Edison's Conquest of Mars

by Garrett Putman Serviss

Compiled by Elizabeth Dew Searles

Non-Fiction: Magazine Articles

Achievements of astronomical photography. Outlook 79, 787-96 (April 1, 1905)

Alexander Graham Bell. Cosmopolitan 33, 42-44 (May 1902)

Alpha Centauri. Harper's Weekly 38, 413 (May 5, 1894)

Among the stars with an opera-glass. Sidereal Messenger 10, 244-47 (May 1891)

Another theory about Mars. Harper's Weekly 41, 518-19 (May 22, 1897)

Arcturus, the greatest of all suns. Scientific American 70, 327 (May 26, 1894)

Are there planets among the stars? Popular Science Monthly 52, 171-77 (December 1897)

Artificial creation of life. Cosmopolitan 39, 459-68 (September 1905)

Astronomy with an opera-glass: (This series was enlarged and published in book form; see the following section.)

Stars of spring. Popular Science Monthly 30, 743-56 (April 1887)
Stars of summer. ibid. 31, 187-207 (June 1887)
Moon and the sun. ibid. 31, 478-92 (August 1887)
Stars of autumn. ibid. 32, 53-71 (November 1887)
Stars of winter. ibid. 32, 511-29 (February 1888)

Astronomy in the 20th century. Popular Astronomy 9, 286-87 1901)

Auriga's wonderful star. Harper's Weekly 41, 471 (May 8, 1897)

A Belt of sun-spots. Popular Science Monthly 24, 180-86 (December 1883)

Can we always count upon the sun? Popular Science Monthly 39,658-64 (September 1891)

Celebrated American astronomers. Harper's Weekly 38, 1143-46 (Dec. 1, 1894)

Digging up Cæsar's camp. Harper's Weekly 54, 12-13 (Dec. 31, 1910)

The Dimensions of the universe. Chautaquan 21, 143-48 (May 1895)

Edelweiss. Nature Magazine 10, 25 (July 1927)

Facts and fancies about Mars. Harper's Weekly 40, 926 (Sept. 19, 1896)

From chaos to man; illustrated lecture in the Urania scientific theater, at Carnegie Hall.
Scientific American 66, 399, 405-07 (June 25, 1892)

Greenland's icy mountains. Mentor 15, 33-34 (February 1927)

How Burbank produces new flowers and fruit. Cosmopolitan 40, 163-70 (December 1905)

Is Mars inhabited? Harper's Weekly 39, 712 (July 27, 1895)

The Kite principle in aerial navigation. Scientific American 88, 484 (June 27, 1903)

Latest marvels of astronomy. Mentor 9, 2-12 (October 1921)

Luther Burbank. Chautaquan 50, 406-16 (May 1908)

New conquest of the heavens. Cosmopolitan 52, 584-93 (April 1912)

New light on a lunar mystery. Popular Science Monthly 34, 158-61 (December 1888)

New philosopher's stone. Cosmopolitan 44, 632-36 (May 1908)

New Shakespeare—Bacon controversy. Cosmopolitan 32, 554-58 (March 1902)

Opposition of Mars. Harper's Weekly 36, 810 (Aug. 20, 1892)

Pleasures of the telescope: (Cf. the book "Pleasures of the Telescope"
listed in the following section.)

The selection and testing of a glass. Popular Science Monthly 45, 213-24 (June 1894)
In the starry heavens. ibid. 46, 289-301 (January 1895)
The starry heavens (cont'd). ibid. 46, 466-78 (February 1895)
Virgo and her neighbors. ibid. 46, 738-50 (April 1895)
In summer starlands. ibid. 47, 194-208 (June 1895)
From Lyra to Eridanus. ibid. 47, 508-21 (August 1895)
Pisces, Aries, Taurus, and the northern stars. ibid. 47, 783-97
(October 1895)

Progress of science. Cosmopolitan 33, 357-60 (July 1902)

Recent magnetic storms and sun-spots. Popular Science Monthly 23, 163-69 (June 1883)

Riding through space. Mentor 11, 3-16 (November 1923)

Rome of the gravel walk. Harper's Weekly 54, 9-11 (July 30, 1910)

Scenes on the planets. Popular Science Monthly 56, 337-49 (January
1900)

The Sky from Pike's Peak. Astronomy and Astrophysics 13, 150-51 (February 1894)

Soaring flight. Scientific American 90, 345 (April 30, 1904)

Solving the mystery of the stars. Cosmopolitan 39, 395-404 (August 1905)

Star streams and nebulæ. Popular Science Monthly 38, 338-41 (January 1891)

Strange markings on Mars. Popular Science Monthly 35, 41-56 (May 1889)

Studies in astronomy. Chautaquan 12, 38-43, 184-88, 330-34, 463-67,
596-601, 735-39; 13, 34-39, 170-75, 304-09 (October 1890-June 1891)

The Sun and his family. Outlook 200, 656-65 (March 23, 1912)

Transforming the world of plants. Cosmopolitan 40, 63-70 (November 1905)

What a five-inch telescope will show. Popular Astronomy 1, 372-73 (April 1894)

What is astronomy? Chautaquan 18, 541-45 (February 1894)

What is the music of the spheres? Mentor 15, 18-20 (December 1927)

What the stars are made of. Chautaquan 21, 9-13 (April 1895)

What we know about the planets. Chautaquan 20, 526-31 (February 1895)

When shall we have another glacial epoch? Publications of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific 4, 15-19 (Jan. 30, 1892)

Non-Fiction: Books, Pamphlets, Etc.

Astronomy in a nutshell, the chief facts and principles explained in
popular language for the general reader and for schools. New
York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. xi, 261p. front.,
illus., plates, diagrs. 19cm.

