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RICHARD HARDING DAVIS^? Bibliography

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RICHARD HIDING DAVISA BIBLIOGRAPHYBEING A RECORD OF HIS LITERARY LIFE, OPHIS ACHIEVEMENTS AS A CORRESPONDENTIN SIX WARS, AND HIS EFFORTS IN BEHALFOF THE ALLIES IN THE GREAT WAR

BYHENRY COLE QUINBY, A.M.

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CONTENTSPAGES

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS viiACKNOWLEDGMENT xiNOTE xiiINTRODUCTION BY CHARLES BELMONT DAVIS xiiiCHRONOLOGY xix

SECTIONI. THE LEHIGH BURR 3

II. THE EPITOME OF '86 8III. THE STAGE 11IV. SEPARATELY PRINTED WORKS ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED: A

CHECK-LIST 14V. SEPARATELY PRINTED WORKS CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED

WITH DESCRIPTION AND NOTES 10VI. UNIFORM EDITIONS 95

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VII, PLAYS ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED: A CHECK-LIST 99VIII. PLAYS CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED WITH CASTS AND DATA

OF PRODUCTION , 101IX. IDENTIFIED PUBLISHED WORK, INCLUDING ARTICLES, STORIES,POEMS AND ESSAYS IN NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS; AND

PLAYS PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED, ALL ALPHABETICALLYARRANGED 124X. TRANSLATIONS 230XL MOVING PICTURES 232XII. BOOKS FOE THE BLIND , 247XIII. BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL BOOKS AND ARTICLES ABOUT

DAVIS AND His WORK , 251XIV. CHARACTERS NAMED IN FICTION AND PLAYS. 256XV. ADDENDA, INCLUDING

The Hat and Its Inmate 288The Alarm Clock Story 289Men Who Make Life , 291Richard Carr's Baby. , . . 292

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ILLUSTRATIONSAdvertisement of the Complete, Uniform Edition of Davis's Works, which

appeared in Scribner's Magazine, March, 1918 FrontispieceFACINGFACover of The Lehigh Burr (slightly reduced), the Monthly Magazine of

Lchigh University. The name of R. H. Davis, '86, appears in the list ofEditors 3

Editorial Page of The Lehigk Burr, with name of Kichard H. Davis, '86,Managing Editor 4

Cover of The Epitome of '86, published by the Class of '86 of Lehigh Univer-sity, and of which Richard Harding Davis was Chairman of the Board ofEditors 6

Extracts from The Epitome of '86, published by the Class of '86 of LehighUniversity, showing how Richard Harding Davis and one of the othereditors wrote each other's biography , 8

Cover of The Stage (slightly reduced) showing Caricature of John Drew andhis Penciled Comment . 11

Page from The Stage, a weekly Dramatic Review, of which Davis was anAssociate Editor 12

Cover of the First Book published by Richard Harding Davis 17A Poster for the Illustrated Edition of Three Gringos in Central America and

Venezuela , 36Cover of Pamphlet of Dr. Jameson's Raiders, now rare because never

issued in permanent binding , 40Cover of Dramatic Version of The Orator of Zepata City/' specially pre-

pared for Nat Goodwin but never played by him . 46Hanson's Folly and Captain Macklin, two of Richard Harding Davis's

greatest books published almost simultaneously 64vii


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viii ILLUSTRATIONSFACINGPAQK

Covers of The Bar Sinister, Richard Harding Davis's famous Dog Story,and The Red Cross Girl, written in the year of his marriage and dedi-cated to his wife, Bessie McCoy Davis 56

Richard Harding Davis's report of the monster demonstration at MadisonSquare Garden when Roosevelt appeared after his recovery from theAssassin's Bullet 73

Newspaper Syndicate news-slip of Richard Harding DavisJs story, TheGreat Unbossed 74Cover of Who's Who, a Farce, photographed by R. B. Fleming, 18 Bury

Street, London, W. C., from the British Museum copy 76A Dramatic Appeal in War-time 80Front cover of Pamphlet written by Richard Harding Davis in defense of theReform Program of Thomas Mott Osborne 83A hitherto unpublished Note on Tobacco in War, written just before Richard

Harding Davis's death 84Plea for the Lafayette Fund written by Richard Harding Davis (first page) . . 87Plea for the Lafayette Fund written by Richard Harding Davis (second page) 88Facsimile of portion of Letter written by Davis to some Public Official,

seeking Recognition for three British Officers through whose Braverythe Lives of five American Sailors were saved 92

Advertisement of First Collected Set, 1898, which appeared in Harper'sMagazine 95

Advertisement of the Third Collected Set, 1903, which appeared inScribner's Magazine - ... 96

Advertisement of the First Uniform Edition, which appeared in the Metro-politan Magazine for October, 1920. 98

Advertisement of the Complete Tales and Novels, which appeared in theHarvard Cooperative Society Bulletin. * . * 100

Program of the Complimentary Performance of The Taming of Helengiven before the townspeople of Richard Harding Davis , 106

Theater Program containing the cast of Zone Police/ 7 a One-act Play byRichard Harding Davis 120


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Newspaper Advertisement of Richard Harding Davis's Play, The Girl FromHome 122A Typical Newspaper Story of the Spanish-American War sent by Richard

Harding Davis from Santiago 193Richard Harding Davis's War Story of Roosevelt and his Rough Riders 204Title Page, Midsummer Pirates, in American Braille. (By courtesy ofAmerican Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, Kentucky.) 247


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTBoth Mrs. Richard Harding Davis and Mr. CharlesBelmont Davis have patiently answered my every question

and to them I return my grateful thanks. To Mrs. DavisI am specially indebted for having freely turned over to mefor examination all of her husband's manuscripts andnotebooks. EL C. Q.


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NOTEYears ago, Henry Quinby used to spend Ms spare timeon dull summer days browsing around in musty non-venti-lated second-hand book shops. There began his interest inRichard Harding Davis, not only for what he wrote, but be-cause of the great quantity and variety of his writings.Mr. Quinby started making notes of his Davis acquisi-

tions, and the list grew until finally it developed into thisBibliography,Before Mr. Quinby 7s death on October 23, 1922, the entiremanuscript was written and ready for publication, includ-ing the necessary instruction for the printers. It is now byMrs. Quinby ys desire, published in its original form, withoutre-editing or substantial changes.


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INTRODUCTIONBy CHARLES BELMONT DAVIS

WHEN Mr. Quinby first spoke to me of his project tocompile a record of my brother Richard's literary work,I looked for a book of reference a careful record with allthe limitations and all the dusty dullness that the wordimplies. But, to me at least, this volume seems ve;ry muchmore than the record of musty smell and crackling leaves,something much more than a success of mere research. Icannot see why this book should not be read before one'sown cosy hearth as well as under the green lamp shade of apublic library. The author was fortunate in that his sub-ject was a man of red blood and imagination, and there canbe no more doubt that some of that red blood has beentransfused into these pages than that the author has pre-sented the results of Ms research with a real and sym-pathetic imagination. In many of these pages will be foundthe human interest and the charm of a biography, and mygreat regret is that my brother might not have lived to readthem. I know of no one who would have absorbed the bookwith so keen a pleasure or who could so well have writtenan appreciation of this labor of love.The author has been courteous enough to ask me to saysomething of my brother, and as the volume is devoted toRichard's work as an author, I presume I should speak onlyof that side of Ms life. Under such generous conditions Imight take advantage of the opportunity to express mycritical views of Ms literary efforts and speculate on theirpermanent place in the literature of our country, but Igladly refrain, willingly toss away the golden opportunity,


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xiv INTRODUCTIONand leave critical analysis and speculation to those re-viewers and prophets who are far better qualified for thetask and far less prejudiced. There is, however, anotherside to Richard's work of which I may speak briefly acertain physical aspect with which I was well acquaintedand which I feel must impress anyone who has taken but acursory glance at the pages that follow. I refer to theextraordinary amount of work my brother accomplished inthe fifty-two years of his life and to its very unusualvariety.

At twenty-three Richard was a reporter and had writtenseveral stories for boys, and at twenty-six he was still areporter and had written several successful stories forgrown-ups. At this time he was offered the positionof managing editor of HABPEB'S WEEKLY, and as he hadseveral ideas of his own as to how a periodical shouldbe edited, he accepted the offer and for a few monthsof every year sat in a swivel chair and told otherreporters how to write news stories. The rest of his timehe devoted to long journeys, of which he wrote so-calledtravel articles. He was advertised as a correspondent, but he was still a reporter, and all of this time he waswriting the fiction that gave him his early reputation.Journalism is frequently and often freely recommended toincipient writers as the best school in which to prepare forthe authorship of fiction in a word, literature. ButRichard, so far as I know, never admitted the differencebetween the art of journalism and literature, and, through-out his life, in his vocabulary the word author stood nohigher than reporter. When he began writing novelshe still wrote short stories and articles of travel, and whenhe wrote his first plays he did not let this work interfere forany great length of time with his novels or short storiesor Ms war correspondence. Gouverneur Morris has saidthat Richard was a full brother to Peter Pan and nevergrew old in any case I am sure that he never graduatedfrom one school of writing to another, because he held themall worthy and all part of literature. As a cub newspaperreporter he was a good observer; and as a short-story


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INTRODUCTION xvwriter, as a novelist, as a playwright, as a traveler, as awar correspondent, and at the last as the writer who firsttold the world how the Germans entered Brussels, he wasstill first of all an expert observer. Also, through inher-itance and long training he may have been what George Adecalls a good deseriber, but above everything and ineverything I am quite sure that Bichard's success was dueto seeing something that the untrained eye did not see.And whatever criticism and difference of opinion mybrother's fiction may have caused, there is no question thathe had success the greatest of all success which, ofcourse, is happiness in one's work. In this he was su-premely happy. He was happy when he conceived the germof an idea, and he was happy in building up a story or anovel or a play on that idea ; he was happy when the manu-script was finished, and if it was a story he was happy whenit was published, or if it was a play he was happy when itwas produced.

