Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

Stories

1896

1. 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]

	Century Magazine December, 1896 Click for larger image

2. _____ (December, 1896)   "The "Setting Out" at Big'Low's" A story. With pictures by Jay Hambidge. Published in the "In Lighter Vein" section.  [MOA]
3. Shippensburg News (December 25, 1896)   "A Nameless Gift"   A story. "Why Sister Mary Broke Her Engagement with the Doctor." One illustration. Shippensburg (Pennyslvania) News; December 25, 1896; p 1.  [EPBLIB]

1897

4. Naugatuck Daily News (April 17, 1897)   "Dora's Easter Service"   A story. Illustrated. Naugatuck (Connecticut) Daily News; April 17, 1897; p5.  [NPA]
5. 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]

1898

6. Freeborn County Standard (March 30, 1898)   "An Arkansas Pastel"   A story. "A Word Picture with a Very Pathetic Toning" Reprinted from Yellow Book. Albert Lea, Minnesota: Freeborn County Standard; March 30, 1898. Sandusky (Ohio) Morning Star; March 30, 1898.  [NPA]

1899

7. 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]
8. Criterion (October 21, 1899)   "A Good fer Nawthin'" Character study, dialect and the Mississippi River -- all typical Butler elements in this early and distinctively atypical Butler story. There's no humor and there's no happy ending.  [EPBLIB]

	National Magazine December, 1899 Click for larger image

9. National Magazine (December, 1899)   "What Tom Said About It" A story. Published in the "'Twixt Smiles and Tears" section. p 342-344.  [EPBLIB]

1900

10. Century Magazine (April, 1900)   "Pap Briggs's Phenomenal Hen-Food"   A story. Later printed in Kilo as chapter 19, "Pap Briggs' Hen Food." With three drawings by Frederic Dorr Steele. Published in the "In Lighter Vein" section. p 962-965.  [RGTPL]
11. _____ (October, 1900)   "The Hanging-On of 'By Jocks'"   A story. With pictures by Frederic Dorr Steele. p 944-49.  [RGTPL]

1901

12. Leslie's Monthly (March, 1901)   "Temporary Editor" A story. One illustration. p 514-515.  [HANNIGAN]
13. Century Magazine (September, 1901)   "The False Gods of Doc Weaver"   With drawings by Frederic Dorr Steele. This story later became chapter 11 in Kilo. p 691-697.  [RGTPL]
14. Brown Book of Boston (November, 1901)   "The Great Hartsock Boom" A story. Illustrated by W. Herbert Dunton. p 14, 15, 31.  [HARPER]

1902

15. New York Times (November 2, 1902)   "Speaking of the Weather"   A story. p SM12.  [NYTIMES]

1903

16. New York Times (February 15, 1903)   "The Weather Prophet of Bad Leg"   A story. p SM6.  [NYTIMES]
17. _____ (February 22, 1903)   "The Tragedy of Toto"   A story. p SM13.  [NYTIMES]

	Brown Book of Boston November, 1901 Click for larger image

18. Leslie's Monthly (March, 1903)   "The Literary Graveyard"   A story with poetry. Illustrated by B. Cory Kilvert. p 538-40.  [HARPER]
19. Brown Book of Boston (June, 1903)   "The Girl With the Gilded Nose" A story. Drawings by Frank T. Merrill. p 44-45.  [EPBLIB]
20. Leslie's Monthly (June, 1903)   "The Gymkhana at Milkville" A story. The author spells the word as "gymkhana" (which is the dictionary spelling) while the illustrator and HARPER use "gymkana." Illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory (F. Y. Cory). Includes the author's submission letter. p 127-133.  [HARPER, FICTIONMAGS]
21. _____ (September, 1903)   "The Heart of a Man"   A story. With drawings by Emilie Benson Knipe. The phrase "The Heart of a Man -- Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 417-424.  [HARPER]
22. _____ (October, 1903)   "The Great Park Strike"   A story. With pictures by Fanny (F. Y.) Cory. p 603-609.  [HANNIGAN]
23. Argosy (November, 1903)   "Car No. 1297" A short story. "The extraordinary trip of a New York trolley car and its important bearing on a love affair." Not indexed in PULP. p 754-761.  [ARGOSY]
24. Saturday Evening Post (November 28, 1903)   "International Skull and Cross Bones, Ltd." A story. "A Practical Example of the Principles of 'High Finance.'" Drawn by Martin Justice. p 6-8, 26, 28.  [HANNIGAN]

