Ellis Parker Butler
Ellis Parker Butler looked like a banker (and in actuality, he was), but he wrote some of the funniest stories of the early twentieth century.
His Perkins of Portland stories still strike a familiar chord to modern Americans.
His tale 'Pigs is Pigs' is a genuine classic, that has been filmed at least twice.
Our serialization of his novel 'The Cheerful Smugglers' is an example of light-hearted family humor, but not as sharp as most of his other stories featured in the Basement
You can read much more about this remarkable man at http://ellisparkerbutler.info.
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3 Ellis Parker Butler - Meet Perkins of Portland - 1906
5 Ellis Parker Butler - The Adventure of Silas Boggs (Perkins of Portland) - 1906
14 Ellis Parker Butler - The Adventure in Automobiles (Perkins of Portland) - 1906
17 Ellis Parker Butler - Solander's Radio Tomb
47 Ellis Parker Butler - Secrets of the Author Business - 1919
48 Ellis Parker Butler - Someting Else to Prohibit - 1921
49 Ellis Parker Butler - What I Don't Want - 1910
50 Ellis Parker Butler - A New Kind of Insurance Policy - 1906
51 Ellis Parker Butler - (Perkins of Portland) The Adventure of the Crimson Cord - 1906
100 The One Hundredth Episode Spectacular - featuring The Adventure of the Lame and Halt (Perkins of Portland) -1904
125 Ellis Parker Butler - First Day of School - 1919
148 Goin' Hollywood - Ellis Parker Butler - Pigs is Pigs - 1906
237 Ellis Parker Butler - Let's All Go Crazy - 1922
238 Ellis Parker Butler - Eliph Hewitt, Castaway - 1902
239 Ellis Parker Butler - The Great Discoveries - 1921
240 Ellis Parker Butler - The Dit School of Fiction - 1922
241 Ellis Parker Butler - A Guide to Book-Agenting - 1905
272 Tribute to The Death of the Telegram Stories - Ellis Parker Butler - Chapter One of Kilo - - Being the Love Story of Eliph Hewlitt, Book Agent - 1907
283 Ellis Parker Butler - A Fortune in Hot Air - 1909
325 Ellis Parker Butler - The Adventure of the Lame and Halt (Perkins of Portland) (re-recording)- 1904
371 Stories About Books and Publishing - Ellis Parker Butler - The Amalgamated Book Insurance Club - 1906
601 Ellis Parker Butler - The Cheerful Smugglers - Chapter 1 - The Commonwealth of Bobberts - 1908
608 Ellis Parker Butler - The Cheerful Smugglers - Chapter 2 - The Box of Bon Bons - 1908
615 Ellis Parker Butler - The Cheerful Smugglers - Chapter 3 - Kitty's Trunks - 1908
622 Ellis Parker Butler - The Cheerful Smugglers - Chapter 4 - Billy- 1908
629 Ellis Parker Butler - The Cheerful Smugglers - Chapter 5 - The Pink Shirt Waist - 1908
642 Ellis Parker Butler - The Cheerful Smugglers - Chapter 6 - Bridget - 1908
649 Ellis Parker Butler - The Cheerful Smugglers - Chapter 7 - The Amatuer Detective- 1908
662 Ellis Parker Butler - The Cheerful Smugglers - Chapter 8 - The Field of Dishonor- 1908
669 Ellis Parker Butler - The Cheerful Smugglers - Chapter 9 - Bobberts Intervenes - 1908
676 Ellis Parker Butler - The Cheerful Smugglers - Chapter 10 - Tariff Reform - 1908
680 Ellis Parker Butler - Pure Logic - 1902
683 Ellis Parker Butler - The Cheerful Smugglers - Chapter 11 - The Coup D'etat - 1908
712 Ellis Parker Butler - Appropriate Telephone Numbers - 1911
713 Ellis Parker Butler - An Experiment in Gyro-Hats - 1910
714 Ellis Parker Butler - Lover's Leap - 1919
715 Ellis Parker Butler - The Adventure of Silas Boggs (re-recording) - 1906
941 Shopping Stories - Ellis Parker Butler - Ads is Ads - 1920
1088 My Maiden Effort - Ellis Parker Butler - My Cyclone-Proof House - 1896
1095 The Stag Cookbook - Ellis Parker Butler - Bouillabase Joe Tilden - 1922
1138 Ellis Parker Butler - Something for the Kid - 1911
1139 Ellis Parker Butler - Movies is Movies - 1920
1140 Ellis Parker Butler - Washington and Egypt's First King - 1912
1141 Ellis Parker Butler - A Message from Mr. Barr Leecorn - 1919
1289 Ellis Parker Butler - Maude's Valentine - 1896
1444 Ellis Parker Butler - International Skull and Cross Bones, Ltd. - 1903
1483 Ellis Parker Butler -The Boom in Spooks - 1910
1500 (1 of 8) Ellis Parker Butler -Mr. Perkins of Portland (Part One of Eight) - 1906
1500 (2 of 8) Ellis Parker Butler -The Adventure of Silas Boggs (Part Two of Eight) - 1906
1500 (3 of 8) Ellis Parker Butler -The Adventure of the Lame and the Halt (Part Three of Eight) - 1906
1500 (4 of 8) Ellis Parker Butler -The Adventure of the Fifth Street Church (Part Four of Eight) - 1906
1500 (5 of 8) Ellis Parker Butler -The Adventure in Automobiles (Part Five of Eight) - 1906
1500 (6 of 8) Ellis Parker Butler -The Adventure of the Poet (Part Six of Eight) - 1906
1500 (7 of 8) Ellis Parker Butler -The Adventure of the Crimson Cord (Part Seven of Eight) - 1906
1500 (8 of 8) Ellis Parker Butler -The Adventure of The Princess of Pilliwink (Part Eight of Eight) - 1906
1594 Ellis Parker Butler -The Exciting Life - 1910
1595 Ellis Parker Butler - The Power Behind the Throne - 1910
1596 Ellis Parker Butler - Teeth is Teeth - 1910
1597 Ellis Parker Butler - The Man from '20 - 1920
1738 Ellis Parker Butler (poems) - The Ballad of the Bachelor - 1897
1739 Ellis Parker Butler (poems) - An Ounce of Prevention - 1896
1740 Ellis Parker Butler (poems) - A Study in Feeling - 1902
1741 Ellis Parker Butler (poems) - The Ballad of the Mermaid and the Sea Serpent - 1895
1923 Ellis Parker Butler - The Scenic Novel - 1911
1924 Ellis Parker Butler - On Jury Duty - 1911
1925 Ellis Parker Butler - Kitchen Efficiency - 1922
1926 Ellis Parker Butler - The Temporary Editor - 1901
All of the stories in Mister Ron's Basement are indexed on the Catalog Page at:
http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html