Until the last, no war cub reporter ever loved a goodstory at the front as Richard did, and no one ever suf-fered so deeply from the lack of one. I believe he was oneof the most conscientious workmen I have ever known inhis or any other craft. Towards Ms own work he was aharsh critic, especially so in the case of news stories, whenacting as a war correspondent he had been compelled towrite hurriedly and with no chance of correcting Ms copy.In writing fiction he toiled over every paragraph, every sen-tence, and every word. In addition to the extreme interesthe took in all he wrote, he was actuated not only by a strongdesire to please his public, but to satisfy the publisher whowas paying him and incidentally always paying him well.His etMcs in his profession were as high as they were inhis daily life, and the man who could bring discredit on thecraft was beyond his understanding. I recall the case of avery rich man who suddenly became a world figure throughbeing a leader in a famous cause. Whether Eichard be-lieved in the cause or not I do not know ; but the case of theman appealed to Mm as extremely chivalric and dramatic,and as such he wrote a news story wMeh was printed in


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xvi INTRODUCTIONnewspapers all over the world and for which I rememberRichard received four hundred dollars from the syndicatewho handled it. The day following the publication of thestory the rich man called on my brother and told him howdelighted he and his associates in the cause were and? as aslight token of their appreciation, proffered him a check forthirty thousand dollars.But 1 wasn't boosting your cause, Richard said.4 * The conditions seemed to me to make you and your friendssufficiently interesting to write a story about. My articlemay have been worth thirty thousand dollars to your cause,but I'm not a press-bureau; I'm a reporter and I considerfour hundred dollars a lot of money for my work. 57And to do Richard further credit, in after years whenhe would perhaps have welcomed the addition of thirtythousand dollars to his bank account, I never heard Mmregret his prompt decision to refuse the check. Beared bya father and mother who not only admired but had a genu-ine reverence for good English and for fine literature,Richard had no more sympathy for the author who prosti-tuted his talents for money than he had for the publisherswho first began to commercialize literature. Throughouthis life, towards the art of writing he was always aschivalric and old fashioned as he was unalterably opposedto phonetic spelling, sex stories, and the modern practice ofpermitting a good story to trickle through a lane of paidadvertisements.

But I fear I have wandered far from my original object,which was to show that as many of my brother's storiespoint a moral, so does this record of his life's work. Veryold fashioned, if you will, the axioms may be found in anycopy book Honesty is the best policy and Work is thehigh road to success. So it certainly was with Richard*Work and work and then more work and, when the mindand body showed the first signs of fatigue, seeking relaxa-tion in a new field of literary labor, a new vehicle whereinhe could tell others of Ms thoughts and intei ests. As heexpressed it, in the language of the squared drcle, Mixingit up/* but never letting up, never getting 1 jred, or suf-


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INTRODUCTION xviificiently tired to let down in Ms standards; forcing himselfacross a continent or an ocean to find something* new andfine to tell others about; to bring a little happiness to thepeople whose work and cares wouldn't permit them to crosscontinents and oceans, and in the very telling to find his ownhappiness, because it was in telling a story, in one form oranother, that Richard filled Ms life to the brim, held firmlyto his youth, and found a great happiness and content.

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CHRONOLOGY1864 Apr. 18, E. II. D. born at Philadelphia.1879-80 Episcopal Academy? Philadelphia.1880 Sept. to June, 1881, Swarthmore College.1881 Sept. to June, 1882, Ulrich's Prep. School, Bethle-hem, Pa.1882 Aug. to June, 1885, Lehigh University, Bethlehem,Pa. Editor and chief contributor to THE LBBCIGH:

BUKB.1883 Published ADVENTURES OF MY FRESHMAN (first book).1885 Jan., trip to New Orleans as correspondent of Phila-

delphia Inquirer.1885 Fall, to 1886, Spring, Johns Hopkins University,Baltimore.1886 Summer, in Cuba.1886 Sept., 011 the Philadelphia Record.1886 Dec. to 1889, on the Philadelphia Press; wrote the

Johnstown flood stories.1888 First magazine story (in ST. NICHOLAS).Gallegher stories begun.

1888 Sept. to Feb. 1889, edited THE STAGE.1889 Spring, on the Philadelphia Telegraph; in Englandwith the cricket team.

Fall, on the Press again. Sept., went to New York,began Evening Sun stories and specials and beganto write for SCRIBBLER'S MAGAZINE.1890 End of Dec., left Evening Sun and became editor ofHAKPEB'S WEEKLY.

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xx CHRONOLOGY1896 May, correspondent of the New York Journal inRussia and Budapest.

Dec. to Feb., 1897, sent by Journal to Cuba, then atwar with Spain.1897 May, in Greece during the Greco-Turkish war.1898 Apr. 24, started for Cuba in the Spanish-Americanwar as correspondent for the New York Herald,London Times and SCEIBKEE'S MAGAZINE.1899 May 4, at Marion, Mass., married Miss Cecil, daugh-

ter of John M. Clark of Chicago.1900 Jan. 10, started for Capetown and the Boer War,saw relief of Ladysmith as correspondent for NewYork Herald and London Mail.

Aug. 4, arrived at New York from South Africantrip.

1902 August, bought his farm, Crossways, at Mt. Kisco,N. Y.

1904 Feb., went to Eusso-Japanese War for COLLIBB'S,returning in November.

Dec. 14, L. Clarke Davis (father of E. H. D.), editorof the Philadelphia Ledger, died.

1905 July, moved to Mt. Kisco house.1906 March, went to Isle of Pines for COLLIEB'S.1907 Jan. 5, went to the Congo to investigate the atrocitiesfor COLLIEB'S.1908 Spent winter in London and wrote last chapters of

OisrcB UPOK A TIME in the artist Turner's formerhome, which Davis had rented.

1909 Aug., War Maneuvers at Middleboro, Mass.1910 Early, separated from his wife.Sept., mother died at Mt, Kisco.1912 July 8, married Elizabeth GL McEvoy (BessieMcCoy).1913 Nov. 6, returned from Cuba after filming Soldiers ofFortune,


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CHRONOLOGY xxi1914 Apr. 29, arrived at Vera Cruz in anticipation of thewar with Mexico, as correspondent of the Wheeler

Syndicate and New York Tribune.June 22, arrived in New York.Aug. 4, sailed for Enrope to report the Great War.Sept., writing for the Morning Chronicle.

1915 Jan. 4, daughter Hope was born in New York City.Aug., went to the Reserve Officers ' Training Camp at

Plattsburg, N. Y.Oct. 18, sailed for France on S. S. Chicago.Nov. 13, left Paris for Salonika.1916 Feb., returned to New York.Apr. 11, died suddenly at Mt. Kisco.

Apr. 15, cremated and ashes buried in LeveringtonCemetery, overlooking the Wissahickon Valley,beside his parents' graves, near Philadelphia.


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RICHARD HARDING DAVISA BIBLIOGRAPHY

ITHE LEHIGH BUEE

The Lehlgh Burr (1882-3)The/Lehigh (vignette of an opened chestnut burr)Burr/ Volume Second./ 1882-3./ (list of editors)Lehigh University,/ South Bethlehem, Pa.[8vo, about 7y2 inches. The volume contains 120 numberedpages; six leaves of text in each number, preceded and fol-lowed by three leaves of advertisements. The outside page ofeach number carried top half page of title and contents ; lowerhalf, an advertisement of Young, a hatter.]To this monthly periodical published by the students ofLehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa., Eichard HardingDavis became a contributor in September, 1882, only a fewweeks after he entered college as a freshman. Volume II.,

No. 1 ? published in that month, bore his name also as aneditor ninth and last on the list, a position he heldthroughout the college year and volume, in the last numberof which there are but eight editors named. The first num-ber on p. 11 gives his name among the seventy-six freshmen.Though a reader familiar with Davis *s work can identifymany things in the BUBB as his to a moral certainty, thefirst article capable of identification is a story about MyFreshman, not yet named, the pet hero of Davis *s firstprinted series, Conway Maur. The identified Davis contri-butions to Volume IL are as follows (all unsigned) :

Unappreciated Zeal, No. 2, Oct., 1882, pp.18-20.


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4 RICHARD HARDING DAVISConway Maur's Diary, No. 5 ? Jan. 1883, p. 56.A Disciple of Theodore Hook's, No. 6, Feb.,

1883, pp. 64-66.Conway Maur as a Thespian, No. 7, Mar.,1883, pp. 79-81.

TJie Course of True Love, Etc., No. 8, Apr.,1883, pp. 90-92.

Dudes, Cads and Boys (signed ConwayMaur), No. 9, May, 1883, p. 102.

An Ass in Lion's Clothing, No. 9, May, 1883,pp. 103-5.A Commencement Boomerang, No. 10, June,1883, pp. 115-8.

Several of these stories were included In Davis ?s firstbook, ADVEHTUBES OF MY FRESHMAN (see)VoL III, Sept., 1883-June, 1884.

Of the numerous contributions by E. H. Davis, the onlyones identified are those signed Conway Maur, as follows :No. 2, Oct., 1883, p. 16,A Girl I Don't Know (poem)

pp. 18-19,The Model College Paper:Editorials or Calls for HelpThe PoemThe Short StoryThe Exchange Column

No. 4, Dec., p. 40,What Might Have Been if the Harvard Fac-ulty's Modifications Had Been Followed(poem)

No. 5, Jan., 1884, pp. 53-54,Das Bilder-Buch Ohne Bilder(burlesque translation)

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY 5No. 6, Feb., p. 66,

Our Street (poem)pp. 67-68,Dr. Receiver (burlesque on G-eorge W. Cable's

novel, DB. SEVIER), not signed.No. 8, Apr., pp. 90-91,My Life on the Yellowstone, or Leaves fromMy Diary (burlesque of President Arthur).No. 9, May, p. 100,

Employment Bureau (burlesque, signed C.M.)NOTE : Mashed, or Cause and Effect (poem) was prob-ably by Davis, as he preserved it in his scrap book.Vol. IV, Sept., 1884-June, 1885.