	Saturday Evening Post November 28, 1903 Click for larger image

1904

25. Leslie's Monthly (March, 1904)   "Our Neighbor's Children"   A story. As James K. Hanna (unconfirmed). Illustrated by Emilie Benson-Knipe. p 481-488.  [EPBLIB]
26. Century Magazine (April, 1904)   "The Day on the Roof"   A story. Pictures by John Sloan. p 839-46.  [RGTPL]
27. _____ (June, 1904)   "The Sectional House" A story. "A Tale of Iowa." Pictures by (Frederic) F. R. Gruger.  [RGTPL]
28. Leslie's Monthly (July, 1904)   "A Fortune in Hot Air" A Perkins of Portland story. "An Adventure of Perkins the Great." With drawings by F. R. Gruger. Volume LVIII. Number 3. Whole Number 343. Pages 269-274. This story is not in Perkins of Portland. Also reprinted in Dallas Morning News, January 5, 1908.  [HANNIGAN]
29. _____ (August, 1904)   "The Feet of the Detwilers"   A story. "A Tale of Cousin Carrie and the Lousiana Exposition." With pictures by E. D. Stevens. Volume 58. Number 4. p 413-418.  [HANNIGAN]
30. _____ (September, 1904)   "In the Next Cot"   A story. With drawings by A. W. Brown. "A great beer wagon loomed just ahead." p 550-556.  [HANNIGAN]

1905

31. Youth's Companion (April 20, 1905)   "A Quiet Night with Joseph" A story. "Easter Number 1905." Drawings by W. B. Brown. p 186-188.  [CUTTS, HARPER]

	Youth's Companion April 20, 1905 Click for larger image

32. Cosmopolitan (September, 1905)   "A Midsummer Madness"   A story. Illustrated by William Hurd Lawrence. p 490-98.  [RGTPL]
33. Saturday Evening Post (September 23, 1905)   "Pete, the Circassian Horse" A story. "The story of a Hairy Wonder." Drawn by John Sloan. p 6-7,19.  [HANNIGAN]
34. American Magazine (October, 1905)   "The Man With the Glass Front"   A story. Illustrated by Hermann Heyer. p 712-716.  [RGTPL]
35. Success Magazine (December, 1905)   "A Blue-label Saint" A story. "How Kriss Kringle, St. Patrick, and the Labor Union Delegates Got Mixed." Illustrated by Horace Taylor. p 802-04.  [EPBLIB]

1906

36. Ainslee's (January, 1906)   "The Republic of Susan B." A story.  [HARPER]
37. 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]
38. Monthly Story Magazine (February, 1906)   "A Christmas Stop-Over" A story. HARPER calls this publication "The Monthly Magazine." Monthly Story was founded in MAY-1905 and became the Blue Book Magazine in MAY-1907. p 641-647.  [FICTIONMAGS, PULP]
39. 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]

	Monthly Story Magazine February, 1906 Click for larger image

40. 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]
41. Ainslee's (August, 1906)   "Our Lease" A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 131-135.  [HARPER]
42. 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]
43. Success Magazine (August, 1906)   "The Casey-Murphy Handicap" A story. Illustrated by Gerrit A. Beneker (b. 1882, d. 1934). Volume 9. Number 147. p 550-551,576.  [HARPER]
44. _____ (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]
45. Saturday Evening Post (December 1, 1906)   "The Three Hundred" A Mike Flannery story. "How the New Spelling Came to Westcote." Illustrated by Gustavus C Widney. Later appears in Mike Flannery, On Duty and Off. p 8-9, 26-28.  [HANNIGAN]

1907

46. Woman's Home Companion (May, 1907)   "The Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas" A story. Illustrations by Frank Ver Beck. "If every cat were allowed to send nine distinct ghosts into the ghost realm the population there would soon be too catty."  [EPBLIB]

	McCall's July, 1907 Click for larger image

47. McCall's (July, 1907)   "Mourning for Yonks" A story. Part one. Continued in the next month's issue. p 976-77.  [HARPER]
48. Delineator (December, 1907)   "The Canned Plum Pudding" A story. Published in the "Short Lengths" section. Two illustrations by J. L. S. Williams. p 969-71.  [HANNIGAN]

1908

49. Good Housekeeping (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]
50. Saturday Evening Post (December 5, 1908)   "The Thin Santa Claus" A story. Illustrated by May Wilson Preston. p 8-9, 36.  [HANNIGAN]

1909

51. Everybody's Magazine (February, 1909)   "Our First Burglar"   A story. Later published in The Water Goats and Other Troubles. Illustrated by Irma Deremeaux. p 210-215.  [RGTPL]
52. Appleton's Magazine (March, 1909)   "The Great Timascheff-Servadac Duel"   Satire. "An Unwritten Chapter from Jules Vernes's 'Hector Servadac.'" Illustrated by Horace Taylor. p 330-36.  [EPBLIB]
53. Everybody's Magazine (April, 1909)   "The Late John Wiggins"   A story. Illustrations by Martin Justice. p 454-64.  [RGTPL]

