THE EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS LIBRARY
Over 1,100 Volumes
Collected From 1875 Through
1950
The surviving editions are held
in trust in the archive of grandson Danton Burroughs
Collated and Researched by
Bill Hillman
Shelf: B5
| Amy Brooks |
| Dorothy Dainty ~ 1902 Series written and illustrated by Amy
Brooks
DOROTHY DAINTY SERIES This 22 volume series was originally published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company between 1902 and 1923. "Little Dorothy Dainty is one of the most generous-hearted of children. Selfishness is not at all a trait of hers, and she knows the value of making sunshine, not alone in her own heart, but for her neighborhood and friends." ~ Boston Courier "Dorothy Dainty , a little girl, the only child of wealthy parents, is an exceedingly interesting character, and her earnest and interesting life is full of action and suitable adventure." ~ Pittsburgh Christian Advocate "No finer little lady than Dorothy Dainty was ever placed in a book for children." ~ Teachers' Journal, Pittsburgh "Miss Brooks is a popular writer for the very little folks who can read. She has an immense sympathy for the children, and her stories never fail to be amusing." ~ Rochester (N.Y.) Herald    
Dorothy Dainty at Crestville Dorothy Dainty at Foam Ridge Dorothy Dainty at Gem Island 1920. Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard publishers Dorothy Dainty at Glenmore Online eText: http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/7479 Online eText Edition: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=7479 Dorothy Dainty at Home Dorothy Dainty at School Dorothy Dainty at the Mountain Dorothy Dainty at the Shore Dorothy Dainty at the Stone House Dorothy Dainty in the City Dorothy Dainty in the Country Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times Dorothy Dainty's Holidays Dorothy Dainty's New Friends Dorothy Dainty's Vacation Dorothy Dainty's Visit Dorothy Dainty's Winter Dorothy's Playmates Princess Polly 1910. Platt & Nourse; Platt & Peck Princess Polly At Play Princess Polly by the Sea Princess Polly In School Princess Polly's Gay Winter Online eText: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6584 Princess Polly's Playmates Online eText: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=5426 Prue at School Prue's Jolly Winter Prue's Little Friends Prue's Merry Times Prue's Playmates OTHER: Dorothy Dainty Doll ~ German doll by Armand Marseille ca 1910 |
| William E. Brooks |
| Lee of Virginia: A Biography
OTHER: Grant of Appomattox, a Study of the Man |
| Pearl S. Buck 1892 - 1973 |
The Promise ~ 1943 ~
 
 
OTHER: The Good Earth ~ 1931 . . . and scores more titles often with a Chinese setting Dragon Seed Pavilion of Women Imperial Woman |
 Pearl
S. Buck 1892 - 1973: Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker was born on
June 26, 1892 in the West Virginia home of her grandmother. She was born
the fourth of seven children to Caroline and Absalom, two Presbyterian
missionaries, who were home from China. The family quickly returned to
their home in Chinkiang, China three months after Pearls birth. Pearl grew
up among the Chinese peasants in a small farming community. Her first language
was Chinese, she grew up with the customs and traditions of the Chinese.
As she grew her mother and her teacher taught her English. In 1910, Pearl
returned to the United States to earn a degree at Randolph-Macon Womens
College in Lynchburg, Virginia. She studied philosophy and was very active
in the student government. She was elected class president and was a Phi
Beta Kappa. After her graduation in 1914, she stayed at Randolph-Macon
to teach psychology. After one semester she returned to China to assist
her ill mother. Pearl married John Lossing Buck, an agricultural missionary,
in China on May 13, 1917. The couple led a very unhappy life together.
In 1921, Pearl gave birth to a daughter, Carol, who was mentally disabled
with a disease called PKU. Pearl decided to return to the States and place
her in a full-time care facility in Vineland, New Jersey. Because of a
tumor found in Pearl's uterus during delivery, she underwent a hysterectomy.
From 1920-1933, the Bucks lived in Nanking on the campus of the university
where they both taught. Pearl published her first work in 1923, a nonfiction
article for Atlantic magazine titled "In China too." In 1925, while studying
at Cornell University, she wrote an article titled "A Chinese Woman Speaks"
which would later be the impetus for her first novel EAST WIND, WEST WIND,
published by the John Day Company in 1930. John Days publisher Richard
Walsh took an immediate liking to Pearl and her work. This was to be the
start of a long prosperous writing career in which she was awarded the
Pulitzer Prize for THE GOOD EARTH and became the first American woman to
receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Pearl Buck divorced her husband
in 1935 after falling in love with Walsh. The couple moved into an estate
in Bucks County, Pennsylvania shortly after their marriage. Pearl and Richard
lived at Green Hills Farm with their six adopted children. It was at this
residence that she would write over 100 works before her death in 1973.
