RAN ' N O R R I S was a born story tel ler ; h e a c quired the a rt of l iterary e x p ression a fter hard wor k and a long ap p rent iceship H is original i ntention w a s to be a n artist W hen he wa s se v enteen he went to France a nd en rolled as a s tud ent at the A t e l ie r j a lie n i n Pa ris H e remained there two y e ars and became absorbed not i n art but i n chival ry T h e read ing of Froissa rt s C h ronicles was his dail y recreation H e be ca me so imbued with the s p i rit of medie v al ism and so familia r with the man ners and c ustoms of the t ime that once with much amusement he p ointed out to me an error i n S cott s I van hoe in which one of its cha racters is descri bed a s we a ri ng a certain ki nd of armor that was not i n u s e unti l a hund red yea rs later ; a m istake that was d ay s hould depi c t as ob v iou s to him as if someone to— Richelieu in a frock coat and top h at M any and diverse reasons have led me n an d wo men to literatu re but none quite s o st range as that which induced him to elect t h at vocat ion - . . , , . , , ’ . . , , ’ , ‘ . , . 76 7 W H i s earl iest ventu res i n to l iterature were more to de a vehicle for his il lust rations than for any i nterest he had i n writi ng itself Thus it was that hi s fi rst novel Robert d A rt ois was writ ten a c ru de amateu rish eff ort that bore l ittle evidence that he was ever to become a great author B ut he loved story tel l i ng and hi s imagi nat ion kn ew no l imitations M y ea rliest recol lect ions a re of the endless and i nvol ved s tories of love and chiv soldiers to my a l ry t hat he wove abo u t my lead never fai li ng enchantment and del ight There were several thousands of these soldiers and each ca p tai n a nd l ieutenant had a name and h istory of his own I n these stories there was an ut ter disregard of hi storical accu racy and sequence Thus the ' eiled Pro p het of ' horassan the C id and ' hed ive M achi avell i and Co rb ullo the Sa xon all l ived and had thei r being together in this miniature world of lead There were eleven yea rs between ou r ages and it is im p os s i ble to su p pose that my b rother fou nd any lasting amu sement i n entertai nin g one so much younger than himself Rather I fancy it was his i nterest i n hi s own mental p rocesses and i n the fantastic situa t ions he devised H e would spend hou r s fashioning wonde rful cannon out of the thi c k handles of h is r aint b ushes and the sides of ciga r bo es These x p w ere painted ivory black with red t rimm ing s and “ ” c h ri stened The S p i tfi re and The Pea c emaker H e d rew ma p s of the two count ries conti nual ly a t ” war S p a rta and Rome dividi ng them i nto p rovinces ca refully marking the rivers and moun tains roads and railw ays . ’ , , , . - , . , - . , , . . , , . , , . , , . , - - , . , , , . , , ‘ , . A t c h of h is dog M onk by F rank N orris one of t h e f e w e x am p le s o f h i s w o r k a s a n a rt i s t t h a t h as b e e n pre s e r v e d ske , , . At this time we were al l i n Pa ri s W hen the fam ily retu rned to C aliforn ia leaving F rank i n Pa ris to continue hi s study of a rt he began wri ting me a novel i n which al l ou r favo rite c haracters reappea red re vol v ing about myself whom he des c ri bed as the ne p hew of the Duke of B u rgu ndy I wis h I had s p a c e to repeat this story i n detail I t was written i n the second p erson on closely rul ed notepa p e r one sheet sl i pp ed i nside another and the whole fastened together wit h a smal l loo p of red or blue st ri ng i n the upper left hand corner I t ca me to me in cha p ters rol led up inside French news p a p e rs to save p ost age E ach instal lment was p rofusely il lust rated with pencil sketches mostly of myself a s an esquire a man at a rm s a n equerry a nd fi nal ly as a knight Plot s and e p isodes from the works of Scott Francis B acon Frank Stockton and others were l ifted bod ily sometimes the actual word ing was borrowed I re membe r a sentence The night closed down da rk as a wolf s mouth that yea rs later I found agai n i n the o p eni ng of a cha p ter of ' uenti n Du rw a rd Frank came home b efore t hese advent u res were fi ni shed H e left the heroine lashed to a rail road t rack and me locked i n a neigh boring switchm a n s tower M y story was n ever concluded but i t was to this time in