Bibliography of Ellis Parker Butler

	American Girl January, 1931 Click for larger image

1931

1. American Girl (January, 1931)   "Jo Ann and the Good Resolution" A story. Illustrations by Garrett Price. p 14-16, 32.  [HARPER]
2. Illustrated Detective Magazine (January, 1931)   "Oliver Spotts, Near-Detective" An Oliver Spotts story. Subtitled "The Stolen Clam Mystery". Drawings by Rodney M. de Sarro. Cover design by W. T. Benda. p 14-17, 88. Also, short bio on page 130.  [COOK+MILLER]
3. 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]
4. Young Men (January, 1931)   "The Humorist Looks at Young Men's Problems"    [HARPER]
5. American Girl (January, 1931)   "Introducing Some 'American Girl' Authors and Artists"   This article has short profiles of regular contributors to The American Girl, including Butler (with a photograph). p 26-27.  [EPBLIB]
6. Household Magazine (February, 1931)   "Ann -- or Alice"   "A diverting home story by the famous American humorist." Illustrated by Louise Rumely.  [EPBLIB]
7. Illustrated Detective Magazine (February, 1931)   "$100 Thousand Reward; Oliver Spotts, Near-Detective" An Oliver Spotts story. Illustrated by Rodney M. de Sarro. p 68-71, 83-84.  [COOK+MILLER]
8. Saturday Evening Post (February 7, 1931)   "Graft Elimination" Humor. The author suggests that the United States get rid of political graft by adopting the election system of the Republic of Yump. p 92.  [RGTPL]

	Saturday Evening Post February 7, 1931 Click for larger image

9. Chicago Sunday Tribune (February 15, 1931)   "Mr. Barfin Decides"   A story. Also in Dallas Morning News, same date.  [HARPER]
10. Argosy (UK) (March, 1931)   "The Second Husband"   A story. Vol. IX No. 58. p 29+.  [FICTIONMAGS]
11. 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]
12. Illustrated Detective Magazine (March, 1931)   "The Third-Grade Watson" An Oliver Spotts story. Drawings by Rodney M. de Sarro. Volume III, Number 3. Cover design by W. T. Benda. p 62-65, 124-128.  [COOK+MILLER]
13. American Girl (April, 1931)   "Jo Ann and the Garden" A story. Illustrated by Garrett Price. p 14-16, 34.  [HARPER]
14. Delineator (April, 1931)   "Abode of Splendor"   A story. Illustrated by Everett Henry. p 38, 74.  [RGTPL]
15. Holland's Magazine (April, 1931)   "Not Quite"   A story. Illustrations by Harold Denison. p 30-31, 50-52.  [HARPER]

	Illustrated Detective Magazine May, 1931 Click for larger image

16. Illustrated Detective Magazine (May, 1931)   "The Ace of Death" An Oliver Spotts story. "Special Extra! Our Detective Hero Is Arrested! And the Charge Is Murder By Poison!" Drawings by Rodney M. de Sarro. Cover design by W. T. Benda. p 36-39, 118-121.  [COOK+MILLER]
17. Maclean's (May 1, 1931)   "The Hemmerstitch-Beckstar Feud"    [HARPER]
18. American Girl (June, 1931)   "Jo Ann and the Pup!" A story. Illustrated by Garrett Price. "'Go back there --- I'm coming across,' Jo Ann shouted. 'Back up yourself,' Tommy said, 'I was here first.'" p 16-18, 30.  [HARPER]
19. 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]
20. Illustrated Detective Magazine (June, 1931)   "The Crime at Crossways"   An Oliver Spotts story. "Oliver Spotts, Near-Detective, Who Stole the Twelve Bricks of Limburger, Oliver Succumbs to Flattery and Solves a Mystery." Illustrations by Rodney M. de Sarro.  [COOK+MILLER]
21. North American Magazine (June, 1931)   "Suspicion"   A story.  [RGTPL]
22. Yale Review (June, 1931)   "In the Lightest Vein"   "Review of W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman, 1066 and All That, and Robert Benchley, The Treasurer's Report and other Aspects of Community Singing."  [HARPER]
23. Young Men (June, 1931)   "Creating a Freedom Fund"    [HARPER]
24. Author's Weekly (June 20, 1931)   "Benefit for Needy Writers"   Butler is quoted and referenced by name in this article. The full title of this publication is "The Author's Weekly - The Editor."  [LOCKE]