ARTICLE CRITICAL RESPONSE: Commenting once to an interviewer about the response to her work by critics, Pearl Buck said, "One pays the price for being prolific. Heaven knows the literary Establishment can't forgive me for it, nor for that fact that my books sell." Certainly no one can argue the fact that Pearl Buck was a prolific writer (she produced over 70 major works), nor with the fact that her books sold (and continue to sell) well. But after the 1930s, a decade that saw the publication of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Good Earth and Buck's biographies of her parents, The Exile and Fighting Angel (cited for particular excellence by the Nobel Committee), critics tended to regard Buck's work with disdain. Contemporary Authors summarizes the post-1938 critical response to Pearl Buck this way: "Suspicious of her tremendously high output and annoyed by her all-too-frequent lapses into didacticism and sentimentality, post-1938 critics regarded her for the most part as a prime example of a 'too much, too often' writer." One goal Pearl Buck had as a writer was to teach the Western world about Chinese culture, to help Western readers to understand and appreciate the Chinese culture she so loved. Critics, however, were divided as to whether or not Buck succeeded in her goal. Critic Phyllis Bentley remarked: An attempt is made to present China from within, as the Chinese see it. . . In the same way, Mrs. Buck aims to present the Chinese customs as familiar, natural, and correct, because so would her characters regard them. [These customs] are all copiously illustrated, but always presented, as it were, unself-consciously, as part of the natural process of living; never by the slightest word or turn of phrase does Mrs. Buck call attention to the difference of these customs from our own.Other critics were much less impressed with Buck's depictions of China. Dody Weston Thompson, writing in American Winners of the Nobel Literary Prize, says: Moving in a vivid world of Chinese custom, in a spiritual landscape seen always understandingly through Chinese eyes, Pearl Buck's major characters of that period were nevertheless so "universal," so recognizable anywhere, as to seem only incidentally "Chinese." One gets no real sense in these novels of an ethos that was in actuality profoundly different from the West. Nowhere, for example, is it shown what constitutes a Taoist, Buddhist, or Confucian, their distinctions and similarities, or their considerable distances from Western thought … Even The Good Earth, perhaps
the most critically acclaimed of Buck's works, drew critical fire for its
depictions of Chinese life. Writing in the New Republic, Younghill Kang
commented "Since Mrs. Buck does not understand the meaning of the Confucian
separation of man's kingdom from that of woman, she is like someone trying
to write a story of the European Middle Ages without understanding the
rudiments of chivalric standards and the institution of Christianity. None
of her major descriptions is correct expect in minor details. . .Its implied
comparison between Western and Eastern ways is unjust to the later." Despite
the negative criticism, though, Pearl Buck undeniably had an impact on
twentieth century American literature. She was the first American woman
to win the Nobel Prize for Fiction, a feat duplicated only by Toni Morrison
almost 60 years later. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and
the William Dean Howells Medal for the Most Distinguished Work of American
Fiction 1930-35. Her work won numerous other prizes as well and Buck herself
was the recipient of numerous honorary degrees.
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| J. W. Buel (James W. Buel) |
| Heroes of the Dark Continent or How Stanley Found Emin Pasha
~ The Great New Pictorial Africa ~ 1890 ~ Historical Publishing Company
~ Illustrated with 500 engravings and colored plates. 590 pages plus 2
pages of advertising.
A COMPLETE HISTORY OF ALL THE GREAT EXPLORATIONS AND DISCOVERIES IN AFRICA, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME, INCLUDING A FULL, AUTHENTIC AND THRILLING ACCOUNT OF STANLEY'S FAMOUS RELIEF OF EMIN PASHA, REPLETE WITH ASTOUNDING INCIDENTS, WONDERFUL ADVENTURES, MYSTERIOUS PROVIDENCES, GRAND ACHIEVEMENTS, AND GLORIOUS DEEDS AS REPRESENTED IN THE DEVOTED LIVES AND SPLENDID CAREERS OF SUM BRILLIANT CHARACTERS AS HENRY STANLEY, EMIN PASH, GEN. GORDON, AND ALL THE OTHER GREAT TRAVELLERS, HUNTERS AND EXPLORERS, WHO, FOR MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND YEARS, HAVE MADE AFRICA A LAND OF WONDERS BY THEIR HEROISM AND UNPARALLELED DARING. This book covers the whole history of African exploration and discovery. The illustrationsk are very detailed and beautiful. J.W. Buel ihas written many other tales of the world. He has also included tales of adventures among wild animals, ferocious reptiles, and curious and savage races of people who inhabit the Dark Continent. On the second page are illustrations of African people.