ou r l ive s th a t he referred i n his dedication of The F it : I n memory of ce rt a i n l a mentable tales of t he round (di ning room ) table heroes ; of t he e p ic of t he pe wter platoo n s and the romance c ycle of Gas t on le F ox which we i nvented maintai ned and found ” m a rv elous at a t ime when we both were boys . , , , , . . - , , , . , . , - , - , , . , , , . , ’ , . . ’ , . , - ‘ - , ’ , , , . H e wa s nineteen when he ca me home and bega n to prepa re for the ent ran ce e x ami n a tion s of the Uni v ersit y of Ca lifornia W hile he was studyi ng for them he elect e d to write a th re e ca nto poem i n the met re of Scott s v erse I t was the fi rst wri ting of merit that he did W hile stil l i n Pa ris he had wri tten a short a rt i c le on t he a rmor of the fifteent h centu ry and ill us t rat e d i t but i t was no such serious at tem p t as was ” the p oem Ancient A rmour a p p ea red i n the San Franci s c o Chron i cle i n M a rc h 1 889 and he received — ni ne dol l ars the fi r s t money e v er e a rned by his pen “ The th ree canto poem was ent itled Y v e rne lle and was p ubl ished by Lip p i ncott H e sent some of his p e n and i n k sketches with i t but these were re tu rned The p ublishers fel t that the book would s e ll best as a hol iday off e rin g i n which ill ust rations layed an im ortant part I s uppose that this was p p only a p ol ite way of saying that his own illust rations were not good enough W ill Low and Frederick D e alm an e v e n tua lly did some of the pictu res and the book was bound very handsomely and sold for three a nd five doll ars a v ol ume W hile he was i n col lege Frank began to take his writi ng seriously H e did not h a ve a v ery high re s p ect for his i nst ru c tors i n t he E ngl ish de p a rtment I recal l his i rritat ion when an essay on Thomas a ” B ecket was retu rned to him with no more defi nite critici s m that the si n gle word Fustian s crawl e d across i ts title page B ut he began to read fi c t ion c ritically and at t his t ime was ne v er without a yel He low p a p er covered no v el of ' ola i n his hand lov e d ' ipl ing too a n d Rich a rd H a rdi ng Da v is a nd . ’ . . , , . , , , . , . - - , . , . . , , . . . , , . , - . , , , thought W il l iam Dea n H owel l s a much greater noveli st t han i n t hose days he was general ly con ceded to be Son of a Shei k w as O ne of Frank s fi rst stories written while he was a So p homore and publ ished i n the A rgona u t Another very remarkable story “ called Lauth a p pea red i n the Ove rland Du ri ng t he earl y p art of 1 894 hi s M on t hly l ast s ix months at the Universi ty of Ca l iforn i a a series of stories under the general headi ng of O ut wa rd a nd ' isible Si gns made thei r a p pea rance i n t he Ove rland and i n August of the s a me yea r The Ca ged Lion one of the best s hort stories he ever wrote was p ublished i n the A rgon aut H e never sold anything to the eastern maga z i n es how ever The manuscri pts he sent u nfaili ngly came back H e had ho p es that W i ll iam Do x ey who had then a flou rishing p ublishing busi ne s s i n San Fran ci sco would bring out a vol ume of his short stories I remember how earnestl y he worked on s ome of the i ll u s t rat ions for this book p ressing me i nto service a s his model kee p i ng me p osi ng for hou rs H e was ” unde c ided between Beer and Ski ttles a nd O n a nd Off the As p hal t as a ti tle B ut th is p l an never ca me to anythi ng Some time before he com p leted his fou r years a t the Ca l ifornia U niversity he began M cTe ague ; i t was w e ll sta rted before he came east to t ake a year s ost graduate work at H a rva rd This was the most p formati v e year of his life as a writer I have heard him say many t imes that he lea rned more about writi ng the E nglish language i n t he nine month s , , . ’ , , , , . , , . , , , , “ , . , , , . . , , . , , . “ . . ’ - . . , 6 course of E ngl ish 2 2 u nder Profes s or Le wi s E G ates tha n he d id du ri ng any other pe riod of hi s ” l ife H e dedicated M cTeag ue to Professor G ates w hen i t was p ubl ish e d About this t ime too he began to study t he di c tiona ry I have see n him por i ng o v er i t for hours making notes of words and thei r meani ngs E v ery morning he always read the , . , . . , , . , . death notices i n the newspa p e rs for the