "Mr. Brownlee's Loudtalker"   A story.  [EPBLIB]
81. National Sunday Magazine (June 27, 1915)   "Mr. Busby's Telephone Affinity"    [HARPER]
82. Radio News (June, 1923)   "Mr. Filbert Tunes In"   A story. "Each woman sat in a porcelain basin! For insulation, sir! The hair of each woman was done in two braids, and these were connected together in one long chain. Those women, sir, were being used as an antenna made of human hair."  [EPBLIB]
83. Judge's Library (November, 1912)   "Mr. Gimp Attends the Horse Show"    [HARPER]

	Photoplay Magazine July, 1920 Click for larger image

84. Judge (August 19, 1911)   "Mr. Gimp Kills a Fly"    [HARPER]
85. _____ (September 9, 1911)   "Mr. Gimp Mends the Faucet"    [HARPER]
86. _____ (November 18, 1911)   "Mr. Griggs Invests"    [HARPER]
87. Up to Date (March 13, 1897)   "Mr. Griggs' Laundry Tickets"    [HARPER]
88. Red Book (April, 1914)   "Mr. Lucy of Rome"    [HARPER]
89. _____ (September, 1911)   "Mr. Migswitch"   A story. One of the "Built-by-Speculator" series.  [HARPER]
90. Rotarian (July, 1927)   "Mr. Mulks' Terrible Whoops"    [HARPER]
91. Red Book (May, 1911)   "Mr. Peevy on Votes for Women"    [HARPER]
92. Blue Book (August, 1912)   "Mr. Pethlow's Auxiliary Buggy"   As Zenda Warde.  [HARPER]
93. Woman's Home Companion (October, 1906)   "Mr. Pidgins Perjury"   A story. "The Witness for the Plaintiff Gives Some Remarkable Testimony and the Fallacy of Circumstancial Evidence is Once Again Apparent." Illustrations by F. T. Richards. Not indexed in RGTPL. p 13-14.  [EPBLIB]
94. Ainslee's (April, 1921)   "Mr. Quaggs"    [HARPER]
95. New York Herald Magazine (August 8, 1908)   "Mr. Stortz and the Hund-Dog"    [HARPER]
96. Blue Book (February, 1915)   "Mr. Truesdale Tells the Truth"   A story. "The poor man promised his wife to tell the exact truth: what happened to him." p 825-29.  [HARPER]
97. _____ (June, 1912)   "Mr. Wix and Progress"   As Zenda Warde.  [HARPER]
98. Munsey's Magazine (May, 1922)   "Mr. Wyckington's Gladstone"   A story. "A tragedy of big business -- the disasterous success of a millionaire manufacturer of household cement." Not indexed in PULP.  [EPBLIB]

	Radio News February, 1923 Click for larger image

99. Radio News (February, 1923)   "Mr. and Mrs. Brownlee Hold Hands" A story. "Sophia, take your hand off that dial! Do you hear me? Once! Twice! For the third and last time..." Illustrated by R. Ward. p 1468, 1557-59.  [EPBLIB]
100. New York Times (November 15, 1902)   "Mr. Gilder's Choice of Words"   A letter to the editor. p BR13.  [NYTIMES]
101. Judge (October 21, 1911)   "Mr. Gimp Attends the Horse Show" A story.  [HARPER]
102. Woman's Home Companion (April, 1930)   "Mr. Jern's Ambition" A story. Illustrated by Herbert Paus. p 10-11, 97-101.  [RGTPL]
103. Motor (January, 1932)   "Mr. Jesty and the Auto-Top" A story. Annual show number. Illustrated by Herb Roth. p 80-81, 144.  [HARPER]
104. Argosy (March 19, 1932)   "Mr. Klinsky's Even Mind" A story. Volume 228. Number 3. One illustration. "A quick temper is a risky asset." p 105-112.  [ARGOSY, PULP]
105. Hampton's Magazine (July, 1909)   "Mr. Marston's Chauffeurette" A story. Illustrated by Albert Levering. p 47-54.  [HARPER]
106. Pall Mall Magazine (December, 1911)   "Mr. Marston's Chauffeurette"   A story. p 1035-42.  [HARPER]