PO Box 221974
~ Anchorage, Alaska 99522-1974
With few exceptions, five generations
of critics have laid much of Burroughs' inspiration at the doorsteps of
Kipling, Haggard, and Wells. But Mr. Atamian points the arrow directly
at two lesser know writers, Paul Du Chaillu and J. W. Buell, as the major
sources, both direct and subliminal, of the Burroughs mind-fix. He shows
that Buell and Du Chaillu provided essential background reading which Burroughs
used systematically for his themes, situations and, significantly, for
his nomenclature.
From the Foreword
of The Origin of Tarzan
Page 84 and 85:
George T. McWhorter, Curator Burroughs Memorial Collection University of Louisville ". . . ERB wrote the Return [of Tarzan], from start to finish, in 70 days! That is as fast as lightning for a novel given the complexities of the plot. ERB could not have had time for a leisurely stroll through the book shelves doing "research," in a dozen books -- he wouldn't even have time for a quick reading of them. But he could and did read one book (or had already read it) which contained most of the important items he needed for more than half of the Return after Tarzan's dissipation in Paris. The book was Buell's Heroes! And there are traces of it in the Beasts [of Tarzan] and [The Jewels of] Opar, and even Tarzan [of the Apes]. "In summation, there could be hundreds of words from a dozen different sources which coincidentally could be used by ERB. But here, there are two books (Paul Du Chaillu's Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa and J. W. Buell's Heroes of the Dark Continent) in which all these words and ideas can be related to their contexts in ERB. And these original contexts and sources appear within 30 to 100 pages of each other (depending on the book), which contain all the original cognates, themes, and symbols. "In varying degrees, all of the first six Tarzan books in the chronology have a Buell influence. The least of these is Mirambo-Aruwimi in Tarzan of the Apes and Baynes (and a companion) who hunt big game together in the Son of Tarzan, the fourth book in the chronology. Admittedly, these are weak. In the second volume, the Return , of the 26 chapters, only the first six have no connection Buell. In the remaining 20, the actions, plots, themes, and names are all in Buell from the theme of castaways, to cannibalism: from the lost and ruined city of Opar and its treasure vaults to La; from Arabs to Manyuema; from fifty frightful men and dwarfs to superior breeding males. In the Beasts, Kai-Shang and Fuchan are minor parts, but totally related to Buell and vital in identifying a major source. In Opar, the entire theme of Opar, La, and the historical allusions and La's appearance and statements, as well as the high-priestesses and Amazonian theme is totally related to Buell. In Jungle Tales, of 12 chapters, five of them revolve around central characters, themes and names from Buell, form the N'Ganga to Du Chaillu's Bukawai; from exploding bullets to Teeka; from Rabba Kega in Tarzan and the Black Boy, to Jungle Joke. In chapters five, six, seven (of Jungle Tales), which form a trilogy, the main names, themes and plots are entirely from Buell, from witchcraft to Tibo." OTHER:
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| Read the Paul Du Chaillu Features in ERBzine:
ERBzine 0872 ERBzine 0872a ERBzine 0872m ERBzine 1151 |
| Ben(jamin) Burbridge |
| Gorilla: Tracking and Capturing The Great Ape-Man of Africa [Big
Game Hunting in British East Africa and The Congo] ~ 1928.~ London:
George G. Harrap & Co also NY: Century Co. ~ Photographic frontispiece
of the author, standing in tropical kit with a very small live gorilla,
44 other vivid photographic plates on 31 leaves, many of them of downed
big game, including Buffalo, Lion, and Elephant, and a double-page map
of this region of Africa. The author has a splendidly vivid turn of phrase:
"A low earthquaking sound rumbled from somewhere out there among the hills
Coming out of a silence that was oppressive in its intensity, it seemed
a world of untold eloquence and meaning, descriptive of but one part of
the broad universe - The Savage Soul of Africa I called Simba, my gun-boy.
"Lion!" I said. He stood leaning againdst the tent-ple, a lithe figure
of ebony against the bright dazzle of blazing fires " Czech: "An often
overlooked big game hunting title, probably due to its title. More than
half the contents are devoted to the author's trek through British East
Africa, where he bagged Rhinoceros, Lion, Buffalo, Elephant, and Hippopotamus,
as well as Plains Game. After this Sporting interlude, he proceeded to
Mt. Karissimbi, and The Ituri Forest in The Congo, after Gorilla.