NOTE : We learn from the October and November, 1883,BTJBB that the Fall Sports were held Oct. 9, and that thehurdle race was won by E. H. Davis, '86, in 21 seconds,five inches ahead of the second contestant ; the running highjump was won easily by E. H. Davis, 786, who cleared5 feet and % inches. The football game with Lafayettetook place Oct. 25, and E. Davis was one of the rusherson the team. It was their first game and Lafayette won,56 to 0. Davis was also in the rush line in the game withEutgers, Nov. 1 ; and Eutgers won, 61 to 0. E. Davis playedin interclass game, Nov. 8, as halfback, and made quite anumber of excellent runs. In the second game with La-fayette, Nov. 12, the Davis brothers were halfbacks; E.Davis made a good run, scoring a touchdown for Lehighthe first point made by our team. The only one, for thescore was 34 to 4.No. 4, Dec., 1884, pp. 41-43,The House on the Swamp (seven short chap-

ters constituting a burlesque novel) .No. 6, Feb., 1885, pp. 67-68,Gymnasium Ball (poem; burlesque of THE

BALL,* suggests the headnote, by* THE BTTNTLING BALL, A Greco-American Play, by Edgar Fawcett, Illus-

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6 RICHARD HARDING DAVISthe anonymous anther. The authorship ofthis and the following items ? anonymous, isidentified by Mr. Howe.)pp. 68-69,

InterviewsNo. 7, Mar., pp. 77-78,The Battle of the Books

pp. 80-81,The Autocrat of the Chib Table.No. 8, Apr.,NOTE : The Mustard and Cheese Dramatic Club gave anentertainment with the Glee Club, Apr. 10. SIR DAGOBEETAND THE DBAGOH, by F. C. Burnand was enacted, with B. H.Davis in the modest part of Mulcahey, bodyguard to KingLollipop (in which he sang several songs composed almostentirely of brilliant hits at college affairs ) ; and C. B. Daviswas The Dragon. At the supper after the performance,B. H. Davis responded to the toast, THE LEHIGH BURRHa Ha Bevenge and C. B. Davis to Mustard andCheese; My Nap has given me an appetite.

B. H. Davis appeared in the Winter Sports list of win-ners, as successful in the running high jump, 5 feet, 1*4inches.No. 10, June, 1885,

NOTE : The front cover bears an eight-line Note of Ex-planation for the change of cover, to the effect that thelate managing editor, on being expelled from the Board ofthe LEHIGH BURR, captured the plates from which the coverwas heretofore printed and retains them as self-satisfyingproof of his being connected with the paper. This notewas by Davis and refers to his predecessor, who failed toprint a severe criticism of the EPITOME OF '86.

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY 7pp. 110-1,

Is There Any Oilier Game You Play BetterThan Thisf ( Instead of the students of thedifferent colleges representing their AlmaMaters by their legs and arms, have themshow what they can do with their brains :signed, Coiiway Maur.)

pp. 112-3,Commencement WeeJc: The Senior's Song.The Junior ?s Lament. The Sophomore'sSong. The Graduate Hist, It Comes:(poem, signed Coiiway Maur).

p. 115,Dorothy (poem, signed Conway Maur).

NOTE: A Commencement Idyl, a poem of four stanzassigned Conway Maur, was evidently printed in the LEHIGHBITER, though found by me only in Mr. Davis Js scrap book;it appears in ADVENTURES AND LETTERS, p. 30.

THE EPITOME OF '86 was an account of the classes atLehigh and their various members and activities in April,1884, when it was published, bearing the name of the SeniorClass, that of 786. The Editors were selected from the dif-ferent classes, and Richard Harding Davis, though aSophomore, received the remarkable honor of election asChairman of the Board of Editors. He not only filled thatoffice, but contributed largely to the literary contents of theEPITOME and designed the cover, of which this is a photo-graph. His initials, R. D., can be seen near the lower right-hand corner of the design.


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8 RICHARD HARDING DAVIS

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THE EPITOME OF '86The Epitome of '86 (1884)

Vol. 9/ of the/ Epitome. L U ?86./ Editors./ RichardDavis./ Chas. E. Clapp./ M. A. de Wolfe Howe, Jr./S. 0. Hazleton*/ J. K Surls./ R. S. Breinig./ W. H.Dean./ Wm. P. Taylor./ and/ H. A. Lnckenbach Artist./(Editors and their names on a palette on an easel overwhich a gnome peeps; in front, the artist in costume ofblack and white triangles, contemplates the palette ; allsigned by the artist in lower right corner of the page.)[Collation: 8vo; eight numbered signatures of 8 leaves; light-brown paper cover ; in a one-line frame, darker brown ground-tint; design and type in deep chocolate; on left and bottom,picture of a bookcase with plate, mug, bowl of pipes, andcManti bottle on top shelf. Below are five shelves containingsymbols of college activities. To the right, in large fancylettering: The/ Epitome/ of/ '86. In upper corners andlower right, circles from which protrude five wavy tentacles.Inside of covers, blank white paper ; OR back cover, advertise-ment of FRANK LESLIE'S POPULAR MONTHLY. Sewed in is thefrontispiece with tissue leaf pasted on; title (as above) p. (1) ;Press of Burk & McFetridge, 306 and 308 Chestnut Street,Philadelphia. (2) ; Dedication (3) ; blank (4) ; text (5)-103-(104); advertisements, (105)-(126) ; blank leaf (127-8).Besides frontispiece, plates with tissue, sewed in oppositepp. 37, 49.]From this EPITOME we learn not only that Davis was theChairman of the Editorial Committee, and the facts set forth

in Mr. Howe's Biography of Davis, which begins the bookp. (5) and which is here set forth in full; but that he was aregular member of the Class of '86 (Sophomore Class), andHistorian thereof, was in the Latin Scientific department,and resided on Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.A History of the Sophomores, pp. 33-35, is in the bur-


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Biographies of the Epitome

MR. l)\vi^ This prvlij*:v of a Uni youth* of SvuuthimTV lo UJJK -mi pJ.n ic)>i>Kre4ei|tenjoin in orîurVing ^k-v ^hi?^, .uil *n fictth^; a-% bule warlc tinto ten hour^. ;i week, * >w s^ y i. li 5^ >ir,H,f ,xj ic IVJH ijH*. He w remarkable 1brthe **\v ln,-;^ MUI ile.\Ulit> of hi-. vMce Îiit.h may ho IUMU ,Hi>i*ihc tn-iy-f*u-riit f nêr*lriu\ fM-himi ihv bar, ' l*y a sMUptfMIn- injure IIHHIH t; . i-i ^.-ihn^ ''*\t*y,

** f ,H uu tne stmleat^ and fa. ally fwi ti,v.Hii^ Uc,ttih,il \My|u^, \\hj tt re-uvciik;a ittn î^p|Mi\u at B'-Oih-hem. As Ch.ihuMM *f lit-: KI-I M.MF raiib->nice, he K cetfasnh wblcb ft w&^ - 'r, tew, OD^ (feKPDHa Cottkoitfeee w* p,retM Îsjytfî^' to ||h^r ' Hie i]sctuliCH to which sn ninrb tinn; s ]\t;n. rh.a v\c l.tih t',u I*--? h> ;lo* vigorous applicaiion he shoul'il be unahU; to bv.r ihc >U;un .tnd \%vshould lose him from- 'ur miU^t. fj |1 ^ *j>Extracts from T/ie Epitome of '86, published by theClass of 786 of Lehigh University, showing how RichardHarding Davis and one of the other Editors wrote eachother's Biography.


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A BIBLIOGRAPHY 9lesque style of a classical history, and begins: Seventeenyears after the founding of the city, Maximns Prex IIIbeing consul, the citizens in past times known as FraicJiieswere admitted to the rank of Sophomores/' etc. This nodoubt was Davis 's work, as it was signed Historian.

B. H. Davis and his brother Charles, '87, were membersof the Executive Committee of the Lehigh University LawnTennis Association, and on Sept. 15, 1883, Charles won thesingles in the Championship Tournament, and both Daviseswon the doubles (p. 70). Both brothers were singers ontheir respective Class Double Quartettes, E. H. D. singingsecond tenor and Charles first tenor. Both brothers weremembers of The Hefty Dining Club, founded 1867. B. H.Davis was a regular member of the editorial staff of theLEHIGH BUKR.

Among the facetious quotations from various studentsappear these: 'Well, now, if it wasn't for this Latin I'dhave a pretty easy time' (Chap. II) D-v-s, B. (p. 88).Mr. B. D-v-s 'What is that Professor Bird readsevery morning?'

' 'Professo r * Proverbs. 'Mr. D-v-s 'Why, isn't the Bible good enough forhim?' (p. 89).Near the end of the text are three one-page Dramas andDialogues, Localized and Adapted for the Use of CollegeCommencements, etc. ; the first is entitled A Scrap of Paper;the second, Noli Me Tangere; the third, Tuition Free. Atragedy in one Act. Any one or all of these may have beenDavis 's work, but as Noli Me Tangere is the only one heput in his scrapbook, we may assume that he wrote only that.The text closes with & couple of pages of Proverbs,jokingly applied to various students. One reads: 'Hiscoat not much the worse for wear' D-v-s, B. (p. 101).

Other items without identifiable signature but preservedby B. H. D. in his scrapbook and evidently printed in theLEHIGH BUBE are :'A Girl I Don't Want to Know (four 4-line

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10 RICHARD HARDING DAVISMy Penates (four 4-line stanzas).Bellum in Castris (18-line poem, signed TheHack).An Unattainable Luxury (three 8-line stanzas,signed Tlie Hack).Tom and I (three 4-line stanzas).The University Annex (Destroyed by Fire,October 6, 1884) (24-line poem),A. Latter Day Clarissa (four 4-line stanzas).A Laconic Confession (18-line poem).The Tale of the Lehigh Burr. A Prophetic

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MR JOHN DREW.

Cover of TAe Stoge (slightly reduced) showing caricature ofJohn Drew and his penciled comment.


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A BIBLIOGRAPHY 11

IIITHE STAGE

The StageWhile Davis was a reporter on the Philadelphia Press

he, with others, started a weekly dramatic review calledTHE STAGE, No. 1 bearing the date Saturday, September 29,1888. The front page bore the words THE STAGE in redcapitals; below, in small black type at left, Copyright Se-cured 1888. Then a double rule across the page and thenumber, the date, and the words Five Cents. Below wasa full-page caricature of John Drew with his name intype, beloAV which in autograph are the words : Perhapsyou can see the humor of this I don't J. D.