Astronomy with an opera-glass: a popular introduction to the study
of the starry heavens with the simplest of optical instruments, with
maps and directions to facilitate the recognition of the
constellations and the principal stars visible to the naked eye. New
York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1888. vi, 154 p. incl. illus.,
maps. 23cm. (Enlarged from a series of articles in Popular Science
Monthly; see the preceding section.)

Astronomy with the naked eye; a new geography of the heavens, with
descriptions and charts of constellations, stars, and planets. New
York and London: Harper and brothers, 1908. xiii, (l)p., 1 1.,
246p., 1 1. illus., xiv charts (12 double). 21cm.

Curiosities of the sky; a popular presentation of the great riddles
and mysteries of astronomy. New York and London: Harper & brothers,
1909. xvi p., 2 1., 267, (1) p. incl. front., plates, charts. 21cm.

The Einstein theory of relativity ... with illustrations and photos
taken directly from the Einstein relativity film, illustrations by
R. D. Crandall. New York: E. M. Fadman, inc., (c1923). 96p.
front., illus. 19cm.

——. London: American Book Supply, 1923. 96p. 19cm.

Eloquence, counsel on the art of public speaking; with many
illustrative examples showing the style and method of famous orators.
New York and London: Harper & brothers, 1912. iv p., 31., 2l4p.
front, (port.). 19-1/2cm.

How to use the Popular science library ... (and) History of science,
by Arthur Selwyn-Brown; General index. New York: P. F. Collier
& son co., (c1922). 2p.l., 3-384p. front., plates, ports. 20-1/2cm.
(added t.-p.: Popular science library, editor-in-chief, G. P.
Serviss, vol. XVI).

The Moon; a popular treatise. New York: D. Appleton and co.,
1907. xii, 248p. front., illus., 26 pl. 20cm.

——. London: D. Appleton and co., 1908. 260p. illus. 20cm.

The Moon in Frederick H. Law (ed.), Science in literature. New
York: Harper and brothers, 1929. p. 69-83.

Napoleon Bonaparte in Thomas B. Reed (ed.), Modern eloquence.
Philadelphia: John D. Morris and co., 1901. vol. 6, p. 983-1009.

Other worlds; their nature, possibilities and habitability in the
light of the latest discoveries. New York: D. Appleton and co., 1901.
xv, 282p. front. (chart), illus., plates. 19-1/2cm.

——. London: Hirschfeld brothers, 1902. 298p. charts, illus.
19-1/2cm.

Pleasures of the telescope; an illustrated guide for amateur
astronomers and a popular description of the chief wonders of the
heavens for general readers. New York: D. Appleton and co., 1901.
viii, 200p. illus. (incl. maps). 23cm.

——. London: Hirschfeld brothers, 1901. 208p. 23cm.

Round the year with the stars; the chief beauties of the starry
heavens as seen with the naked eye ... with maps showing the
aspect of the sky in each of the four seasons and charts revealing
the outlines of the constellations. New York and London: Harper &
brothers, 1910. 19, (1) p., 1 1., 21-146, (1) p. incl. charts. 21cm.

Solar and planetary evolution in Evolution; popular lectures and
discussions before the Brooklyn ethical association. Boston: James H.
West, 1889. p. 55-70; discussion, p. 71-75.

The Story of the moon; a description of the scenery of the lunar
world as it would appear to a visitor spending a month on the moon
... illustrated with a complete series of photographs taken at the
Yerkes observatory. New York, London: D. Appleton and co.,
(c1928). xii, 247, (1) p. front., illus., plates, diagrs. 20cm.
(First published under the title: The Moon)

Wonders of the lunar world, or A Trip to the moon. (New York):
publisher not given, c1892. 20p. 201/2cm. (Urania series. No.l)

Fiction

A Columbus of space. New York and London: D. Appleton and co.,
1911. vii p., 1 1., 297, (1) p. col. front., col. plates. 20cm.

——. All-Story 13, 1-16, 238-57, 418-32, 644-58; 14, 79-89, 300-12
(January-June 1909)

——. Amazing Stories 1, 388-409, 474-75, 490-509, 596-615, 669
(August-October 1926)

Edison's conquest of Mars. New York Evening Journal, Jan. 12-Feb.
10, 1898.

The Moon Maiden. Argosy 79, 258-351 (May 1915)

The Moon metal. New York and London: Harper & brothers, 1900.
2 p.l., 163, (1) p. 17-1/2cm.

——. All-Story 2, 118-53 (May 1905)

——. Amazing Stories 1, 322-45, 381 (July 1926)

——. Famous Fantastic Mysteries 1, 40-74 (November 1939).

The Second deluge. New York: McBride, Nast & co., 1912. 6p.l.,
3-399p. front., plates. 191/2cm.

——. London: Grant Richards, 1912. 410p. 191/2cm.

——. Amazing Stories 1, 676-701, 767-68, 844-66, 944-67, 1059-73
(November 1926-February 1927).

——. Amazing Stories Quarterly 7, 2-73 (Winter 1933).

——. Cavalier 9, 193-210, 481-501, 693-708; 10, 88-103, 300-15,
546-58, 739-52 (July 1911-January 1912).

The Sky pirate. Scrap Book 7, 595-606, 835-45, 1079-91; 8,
105-17, 294-304, 562-70 (April-September 1909).

Note: In addition to his books and magazine articles, Garrett P. Serviss wrote extensively for newspapers, having been a staff writer on the New York Sun at the beginning of his career and having written later for a newspaper syndicate. This bibliography does not include any of Serviss' newspaper writings, with the exception of Edison's Conquest of Mars, since the effort involved in compiling a list of his writings from so ephemeral a medium would not be warranted by the questionable completeness of such a list, much of his writing for newspapers having been anonymous.