	Christian Herald June, 1931 Click for larger image

25. American Magazine (July, 1931)   "Buy a Dog, Lady?"   Illustrated by Harold von Schmidt. "Miss Caverton did not really want a dog -- but she got one just the same." Volume 112. Number 1. Sumner Blossom, editor.  [RGTPL]
26. Atlantic Monthly (July, 1931)   "The Babaw Club"   Humor. The author suggests a "Burn a Book a Week" Club. Later printed in Hunting the Wow. p 120-121.  [HARPER]
27. Detective Story (July 11, 1931)   "The Witness" A story. "His ungovernable rage plunged him into murder." One illustration. p 127-128.  [COOK+MILLER]
28. Argosy (July 18, 1931)   "Borrowed Money" A short story. "New York wealth meets New England pride."  [ARGOSY, PULP]
29. Every Week (July 11, 1931)   "Very Private Detective"   A Fenderton Roper story. Illustrated by Ethel Hays. Found in Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.  [NPA]
30. _____ (August 1, 1931)   "The Rejected Bride"   A story. Found in the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.  [NPA]
31. 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]

	Argosy August 8, 1931 Click for larger image

32. _____ (August 8, 1931)   "The Men Who Make the Argosy" A profile. Includes a photograph of the author.  [ARGOSY]
33. American Girl (September, 1931)   "Jo Ann and the Last Straw" A story. Illustrations by Garrett Price. p14-16, 32-33.  [HARPER]
34. American Magazine (September, 1931)   "The Great Deception"   A story. Illustrated by Roy F. Spreter. "Demonstrates a paradox in the very human story of a man whose weakness was his strength." Volume 112. Number 3. Sumner Blossom, editor.  [RGTPL]
35. Christian Herald (September, 1931)   "Andy Muller's Silver Lining"   p 18-19+.  [HARPER]
36. Illustrated Detective Magazine (September, 1931)   "The Heckby Hill Murder" An Oliver Spotts story. "Was It Mr. Bellotti or Was It His Corpse Who Climbed Through Oliver Spott's Window?" Drawings by Rodney M. de Sarro. This publication was later renamed "Mystery." p 46-9, 118-121.  [COOK+MILLER]
37. American Magazine (October, 1931)   "Aunt Emma and the Devil's Ditch"   A story. Illustrated by Floyd M. Davis. "Makes you forget all your troubles on the green and off in a rollicking golf story." Volume 112. Number 4. Sumner Blossom, editor.  [RGTPL]
38. Writer's Digest (October, 1931)   "Finding the Idea" An essay. Text and images contributed by John Locke.  [HARPER, LOCKE]
39. Maclean's (October 1, 1931)   "The Wimple"    [HARPER]
40. New Yorker (October 10, 1931)   "Consider Mr. Barsh" A story. p 50-53.  [HARPER]

	New Yorker October 10, 1931 Click for larger image

41. Black and Blue Jay (November, 1931)   "The Frozen Asset Problem"    [HARPER]
42. Washington Post (November 8, 1931)   "Don't Twist Their Tails"   A story. Illustrated. p MF10+.  [WASHPOST]
43. American Girl (December, 1931)   "Jo Ann's Christmas Mystery" A story. Part One of Two. Illustrations by Garrett Price. p 14-16, 36-37.  [HARPER]
44. Specialty Salesman (December, 1931)   "Please Pass the Sugar"    [HARPER]
45. Every Week (December 12, 1931)   "The Hill Billy"   A story. Illustrated by Paul Kroesen. Found in the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.  [NPA]
46. Authors Digest (1931)   "The world's greatest stories in brief, prepared by a staff of literary experts, with the assistance of many living novelists." Selected and edited by the committee of the Authors Club of New York. OCLC: 17746218. New York: Authors Press.  [WORLDCAT]
47. ANTHOLOGY: Blue Ribbon Stories (1931) "Jo Ann Cleans House"   Edited by Mabel L. Robinson. New York: Macmillan.  [HARPER]
48. BOOK: Plagiarism the "Art" of Stealing Literary Material (1931) "Plagiarists Are Thieves" By Maurice Salzman of the California Bar. Butler received a byline for Chapter VI. Los Angeles: Parker, Stone and Baird Co. p 66-73.  [EPBLIB]

	Plagiarism the "Art" of Stealing Literary Material 1931 Click for larger image

49. Writer's Year Book and Market Guide (1931)   "Are Sidelines Helpful?"   An article.  [LOCKE]

1931?

50. Blood's Home Beautiful (Vol. 4, No. 3, 1931?)   "One Use of a Chair Leg"   A story.  [EPBLIB]

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