Davis, under the name of The Lime Light Man, wrote apage of gossip, reminiscence, and anecdote in every num-ber, ceasing with No. 21, but not until No. 16, Jan. 12, 1889,was it signed ; then the initials R. H. D. appeared.THE STAGE was a little over 9 X 12 inches and consistedof twelve pages numbered 1-12 until No. 18, Jan. 26, 1889,when it increased to sixteen pages.

At the head of the editorial column appear the names ofthose responsible, thus: Morton MacMichael, 3d, Editorand Publisher. Richard Harding Davis, Barclay H. War-burton, Associate Editors. Warburton's name last ap-peared in No. 14. Edward Fales Coward's name appearedas Associate Editor with Davis until No. 33, May 11, 1889,when their names appeared for the last time as Editors.

Throughout the pages of THE STAGE, those familiar withDavis ?s manner can identify unsigned work of his ; the fol-lowing are more certainly identified :The Wreck of the Cinders Co. With Abject Apologies

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12 RICHARD HARDING DAVISR. H. Davis). THE STAGE, No. 1, Sept. 29, 188S, p. 7; onecolumn.

The Office Boy's Remarks. Id., p. 8; one column signedPeanuts ; mentions G-allegher, tlie call-boy.Some Philadelphia Amateurs. THE STAGE, No. 3, Oct.

13, 1888, p. 8 (iy4 columns, signed R, H. D.).To the Ladies of the Chorus (poem, eight four-line

stanzas). THE STAGE, No. 5, Oct. 27, 1888, p. 7, one column,signed R. H. Davis.Lime Light Man, The. THE STAGE, No. 15, Jan. 5, 1889,p. 5. One page on interviewers (mentioned the next weekasbyR. H. D.).

Lime Light Man, The. THE STAGE, No. 16, Jan. 12, 1889,p. 5. One page on advance agents, signed R. H. D.

Lime Light Man, The. THE STAGE, No. 20, Feb. 9, 1889,pp. 4-5 (signed R.H.D.).

The following letter by Davis to Ms brother Charles,hitherto unpublished, gives the best prospectus of theventure :

DEAB Ghus :I am delighted over your coming home, but I wish youhad chosen the llth as we then could have had Wednesday

together. I will try to get the day changed, but I doubt if Iwill be successful. Morton MacMichael, BarclayWarburton,and myself will startle the American public on Oct. 29 witha new dramatic wee^ly called THE STAGE. It will be a six-teen page paper illustrated about the size of LIFE and willbe published in Philadelphia. If it is possible for any goodthing to come out of the Quaker City, this paper will be it ;and if it don't go, it would be [not] because the men whogot it out are not bright enough but because the public is toostupid to appreciate it. We will run it as a corporationMorton taking $3000 worth of stock, Barclay $1500, andmyself the other $500 to be paid for in work, not money.That is, I will be credited with so much money for work


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THE STAGE.

Ihe sale of Lester \\ ill-ick's effects, inNew York, recently, must have been dis-touraging to those living actors who thinkthe hero worship whu h is given so freely tothem now will follow them after they aredead, and that the careless public willirt.istire materul mementoes of them as well

All of the relius put up at public auctionbrought but little over $400, a paltry sum,in(feed, and one that redounds but little tothe credit of the late actor's executors, who,with a little'trouble, could have realized fourtimes that amount, by disposing of the goodsprivately toactor-mamacsor personal friendsof the great actor managerA* it is, some EJast side barber wPfi delighthis best girl at the next Star Social with theborrowed plumage of Lester Wailack

Actors and actresses, as a rule, best apprecnte the sentimental value of a property orsome part of 4 costume once worn by afellow-thespian We have an instance ofit m Miss Ellen Terry's treasuring Mrs Sid -dorA shoes, which another actress gave herjusr before she essayed La fy MacbethWhen Mrs Potter was last here, sheshowed me a dagger which B,*llewhad givenher, which had once belonged to KdrnundKean She used it in Loyal Lavf, and Ihave no doubt that every time she held italoft, the spirit of Kean writhed in anguishWhen Creston Clarke started out as .1star, his uncle, Edwin Booth, gave him hisentire theatrical wardrobe, or at least tli.uIonian of it which he had laid aside, tincharacters for which it was suited, hivingbeen dropped from his repertroire Clarkeappreciated the value of the gift thoroughly,and wa? inspired to a greater or less clegmby the costumes and their history.W J Florence wears to this day theclothes of Daddy Burton, which he pur-( hased at the death of thb great comedian.

Ml the young men emulated Burton inthose days and Florence among the rest ofthem, and when hi* preceptor died, I*stmed out for h,m,elf with Burton vwnof DmbcfanlSon,^ in Burton

.part ofdytf Cattlf On the first night of tbi >er-fa4of.hpby.oi.eof.hbj^character*, a man named Parkn,, w f I'.n his lines, and twice, while on the .t.ge

^ Florence, destroyed the effect of thee by hi| lack oF memory Florence

game up to him at the end of the act veryaigry arid *?ked hun what excuse he had tooffer for his conduct; Upon my soul,Mr Florence, said Parkes, It was pureembarrafasiriLnt, when I saw > on standingthere, looking for all the world like DaddyBurton, and talking like him, and actinglike him, it was a-, if the spirit of (he greatBurton himself was speaking to me, and Iclean forgot my lines

Florence, somewhat flattered, said, Well,don't let it occur again, and walked offHe only went however, a-s far as the otherside of the siene, against which Parkes wasstanding As he was waning there for his( ue to go on he overheard one of the cornpan/say, 1 hat was very ingenious, Parkes,would you mind telling mt what it was thespirit of the great Burton said to you?Whv, answered Parkes, with a chuckle,

he said tell that d n fool to take offni) clothes Thtreare a great many actor maniacs who

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY 13done at colnmn rates until I own the stock. I stand to losethe time I put on the paper if it fails. If it succeeds I willgain the stock which will amount to the total of my salaryon THE STAGE if I drew one at space rates. In short, it ?s aspec in which the other men put in time and money bothof which they can afford and in which I put time, some ofwhich I can afford. So far it looks very promising, but itsbeing published here is against it. I will talk over thedetails with you when you return. We will move into ourdowntown office very soon and will be glad to have you dropin and smoke the $18 a hundred segars which Barclay keepson tap. It will take a few mornings of every week and willbe pleasant and easy work. The perquisites will be pleas-ant and I can get my name before the great AmericanPublic through it very easily. Now is the time to make upClubs. Give my best love to Mother and Nora and believeine that I am very anxious to see you. I am quite well andhappy. All goes well on the Press.Yours, DICKI may add that Barclay has next to nothing to do with thepaper beyond gathering in subscriptions.


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IVALPHABETICAL LIST OF R. H. DAVIS 'SSEPARATELY PUBLISHED WORKS

Chrono-logical Name Publisher Yearnumber10 ABOUT PAKIS Harper 180550 ADVENTURES AND LETTERS Scribner 19171 ADVENTURES OF MY FRESHMAN Davis 188344a AN APPEAL (Secours National) Secours National 191426 BAR SINISTER, THE Scribner 190345 BLACKMAIL Home Corr. School 1915

41 BOY SCOUT, THE Scribner 191449 BOY SCOUT AND OTHER STORIES FOR BOYS, THE(First edition for The Boy Who Cried Wolf,) Scribner 191748a BELGIAN SOLDIERS' TOBACCO FUND APPEAL . Belgian, etc 191625 CAPTAIN MACKLIN: His MEMOIRS .... Scribner 1902

12 CINDERELLA AND OTHER STORIES .... Scribner 189631 CONGO AND COASTS OF AFRICA, THE . . . Scribner 190736 CONSUL, THE Scribner 191116 CUBA IN WAR TIME Russell 189819 CUBAN AND PORTO RICAN CAMPAIGNS, THE . Scribner 189849a DESERTER, THE Scribner 191728b DICTATOR, THE French 190915 DR. JAMESON'S RAIDERS Russell 189746 EPISODES IN VAN BIBBER'S LIFE .... Harper 18998 EXILES AND OTHER STORIES, THE .... Harper 189428 FARCES Scribner 190648c FOR FRANCE Doubleday, Page 19173 GALLEGHER AND OTHER STORIES .... Scribner 189128a GALLOPER, THE French 19096 GREAT STREETS OF THE WORLD (Broadway, byDavis) . Scribner 18924c HER FIRST APPEARANCE Harper 190123 IN THE FOG Russell 190123a IN THE FOG Harper 190118 KING'S JACKAL, THE Scribner 189848a LA FAYETTE FUND, THE 191421 LION AND THE UNICORN, THE Scribner 18994a LITTLEST GIRL, THE DeWitt 189839 LOST ROAD, THE ... Scribner 191347 LOST ROAD, THE. (First edition for The ManWho Had Everything, i.e., The Deserter) . Scribner 191637 MAN WHO COULD NOT LOSE, THE .... Scribner 191127 Miss CIVILIZATION Scribner 190546a NEW SING SING, THE Committee on Pris-

ons, etc , 191534 NOTES OP A WAR CORRESPONDENT .... Scribner 191035 ONCE UPON A TIME Scribner 191020 ORATOR OF ZEPATA CITY, THE DeWitt 1899


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A BIBLIOGRAPHY 15Chrono-logical Namenumber

9 CUB ENGLISH COUSINS42 PEACE MANOEUVRES11 PRINCESS ALINE, THE24 RANSON'S FOLLY29 REAL SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE29a REAL SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE38 RED CROSS GIRL, THE . .7 RULERS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN, THE30 SCARLET CAR, THE .... . ,14 SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE ...14a SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE . . .38a THE GREAT UNBOSSED . ,386 ROOSEVELT DEMONSTRATION, THE .46 SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE2 STORIES FOR BOYS13 THREE GRINGOS IN VENEZUELA4 VAN BIBBER AND OTHERS32 VERA THE MEDIUM .5 WEST FROM A CAR-WINDOW, THE .33 WHITE MICE, THE ... .22a WISHMAKERS' TOWN .44 WITH THE ALLIES .... .22 WITH BOTH ARMIES IN SOUTH AFRICA .48 WITH THE FRENCH IN FRANCE AND SALONIKA17 YEAR FROM A REPORTER'S NOTE BOOK, A43 ZONE POLICE, THE40 WHO'S WHO