sake of fi nd i ng u nusual names I t was from this source that he got A n nix t e r J adwi n a nd M agnus Derrick H e wrote the greater p a rt of M cTe ague du ri ng his year at H a rv a rd but before completi ng i t he “ c ommen ced ' ando v er a nd The B rute t he no v el which has j ust been publ ished Th is book was des t ined to have a c urious h ist ory I t was i nspi red to a l arge degree by the u n moral ity of the unde rg rad u ates wi th whose l ives he was famil ia r G rewsome i n theme p owe rful ly real istic he followed the story to its terrible and logical c oncl usion t hen laid i t aside for other work and all but forgot i ts very e x i stence After his death it remai ned i n s torage p acked away i n a San Francisco wa rehouse and when i n the fi re that followed the great ea rthquake the storehouse ” w as burn e d to the grou nd ' ando v er was p re s um a bly dest royed wi th it B y a c u rious desti ny how ever the c rate contai ni ng the manuscri pt was saved but i t was only after yea rs that i t was identified and t he l ost story brought to l ight As i ndicat ive of the seriousness wi th which Frank was now begi nni ng to regard hi s work I remem ber th a t he kept a black notebook i n his inside c oat poc k e t i n whi c h he set down a heterogeneous coll ec tion , . , . , , , , . . , , . , , , , . , , , , , . , , , , . , , , of notes of his own observ ations : a well tu rned sen tence a good name the possible t itle of a book O ne of these ent ries I remember read : The hands of t he village clock closed li ke a pai r of shears and cut the night i n twai n This book was his greatest t reasu re Y ears afterwa rd he told me t hat keeping it taught him t he di ff erence between seei ng l ife sub and ob ectively No one he el ie v ed i e c t v e l j j y b could become a w riter until he could rega rd life and p eo p le and t he world i n general from the obj ecti v e o oi nt view until he could remai n detached out f p side maintai n the unswerving a ttitude of the ob se r ver I read p art of his notebook on c e and got soundly kicked for my im p ertinence but years after ward I came u p on many of these sa me note s i n h is work am p l ified and ada p ted I n 1 89 5 he came back to San Franci sco a nd in O c tober sailed for South Africa to wri te a serie s of a rt icles for a syndicate of news p aper s H is pla n was to sta rt at C apetown go north to J oh a n nesburg t rek th rough M atabeleland thence onward to the N ile a nd down the river to Cai ro A h a pp y ac c ident took him to Afri c a at this time N o sooner had he set foot on Boer soil than t rouble with the E nglish began to b rew B y t he t ime he reached J ohannes bu rg the famous J ame s on s raid had been p ro e c t e d Del ighted a t the p ossi bil ity of wa r Frank j enl isted i n the E ngl ish a rmy fo r the defense of J oh a nne s burg and had the su p reme s at isfact ion of bei ng assigned regula r ac c out rements a ri fle a num ber of rounds of amm unition and above al l a ho rse ' Readi ng his j ou rnal of t ho s e da y s one ca tche s - . , , , , , . . , . , , , , - - , , , , . , . , , . , , , , . . . ’ , . , , , , 8 , hi s t reme n dou s e x citeme n t when new s from J ameson and hi s s ix hund red men wa s hourly awaited H e descri be s wit h wh a t gratifi c ation he re c ei v ed a n i n v i t at ion to C h ri stmas di n ner from J oh n H a y s H am mo n d B ut t his festive me a l nearly cau s ed him a long imprisonment for with t he co llapse of the r a id H ammo n d a n d man y others identified wi th t he up risi n g were th row n i nto j ail thei r l i v es a t the mercy of the B oer government M y brother w as gi ven t hi rty day s to get out of the count ry H e was unable to obey t hi s order howe v er Al most i mmediately he came down wi th African fe v er a n d w a s very c lose to death A sca rci ty of pro v i sion s i n J oha n nesburg sent bre a d up to se v en dol l a rs a loaf a nd i n a short t ime his letter of credi t was e x ha n s ted At t his p oi nt there are many em pt y page s i n hi s j ou r na l H e confe s sed to me af t erwa rd that he w a s too w e a k from fe v er to remo v e the cap of his fount a i n pen Fi nal ly t here occ urs t hi s ent r y . ’ . , , , . . . , . , . . . “ ‘ I m ’ ou t to Ti s n t half ’ sea, as I m ’ fin e ou t as to s ea ' I t hou g ht i t wou ld be ' H e ret urned to Sa n Francis c o i n the s p ri ng of 1 896 to spe n d months i n a n e ff ort to regai n hi s shat tered heal th Of the fever he ne v er enti rely rid himself ; i t re c urre d a t i nter va l s du ring the remaining s ix years of his l ife an d when he was st ricken with ap p endici tis it s uppl ied the complication t hat resul ted i n his deat h For the following two yea rs hi s l iterar y work was a lmo s t e n ti rel y associ a ted with t he Wave of whi c h J oh n O H ara Cosgr av e was t hen the ed itor E ver y . , , . , ’ . 