	Pictorial Review April, 1915 Click for larger image

107. Pictorial Review (April, 1915)   "Mr. Middlemay's Alibi" A story. "The amazing adventures of a man who goes shopping." Illustrations by P. J. Monahan. p 20+  [HARPER]
108. Girl's Own Paper (October, 1916)   "Mr. Millingham Decides"   A story. The volume and page number are correct; the date might be wrong. Volume 37. p 685.  [WEB]
109. Radio News (January, 1923)   "Mr. Murchison's Radio Party" A story. "We are pleased to announce that, beginning with this issue and for the year to come, Mr. Ellis Parker Butler will write radio stories exclusively for RADIO NEWS." One illustration by Frank R. Paul (b. 1884, d. 1963). Includes a photo of the author. p 1268-69, 1384-86.  [EPBLIB]
110. Century Magazine (February, 1900)   "Mr. Perkins of Portland"   A Perkins of Portland story. Later published in Perkins of Portland. With pictures by Florence Scovel Shinn. Published in the "In Lighter Vein" section. p 642-645.  [RGTPL]
111. _____ (November, 1912)   "Mr. Wellaway's Host"   A story. Illustrated by Henry Raleigh. p 3-13.  [RGTPL]
112. Illustrated Sunday Magazine (January 16, 1916)   "Mrs. Callan's Absolute Happiness"    [HARPER]
113. National Magazine (January, 1898)   "Mrs. Digby's Pie"    [HARPER]
114. Monthly Story Magazine (July, 1906)   "Mrs. Droghan's Miracle"    [HARPER]
115. Good Housekeeping (May, 1935)   "Mrs. Dugan's Discovery"   Humor. Golden Anniversary Edition. This reprint carries this editor's note: "At 50 one may be permitted to reminisce, so Good Housekeeping recalls this story it laughed at over 30 years ago. Read by the author at a "Discovery" dinner at the Hotel Astor in 1905, it has been three times reprinted -- in 1908, '11, '18 -- because of reader request for copies. For our birthday we print it for the fifth time."  [RGTPL]

	Radio News January, 1923 Click for larger image

116. Smart Set (November, 1905)   "Mrs. Madden's Golden-Wedding"    [HARPER]
117. This Week (June 30, 1935)   "Mrs. Pentwater's Worry"    [HARPER]
118. New Story Magazine (July, 1912)   "Mrs. Tilmoot's Father"    [HARPER]
119. Detective Story (March 19, 1918)   "Mrs. Tilmoot's Father"    [COOK+MILLER]
120. Success Magazine (October, 1906)   "Mrs. Casey's Dollar" A story. Illustrated by J. R. Shaver. Mrs. Casey has her day in court while fighting the railroad company for payment of the sum of one dollar. p 662+.  [EPBLIB]
121. Good Housekeeping (August, 1906)   "Our Discovery Dinner"   An article. First publication of "Mrs. Dugan's Discovery" as part of the longer article. Titled here as "How to make six dozen lamp chimneys out of twelve old bottles." p 114-122.  [EPBLIB]
122. _____ (August, 1908)   "Mrs. Dugan's Discovery" Humor. "This 'Discovery' was written for the Good Housekeeping 'Discovery' dinner, held at the Hotel Astor, New York, in April, 1905, and read by its author. It appeared in a report of the dinner in our pages, and is repeated by request." This issue of the magazine was titled "Good Cheer Number." Three color illustrations by F. Strothmann different from the illustration used later. p 168-70.  [EPBLIB]
123. _____ (July, 1911)   "Mrs. Dugan's Discovery"   Humor. A reprint of the now famous piece. Includes the Strothmann illustrations from 1908, printed in black only. An editor's note says this is a reprint from August 1909 (which is probably an error and should have referred to August 1906 or August 1908). p 142-144.  [RGTPL]
124. _____ (June, 1918)   "Mrs. Dugan's Discovery" Humor. This reprint carries this editor's note: "Well, here it is. We're tired of making copies of it, so we reprint it for the third or fourth time. It was last published in 1911, but we count that week an exceptional one wherein no request comes for a copy of it. Apparently it is in popular opinion the funniest thing this magazine has ever printed." Includes a drawing by F. Strothmann.  [BEST, RGTPL]

	Sunset Magazine January, 1910 Click for larger image

125. Sunset Magazine (January, 1910)   "Mrs. Dugan's Husbands" A story. Given the story line, the dialect used and the publication date, this is surely the same Mrs. Dugan as in "Mrs. Dugan's Discovery." p 9-11.  [RGTPL]
126. Blue Book (September, 1916)   "Much Mentioned Men" The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover.  [HARPER, PULP]
127. Boys' and Girls' Newspaper (February 24, 1935)   "The Mud Creek Rattlers"    [HARPER]
128. _____ (March 3, 1935)   "The Mud Creek Rattlers"    [HARPER]
129. _____ (March 10, 1935)   "The Mud Creek Rattlers"    [HARPER]
130. _____ (March 17, 1935)   "The Mud Creek Rattlers"    [HARPER]
131. _____ (March 24, 1935)   "The Mud Creek Rattlers"    [HARPER]
132. _____ (April 1, 1935)   "The Mud Creek Rattlers"    [HARPER]
133. _____ (April 8, 1935)   "The Mud Creek Rattlers"    [HARPER]
134. _____ (April 15, 1935)   "The Mud Creek Rattlers"    [HARPER]
135. Association Men (July, 1921)   "The Mud-Hutters"    [HARPER]
136. People's Home Journal (October, 1910)   "Murchison's Dog" A story. Illustrated by Harrison Cady. This is the same story as "The Education of Fluff" and "That Pup of Murchison's" with a different title. The magazine's title includes "With Which is Incorporated 'Good Literature'." p 16-17.  [EPBLIB]