	Saturday Evening Post December 5, 1908 Click for larger image

54. Appleton's Magazine (May, 1909)   "I Gae Doon the Doone Dune"   Satire. "An Unwritten Chapter from R. D. Blackmore's Lorna Doone." Illustrated by Horace Taylor. p 581-88.  [EPBLIB]
55. Sunset Magazine (July, 1909)   "Thompson's Truthful Graveyard" A story. Drawings by M. J. Spero. p 3-9.  [HARPER]
56. Cosmopolitan (September, 1909)   "Geoffrey's Panklaggephone"   A story. Illustrated in color by Horace Taylor.  [RGTPL]
57. Century Magazine (November, 1909)   "Millington's Motor Mystery"   A story. With pictures by F. R. Gruger. p 121-128.  [RGTPL]

1910

58. 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]
59. Saturday Evening Post (February 12, 1910)   "The Boom in Spooks" A story. Illustrated by May Wilson Preston. "Why Do Dollar Watches With Brass Lids Come Back From Spirit Land?" p 11-12, 45.  [HANNIGAN]
60. Century Magazine (March, 1910)   "The Man Who Was Someone Else"   A story. Illustrations by F. R. Gruger. p 666-673.  [RGTPL]

	Hampton's Magazine June, 1910 Click for larger image

61. Hampton's Magazine (June, 1910)   "An Experiment in Gyro-Hats" A story. Illustrations by Albert Levering. Published as a booklet later the same year. p 799-808.  [HARPER]
62. Woman's World (September, 1910)   "Wodelbert's Pseudo-Uncle"   A story. Illustrations by Henry J. Soulen. p 5, 28.  [HARPER]
63. Good Housekeeping (October, 1910)   "The Head of the Department" A story. Reprinted from the September 1904 issue. p 381-386.  [EPBLIB]
64. 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]
65. Century Magazine (November, 1910)   "Jerry's Pachyderm"   A story. With pictures by F. R. Gruger. p 109-117.  [RGTPL]

1911

66. Judge (March 18, 1911)   "John Scott's Affectionate Pup" A story. p 15-16 (pages are unnumbered).  [HARPER]
67. Century Magazine (April, 1911)   "The Last Conversion of Sally-in-the-Hollow"   A story. With pictures by F. R. Gruger. p 890-894.  [RGTPL]

	Judge July 15, 1911 Click for larger image

68. Judge (July 15, 1911)   "Bit by Snake" A story. "A thrilling story of circus life." p 6-8.  [HARPER]
69. Blue Book (August, 1911)   "The Super-Cook" A story. "A lightsome tale of an amusing domestic dilemma." p 894-896. Text and images contributed by John Locke.  [LOCKE, PULP]
70. Century Magazine (August, 1911)   "The Blind Ass of the 'Dobe Mill"   A story. Illustration by F. R. Gruger. Truly a unique Butler piece; an allegory set in a rural Mexican village. p 607-610.  [CHAPIN, RGTPL]
71. Judge (September 30, 1911)   "Princess Fifi" A story. p 6-8.  [HARPER]
72. _____ (October 21, 1911)   "Mr. Gimp Attends the Horse Show" A story.  [HARPER]

1912

73. Black Cat (January, 1912)   "Amos Hopstone" A story.  [PULP]
74. Pall Mall Magazine (January, 1912)   "Kissing Hannah"   A story. p 139-44.  [HARPER]
75. Woman's World (May, 1912)   "The Last Step" A story. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John. p 6, 23.  [EPBLIB]
76. Century Magazine (November, 1912)   "Mr. Wellaway's Host"   A story. Illustrated by Henry Raleigh. p 3-13.  [RGTPL]

	Century Magazine February, 1913 Click for larger image

1913

77. Century Magazine (February, 1913)   "Long Sam "Takes Out"" A story. With pictures by May Wilson Preston. p 571-580.  [RGTPL]
78. _____ (July, 1913)   "The Man Who Did Not Go to Heaven on Tuesday"   A story. No illustrations. p 340-346.  [RGTPL]
79. Delineator (September, 1913)   "Susie" A story. The third installment of the serial, "The Jack-Knife Man." p 10-11, 60-62.  [RGTPL]
80. Woman's World (September, 1913)   "Emancipating Mother" A story. Illustrations by Alexander Popini. p 7-8, 16.  [EPBLIB]
81. 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]
82. _____ (December, 1913)   "The Ethiopian Dip" A story. Pictures by Reginald Birch. p 200-208.  [RGTPL]
83. Harper's Bazar (December, 1913)   "The Fifth Commandment"   A story. The author "approaches the divorce problem from a new angle." Includes a full-page drawing by Walter Biggs. p 26-8. Numbering for the commandment in this title is likely from some source such as Westminster Shorter Catechism (or other) and is certainly "Honor Thy Mother and Father".  [EPBLIB]