9 week Fra n k w rote eit her an a rti c le a sketch or a short story for t hi s p eri od ical I n looki ng o v er h is output at this time one cannot but marv el at the a mou nt of material he turned out and the activity of his creat ive facul ty I n t he s ummer of 1 89 7 Fra n k went up to the B ig Di p pe r M ine i n Placer County C aliforni a to com “ e e M c T a u e I t was t here that the closing l e t g p cha p ters of t he book were wri tten The dea th of Tri na i n the ki ndergarten h a d been written some The scene of t he ch a p ter im t h ree yea rs earl ier mediately fol lowi ng thi s incident in the book is laid i n the very spot where the novel was bei ng completed : the B ig Di p p er M i ne on I ow a H ill near Co lfa x T h e autho r descri bes M cT e a gu e as enteri ng the off i ce of the mi ne to ask the s uperi ntendent for em ployment , . , , . , , , , . . . , , . , . “ it . The de n t i s t a pproache d t he Thre e m e n w e re i n t he t h i ck he ad grown cou n t e r a nd le a n ed h i s e l bow s u pon a t a ll l e a n y ou n g m a n w i t h a room of h a i r s u rp r i s i n gly gray w ho w a s play i n g w i t h a h alf , , , , Gr eat D a ne puppy . . Thi s wa s Fran k him self O ne of the other men was his col lege chum the owner of the mi ne who was afterwa rd to fu rni sh the mate rial for the character “ of A nnix t e r i n The O c topus Nothi ng c ould be more c h a racteristic of the whim s ica l humor of Fran k Norri s tha n t his casual int ro duction of himself i nto his story H e was descri bing the room i n whi c h he wa s writi ng with utter faith ful n ess H e ca me i n due time to himself and in c luded his own person i n the p icture T h e m an u sc ri pt s of hi s two no v el s M cTe ague . , , . , . , . . , [0 N ' N O RR I S N e w J e rse y i n 1 90 0 about w r i t ing T h e Oc t opu s F RA Tak e n s Ro e lle , , “ , and ' andov er and the B rute began thei r ea s tern v i s it s a n d thei r author c ommenced to wri te Mora n of the Lad y Letty the fi rst cha p ters of which ap r a e d i n the before more than a pa rt of e ave W p the book was wri tte n I n B l i x he d ra w s a n amu s i ng ca ri c at ure of him s elf a t t his pe riod of hi s l ife and “ ” the Ca ptai n J a c k of that book was t he Ca ptai n J ose p h H odgson to whom M or a n wa s ded icated H odg s on was i n c harge of the Uni ted States Life Sa v i ng Station ne a r the Presidio i n San Fra n cisco ” an d Fr a nk used to rea d the ea rl y chapters of M oran to him getting him to cri tici ze his nautical ph rase ology and help him wi th t he a ct ual seamanshi p W hen t he story was half completed Fran k st a rted E a st to write up the M ard i G ras festivities i n N ew O rle ans but he go t no fa rt her t han St Louis whe n — the summon s to N ew Y ork for which he had long been waiti ng i n one form or another a rrived This w as a letter from J ohn S Phil lip s a mem ber of the fi rm of t he Doubleday M cClure C om p any ” who h a d read as much of M oran as had a p peared up to t hat time Re c ognition had been won i t re m a i n ed only to fulfill e x pect a tion s Moran was ” “ publ i s hed i n Septem ber of the same yea r M cTe ague B l i x s ix mo n ths later t h e f ollow i ng sp ri ng and ” ' andover st rongest of them all was not i n accord wi th the spi rit of the day i n l iteratu re and i n t his time of rapid produ c tion it was easy to i gnore its claim The remai ni ng fou r yea rs of his l ife were packed wit h va ried event s I n t hat time he publ ished s ix n o v els ; he went as a wa r correspondent t hrough t he S a nti a go campaign and agai n al l but died wi th a , , , . , . , , “ , . , - , . , , ' . . , , , . , . , . , . , , , . , . , ' 3 retu rn of the t re ac herou s fe v er ; he m a rried ; an d a l ittle daughter was born to him