PublisherHarperFrenchHarperScribnerScribnerCollierScribnerHarperScribnerScribnerAm. News Co.Authors' Synd.Authors' Synd.ScribnerScribnerHarperHarperScribnerHarperScribnerRussellScribnerScribnerScribnerHarperFrenchBickers & Son

Year189419141895190219061906191218941907189718971912191219151891189618921908189219091905191419001916189819141913


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VSEPARATELY PRINTED WORKS

CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED WITHDESCRIPTION AND NOTES

NOTE: The first auction sale of a collected set of firsteditions of Davis ?s books was that of Jndd Stewart, de-ceased, a well-known collector living at Plainfield, N. J.The sale took place by order of his son, R. E. Stewart, Esq.,of Ghent, N. Y., who inherited the books. The auction washeld by the American Art Galleries, New York City, on theevening of Nov. 21, 1921, and the set was sold as one lot. Itincluded all the books regularly issued in hard bindings, butonly three of the pamphlets, the extremely rare DR.JAMESON'S RAIDEBS (1897), and the plays, THE ZONE POLICE,and PEACE MANOEUVRES, both published in 1914. THETHBEB GRINGOS (1896) was inscribed with a 6-line quota-tion from the book and signed; A YEAR FROM A REPORTER ?sNOTE BOOK contained a 9-line quotation from the booksigned; TPIE CUBAIST AND PORTO BICA~ST CAMPAIGNS had a3-line quotation, signed ; and an autograph letter, 1 p., waslaid in THE RED CROSS GIRL (1912). With the set were theADVENTURES AND LETTERS (1917); E. H. D. (1917); twomagazine excerpts and SILHOUETTES OF AMERICAN LIFE(1892) by Eebecca Harding Davis. The entire lot was soldto the Aldus Book Company for $75.

1Adventures of My Freshman (1883)

The/ Adventures of My Freshman./ Sketches/ in/ Penand Pencil/ by/ E. H. Davis, and H. W. Eowley./


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A BIBLIOGRAPHY 17These sketches first appeared in the columns of theLEHIGH BURR.[8vo, 20% cm. Collation: green paper cover, drawing of twomen seated before a grate fire; the letters around the pictureare : Adventures/ of my/ Freshman/ by It. EL Davis./ Illus-trated/ by H. W. Eowley./ The inside and back cover areblank. Two blank leaves; frontispiece, pp. (1-2); title (asabove), p. (3); imprint: Moravian Print, 146 Main Street,Bethlehem, Pa., p. (4) ; text, pp. (5)-45 (46) ; three leaves ofadvertisements, pp. (47-52) ; two blank leaves.]The stories, each with a full-page illustration, bear thefollowing names :

PAGEUnappreciated Zeal 6A Disciple of Theodore HooWs 11Conway Maur as a Thespian 19An Ass in Lion's Clothing 27A Commencement Boomerang 35A Midsummer Idyl 43

NOTE : All but the last of these stories appeared in theLEHIGH BTJRB, 1882-3. Charles Belmont Davis says thiswas printed at the expense of their mother, Mrs. EebeccaHarding Davis, at E. H. D.'s request, and was for sale at25 cents a copy around Lehigh University at South Beth-lehem, Pa., where E. H. D. was a student. Later, the unsoldcopies were stored at the family home in Philadelphia,where he found them years later and destroyed all but afew copies, one of which he presented to the Authors' Clubat New York, with an autograph explanation of its origin.This inscription is given at pp. 18-19 of ADVENTURES ANDLETTERS, 1917, as follows :

This is a copy of the first book of mine published.My family paid to have it printed and finding no oneelse was buying it, bought up the entire edition. Find-ing the first edition had gone so quickly, I urged themto finance a second one, and when they were unen-thusiastic I was hurt. Several years later when I found


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18 RICHARD HARDING DAVISthe entire edition in our attic, I understood theirreluctance. The reason the book did not sell is, I think,because some one must have read it.The Authors * Club sold this at an auction at Anderson's,New York, May 20, 1915, for the benefit of the Belgian war

sufferers. It brought $14.NOTE: Although titles in general, etc., are usually in capitals and small

capitals, no attempt has been made in the collations to imitate or follow thecapitalization, as it is in no case significant for purposes of identification.

Stories for Boys (1891)Stories for Boys/ by/ Richard Harding Davis/ Illus-trated/ New York/ Charles Scribner's Sons/ 1891.[(12mo,* 19 cm.) Collation: blank end leaf; half title:Stories for Boys; verso of half title: By the Same Author/Gallegher, and other stories. 1 Vol. 12 mo./ Cloth, $1.00.Paper, 50 cents (i-ii) ; frontispiece with thin leaf inserted;title (as above) ; verso: Copyright, 1891, by/ Charles Serib-ner's Sons (iii-iv) ; dedication: This book of boys' stories isdedicated/ to my brother/ C. Belmont Davis/ who was a boyabout the same time I was (v-vi) ; Contents, vii-viii)].

PAGEThe Reporter Who Made Himself King 1Midsummer Pirates 88Richard Carr's Baby 117The Great Tri-Club Tennis Tournament 130The Jump at Corey's Slip 166The Van Bibber Baseball Club 177The Story of a Jockey 184

List of Illustrations (ix-x) ; text : pp. 1-204. Typographyby J. S. Gushing & Co., Boston. Presswork by Berwick &Smith, Boston; blank leaf (205-6) ; blank end leaf (with sixinserted plates besides frontispiece).

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY ' 19The cover design, in darker color than the cloth, is a

football, bearing in gilt : Stories for Boys, surrounded byeight tennis bats, each with a ribbon around the handle,alternating with eight baseball bats, between which are six-teen baseballs. Below are three little sloops under full sailand below them a ribbon bearing the author's name, gilt,below which is 1891. A modification of this scheme appearson the backbone.

STOKIES FOB BOYS first appeared in ST. NICHOLAS, NewYork Evening Sun, and other periodicals; then was firstissued in book form in brown and some perhaps later ingray; in the first issue the protective thin paper leaf overthe frontispiece is wove paper, i.e., held to the light, thetexture appears woven. In the later issues the paper of theprotective leaf is laid ; i.e., held to the light, parallel hori-zontal lines are visible in the texture. The type of the pageheading is broken in the earliest copies, especially on p. 91.Published price, $1.

NOTE: The English edition of STORIES FOR BOYS waspublished by J. S. Osgood, McElvaine & Co., London, 1892,204 pp.

NOTE : A presentation copy of STORIES FOR BOYS (sold byDrake of New York, October, 1919, for $12.50) is addressedin Davis ?s hand to a friend by name, followed by the words :From a young admirer of his, with signature and date.

Charles Belmont Davis says :* ' But of all the happy incidents I can recall at the

Twenty-eighth Street house, the one I remember mostdistinctly took place in the hallway the night thatEichard received the first statement and check for hisfirst book of short stories, and before the money hadbegun to come in as fast as it did afterward. We wereon our way to dinner at some modest resort when we


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20 RICHARD HARDING DAVISsaw and at once recognized the long envelope on themantel Richard guessed it would be for one hundredand ninety dollars, but with a rather doubting heart Iraised my guess to three hundred. And when, withtrembling fingers, Richard had finally torn open theenvelope and found a check for nine hundred and odddollars, what a wild dance we did about the hall-table,and what a dinner we had that night Not at the mod-est restaurant as originally intended, but at Delmon-ICO's (ADVENTURES AJSTD LETTERS, p. 59.)

Gallagher and Other Stories (1891)Gallegher/ and Other Stories/ by/ Eichard HardingDavis/ New York/ Charles Scribner's Sons/ 1891.[(12mo, 19 cm.) Collation: blank end leaf (wove paper);half title: Gallegher and Other Stories (i-ii) ; title (as above)(iii); Copyright, 1891,/ by Charles Scribner's Sons, (iv) ;dedication: To my mother (v-vi) ; Contents. vii-(viii)l :PAGEGallegher: A Newspaper Story 1A Walk up the Avenue 58My Disreputable Friend, Mr. Eaegen 69The Other Woman 101The Trailer for Room No. 8 128There Were Ninety and Nine 145The Cynical Miss Catherwaight 178Van Bibber and the Swan-Boats 203Van Bibber's Burglar 211Van Bibber as Best Man 226

Text, pp. 1-236 ; Typography by J. S. Clashing & Co., Boston.Presswork by Berwick & Smith, Boston; advertisements, pp.(l)-8; blank end leaf (wove paper) ; (no illustrations),**A later issue also carried at the end four additional unnumbered pages

advertising* Seribner's set entitled FAMOUS WOMEN OF THE FKENCH COUKT.The copy sold at the Judd Stewart sale at the American Art Galleries, TewYork, Nov. 21, 1921, had all these advertising pages, as well as the brokentype in the heading on p. 91.


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A BIBLIOGEAPHY 21NOTES: Advertised price, $1. Published also in papercovers at 50 cents. The fortieth thousand was advertised

in 1898, the forty-fourth in 1899. This book was copy-righted also by Scribners in 1899, No. 66196 (14% cm. 4 pi.front., 275 pp.); in 1904 with frontispiece (portrait) andsix plates (all inserted), pp. xii, 238. This seems to be thefirst illustrated edition; reissued in 1910 (20 cm.) with fron-tispiece (portrait) and six plates, and in 1915 (19 cm.).

The English edition was published in the Red LetterSeries, 1891, pp. 236. Published also in the Tauchnitz Col-lection, Leipzig. GallegJier was republished in THE BOYSCOUT AND OTHER STOEIES FOB BOYS (pp. 3-42), 1917.

In a letter to his mother in August, 1891, R. H. D. quotesthe criticism of the Pall Mall Gazette and comments atlength thereon. (ADVEISTTUEES AND LETTERS, pp. 64-65.)