	Blue Book September, 1914 Click for larger image

1914

84. 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]
85. Munsey's Magazine (November, 1914)   "The Adopted Baby" A story. p 323-329.  [HANNIGAN]

1915

86. Popular Magazine (January 23, 1915)   "The Prophet Man" A story. "A patent-medicine itenerant tries to revive the old-time game and meets with unexpected success and revillings, especially at the hands of a negro who is funny enough for a whole circus." The name "Butler" appears on the cover. p 121-130.  [FICTIONMAGS]
87. Ladies' World (March, 1915)   "A Cross-stitch Penance" A story. "A capital story to read aloud." Illustrations by Frank Strothmann. p 6-7, 34.  [EPBLIB]
88. People's Home Journal (April, 1915)   "Uncle Redney Breaks Loose" A story. "A Complete Novelette" Illustrated by John Cassel. p 10-13, 35.  [EPBLIB]
89. 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]
90. Green Book (October, 1915)   "My Valet" A story. p 598-607.  [HARPER, LOCKE]

1916

91. Popular Magazine (May 7, 1916)   "The Ambition of Barnabee Holt" A story. "Every time Rodge Williams got liquor -- and no one ever discovers how he gets it -- his loftiest ambition is to steal a chicken from Dave Roscoe, which leads to political complications." p 78-85.  [HARPER, FICTIONMAGS]

	Green Book June, 1916 Click for larger image

92. Green Book (June, 1916)   "Why He Married Her" A story. "She talked him to sleep and this won his love; one of Mr. Butler's best tales." Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 1050-53.  [EPBLIB]
93. Saturday Evening Post (July 8, 1916)   "Slim Finnegan" A Swatty story, but his name is "Ting Schwartz." Illustrated by Norman Rockwell. p 6-7, 65-66.  [HARPER]

1917

94. Every Week (February 26, 1917)   "Scratch-Cat" A story. Illustrations by William van Dresser. p 5-8. Same issue as the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.  [HARPER]
95. Green Book (March, 1917)   "She Liked His Face" A story. Illustrated by Rea Irvin. p 436-39.  [EPBLIB]
96. Saturday Evening Post (July 21, 1917)   "Mutual Spurs, Limited" A story. A tale of mentoring and self-improvement. p 35, 37.  [HARPER]
97. Detective Story (September 25, 1917)   "Bread Upon the Waters" A Bryson Brace story. Not illustrated. p 70-75.  [COOK+MILLER]

1918

98. Popular Magazine (January 7, 1918)   "Up Liberty Hill" A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. "For a change, the humorist sacrifices your smile to a serious reflection, and brings to your notice the Debt Doctor, a man with a new and creative idea for common use. We know that Liberty Bonds are a tremendous incentive to thrift, and it is enough to say that the Liberty Hill Plan of the Debt Doctor is a complement thereto." p 120-27.  [HARPER, LOCKE]

	Milestones February, 1918 Click for larger image

99. Milestones (February, 1918)   "Casey Goes Through" A story. Illustrated by Norman Rockwell. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. "Published monthly by The Milestones Publishing Company, Akron, Ohio. Walter Kellogg Towers, Editor." Volume 1. Number 9. p 1-3, 14.  [EPBLIB]
100. Popular Magazine (April 20, 1918)   "Tears and Temperament" A story. "You would hardly believe that low-browed politicians could show such histrionic ability." p 204-211.  [FICTIONMAGS, PULP]
101. Saturday Evening Post (April 13, 1918)   "Big Money Billings" A story. Illustration by Herbert Johnson. p 19, 53-4.  [BEST]
102. Milestones (May, 1918)   "Casey Puts One Over" A story. Illustrated by Norman Rockwell. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. "Published monthly by The Milestones Publishing Company, Akron, Ohio. Walter Kellogg Towers, Editor." Volume 1. Number 12. p 1-3.  [EPBLIB]
103. Argosy (May 18, 1918)   "Below Zero" A short story. German spies during the First World War launch a plot to lower New York City's temperature to far below freezing. p 70-75. Not indexed in PULP.  [ARGOSY]
104. Red Cross Magazine (July, 1918)   "The Pirut Crue of the Red Dagger" A story. Three illustrations by Clyde Forsythe. p 27-31.  [HARPER]
105. Saturday Evening Post (August 17, 1918)   "Letters from the Back" Fiction written as a series of letters to the front. p 45, 48.  [HARPER]

	Saturday Evening Post September 14, 1918 Click for larger image

106. _____ (September 14, 1918)   "Matey" A story. Illustrated by Thelma Cudlipp. p 45-48.  [BEST]