Fou r months before hi s de a th he retu rned to San F rancisco stil l i n the very p rime of hi s youth s uc ce s s f ul and yet fi red with s p lendid new ambitions for hi s work I t i s of t he se l a st d a ys that I wi sh fi nal ly to spea k W e were const an tl y together at this time a nd developed an intim a cy w e had never before re ac hed I t was then that he told me of the last “ n o v el of the t rilogy of The W he a t to which The ” “ N ot o n e word O cto p us and The Pit belonged I t wa s not to be cal of this book wa s ever w ritte n l ed The W olf however a s wa s an n oun c ed I t s i p ivotal e p isode was to deal w th a fami ne st ric k en cou nt ry of E uro p e and the timely a p pearan ce from a c ross the sea of three huge Ameri c an schooner s wheat shi p s loaded to thei r ca pacity wi th the great crop t hat i n spite of the quarrels of farmers and rail roads and i n s p ite of the mani p ulation of the bul ls and bears on t he stock market wa s to fulfil l its “ destiny as the nou risher of n a tions B ut the great book he was b urning t o write w a s to c ent re abou t the battle of G ettysbu rg the biggest a nd most v ital event i n America n hi s tory and t his book w ould undoubtedl y have bee n the great Ameri c an no v el if his handl ing of i t had been as big as its theme J ust as the wheat stood to him as a great world force so the battle of G ett y s burg re p re sented the v ery spi rit of America I t wa s to have been a t remendous novel i n three p arts a great t ri logy each pa rt deal ing with one of the d a y s of t he battle a work that would h a ve ta ken him ye a r s to write . , , , . . . , . . . , , , , , , - , , , . ' , , . - , . , , , . 14 I ca nn ot clos e thi s sketch of Frank Norri s wi th ou t a word concerning his u n fa il i ng se n se of humor his mode s ty a nd sim p l icity Du ri ng tho se l a st months of his l ife human and natu ral forces com bi ne d to he a p thei r favors u pon him H e was h ailed as Ameri ca s gre a test author ; H owel l s and M ar k Twai n wrote him i n encou ragement and p raise ; ubl i shers cl a mored for hi s work a nd reporters i n ; p whose ranks he had so l a tel y bee n pu rsued him and begged for i nterviews There is no better p roof of hi s great n ess than that t his adulation left him s t ill humble pleasantly sur rised a n d grateful H e w a s thoroughl y human p about it H e en j oyed it a n d del ighted i n i t He was n ot quite su re that i t was not a mistake but whi le i t lasted he found it gratifying B ut hi s at t it ude toward his p opula ri ty had nothing i n c ommon wi th his at titude tow a rd his wor k I f the publ ic and t he cri tics l i ked The Pi t that was very well ; but they should have no considera tion when he w rote hi s ne x t boo k or the one fol lowi n g t h a t or an y he should ever write A n e v e n t th a t o ccurred a t t his t ime is most elo que n t of hi s contempt for the publ icity so eagerly sought by a uthors generall y A n old friend a D r Lawlor who had been appo inted by the G overnor of C alifornia as s uperi ntendent of one of t he state s asyl um s for t he feeble mi nded w a s at tacked by the lo ca l pre ss of S a n Fra nci sco for pol it i ca l re a sons I t seemed a c ase of u nw a rrant a ble perse c ution a nd my brother was i ndignant At a meeti ng of some of the ett y ol iticians Lawlor g a ve the l i dire c t to o n e of e p p , . , . ’ , , , . , . , . . , . . , , . . . , , ’ - , . . , 1 5 p g fr m t h m c ript f ' d v r d th Br t h wi g t h tr gg l f xpr A a o e e a n u s “ an u e o ” u e s io n it s s o an e s o or au n e e e es t h or un M uc h o f d e rw e nt i t w as re w r i tt e n a nd t he w h o le m an u is s c ri t f u ll o f in o m i s s i on s a nd c h a n g e s a nd s e rt s c o rre t ions . p , c Th e fi rs t pg c rip t a e of m an u s of ' ando e r an d t h e ” Br u t e s h ow i n g w h e re t h e a u t h o r s nam e w as c ut o u t f o r t h e s ak e of t h e aut ogra h , which r e e n t e d t h e no e l from b e ing id e nt ifi e d as t h e w o r k of Frank Norri f or s e e ral t he v ‘ ’ p p v y e ar s s . v v . B I B LI O G RAP H Y E ss ay s A rti cl es Le tt ers A n ci e nt A rm our ( fi rs t p ubli sh ed art i cl e ) San Fran ci sco Chroni cl e M ar ch 3 1 1 889 S e ri e s of le t t e rs from Sout h A fri ca con c e rni ng U i t lan de r I n “ A Cal s u rr e c t i on p ub li s h e d i n t h e S an Fr an ci s c o Ch r on i cle : “ January 1 9 t h 1 89 6; I n t h e i f orni an i n C i t y o f C ap e T own “ C om p ound of a D iam ond M i ne Fe bruary 2 1 89 6; From C a pe “ T ow n t o ' i m be rle y M i n e J an uary 26 1 89 6; I n t h e V el dt of t h e ” ” “ Trans v aal F e brua ry 9 1 896; A ' ulu War D ance M ar ch 1 5 , , . , , , , , , , , , , 1 , , 89 6 Ty p e s M ay W es t e rn M e n of p bli h u , s ed Fran cisco Wave i n S an , 89 6 2, 1 . C i t y Type s , p ublish ed W e s t e rn in San Fran ci s co Wave , Fr , M ay 9 , 1 89 6 . The Bi J ul y 1 6 , “ 1 v lv a H ome at e p ublish , ed i n S an Wave an cis c o 89 6 . C ali fornia I t al y i n p ublis h e d in , S an Fran ci s co Wave O ct o , b e r 24 , 1 89 6 . ues t i on ' A D e c e m be r 2 6 “ N e w Y e ar u ed Fran ci s co Wave i n San , 89 7 1 , p blish I deal s , of . ’ W ave J an u ary 9, , 1 ' S an at s ue n t i n , p blish u ed i n S an Fran ci s co 89 7 . H unt ing H um an Game p ub lish e d in S an Franci sco Wave J an uary 23 1 89 7 “ Pass i ng of Li t t l e P e t e p ubli sh ed i n San Fran cisco Wave J an uary 3 0 1 89 7 “ A C ali forni a A r t is t p ubli s h e d i n San Fran cisco Wave F e bru ary 6 1 89 7 “ A L ag s R e l e ase p ublish e d in San Fran ci sc o Wave M ar ch “ , , . , , , . , , , . , ’ , 6, 1 “ , 89 7 . A m ong t h e Clifl -D we ll e rs , M ay 1 5 , 1 89 7 “ T h e S ailing p bli u sh e d i n Sa n Fran cis c o Wave , . Wave J ul y 3 1 , , 1 of t he 89 7 . ‘ E xc l i r e s o , publis hed in San Fran ci sc o T ale Se p t e m be r 25 , Wa “ em e e be r 2 7 i n S an Fr a n cis c o Wave i n S an 25 , 1 c p bli h an c is o , u s ed i n Sa n Francis c o 89 7 . t h e A ct of Fr p blish ” u , ed i n S an Fran cisc o Wave N ov , C omida p ub lis h e d in A tlan t i c M ont hl y M ar ch 1 899 ” W i t h Law t on t o C ane y p ublish e d i n Ce nt ury M agaz i ne , , . , , J une 1 899 “ St ude nt , f . , . 89 7 1 , on e T he E nd publis h ed . u a e, , 89 7 1 Ed c t i v S pt m b r Art Trut h t he and The ” L i f e in Pa ris p bli h u , s ed in Coll ier s ’ Weekly M ay , S e ri es of N e w Y ork l e t t e rs t o Chi cago A me ri can M ay 1 90 1 S e p t e m b e r 1 90 1 S e ri e s of A rti cl e s t o B os ton Tra ns cr ipt N ove m b e r 1 5 F e b ru ary 5 ( w e e kl y ar t i c l es ) p ublish ed in T h e U n k n ow n A u t h or and t h e P ub li s h e r Wor ld s Wor k A p ri l 1 90 1 M r ' i pli ng s ' im p ublis h e d in World s Work S e pt em be r , , . , , . , ’ , . , ’ ’ ’ . 1 90 1 , , . Tru e R e ward of t h e N ove lis t p ublis h e d i n World s Wor k O ct ob e r 1 90 1 S t ory Te lle r v s N ove li s t p ubli sh ed i n World s Work M ar ch 1 90 2 “ T h e F ron t i e r Gone at L as t p ublish e d i n World s Work F e bruary 1 90 2 p ublish ed in World s T h e N e e d o f a L i t e r ar y C on s c i e n c e ’ , , . ’ - . , , . , ’ , , . , ’ , W or k M ay , The M ay , 1 , 1 90 2 N ov e l 90 2 . t wi h a P urpos e , p b li h u s ed in W orld ’ s Wor k , . Se ri e s of art i cles t o The Cr i t i c e n t i t l e d S al t and S in ce ri t y p ublis h e d m on t h l y from M ay t o O c t o be r 1 90 2 ” p ubli sh e d i n Every body s M aga L i fe i n t h e M i ni n g R e g i on zi ne Se p t e m be r 1 90 2 publis h e d i n S an Fran cisc o I n D e fe nse o f D oc t or W L awlor A rgona u t A ug us t 1 1 t h 1 90 2 , , , . ’ , , , . . , , , . R es ponsi bili t i es of a N ov e list publi sh e d in The Cri t i c D e ce m be r 1 90 2 “ T h e N eg le ct e d Ep i c publish e d i n World s Work D e ce m be r Th e , , , . ’ , 1 90 2 . G reat Am e ri can N ov elis t The “ T h e A m e ri ca n F e bruary “ 2, 1 90 3 6, , an d C hil d St ori es f or A dul t s 1 90 3 90 3 1 , , , R e vi v al O rd e r F e bru a ry 9 1 90 3 Fe br ua ry s y n di ca t e d s y nd i c at e d , , . , in L i t e ra t u re , W hil e Y ou W ait p p r C rit ici a e M ar ch 9 , 1 90 3 an d sm , , Fe br uary s y nd i ca t e d , Fi ct i Am e ri c an c s y ndi a t e d , on , . R i ch ard Har di ng D avi s ct Ja n uary 2 6 1 90 3 ” C h ance s of Unk now n W ri t e rs s y ndi ca t e d M arch 2 1 90 3 ” T h e Surre n de r of S an t iag o s y ndi c at e d J ul y 1 3 1 91 3 , s y n di a e d , , . , S h ort S t o ri es p ubli s h e d in San Fran cisc o . A rgona ut , M a y , . S on 1 , , , B ab az zoui n , . , , 89 1 , . N e ws 