Van Bibber and Others (1892)Van Bibber and Others/ by/ Richard Harding Davis/Author of Gallegher and Other Stories / Storiesfor Boys etc./ (publishers* insignia)/ New York/Harper & Brothers, FranMin Square/ 1892.[(12mo,* 19 cm.) Collation: blank end paper; frontispiece(inserted) ; title (as above) (i) ; verso: Copyright, 1892, byHarper & Brothers. All rights reserved (ii) ; dedication: To/my father/ L. Clarke Davis/ who has been my kindest and/my severest critic/ (tiny ornament) (iii-iv) ; Contents (v~vi).

PAGEHer First Appearance 3Van Bibber's Man Servant 37* Described by the publishers as ' ' post 8vo ; ' and composed of eight-leaf

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22 RICHARD HARDING DAVISPAGEThe Hungry Man Was Fed 47Van Bibber at the Races 57

An Experiment in Economy 67Mr. T'raver's First Hunt 77Love Me, Love My Dog 85Eleanor Cuyler 95A Recruit at Christmas 133A Patron of Art 145Andy McGee's Chorus Girl 159A Leander of the East River 169How Hefty Burke Got Even 183Outside the Prison 197An Unfinished Story 223

Illustrations (vli-viii) ; half title: Her First Appearance(1-2) ; text, pp. 3-249-(250) (including half-title leavesbefore each story) ; blank end leaf (also three inserted platesbesides frontispiece, all by Charles Dana Gibson). The endpapers are laid paper.]NOTE: Price, cloth, $1, also issued in paper covers at

60c. Date of pnblication, Apr. 8, 1892. Among manyreviews was one published in the New York Tribune, June12, 1892, p. 14, col. 3.

The English Edition was published also in 1892 byJames E. Osgood, Mcllvane & Co., 45 Albermarle Street,W., London, pp. 247. Published also in the Tauchnitz Col-lection, Leipzig. Harpers republished this book in HAK-PEB'S FBAKKLIH SQUARE LIBKABY, No. 749, Extra (1894).

The second issue of the first edition is like the first issueexcept that it has three leaves of publishers' advertise-ments at the end. The copy in the Judd Stewart collectionwas without the advertising pages at the end. A third,issued in 1894 but without date, carries a list of Davis ?sbooks on the verso of the title page, and no publisher's ad-vertisements at end.A copy of the issue dated 1901 in brown cloth was sold

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY 23New York, inscribed by the author as follows: No, saidMadeline, pointing to one of the children, who was muchtaller than herself; it's

?at 'ittle dirPs. My doll is dead.Richard Harding Davis.The Stewart copy carried no advertisements or pub-

lisher's advertisements, but had no year of publication ontitle page.A copy of VA.N BIBBER with an autograph note laid in sold

at the Herbert S. Stone sale at Anderson's Dec. 16, 1918,for $3.75.Four of these stories were published by Harpers in 1899

in a book entitled EPISODES IN VAN BIBBER'S LIFE (whichsee). Scribners published in 1901 separately in bound formHER FIRST APPEARANCE (which see) ; in 1899 it was pub-lished as a one-act playlet called THE LITTLEST GIRL (q. v.).

For complete list of VAN BIBBER stories, see Alpha-betical List (PartX.)

Davis was inundated with letters approving theBIBBER book and acknowledged a number of them. Onesuch, undated, of seven lines, addressed to Bliss Carman,sold at auction for $3.50 at Anderson's, New York, Dec. 10,1918.

4aThe Littlest Girl (1898)

[Three-line notice]/ THE LITTLEST GIRL./ A Play/ inOne Act./ Dramatized by/ Eobert Hilliard/ from/Eichard Harding Davis ?s Story,/ Her First Appear-ance. / Together with/ Description of the CostumesCast of the Characters En-/ trances and Exits Rel-ative Positions of the Perform-/ ers on the Stage, andthe Wliole of the Stage/ Business./ New York:/ The


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24 RICHARD HARDING DAVISDe Witt Publishing House,/ No. 34 West ThirtiethStreet.[ (Narrow 12mo, 19.2 cm.) Collation : yellowish paper covers,with ruled frame and old-fashioned corner ornaments ; outsideof frame, at top, De Witt's Acting Plays (Number 409) ; thenfollows text of title page (in other type) ; at top outside^ offrame, publishers' notice and Price 25 cents; at bottom, 4-linepublishers' notice; publishers' advertisements on remainingthree pages of cover; title (as above) p. (1) ; 5-line notice andCopyright, 1898, by Charles Belmont Davis, p. (2) ; text, pp.3-10; one leaf of publishers' advertisements (11-12)].NOTE : The Dramatic Publishing Co. acquired De Witt's

Acting Plays and published THE LITTLEST GIBL as No. 409of Sergei ?s Acting Drama.

See also VAN BIBBER AND OTHERS, 1892, note.

Episodes in Van Bibber's Life (1899)EPISODES IN VAN BIBBER'S LIFE/ by/ Bichard HardingDavis/ (publishers' insignia)/ New York and LondonHarper & Brothers/ MDCCCXCIX.[(Narrow 16mo, 16.4 cin.) Collation: blank end leaf; twoleaves tipped in between which is frontispiece, thus: an-nouncement; frontispiece; title (as above) ; Copyright, 1892,1899, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved ; then beginsthe first sig.: half title pp. l-(2); text, 3-98; publishers'advertisement ; blank end leaf.Cover: dark blue cloth with silver frame of Doric columns,between which are the names in silver of book and author ina sort of script; this whole design is repeated on the backcover ; backbone : in silver script, names of book, author, andpublisher.]NOTE : This is one of a set of ornamental booklets pub-lished by Harpers, called LITTLE BOOKS BY FAMOUS WEITEES.

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY 25OTHEKS as follows: Her First Appearance, Van Bi~b~ber'sMan Servant; The Hungry Man Was Fed; Love Me, LoveMy Dog.

Copyright No. 65807, Oct. 10; 2 copies filed Nov. 18,1899. The date of the publication of the book by Harperswas Dec. 1, 1899.

Her First Appearance (1901)HER/ FIRST APPEARANCE/ by/ Richard Harding Davis/Author of Van Bibber and Others 53/ PrincessAline etc./ illustrated by/ C. D. Gibson and E. M.Ashe/ (publishers ' insignia in gilt)/ New York andLondon/ Harper & Brothers Publishers/ MCMI (all inborder of gilt posies).[(Narrow 8vo, 20.6 cm.) Collation: end papers with rococoborder containing masks and roses suspended by ribbon;frontispiece in decorative gilt frame with tissue leaf (pastedin) ; title (as above) (i) ; Copyright, 1892, 1901, by Harper &Brothers. All rights reserved (ii) ; Illustrations (in frame ofgilt roses) (iii-iv) ; half title with vignette (1-2), text pp.3-(53)-(54) (each page in frame of gilt flowers) ; blank leaf(55-56) ; end paper as in front. Three page-plates includingfrontispiece, inserted.Cover : dark blue cloth, gilt top ; rococo shield in gilt, on whichare names of book and author in cover color ; backbone : namesof book, author, and publisher in gilt.]NOTE : Copyright date, Nov. 14, 1901. The date of the

publication by Harpers of the book entitled HEB FIRST AP-PEARANCE was Nov. 26, 1901.HER FIRST APPEARANCE was issued first in book form in1892 in VAN BIBBER AND OTHERS (which see), and a drama-

tized version in 1898 as THE LITTLEST G-IRL (q.v.).Davis wrote his mother the last week in June, 1891 : Ihave finished 'Her First Appearance' and Gibson is doing


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26 RICHARD HARDING DAVISthe illustrations, three. I got $175 for it. 7? (ADVENTURES

LETTERS, p. 63.)

The West From a Car-Window (1892)The West/ From a Car-Window/ by/ Richard HardingDavis/ Author of Van Bibber and Others etc./ Illus-trated/ (publishers ' insignia)/ New York/ Harper &Brothers, Franklin Square/ 1892.[(12mo,* 19.2 em.) Collation: blank end leaf (laid paper) ;blank leaf (i-ii) ; frontispiece: A bucking broncho (byFrederic Eemington) (inserted) ; title (as above) (iii) ; Copy-right, 1892, by Harper & Brothers./ All rights reserved, (iv) ;dedication: To/ M. K. J./ of/ the seventh infantry/ (tinyornament) (v-vi) ; Contents (vii-viii) :

PAGEFrom San Antonio to Corpus Christi 3Our Troops on the Border 27At a New Mining Camp 59A Three-year-old City 93Ranch Life in Texas 121On an Indian Reservation 151A Civilian at an Army Post 185The Heart of the Great Divide 215

List of Illustrations (ix-x) ; half title: I/ From San Antonioto Corpus Christi (1-2) (also half title before each article orchapter) j text, pp. 3-243-(244) j blank leaf (laid paper).Cover : at top, western scene, surmounted by a ribbon contain-ing title, below which is the author's name, all impressed insilver, as is the inscription on the backbone, The/ West/ froma/ Car/-Window/ Davis/ Harpers.]

NOTES: THE WEST FROM A CAB-WINDOW was publishedfirst with fifty-three illustrations, in HARPER'S WEEKLY, Vol.36, running from Mar. 5 to June 11, 1892. The date of thepublication of the book by Harpers was Sept. 27, 1892. One

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AiBIBILOGRAPHY 27of the reviews was in the New York Tribune, Oct. 2, 1892,p. 14, col. 3.

This trip west from January to March, 1892 ? was in pur-suance of his arrangement with Harpers, and ADVENTURESA.-ND LETTERS, pp. 68-82, contains several letters written dur-ing the trip. Davis stated in an interview (Boston Herald,April 12, 1896) that the book was written in trains. ??A copy autographed by Davis in pencil with Sincerely

Yours, sold at James Carleton Young sale at the AmericanArt Galleries, New York, May 10, 1920, with several others,also inscribed, for $35.