1919

107. Judge (January 25, 1919)   "Was Patagonia Neutral?" A story. Illustrations by Wilfred Jones. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. "But all might still have been well had we not run aginst th' question iv th' loyalty iv th' Republic iv Patagonia."  [EPBLIB]
108. Red Cross Magazine (May, 1919)   "Keeping Up Grandma's Morale"   A story. Illustrated by J. R. Shaver. Also, an editor's note on page 51 in the April 1919 issue calls attention to this story. p 39-43.  [HARPER]
109. Saturday Evening Post (May 10, 1919)   "Romance" A story. Illustration by Will Grefe. p 12, 109.  [HARPER]
110. 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]
111. Everybody's Magazine (October, 1919)   "Economic Waste" A story. "The story of a hard-hit conscience." Illustrated by Edward M. Ashe. The name Ellis Parker Butler appears on the cover. p 46+  [RGTPL]
112. Red Cross Magazine (October, 1919)   "The First Day of School" A story. Four illustrations by Maginel Wright Enright. "Ethelbert stood for a brief second on the stairs looking down. He was vastly unhappy." p 23-26, 66.  [HARPER]

	Saturday Evening Post November 8, 1919 Click for larger image

113. Saturday Evening Post (November 8, 1919)   "A Knight Without Reproach" A story. Illustration by S. Gordon Smyth. p 69-70.  [HARPER]

1920

114. 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]
115. _____ (April 17, 1920)   "The Man from '20" A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover.  [HARPER]
116. _____ (May 15, 1920)   "Uncle Rodney's Moonshine Tobacco" A story. The phrase "Another Ellis Parker Butler Story" appears on the cover. p 5-7.  [HARPER]
117. _____ (June 19, 1920)   "Prohibiting the Movies, or the 87th Amendment" A story. p 5-7.  [MISC]
118. _____ (August 7, 1920)   "Freedom from the Press" A story. The phrase "Another 'Man from '20' story by the author of 'Pigs Is Pigs'" appears on the cover. p 5-7.  [EPBLIB]
119. _____ (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]
120. _____ (November 6, 1920)   "A Miserable Business" A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p5-6.  [EPBLIB]

	Judge November 13, 1920 Click for larger image

121. _____ (November 13, 1920)   "Ads Is Ads" Butler's original title for this story was "Stronger Than Death." The phrase "Ads is Ads by the Author of Pigs Is Pigs" appears on the cover. p 5-7.  [HARPER]
122. _____ (December 4, 1920)   "The Last Quart" A story. "A Christmas Tale Dedicated to the Once Flowing Bowl." p 5-7.  [HARPER]
123. ANTHOLOGY: Modern Literature for Oral Interpretation (1920) "Where There's A Will"   By Gertrude E. Johnson. "Practice Book for Vocal Expression." Reprinted from Lippincott's. p 159-168.  [GOOGLE BOOKS]

1921

124. Pictorial Review (April, 1921)   "The Man Who Murdered a Fairy" A story. Drawings by John R. Neill. p 12-13.  [HARPER]
125. Judge (August 6, 1921)   "Time Isn't Time" A story. p 5-6.  [HARPER]
126. Munsey's Magazine (September, 1921)   "Too Long and Too Loose"   A story. "How Marcel Marceau's Trousers Played Their Part in the History of French Art." Not Marcel Marceau (1923-), the mime artist, who was not yet born when this story was published. Volume LXXIII. Number 4. p 612-616.  [PULP]
127. Red Book (November, 1921)   "Henri's Niece" A story. As James K. Hanna. "The second of 'The Great Graft Syndicate' stories, wherein a wealthy eccentric diverts his mind by a troupe of trained bunco birds." Illustrated by Ray Rohn. p 67-70, 100, 102-104.  [HARPER]

1922

128. Red Book (January, 1922)   "A Tip from Fogarty" As James K. Hanna. Illustrated by Ray Rohn. One of a series called "The Great Graft Syndicate." p 66-69, 100-103.  [HARPER]

	Red Book February, 1922 Click for larger image

129. _____ (February, 1922)   "Cousin May" As James K. Hanna. Illustrated by Ray Rohn. One of a series called "The Great Graft Syndicate." p 71-74.  [HARPER]
130. _____ (March, 1922)   "The 24th Figure" As James K. Hanna. Illustrated by Ray Rohn. One of a series called "The Great Graft Syndicate." p 83-85, 146, 148, 150.  [HARPER]
131. Sunset Magazine (March, 1922)   "The Liar"   A story. Illustrated by Louis Rogers. p 12-15, 69-70.  [RGTPL]
132. Rotarian (August, 1922)   "Collar-Button Casey"   A story. "Casey believed in Service and thereby hangs this tale of the celebrated Pony Collar-Button Express." Illustrations by Worth D. Griffin. p 65-67, 112.  [HARPER]
133. Detective Story (October 21, 1922)   "Billy Bain, the Boy Detective" A story. p 38-46.  [COOK+MILLER]
134. Sunset Magazine (November, 1922)   "The Cave Men"   A story. Illustrated by Louis Rogers. p 13-15, 76-81.  [RGTPL]