FILM: The Gorilla Hunt: Alternate Title: Burbridge's African gorilla hunt ~ 1926 ~ 5 Reels ~ reputed to be the earliest motion picture of great apes in the wild, photographed and directed by Ben Burbridge Summary: Ben Burbridge leads an expedition into Africa in search of six gorillas to bring back alive to captivity. On the way to the interior, the Burbridge party meets with a tribe of pygmies, whose friendship is purchased by means of a gift of salt and safety pins. Other events of interest include: the shooting of an elephant and three lions, the strange contortions of a python, the fording of a stream thick with crocodiles, and the eventual capture of the baby gorillas. Article Excerpt: Missing Links: The Jungle Origins of King Kong ". . . Closer to KING KONG was MAN HUNT, a 1926 release of FBO Studio (forerunner of KONG's RKO), which followed the adventures of a real-life Carl Denham type named Ben Burbridge, who travels into Africa in search of gorillas to bring back alive in captivity. After thrilling encounters with various jungle inhabitants (elephants, pythons, crocodiles), Burbridge accomplishes his task, catching six gorillas for his return to civilization. . . ." |
| Thornton W. Burgess January 14, 1874-June 5, 1965 | ||
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 Thornton
Waldo Burgess is the son of Caroline F. Haywood and Thornton
W. Burgess Sr. a direct descendent of Thomas Burgess. (one of the
first settlers of Sandwich, Massachusetts in 1637.) He was born in
Sandwich on January 14, 1874 and died June 5, 1965, at the age of 91. Burgess
was brought up by his mother in Sandwich after his father died in the year
of his birth. They both lived in humble circumstances with relatives
or paying rent. As a youth he worked year round in order to earn money.
Some of his jobs included tending cows, picking arbutus or berries, shipping
water lilies from local ponds, selling candy and trapping muskrats. William
C. Chipman, one of his employers, lived on Discovery Hill Road a wildlife
habitat of woodland and wetland. This habitat became the setting of so
many of his stories in which he refers to Smiling Pool and the Old Briar
Patch. Graduating from Sandwich High School in 1891, Burgess attended
a Business College in Boston from 1892-93. At the age of 17 Burgess briefly
lived in Boston and then moved to Springfield, Massachusetts. He bought
a place in Hampden, Massachusetts in 1925 and made it his permanent home
in 1957. Returning frequently to Sandwich, Burgess claimed that to be his
birth place and spiritual home. After his death the Massachusetts
Audubon Society purchased his Hampden home and established the Laughing
Brook Nature Center at that location. Many of his childhood experiences
and the people he knew influenced his interest and concern for wildlife.
He was a naturalist and conservationist, loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for daily columns in newspapers. Many of his outdoor observations in nature were used as plots for his stories. In his first book, Old Mother West Wind, published in 1910, the reader meets many of the characters found in later books and stories. These characters include Peter Rabbit, Jimmy Skunk, Sammy Jay, Bobby Raccoon, Joe Otter, Grandfather Frog, Billy Mink, Jerry Muskrat, Spotty the Turtle and of course, Old Mother West Wind and her Merry Little Breezes. Burgess Text & Illustrations online: http://www.mount-hood.com/twb.html
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| Thomas Burke 1886 - 1945 | ||
| Limehouse Nights 1916/1927 A collection of stories Robert M.
McBride & Co Illustrated by Mahlon Blaine
"One of the most frankly and brutally realistic books that has appeared in our tongue in a long time. But Burke has cast a glamour over his pages that prevents his stories from being merely studies in the sordid and the morbid. Somehow he makes you feel that he has viewed life with pity and tenderness and loving comprehension." -- Bookman Selections from Limehouse Nights were reissued are Broken Blossoms (Richards, 1920) and In Chinatown (Richards, 1921) Online eText: The Chink and the Child from Limehouse Nights
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Thomas Burke: 'My encounters in this city of all souls have been amusing, stimulating, ludicrous, beautiful, disturbing, and queer.' Thus wrote Thomas Burke (1886–1945), referring to the people, places, and things of London; or, more specifically, the area of London known as Limehouse, which in Burke's youth was the haunt of sailors, dock-workers, and Chinese immigrants. It was a world of sights and sounds that entranced and enthralled the young boy, who would wander at will through its crowded streets, welcomed by the inhabitants and drinking in their language, customs, and traditions. In 1916 he published Limehouse Nights, a collection of tales based on his experiences in the district; but he was saddened to find that the world of which he had written had already, for the most part, disappeared. Burke was always fascinated by the dark underside of life, and this
found expression in many of his tales, which feature the uncanny, the outré,
and the grotesque. In The Golden Gong, Jessica Amanda Salmonson has gathered
together twenty-one of Burke’s tales of the weird and the supernatural,
including such classics as 'The Hands of Mr Ottermole' and 'The Hollow
Man'. Also included is a reminiscence by publisher Grant Richards, who
recognised the brilliance of Limehouse Nights after it had been turned
down by several other publishers; and in an extensive introduction, Salmonson
looks at the colourful, and sometimes contradictory, life of Thomas Burke.
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