1 . . N ov e li s t s t o 23 P ub li c S y n di c at e d J an uary 1 9 1 90 3 ” P op ular F i ct ion s yn di cat e d , . T h e N a t ur e 1 , S h e ik of a , p b li h u s ed i n S an Fran ci s co A rgona ut J une , , 89 1 Jongl e ur de Taille b ois p ublis h ed i n San F rans cisco Wave D e c e m b e r 2 5 1 89 1 ” “ A rach ne p ub li s h e d i n S an F ra n ci s c o W ave 1 89 2 ” L aut h p ub li s h e d i n Ove rla nd M ont hly M ar ch 1 89 3 Travi s H alle t s H alf B ack p ublish e d in Ove rla nd M on t hly J an uary 1 894 “ O u t ward and Vis ible S ig n Se ri es of s h ort s t ori es p ublis h e d t i t l es as i n t h e Ove rla nd M ont hly c omm e n c i ng F e bru ary 1 894 ” “ “ follows : Th orough bre d F e br uary 1 894 ; S h e a nd t h e O t h e r ” F ell ow M ar ch 1 894 ; T h e M os t N ob le C on' ues t of M a n ” “ “ Jul y 1 894 ; A ft e r S t rang e M ay 1 894 ; O ut si de t h e ' e n ana ” Gods O c t obe r 1 894 Le , , . , , . , , , . , ~ , , , , . , , , , , ‘ , , , , , , . , C age d Th e A ug us t , 1 894 p bli h L i on , u s Fran ci sc o in San ed A rgona ut , . D e fe ns e of t h e F lag p ublish e d in S an Fran ci s co A rgona ut Oct obe r 1 89 5 p ubli s h e d i n San Fran A S al v a t i on B oom i n M at a be l e la nd cis c o W ave A p ril 25 1 89 6 T h e H e rois m of J on es i e p ublish ed in Sa n Fran cis c o Wave “ A , , . , ' , , . , , , M a y 1 6, 1 89 6 . Se ri es of S k e t ch es e nt i t l ed M an Propose s p ubli she d S an Fran ci sc o Wave M ay 23 1 896; M ay 3 0 1 89 6; J un e 1 3 1 896; J un e 2 7 1 3 96; J ul y 4 1 3 96 I n t h e H ea t of B at t le publi sh ed in S an Fran cis c o Wave D e ce m be r 1 9 1 89 6 ” H i s S is t e r p u bli s h e d in San Francisco W ave D e ce m be r , , , , , , , , , . , , 89 6 28 , 1 . P uppe t s Th e 1 , P uppy the a nd S an , Fr c an c i s o Wave M ay , 22 , 89 7 . B ee r T h r ou g h J une ' Sk i ttl e s and 1 2, 1 L i tt l e a p bli h u , Glass D arkl y , in S a n ed Fran ci s c o Wave p ublis h e d in S an F r ci c an s o , M ay Wave , 89 7 . Dram as Wave J une 2 6, 1 t he of C u rb s tone , p b li h u s ed i n S an F r cisc an o 89 7 . Strange s t Th i ng Th e s p bli h u , s ed i n S an Francisco Wave , J ul y 3 1 89 7 “ Thi s A ni m al of a B uldy Jones p ublis h e d i n San Franci s co W ave J ul y ” B oom p u b li s h e d i n S an Fran c i s c o W ave A ug us t 7 1 89 7 ” R e ve rsi on t o Ty pe p ubli s h e d i n S an Franci s co Wave Aug us t 1 4 1 89 7 “ House wi t h t h e B li nds p ublis h e d i n San Franci s co W ave A ug us t 2 1 1 89 7 “ T h e T hi rd C i r c le p ub lis h e d in San Francisco Wave A ug ust . , , , , . , , , , . , , . , 28 , 1 89 7 . , , Th e E nd Wave S e p t e m be r 4 , “ C ase A B eginning the of 1 , pub lis h ed , in San Fran cisco 89 7 s f or Lom br o p bli sh o, u ed i n Sa n Francis c o Wave , Se p t e m be r 1 1 1 89 7 Hi s Sin gl e B le sse dne ss p ubli s h e d in San Francis co Wave S e p t e m be r 1 8 1 89 7 E xe cut i on wi t h out J udgm e nt p ubl is h e d i n San Fran cisc o Wave O ct obe r 2 1 89 7 ” “ M i ra cle Joy e ux p ublis h e d i n S an F ran cis co Wave O c t ober . , , . , , , . , , , Judy s Se rvi ce of G ol d Plat e p ublis h e d in S an Fran cis co Wave Oct obe r 1 6 1 89 7 p ublis h ed i n San Francis c o T h e A ssociat e d U n C ha ri t i e s Wave O c t obe r 3 0 1 89 7 F ant asie Prin t ani e re p ublish e d in San F rancisc o W ave N ov e m be r 6 1 89 7 p ublis h e d in Sa n Francis co H i s D ead M ot h e r s P ort rai t Wave N ov e m be r 1 3 1 89 7 S h or t y St ack P ugil i s t p ubli s h e d i n San F ranc is c o Wave N ov e m be r 20 1 89 7 “ I sa b e l l a R e g i na p ubli s h ed in San F ran cisc o Wave N ove m ’ . , - , . , , , , . , ’ . , , , , , . , , , b e r 2 7, 1 89 7 . P e rv e rt e d T al e s ( P arodi e s on se v e ral w e ll k now n aut h ors ) “ p ubli sh e d i n San Fran ci sco W ave D e ce m be r 2 5 1 89 7: T h e ” “ Ri c k sh aw t h at H appe ne d b y R d ' g ; T h e G re e n St one ” 11 C r e; by R ' an B ubb le s S t o ry d of Unr e s t by S ” “ — H g D s ; A m b rosi a B ee r b y A e B e ; I Call on ” ” “ L a dy D ot t y e; T h e H e ro of Tom at o C an by A y H - , , , , ’ , , - , by B t H , , e . Drown ed W h o D o N ot D i e p ub li s h ed in S an Fran ci s co W ave Se p t e m be r 24 1 89 8 M i racle J oy e ux re p ub li s h e d M cCl