Frank Norris 18701902 an Intimate Sketch of the Man Who Was

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
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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
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aint
b
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and
the
sides
of
ciga
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w ere painted ivory black with red t rimm ing s and
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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ni ne dol l ars
the fi r s t money e v er e a rned by his pen
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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
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s
uppose
that
this
was
p
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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view
until
he
could
remai
n
detached
out
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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
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Del ighted a t the p ossi bil ity of wa r Frank
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Thre e m e n w e re i n t he
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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' 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
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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
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n o v el of the t rilogy of The W he a t to which The
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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
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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
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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
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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
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5
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f
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h wi g t h
tr gg l f
xpr
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a n u s
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s io n
it s
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o
or
au
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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
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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
‘
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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
,
,
.
,
,
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,
’
,
.
,
’
’
’
.
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
’
,
,
.
’
-
.
,
,
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,
’
,
,
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,
’
,
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
,
,
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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
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,
,
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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
’
.
,
-
,
.
,
,
,
,
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,
’
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,
,
,
,
,
.
,
,
,
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
”
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“
L a dy D ot t y
e;
T h e H e ro of Tom at o C an
by A
y H
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-
,
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
,
,
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’
,
,
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
,
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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
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