The Great Streets of the World (1892)The Great Streets/ of/ The World/ by/ EichardHarding Davis W. W. Story/ Andrew Lang HenryJames/ Francisque Sarcey Paul Lindau/ Isabel F.Hapgood/ Illustrated by/ A. B. Frost Ettore Tito/W. Douglas Almond Alexander Zezzos/ G. JeanniotF. Stahl/ Elya Efimovitch Eepin/ New York/ CharlesScribner ?s Sons/ 1892.[(4to, 25.5 cm.) Collation: gilt top; dark brown end papers(the leaf brown on one side) ; blank leaf (nncalendared) ;blank leaf (calendared) ; half title (i-ii) : The Great Streets/of/ the World/; frontispiece (iii-iv) ; with (pasted on) thinprotective leaf; title (as above) (v) ; Copyright, 1892, by/Charles Scribner's Sons/ Trow Directory, Printing and Book-binding Company/ New York (vi) ; Contents (vii-viii) ; Listof Illustrations (ix)-(xiv) ; half title (1) ; page illustration:Near the Post Office Early Morning (2) ; text, pp. (3-253-(254) (only the first article, Broadway, is by Davis, pp. 3-35) ;blank leaf (255-6) ; nncalendared blank leaf; blank end leaf(brown on one side) .Cover : blue cloth ; in frame of a whole line and a broken lineis a circular design in red, containing the title gilt within thecircle ; the circle is composed of a design in red interspersedwith coats of arms and names of streets in gilt. The backbone


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28 RICHARD HARDING DAVISbears a gilt and red device containing the title in cover color,with Illustrated and Scribners in red.]NOTE : Davis ? s article appeared first in SGKIBKBE'S MAG-AZINE, May, 1891, in which magazine the other articles also

appeared.

The Rulers of the Mediterranean (1894)The Balers/ of/ The Mediterranean/ by/ EichardHarding Davis/ author of/ The West from a Car-Window Gallegher Van Bibber and Othersetc./ Illustrated/ (publishers' insignia)/ New York/Harper & Brothers publishers/ 1894/[(8vo,* 18.9 cm.) Collation: blank end leaf; blank leaf (cal-endared paper) ; frontispiece : One of the Camel Corps ofEgypt (i-ii) ; title (as above) (iii) ; Copyright, 1893, by Har-per & Brothers./ All rights reserved (iv) ; dedication: To/Hon. Edward C. Little/ ex-diplomatic agent and consul-general/ of/ the United States to Egypt (v-vi) ; Contents(vii-viii) :CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Rock of Gibraltar 1II. Tangier 37

III. From Gibraltar to Cairo 72IV. Cairo as a Show Place 102V. The Englishmen in Egypt 139VI. Modern Athens 178

VII. Constantinople 198Illustrations (ix)-x; text, 1-228,- blank end leaf (laid endpapers) .Cover : pale green cloth, top third containing title, two scallopshells and author's name in gold; rest of cover with deeplyembossed uncolpred design of scallop shells and four shieldsbearing respectively a lion's head, sphinx's head, helmet, andstar and crescent. The backbone bears a modification of thewhole design.]

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY 29NOTE: THE RULEBS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN was first

published in HARPER'S WEEKLY, Vol. 37, from May 20 toAug. 19, 1893. The date of the publication of the bootby Harpers was Dec. 8, 1893, the title page bearing the year1894. Later editions are distinguishable by the absence ofany date on title page or by dates subsequent to 1894, or bylist of books on verso of title page or advertisements ofDavis ?s books. The Stewart copy carries none of these.

Davis ?s trip began early in February, 1893, and addi-tional letters, written to his family, appear in ADVEKTTJBESAND LETTERS, pp. 96-124.

NOTE: In an autographed copy of THE RULERS OF THEMEDITERKANEAN (which was sold in October, 1919, by Drakeof New York for $12.50) Davis wrote : To anyone who hasbut a little time and little money to spare for his holiday, Iwould suggest his going to Gibraltar and then to Spain andMorocco. Sincerely Yours, Richard Harding Davis.

NOTE : In an interview (Boston Herald, Apr. 12, 1896)Davis said of THE RULERS or THE MEDITERRANEAN : 6 ' Thatbook, which people have, I'm told, used for a guide book,was written partly in the winter in Constantinople. My,how cold it was I sat with my legs wrapped around thelittle china stove and wrote on top of it, with my teethchattering, about 'the blue-eyed Bosphorus.* There is aninstance of getting the facts right down while under thespell of the experience. By the way, how's that for coldrealism? I try to make the book interesting for a personwho has never been there and does not know anything aboutthe place. 9 ?

8The Exiles (1894)

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30 RICHARD HARDING DAVISIllustrated/ (publishers' insignia)/ New York/ Harper& Brothers publishers/ 1894.t(12mo,* 19 cm.) Collation: blank end leaf; frontispiece,portrait of Davis (with no inscription) with, protective thin,leaf with author's autograph in red (inserted) ; title (asabove) (i) ; publishers' list and copyright notice (1894) (ii) ;dedication: To/ my friend/ J. Davis Brodhead (iii-iv) ; Con-tents (v-vi) :

PAGEThe Exiles 1The Writing on the Wall 67The Bight of Way 94His Bad Angel 121The Boy Orator of Zepata City 154The Romance in the Life of Hefty Burke 173An Anonymous Letter 201

Illustrations (vii-viii) ; half title (1-2) ; text, pp. 2-221- (222) ;leaf of publishers

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advertisements (223-4); blank end leaf;(laid end papers). Seventeen plates including frontispieceinserted.Cover: apple green cloth with two conventional lotus plantsin darker green; block of lotus flowers in silver at top andbottom; title and author's name in center in gold; names ofbook, author, and publishers in gilt with two dark green orna-ments. In lower left-hand corner of back cover, small rec-tangle in silver containing publishers' insignia with quotationin Greek capitals.]NOTE : All these stories but The Bight of Way were first

published in HAEPER'S MAGAZINE, 1892-4. The date of thepublication of the book by Harper -was Apr. 27, 1894. TheEnglish edition was published by James E. Osgood, Mc-Ilvain & Co., London, 1894, pp. 280.An interesting art poster 5 ' by Edward Penfield waswidely used by the publishers to advertise this book.

NOTE: An inscribed copy of THE EXILES sold in NewYork in 1919 for $15 bears the following extract from thebook (p. 66), followed by sincerely yours, and signature:* Described by the publishers as ' ' post 8vo. 7 3


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A BIBLIOGRAPHY 31Now here I have been thrown with men andwomen on as equal terms as a crew of sailors cast away

upon a desert island. We were each a law unto him-self.Davis once said to an interviewer: THE EXILESwas suggested by an event which came to my knowl-

edge in Algiers some people were robbed, and theman skipped to Brazil where no law could touch him.I asked the victims what they would give me to go downthere and recover the money. Then it occurred to me towrite a story on that foundation, in which a man wouldmake his revolver a law. (Boston Herald, Apr. 12,1896.)

9Our English Cousins (1894)

Our English Cousins/ by/ Eichard Harding Davis/author of/ The West from a Car-Window Gal-legher / The Kulers of the Mediterranean/ VanBibber and Others etc./ Illustrated/ (publishers' in-signia)/ New York/ Harper & Brothers publishers/1894.[(12mo,* 19 cm.) Collation: blank end leaf (laid paper);blank leaf; frontispiece, Bunning with the Boats (i-ii) ; title(as above) (iii) ; publishers' list and copyright notice (1894)(iv) ; dedication: To/ Stephen Bonsai (v-vi) ; Contents (vii-viii) :CHAPTER ^ PAGE

I. Three English Race Meetings 1II. A General Election in England 48

III. Undergraduate Life at Oxford 106IV. London in the Season 147V. The West and East Ends of London 186

Illustrations (ix)-x; text, pp. 1-228; blank end leaf (laidpaper).

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32 RICHARD HARDING DAVISCover, red cloth: upper third contains title and author ^ ingold ; lower two-thirds contains an uncolored embossed designof a flowering bush on which are the British arms with crest,helmet, supporters, and motto, all in silver; the backbone car-ries names of book, author, and publisher in gold.]NOTE: These five articles appeared in HAKPEK'S MAGA-

ZINE, July, 1893, to January, 1894. The date of the publica-tion of the book by Harpers was Mar. 16, 1894. Some of hisletters to Ms family during this visit to England, May toAugust, 1892, are in ADVENTURES AND LETTEKS, pp. 84r~91.

Edward Penfield designed an interesting and artisticposter to advertise this book.10

About Paris (1895)About Paris/ by/ Eichard Harding Davis/ Illustratedby/ Charles Dana Gibson/ (publishers' insignia)/ NewYork/ Harper & Brothers publishers/ 1895.[12mp,* 19 cm.) Collation: blank end leaf (laid paper);frontispiece (i-ii) ; title (as above) (iii) ; publishers' list andCopyright, 1895, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved,(iv) ; dedication: To Paul Bonrget (v-vi) ; Contents (vii-viii) :CHAPTEB PAGE

I. The Streets of Paris 1II. The Show-Places of Paris Night 47

III. Paris in Mourning 98IV. The Grand Prix and Other Prizes 138V. Americans in Paris 177

Illustrations (ix)-x; half title (xi-xii) ; text, (1)-219-(220) ,-blank end leaf (laid paper) ; 29 full-page drawings, includingfrontispiece, by Charles Dana Gibson.Cover: linen, white so thickly mottled or speckled with bluethat the covers look light blue; About Paris in gold, upperleft-hand corner, with a small red fleur-de-lis; author's namein gold below; shield in white, red, and gold in lower right-

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY 33hand corner; fleurs-de-lis in gold in chief, ancient galleonbelow ; backbone: names of book, author, and publisher, withred mill.]NOTE : These five chapters were first published in HAK-

PER'S MAGAZINE, Vols. 89-91, 1894^5. Other letters writtenon this trip are given in ADVENTURES AND LETTERS, pp. 125-131.

The publication of the book by Harpers was on Sept. 3,1895. Edward Penfield designed the advertising poster.

11The Princess Aline (1895)

The Princess Aline/ by/ Bichard Harding Davis/author of/ The West from a Car-Window OurEnglish Cousins / The Eulers of the Mediterra-nean Gallegher / Van Bibber and Others etc./Illustrated by C. D. Gibson/ (publishers' insignia)/New York/ Harper & Brothers publishers/ 1895/[(Narrow 12mo,* 19.1 cm.) Collation: Blank end page (laidpaper) ; frontispiece (inserted) ; title (as above) (i) ; pub-lishers' list and Copyright, 1895, by Harper & Brothers. Allrights reserved (ii) ; Illustrations (iii-iv) ; text (1)-163~(164) ; four leaves of advertisements (165-172) ; blank endpage (laid paper). Eleven page-plates on calendared paper(including frontispiece) by Charles Dana G-ibson, inserted;(signatures numbered every eight leaves No. 1 011 p, 1, toNo. 11 on p. 161).Cover, blue linen very much like the material used on thecover of ABOUT PARIS; two gilt crowns at top between whichis a floral circle in dark blue within which in gilt are the namesof the book and of the author. This takes about one-fifth ofthe surface ; the rest is covered with a design of vertical vinesinterspersed with, tiny hearts, all in dark blue; on backbone,name in gilt of book and of author with heart and vine designin dark blue.