1923

135. 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]
136. _____ (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]

	Success Magazine May, 1923 Click for larger image

137. Success Magazine (May, 1923)   "The Pishylogical Momentum" A story. Illustrated by Ralph Pallen Coleman. "The humorous tale of a country minister and a devastating press agent." p 22-25, 70-72.  [HARPER]
138. Argosy (July 14, 1923)   "The Extroducer" A story. One illustration. p 957-60.  [ARGOSY, PULP]
139. 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]
140. Radio News (December, 1923)   "Solander's Radio Tomb" A story. One illustration by Frank R. Paul (b. 1884, d. 1963). p 696, 804-7. One of Butler's classic science fiction stories. Reprinted 4 more times, including in 1998.  [EPBLIB]
141. Rotarian (December, 1923)   "Carden - The Conqueror"   A story. Illustrated by A. H. Winkler. p 7-10, 54-56.  [HARPER]
142. ANTHOLOGY: Marriage (1923) "The Tenth Mrs. Tulkington"   "Short Stories of Married Life by American Writers." Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company. Printed at the Country Life Press, Garden City, N. Y. ("These stories were published first ... under the auspices of the United Feature Syndicate.") According to advertisements in the Bridgeport Connecticut newspapers, these stories were written "expressly for the Bridgeport Post."  [FIRKINS]

1924

143. Saturday Evening Post (July 19, 1924)   "Green Paint" A story. Illustrated by Walter De Maris. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 14, 52, 54.  [RGTPL]

	Saturday Evening Post July 19, 1924 Click for larger image

144. 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]
145. Saturday Evening Post (December 6, 1924)   "The Bum's Rush" A story. Illustrated by Raeburn Van Buren. p 32-33, 186-187.  [BEST, RGTPL]

1925

146. Success Magazine (January, 1925)   "The Kick-Off" A story. "Humorous Story of the Rich Man and the Poet." Illustrated by H. J. Peck. "Success: The Human Magazine." p 26-30, 94-96.  [HARPER]
147. Argosy (January 3, 1925)   "Thinner and Thinner"   A story. Think self-help diet books are a new phenomenon? Think again. Not indexed in PULP. p 732-739.  [ARGOSY]
148. College Humor (February, 1925)   "The Great Yarvard Mystery" A story. "Romance of Youth and Love." Illustrated by Russell Patterson. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. This issue is labeled both "The Winter Number" and February 1925. Volume 4. Number 1. p7-8, 114-17.  [EPBLIB]
149. Liberty (February 28, 1925)   "Fenderton Roper, Pressman" A Fenderton Roper story. "The Short and Snappy Story of a Young Man Who Started Out to Reform Journalism." Pictures by Nancy Fay. p 14-22.  [BEST]
150. Bookman (March, 1925)   "The Idealist"   A story. Illustrations by Margaret Freeman. p 13-21.  [BEST, RGTPL]

	College Humor May, 1925 Click for larger image

151. College Humor (May, 1925)   "For Good Old Wumpus" A story. "A Thrilling Romance of Love and Baseball." "'Curse you, Clyde Zingo!' one of the two exclaimed rather crossly." Illustrated by Russell Patterson. p 63-66,93.  [EPBLIB]
152. Saturday Evening Post (May 23, 1925)   "Mascot" A story. Illustrated by Harry R. Davis. p 42, 50, 52, 54.  [BEST, RGTPL]
153. Ladies' Home Journal (June, 1925)   "Organizing Grandpa" A story. Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty. p 24, 147-49.  [BEST, RGTPL]
154. Sunset Magazine (July, 1925)   "Starboard Ahoy!"   A story. "We were plunging into the fog at the unsafe speed of twenty miles an hour, which was faster than I had heretofore driven a gas-propelled land vehicle." Illustrated by Louis Rogers. Volume 55. Number 1. p 9-11, 89-96.  [RGTPL]
155. Country Gentleman (July 4, 1925)   "A Bump on the Head" A story. Illustrated by Ray C. Strang. p 10-11, 40-42.  [HARPER]
156. College Humor (September, 1925)   "Bull Hyde and Little Peewee" A story. Illustration by Julian Brazelton. Includes photo and short biography of Butler. HARPER seems to list this as "The Famous Oklahoma-Stanford Tug of War" without a particular month in 1925. HARPER also lists Bull Hyde (BH) as a series, but lists only two items published. p 81-82.  [EPBLIB, HARPER]
157. Saturday Evening Post (September 5, 1925)   "Telling Jedbury" A story. "Uncle Orlando would go driving down the road and all the bees for miles around would start right in and swarm to beat the band." Illustrated by Nate Collier. p 10, 118.  [BEST, RGTPL]