	People's Home Journal October, 1910 Click for larger image

137. Argosy (March 9, 1935)   "Murder Money"   A short story. "A careful clueless murder. A murderer often leaves behind a clue for the law -- but in this clueless crime the law unwittingly provided its own solution." One illustration.  [ARGOSY, PULP]
138. Green Book (December, 1916)   "The Murderer" A story. "Not since 'The Lady of the Tiger' has there been written so clever a story of this type: Mr. Butler, you will discover, can be serious most effectively." Illustrated by Arthur Button. p 1081-86.  [HARPER]
139. American Magazine (December, 1915)   "The Murderers"   A Swatty Story. Illustrations by W. B. King.  [RGTPL]
140. Mohawk Rug Retailer (August - September, 1933)   "Mustapha Ali"    [HARPER]
141. D. A. C. News (June, 1926)   "Musty Sunspots"   "A Twentieth Century Novel All Dolled Up in the Very Best Style for Intelligents and Morons, Male and Female."  [HARPER]
142. Saturday Evening Post (July 21, 1917)   "Mutual Spurs, Limited" A story. A tale of mentoring and self-improvement. p 35, 37.  [HARPER]
143. Century Magazine (November, 1896)   "My Cyclone-proof House"   A story. No illustrations. Butler refers to this story in his biographical essay in My Maiden Effort. Published in the "In Lighter Vein" section. p 160.  [MOA]
144. Country Life in America (February, 1910)   "My Domesticated Automobile"   "The Adventures of a Suburbanite." Part five of seven. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover.  [RGTPL]

	Saturday Evening Post July 21, 1917 Click for larger image

145. Up to Date (December 4, 1897)   "My Folding Bed"    [HARPER]
146. Bookman (April, 1926)   "My Greek Novel" Humor. With sketches by Clarence Day, Jr. Volume LXIII. Number 2. p 150-153.  [RGTPL]
147. Up to Date (August 28, 1897)   "My Houseboat"    [HARPER]
148. Munsey's Magazine (May, 1897)   "My Housebreaker" A story. "How Shadyhurst recovered its prestige, which had been threatened by the burglary epidemic at a rival suburb -- The incredible romance of a good young man." Volume 17. Number 2. Page 187.  [EPBLIB]
149. Authors' League Bulletin (September, 1918)   "My Maiden Effort"   Also published in the My Maiden Effort book.  [HARPER]
150. Fruit Garden and Home (March, 1923)   "My Neighbor's Chickens" An essay. p 13-14. Also, editor's note on page 58.  [HARPER]
151. _____ (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]
152. New York Times (March 19, 1911)   "My Selective Garden"   A story. "An Experiment that Should Have Revolutionized the Art of Gardening in a Jiffy, Being Worked by an Infallible System -- But It Didn't." p V-14.  [NYTIMES]

	Green Book October, 1915 Click for larger image

153. Green Book (October, 1915)   "My Valet" A story. p 598-607.  [HARPER, LOCKE]
154. Munsey's Magazine (December, 1924)   "Mystery House"   A story. "The puzzling affair that engaged a number of the brightest brains in Woodmere." p 482-494.  [FICTIONMAGS]
155. Red Book (April, 1917)   "The Mystery Man" A Shagbark Jones story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin.  [EPBLIB]

Periodicals (Poetry)

1. 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]

	St. Nicholas Magazine December, 1921 Click for larger image

2. St. Nicholas Magazine (December, 1921)   "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!" A poem in six verses. p 137.  [RGTPL]
3. Up to Date (April 24, 1897)   "Meta"    [HARPER]
4. Midland Monthly (January, 1895)   "A Midnight Tragedy"   A poem in 12 verses.  [HARPER]
5. Saturday Evening Post (May 22, 1926)   "Millennium" A poem. p 175.  [HARPER]
6. 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]
7. Red Book (May, 1917)   "The Mortgage Money" A Shagbark Jones story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. "An exploit of Shagbark Jones, the most extraordinary solver of mysteries ever chronicled." p 159-167.  [EPBLIB]
8. Bookman (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]
9. Midland Monthly (April, 1896)   "My Chronology"    [HARPER]
10. Up to Date (November 14, 1896)   "My President"    [HARPER]

Related Materials

1. Bookman (June and July, 1932)   "Method In Their Madness"   By Edward Weeks. "Sidelights on the Writing Habits of Authors -- Part Two." There's a brief reference to Ellis Parker Butler on page 228. p 225-232.  [EPBLIB]
2. Authors' League Bulletin (April, 1918)   "Mr. Butler Gets a Present"   p 12-14.  [HARPER]
3. BOOK: Hog Ties: What Pigs Tell Us about America (2002)   by Richard P. Horwitz. Extensive analysis of "Pigs is Pigs". ISBN: 0816641838. Publisher: University of Minnesota Press. Aug 1, 2002. p 241-251.  [GOOGLE BOOKS]
4. My Day in Court (1939) "The Authors' League"   By Arthur Train. About the founding of the Authors' League in 1911 and later. Ellis Parker Butler is credited as being elected Secretary and Treasurer pro tem and as having signed the incorporation papers filed in Albany on December 18, 1912. Chapter 27. p 308-313. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.  [HARPER]

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