BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
An extended list of books and magazine articles on the short-story will be found on pages 375-378, 426-431 of the present author’s Writing the Short-Story, New York, Hinds, Hayden and Eldredge (1909), xiv+441 pp. Most of the bibliographical references here appended also appear in the revised edition of Writing the Short-Story (1918). Magazine articles have not been included, as they may be found listed in the cumulative periodical indexes. For several years, The Writer’s Monthly, Springfield, Mass., a periodical for literary workers, has printed monthly a list of magazine articles of interest to writers.
Notes on the Influence of E. T. A. Hoffman on Edgar Allan Poe, G. Gruener, Modern Language Association of America (1904).
How to Write, Charles Sears Baldwin. Macmillan (1906). Chapters on “How to Tell a Story,” and “How to Describe.” Based upon Bible narratives.
The Art of the Short-Story, George W. Gerwig. Werner (1909). A brief general study. Out of print.
The Short Story in English, Henry Seidel Canby. Holt (1909). An exhaustive examination into the origin and development of the form.
A History of Story Telling, Arthur Ransome. Stokes (1909).
Studies in Several Literatures, Harry Thurston Peck. Dodd, Mead (1909). Chapters on “Poe,” and “The Detective Story.”
The Art of Writing (also issued under the title, The Art of Short Story Writing), George Randolph Chester. The Publishers Syndicate (1910). A collection of brief notes on all phases of the title-subject.
The Fiction Factory, John Milton Edwards (pseudonym). Editor Co. (1911). “The author tells how he conceived, planned, wrote and sold $100,000 worth of manuscripts.”
The Craftsmanship of Writing, Frederic Taber Cooper. Dodd, Mead (1912). These papers appeared serially in The Bookman, New York.
The Plot of the Short Story, Henry Albert Phillips. Stanhope-Dodge (1912). The technique and mechanics of plot.
The American Short Story, C. Alphonso Smith. Ginn (1912). An American reprint of one of the author’s lectures delivered as Roosevelt Professor at the University of Berlin.
The Art and Business of Story Writing, W. B. Pitkin. Macmillan (1912).
The American Short Story, Elias Lieberman. Editor Co. (1912).
The Art of Story Writing, J. Berg Esenwein and Mary Davoren Chambers. Home Correspondence School (1913). A study of the shorter fictional forms—the anecdote, fable, parable, tale, sketch, and short-story—with outlines for study and instruction.
The Technique of the Mystery Story, Carolyn Wells. Home Correspondence School (1913).
Art in Short Story Narration, Henry Albert Phillips. Stanhope-Dodge (1913).
The Art of Writing, Preface to “The Nigger of the Narcissus,” Joseph Conrad. Doubleday (1914).
Short Stories in the Making, Robert Wilson Neal. Oxford University Press (1914).
The Author’s Craft, Arnold Bennett. Doran (1914)
The Art of the Short Story, Carol Grabo. Scribner (1914).
The Modern Short-Story, Lilian Notestein and Waldo H. Dunn. Barnes (1914).
On the Art of Writing, A. Quiller-Couch. Putnam (1916).
The Contemporary Short Story, Harry T. Baker. Heath (1916).
The Short-Story, Barry Pain. Doran (1916). Reprint of an earlier English edition.
The Thirty Six Dramatic Situations, Georges Polti. Editor Co. (1916).
A Handbook of Story Writing, Blanche Colton Williams. Dodd, Mead (1917).
Children’s Stories and How to Tell Them, J. Berg Esenwein and Marietta Stockard. Home Correspondence School (1917).
Helps for Student-Writers, Willard E. Hawkins. The Student-Writer Press (1917).
The Technique of Fiction Writing, Robert Saunders Dowst. Editor Co. (1917).
Besides the edited collections of miscellaneous short-stories included in the first edition of Writing the Short-Story, which need not be reproduced here, are the following. In most instances the collections are prefaced by introductory notes by the editors named.
The Best American Tales, W. P. Trent and John Bell Henneman. Crowell (1907).
International Library of Fiction (3 vols.), William Patten. Collier (1910).
The Great English Short-Story Writers (2 vols.), William J. and Coningsby W. Dawson. Harper (1910).
The Lock and Key Library (10 vols.), Julian Hawthorne. This is an expansion of the six-volume edition of Mystery and Detective Stories (6 vols.). Review of Reviews Co. (1912).
Short-Story Masterpieces, French (2 vols.), J. Berg Esenwein. Home Correspondence School (1912).
Short-Story Masterpieces, Russian (2 vols.), J. Berg Esenwein. Home Correspondence School (1913).
A Collection of Short Stories, L. A. Pittenger. Macmillan (1913).
A Study of the Short Story, Henry S. Canby. Holt (1913).
A Book of Short Stories, Stuart P. Sherman. Holt (1914).
Types of the Short-Story, Benjamin A. Heydrick. Scott, Foresman (1914).
The Short-Story, E. A. Cross. McClurg (1914).
Modern Short Stories, Margaret Ashmun. Macmillan (1914).
Short Stories, Leonard Moulton. Houghton, Mifflin (1915).
Short Stories for High Schools, Rosa M. R. Mikels. Scribner (1915).
Elements of the Short Story, E. E. Hale, Jr., and F. T. Dawson. Holt (1915).
Short Stories from “Life,” T. L. Masson. Doubleday (1916).
Short Stories and Selections, for Use in Secondary Schools, Emilie K. Baker. Macmillan (1916).
Representative Short Stories, Nina Hart and Edna M. Perry. Macmillan (1917).
The Best Short Stories of 1915, and The Yearbook of the American Short Story, E. J. O’Brien. Small, Maynard (1916).
Similar collections by the same editor have been issued for 1916 and 1917, and others for later years are to follow.
Atlantic Narratives, Charles Swain Thomas. Atlantic Monthly Press (1918).
Index to Short Stories. Ina TenEyck Firkins. Wilson.