	Laughter October, 1925 Click for larger image

158. Laughter (October, 1925)   "Here Comes the Groom" The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 6-15.  [HARPER]
159. Liberty (December 26, 1925)   "A Christmas Present for Grandpa" A story. Pictures by F. D. Strothmann. Also printed two years later in a British pulp called "20-Story Magazine." p 5-8.  [HARPER]

1926

160. Saturday Evening Post (January 16, 1926)   "Dictated to Doris" A story. Illustrated by R. M. Crosby. p 30, 32, 149, 150, 153.  [RGTPL]
161. Collier's (February 27, 1926)   "Safety First" A story. "He had never been killed at a railway crossing and it was pretty safe to bet that he never would." Illustrated by August Henkel. p 18-19, 36.  [RGTPL]
162. Ladies' Home Journal (March, 1926)   "The Crisis" A story. Illustrated by F. Sands Brunner. p 40, 100, 103.  [RGTPL]
163. 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]
164. College Humor (October, 1926)   "Legg of Lamb" A story. Illustrated by Julian Brazelton. p 79-80, 94.  [EPBLIB]

	Rotarian February, 1927 Click for larger image

1927

165. Rotarian (February, 1927)   "Father" A story. Illustrated by R. M. Brinkerhoff. Also, there's a very brief bio of the author on page 64, including a photograph. p 16-17, 56-63.  [HARPER]
166. Short Stories (October 10, 1927)   "Alibi" A story. p 64-70. Thanks to Rick Hall for the scans and OCR.  [HALL, HARPER, PULP]
167. 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]

1928

168. Goblin (March, 1928)   "Nobility, What?" A story. One illustration by Bryant Fryer (sp?). p 18-19.  [HARPER]
169. Country Gentleman (April, 1928)   "Mamie" The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Illustrated by R. M. Brinkerhoff. p 14, 110-112.  [EPBLIB]
170. American Girl (August, 1928)   "Gull Ledge" A story. Three illustrations by Walter Stewart. This is an American Girl "Made-to-Order" story, custom-written to the suggestions of one of the readers. p 7-9, 31, 34.  [HARPER]

1929

171. Liberty (October 5, 1929)   "Chips" A story. "The story of a Professor in Love." Pictures by A. D. Fuller. The name "Butler" appears on the cover. p 70-79.  [HARPER]

	Best Detective Magazine December, 1929 Click for larger image

172. Best Detective Magazine (December, 1929)   "Chicken Bait" A Bryson Brace story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. Not illustrated. p 38-45.  [COOK+MILLER]

1930

173. College Humor (January, 1930)   "The Eighty-Seven Napoleans" A story. Illustrated by Walter Schmidt. p 74-5, 114-17.  [EPBLIB]
174. Woman's Home Companion (April, 1930)   "Mr. Jern's Ambition" A story. Illustrated by Herbert Paus. p 10-11, 97-101.  [RGTPL]
175. Liberty (April 26, 1930)   "Real Money" A story. "A Story of Paper Profits." Pictures by L. R. Gustavson. p 20-26.  [HARPER]
176. Outdoor America (May, 1930)   "Something Unusual" A story. Drawings by Donald Hough. "In which an English Duke Lands a Rainbow Trout in an Extraordinary Manner and Observes American Fishing Customs." The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 5-7, 60.  [EPBLIB]
177. College Humor (October, 1930)   "Say Wen" A story. "I consider it decidedly undignified for a dean of a co-educational college to hold a professor of Higher Mathematics on her lap." Illustrated by Ray Rohn. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 30-31, 114-116.  [EPBLIB]
178. Saturday Evening Post (October 25, 1930)   "Being Happy with Walter" A story. Illustrated by Henrietta McCaig Starrett. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 14-15, 50, 52.  [RGTPL]
179. Best Detective Magazine (December, 1930)   "Hidden Death" A story. p 101+.  [COOK+MILLER]

	Gentlewoman Magazine December, 1930 Click for larger image

180. Gentlewoman Magazine (December, 1930)   "From Peak to Peak" A story. p 3, 12.  [EPBLIB]
181. BOOK: Ballyhoo (1930) "Gustapher Plogs and the Spotted Cow" A reprint of a Betzville Tale. p 2-3. New York Magazine, Hammerstein's Theater program featuring the production "Ballyhoo" (1930). This musical comedy show opened on December 22, 1930 and closed February 1931, with 68 total performances. The cast included W. C. Fields.  [EBAY, WEB]