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34 RICHARD HARDING DAVISNOTES : THE PRINCESS ALIKE was first published in three

parts, in HARPEE'S MAGAZINE, Vol. 90, Jan.-~Mar., 1895, witheleven drawings by C. D. Gibson. The English edition waspublished by Macmillan & Co., London, 1895.The date of publication of the book by Harpers was Mar.12, 1895.

Scribners copyrighted a new edition 12mo, 163 pp. as theBiographical Edition, Sept. 2, 1899; copies filed Oct. 17,1899.A dramatization of THE PEINCESS ALIISTE by S. D. Smith,Jr., appeared in the LADIES' HOME JOURNAL for April, 1901.A copy of the 1900 edition of THE PEOTCESS ALIFE soldat auction at Anderson's, New York, Jan. 20, 1908, for$4.25. It contained an autograph inscription by the authorto M. W. Vander Weyde; another autographed copy fromthe James Carleton Young collection sold at Anderson'sJan. 15, 1909, for $16.50, inscribed: I think I am a littlehomesick, said the Princess Aline. Richard HardingDavis. May, 1906.

NOTE: A copy of PRINCESS ALINE with the words inDavis 3s hand, sincerely yours, and signature sold at auctionin New York, 1919, for $10.Charles Belmont Davis says :In February, 1894, Eichard was forced by a severeattack of sciatica to give up temporarily the gayetiesof New York and for a cure he naturally chose ourhome in Philadelphia, where he remained for manyweeks. Although unable to leave his bed, he continuedto do a considerable amount of work, including thenovelette 'The Princess Aline/ in the writing of whichI believe my brother took more pleasure than in thatof any story or novel he ever wrote. The futureEmpress of Eussia was the heroine of the tale, and thatshe eventually read the story and was apparently de-

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Cinderella (1896)Cinderella/ and Other Stories/ by Bichard HardingDavis/ New York/ Charles Scribner's Sons/ 1896.[ (12mo, 18.8 em.) Collation : blank end leaf, blank leaf (i-ii) ;half title (iii-iv) ; frontispiece on calendared paper, inserted,with thin protective leaf; title (as above) (v) ; Copyright,1896, by Charles Scribner's Sons; notice: The stories in thisvolume have appeared in Scribner's Magazine, Harper's Mag-azine, Weekly, and Young People, and The Reporter WhoMade Himself King also in a volume, the rest of which, how-ever, addressed itself to younger readers. University Press:John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U. S. A. (vi) ; Contents(vii-viii) :

PAGECinderella 1Miss Delamar's Understudy 36The Editor's Story 76An Assisted Emigrant 105The Reporter Who Made Himself King 119

Text, (1)-205-(206) ; one leaf of publishers' announcements(207-8); blank leaf (209-210); blank end leaf; laid paperused through the book except frontispiece and protective leaf.Cover, buff cloth, rectangular dark brown conventional leafdesign containing name of book and of author in red ; repeatedon back cover ; modification of same design on backbone. Pub-lished price, $1.]NOTE: The thirteenth thousand copies were advertised

in 1898- A copyright (No. 66190) was taken out by Scrib-ners on an edition of this book in 1899, pages being reducedto 14% cm. and increased in number to 237 ; in 1909 Scrib-ners again copyrighted an edition like the first ( 19 cm*,pp. 205 )

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36 RICHARD HARDING DAVISgetter most all the evening. I seen all yonse watching

13Three Gringos in Venezuela (1896)

Three Gringos in Venezuela/ and/ Central America/by/ Richard Harding Davis/ Illustrated/ (publishers'insignia)/ New York/ Harper & Brothers publishers/1896.[(12mo, 19 cm.) Collation: blank end leaf (laid paper);blank leaf; frontispiece (i-ii) ; title (as above) (iii) ; pub-lishers' list and Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers. Allrights reserved (iv) ; dedication: To my friends H. SomersSomerset and Lloyd Griscoin (v-vi) ; Contents (vii-viii) :

PAGEOn the Caribbean Sea 1The Exiled Lottery 27In Honduras 56At Corinto 160On the Isthmus of Panama 193The Paris of South America 221Illustrations (ix)-xi; map (xiii-xiv) ; text, (l)-282; one leafof publishers' advertisements (283-4) ; blank end leaf (laidpaper). Heavy calendared paper used throughout for bothtext, sixty-five illustrations (including frontispiece), and threemaps. Laid end papers. View of Caracas (double page)tipped in between pp. 250 and 251.Cover : grayish buff cloth, title in gilt at top, author's name ingilt at bottom; modification of the same with Harper's onbackbone. A later binding bears the same gilt lettering but onapple -green with a tropical plant in silver and green.]NOTE : First published under the name of Three Gringosin Central America, in two parts, In HARPER'S MAGAZINE,Vol. 91, Sept.-Oct. 1895; the book contains additional

articles from HARPER'S MAGAZINE of 1895. The date of thepublication of the book by Harpers was Feb. 20, 1896.


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A [BIBLIOGRAPHY 37Davis, with Somerset and Griseom, began his trip toSouth and Central America about Jan. 1, 1895, and re-turned about April. Many letters to Ms family appear inADVENTURES AND LETTERS, pp. 140-165.The author wrote his brother, Dec. 31, 1895 : The Cen-

tral American and Venezuelan book comes out on February1st. Several of the papers here jokingly alluded to the factthat my article on the Venezuelan boundary had inspiredthe President's Message. . . . My article was a very luckything and is greatly quoted and in social gatherings I amappealed to as an authority. (ADVENTURES AND LETTERS,p. 170.)

NOTE: The Stewart copy, sold at the American ArtGalleries Nov. 21, 1921, was in grayish buff cloth, list ofDavis books on obverse of title and leaf of publishers'advertisements at the end. So is EL Somers Somerset'scopy, with his bookplate, inscribed by Davis as follows : ToH. Somers Somerset in memory of the days when he wassingle, thirsty and miserable even though the crown ofHonduras rested on his brow and wishing him well as alowly British subject, a proud husband and a transatlanticcousin. Richard Harding Davis.

NOTE: Some Central Americans were annoyed by thetone of this book ; one of them told a reporter that it wouldbe exceedingly unhealthy for Mr. Davis to return to Hon-duras in the near future. New York Tribune, Sept. 21,1895, p. 7, col. 2.

NOTE: A copy of this book, 1896, sold at C. F. Libbie'sauction, Boston, May 7-8, 1918, for 50 cents.

NOTE : A poster for this book appeared at the height ofthe poster craze and is by Edward Penfield, the mostfamous of American poster artists. The background islight green, lettering in black with red initials, the water iswhite with black and buff shadows, and the two human fig-ures are buff. Size : height, 44.3 cm. ; width, 29.3 cm.


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38 RICHARD HARDING DAVISNOTE: A statement in the Evening Sun, New York,

July 25, 1919, by The Marquise de Fontenoy that HenrySomers Somerset published his experiences on this tripunder the title, The Land of the Muskeg, is erroneous;Somerset there described an earlier trip of his own to Brit-ish North America.

NOTE : In an interview for the Boston Herald, publishedApr. 12, 1896, Davis was quoted thus :

Have you seen my new book ? It has only been outa few days, and already there is trouble about it.When we were riding along through Central America,we gave away $200 (in fives and tens) to Americanswhom we met on the way, and who asked us for moneyto help them to get back home. Since that statementappeared in print, several coffee planters down there(some of them friends of ours) have written letters tothe New York Herald and other papers denying it, andalleging that every American in Central America ishappy, and that not one of them wishes to leave. Iwrote to these coffee planters to know why they de-liberately stated what they knew to be untrue. Theyreplied that the interests of the country demanded it.. . . Pm glad I said what I did in that instance. Ifthat book keeps one American citizen free from dis-appointment and loss, or saves one American dollarfrom going to Honduras, no one can say that IVenever done any good in the world.

14Soldiers of Fortune (1897)

Soldiers of Fortune/ by/ Richard Harding Davis/ withillustrations by/ C. D. Gibson/ New York/ CharlesScribner's Sons/ 1897.[(12mo, 19 cm.) Collation: blank end leaf; half title (i) ;publishers' list (ii) ; frontispiece with thin, protective leaf(inserted) ; title (as above) (iii) ; Copyright, 1897, by Charles


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A BIBLIOGRAPHY 39Scribner's Sons. University Press: John Wilson and Son,Cambridge, U. S. A. (iv) ; dedication: To Irene and DanaGibson (v-vi) ; List of Illustrations (vii-viii) ,- text (l)-364;two blank leaves (365-8) ; blank end leaf; six plates (includ-ing frontispiece) on calendared paper, by C. D. Gibson, in-serted.Cover: Yellow cloth., full-length picture of a girl (by C. D.Gibson) in triple rectangular frame all in dark blue; name ofbook above and of author below in gold and blue; in eachupper corner ribbon and star in blue and gold. On backbone,names of book, author, and publisher, in dark blue.]NOTE : The collation of the Stewart copy is the same as

above. In the same year (1897) The American News Com-pany of New York republished SOLDIEBS OF FORTUNE, 16mo,under their own copyright, as No. 6 in The People's Li-brary; 364 pp. Scribners' advertised price was $1.50.

The English edition was published by W. Heinemann,London, May 24, 1897, pp. 288, at six shillings, at sixpenceMay 2, 1905, and in the Sevenpenny series, June 11, 1912.

SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE first appeared in Vol. 21 of SCBIB-NER'S MAGAZINE, Jan.-June, 1897.

Augustus Thomas's account of creating with Davis inCuba the film version of SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE is inR. H. D. 1917, and in ADVEN

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