ure s M agaz i ne D e ce m be r “ Th e , , . , ’ , , 1 89 8 . Thi s A n i mal c of a M agazi ne , M ar h , 1 89 9 B uldy . Jones , re p ubli sh ed in M ccl u re ’ s S h o rt P oem s P u b li s h e d P oi t i e r 1 89 1 b allad publishe d in B er klyi an m edi ev al , . p B run hilda, ill us t rat e d b y au t h or publi f ar ni a I llus t rat ed M agazi ne (di ont in ue d ) , 1 89 1 “ 1 M agazi ne , , oe m , C re pusculum 89 2 sc sonne t , sh ed . publish ed i n Overland M ont hl y , Cali in , A pril , . The E xil T ’ e s oas t published in Read er , , M ay , 1 90 7 . B ook s P u b l i s h e d pany “ , 1 89 2 poe m publish ed l ong Y v e rn e l le , b y Li , ppin c Com ot t . M or an of s ri t h e L ady Le t t y , b ou t J an uary S e p t e m b e r 1 89 8 a 1 , 89 8 e Publi sh ed . Fran ci s co Wave D oub le day M c cl ur e ali z e d by i n S an , , , p bli M cT e ag ue , 1 899 u sh e d c D oubl eday by M cl ur e , F e bru ary , . ri aliz e d i n The P ur i ta n abo ut A p ril 1 89 9 Publi s h ed M c cl ur e S e p t e m be r 1 899 b y D oub l e day ” “ A M an s W om an se ri aliz e d i n N e w Y or k Eve ni ng S u n a bo ut J ul y O c t ob e r 1 899 ; i n S an F ran ci s co Chronicle J ul y 23 1 899 — O c t ob e r 8 1 89 9 P ubli s h ed b y D oubl eday 81 M cCl ur e F e br uary 1 900 ” O ct op us publi s h e d b y D ouble day P age C omp an y A pril B li x se , . , , . , ’ , , , . , , , . , , 1 90 1 , , , . T h e P it , 2 7, , 1 90 2 s ri e alize d — J an u ary C om pany J anuar y , The 3 1 1 , , C om p any Conte nts : Th e , 1 90 3 90 3 R e s pons i bili t ie s day , P age i n S at u rda y 1 . Ev e n i ng P ub l i s h e d by S e p t e m be r D oub le day P age P os t , , . of 90 3 v t h e N o e li s t , p ubli sh e d by D ouble . R e s p ons ib ili t i es of v li t h e N o e st ; Th e True S t ory R e w ard of t h e N ov e li s t ; T h e N ove l wi t h a P u rpose ; t e lle r s v s N ov e li s t s ; T h e N ee d of a L i t e r a ry C ons ci e n c e ; A N e g le c t e d E p i c ; T h e Front i e r G on e at L as t ; T h e G re at Am e ri can N ov e li s t ; N e w Y ork as a L i t e rary C e nt re ; T h e Am e ri can Publi c “ . 25 P op ul ar a nd C ri t i ci s m s an d F i ct i s C hil d St ori e s on ; Fi c t i R iv l Am e ri ca n on ; Nov sp f or A dul t ; N e w ape r r d e r W hi l e y o u e li s t s t o O N at ure ev a i n L i t e r a t ur e ; T h e M e ch a ni c s of “ F ic tion ; Fi c t ion W ri t i ng as a B usin es s ; T h e Volunt ee r M an u ” R e t ail B oo k se ll e r L i t e rary D i c t at or ; A n A me ri ca n S ch ool s c ri p t ; of Fi c ti on ; N ov e li s t s o f t h e F u t u r e ; A P l ea f or R om an t i c F i ct i on ; A Probl e m i n F i c t i on ; W h y W om e n s h ould W ri t e t h e B es t N ov e ls ; S im p li ci t y i n A rt ; S al t an d S in ce ri t y C om ple t e W ork s G olde n G at e E di ti on p ubli s h ed b y D oubl e d a y P ag e C om p an y 1 90 3 S e v e n v ol um e s (e di t i on lim i t e d t o on e h un dr e d se ts ) (O u t of p r in t ) A D e al in W h e at a n d o t h e r s t o ri e s of t h e n e w and old W e s t li h m a n 1 b D b P g C p s e d b u l a e o u o e d a 8 1 y y 90 3 y p Cont ents : A D eal in W h ea t ; T h e Wi fe of C hi no ; A B argain wi t h P e g Le g ; T h e P as s i n g of C oc k E y e B lack l oc k ; A M e m or an dum of S udd e n D e at h ; T wo H ea rt s t h a t B ea t as O n e ; T h e D u al P e rso n al i t y o f S li c k D i c k N i c k e r s o n ; T h e S hi p t h at S aw a G h os t ; T h e G h os t i n t h e C ross tree s ; T h e Ri di ng of F e lipe ” T h e Joy ou s M i ra cl e p u bli s h e d b y D ouble day P ag e 81 Com pan y 1 90 6 “ T h e Thi r d C i r cl e publish e d b y Joh n L an e C om p an y 1 90 9 Cont ents : T h e Thi r d C ir cl e ; T h e H ous e wi t h t h e B li nds ; Li t t l e D ramas of t h e C urb s t one ; S h ort y S t a ck P ugili s t ; T h e S t ranges t ” Th ing ; A R e v e rsi on t o Type ; B oom ; T h e D is associ at ed C ha ri t i es ; So n of a S h e ik ; A D e fe nse of t h e F lag ; T op p an ; A C age d “ ” Li on ; Thi s A ni m al of a B uldy Jones ; D ying F i re s ; Gre t t ir at Gran ge y ; Th e G u es t of H onour “ ” Van dove r and t h e B rute p ublis h ed b y D oub le day Page 81 W ai t ; ” “ The , . , , . . , . . , . , , - - . , . , , , , - . 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