1931

182. Motor (January, 1931)   "It Ran Over Rabbits" A story. Annual show number. Illustrations by Gordon Ross. Includes a photo of the author. Motor is "The Automotive Business Paper" published by International Magazine Company, Inc. Vol. LV. No I. p 104-105, 264, 266.  [HARPER]
183. Atlantic Monthly (March, 1931)   "The Case of Henry Beemis" A story. A tongue-in-cheek commentary on the book publishing business. Uncredited. p 403-04.  [HARPER]
184. Christian Herald (June, 1931)   "First Aid" A short short story. One illustration by Dieden Medter. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 19.  [HARPER]
185. Detective Story (July 11, 1931)   "The Witness" A story. "His ungovernable rage plunged him into murder." One illustration. p 127-128.  [COOK+MILLER]
186. Argosy (August 8, 1931)   "Kidnaping Insurance" A short story. "A surprising form of protection." One illustration. And, yes, it was published as "kidnaping" not "kidnapping." p 91-100.  [ARGOSY, PULP]
187. New Yorker (October 10, 1931)   "Consider Mr. Barsh" A story. p 50-53.  [HARPER]

	Motor January, 1932 Click for larger image

1932

188. Motor (January, 1932)   "Mr. Jesty and the Auto-Top" A story. Annual show number. Illustrated by Herb Roth. p 80-81, 144.  [HARPER]
189. Argosy (January 16, 1932)   "Ullamully!" A story. "What Orion Clancy meant by his drunken battle-cry when he hit the town banker puzzled all Riverbank -- and especially Orion Clancy." p 107-116.  [ARGOSY, PULP]
190. _____ (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]
191. Best Detective Magazine (April, 1932)   "Green Eyes" A story. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 85-92.  [COOK+MILLER]
192. 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]
193. Argosy (September 17, 1932)   "Pollywog Pearls" A story. "River treasure sets a thief trap." One illustration. "Fate had delivered Jim the Dip to the river, but the river was to make the most startling delivery of all." Volume 232. Number 5. p 81-87.  [ARGOSY, PULP]
194. Holland's Magazine (November, 1932)   "He Saw Washington" A story. Illustrations by John A. Haelen. p 5-7, 24.  [HARPER]

	St. Nicholas Magazine April, 1933 Click for larger image

1933

195. St. Nicholas Magazine (April, 1933)   "Tom Betts' Dog" A story. Illustrations by R. M. Brinkerhoff. "This is the story of a dog who was big enough, and strong enough, but who had a good deal of trouble with his tail." The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 286-88, 311-12.  [RGTPL]
196. Short Stories (November 25, 1933)   "Tug of War" A story. Illustrated. The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. "Hard-boiled Riverboat Rivalry, and If You Can't Pull -- Push." p 91-97.  [HARPER]
197. 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]

1934

198. Every Week (December 9, 1934)   "Fenderton Roper, Hero"   A Fenderton Roper story. "A little snappy work by our fearless sleuth." Found in (Portland) Oregon Journal Sunday Magazine. Illustrated by Ethel Hays. p 2. Also, found in Lima (Ohio) News same date.  [EPBLIB, NPA]

1935

199. 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]
200. Grit (Story Section) (July 7, 1935)   "Jiffers on the Job" A story. "The mystery of the stolen dog." p 2-3, 26-28.  [EPBLIB]
201. Complete Western Book (August, 1935)   "Cowpuncher's Paradise" A story. "In which a couple of punchers find a Utopian range -- no dudes -- no woman -- no cattle." One illustration. Same as "Bruce of the Bar-None". The name "Ellis Parker Butler" appears on the cover. p 89-94.  [PULPGEN]

	Argosy September 21, 1935 Click for larger image

202. Argosy (September 21, 1935)   "The Prodigal's Return" A short story. "A family black sheep returns home in a strange way." Volume 258. Number 5. "The dusty remains of Henry Okth arrived at the old homestead in a candy box, but the funeral was postponed indefinitely." One illustration.  [ARGOSY, PULP]

1936

203. 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]
204. Country Home (September, 1936)   "She Doted on Lobster" A story. Illustrated by E. F. Ward. p 20, 46-49.  [EPBLIB]
205. Open Road For Boys (December, 1936)   "The Bowlegged Horse" A story. Illustrated by David Hoff. p 18, 24-6.  [EPBLIB]

1938

206. Maclean's (January 15, 1938)   "Too Many Runs" A story. "A comedy by that master of humorous fiction, the late Ellis Parker Butler." Illustrated by Charles Overman. p 10-11, 31-33.  [EPBLIB]
207. Blue Book (November, 1938)   "Testy and Stubborn" A story. "A characteristic bit of comedy by the famous author." Illustrated by Arthur Jameson. p 92-96.  [PULP]

1942

208. Chicago Herald American (January 4, 1942)   "Mustapha Ali"   A story. Illustrated by N. P. Steinberg.  [EPBLIB]

	Fireside Book of Canadian Christmas 1986 Click for larger image

1986

209. ANTHOLOGY: Fireside Book of Canadian Christmas (1986) "Christmas Grouch" Edited by Patrick Crean. Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry and Whiteside. p 162-170. ISBN: 0889029903. pp 219.  [EPBLIB]

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