Author:Ralph Henry Barbour

Ralph Henry Barbour
(1870–1944)

Ralph Henry Barbour

Works

(Incomplete list. Some guesswork in categorization)

• The Land of Joy. A Novel (1903) (external scan)
• The Lilac Girl, 1909 illus Clarence F. Underwood, deco Edward Stratton Holloway romance
• Captain Chub, 1910 illus C. M. Relyea [#Ferry Hill 4] (transcription project)
• The House in the Hedge (1911)
• Cupid En Route, 1912 illus F. Foster Lincoln romance (transcription project)
• For the Freedom of the Seas, 1918 illus Charles L. Wrenn juvenile adventure (transcription project)
• The Mystery of the Sea-Lark, (with H. P. Holt) 1920 illus C. M. Relyea (transcription project)

School stories and children's fiction

Series

Ferry Hill

(Stories first serialized in St. Nicholas)

• The Crimson Sweater, 1905 illus C. M. Relyea
• Tom, Dick and Harriet, 1907 illus C. M. Relyea
• Harry's Island, 1908 illus C. M. Relyea
• Captain Chub, 1910 illus C. M. Relyea

The Adventure Club

• The Adventure Club Afloat, 1917
• The Adventure Club With the Fleet, 1918 illus. Edward C. Caswell (external scan) (HT)

"Big Four"

• Four in Camp a Story of Summer Adventures in the New Hampshire Woods, 1912
• Four Afoot, 1906
• Four Afloat: Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water, 1912

Erskine

• Behind the Line: A Story of College Life and Football, 1902 (external scan)
• Weatherby's Inning, 1903 (external scan)
• On Your Mark!, 1904 (external scan)

The Grafton

• Rivals for the Team
• Winning His Game, 1917 (transcription project)
• Hitting the Line

Hilton School

• The Half-Back: A Story of School, Football, and Golf, 1909 (external scan)
• For the Honor of the School: A Story of School Life and Interscholastic Sport, 1900 (external scan)
• Captain of the Crew, 1901 (external scan)

Purple Pennant

• The Lucky Seventh, (1915) (external scan) (HT)
• The Secret Play, 1915 (transcription project)
• The Purple Pennant, 1916

Yardley Hall

• Forward Pass, 1908
• Double Play; A Story of School and Baseball, 1909 (external scan)
• Winning His "Y": A Story of School Athletics, 1910
• For Yardley: A Story of Track and Field, 1911 (external scan)
• Change Signals 1912 (external scan)
• Around the End, 1913

Unsorted

• The Arrival of Jimpson and Other Stories for Boys about Boys, 1904 (external scan)
• The Spirit of the School, 1907 (external scan)
• The New Boy at Hilltop and Other Stories, 1910
• Finkler's Field: A Story of School and Baseball, 1911
• Team-Mates, 1911
• Crofton Chums, 1912 (?)
• Left-End Edwards, 1914 (external scan)
• Left Tackle Thayer, 1915
• Left Guard Gilbert, 1916 (external scan)
• Center Rush Rowland, 1917 (?)
• The Junior Trophy, 1918
• Full-Back Foster, 1919
• The play that won 1919 (transcription project)
• The Book of School and College Sports (external scan)
• Follow the Ball (external scan)
• Quarter-Back Bates, 1920
• Fourth Down, 1920
• Kick Formation, 1921
• Left Half Harmon, 1921
• Right End Emerson, 1922 (?)
• The Turner Twins, 1922, illus C. M. Relyea (external scan)
• Right Guard Grant 1923
• Right Tackle Todd, 1924
• The Fighting Scrub, 1924
• Spaniard's Cave, 1924
• Right Half Hollins, 1925
• Barry Locke, Half Back, 1925
• Bases Full, 1925
• The Last Play, 1926
• Bud Pringle, Pirate, 1926
• Tod Hale with the Crew, 1926 (transcription project)
• Let's Go To Florida!, 1926
• The Long Pass, 1927
• Heading North, 1927
• Tod Hale at Camp, 1927
• Tod Hale at Yale, 1927

Romances

• The Lilac Girl, 1909 illus Clarence F. Underwood, deco Edward Stratton Holloway
• Cupid En Route, 1912 illus F. Foster Lincoln
• Peggy-in-the-Rain, 1913
• Phyllis in Bohemia, 1897 (with Luther H. Bickford) (as Richard Stillman Powell) (external scan) (HT)
• Kitty of the Roses, 1904 (external scan)
• An Orchard Princess, 1905 (transcription project)
• A Maid in Arcady 1906 (external scan)
• Holly: The Romance of a Southern Girl, 1907
• My Lady of the Fog, 1908 (external scan) (HT)
• The Golden Heart, 1910 (external scan)
• Joyce of the Jasmines, 1911
• The House in the Hedge (1911)
• The Harbor of Love, 1912
• Lady Laughter, 1913
• Heart's Content, 1915 (external scan)

Adventure stories

• Benton's Venture, 1914(?)
• The Brother of a Hero, 1914
• For the Freedom of the Seas, 1918 illus Charles L. Wrenn
• Metipom's Hostage, 1921 illus. Remington Schuyler juvenile adventure, hist. fiction

Uncategorized

• The Land of Joy. A Novel (1903) (external scan)
• Kingsford Quarter, 1910
• Partners Three, 1913
• Nid and Nod, 1923 (transcription project)
• The Fighting Scrub (transcription project)

With H. P. Holt

• Lost Island, 1918 (with H. P. Holt) illus. Charles M. Relyea juvenile adventure
• Joan of the Island, 1920 adventure, mystery
• The Mystery of the Sea-Lark, 1920 illus C. M. Relyea
• The Cruise of the Endeavour, or, Fortunes of War, 1921
• Over Two Seas, 1922

Works from magazines

• "The Advantage of Being Amusing" in Smart Set, Nov 1902 (ss)
• "The Joke on Winnie" in Everybody's, March 1905 (ss)
• "Patsy" in Everybody's, March 1905 (ss)
• "Winter Roses" in Everybody's, Dec 1906 (ss)
• "The Branding of the Maverick" in Ainslee's 1907 Dec (ss)
• "Artichokes to Herbs" in Everybody's 1915 Feb (ss)
• "The Bicycle that Won Out" in St. Nicholas, Jun 1919
• "Black-on-Blue" in St. Nicholas magazine, 1913
• "Billy Mayes' Great Discovery" in St. Nicholas, 1918
• "The Branding of the Maverick" in Ainslee's 1907 Dec (ss)
• "America Begins to Pay Her Debt" in St. Nicholas 1918 (ar)
• "Bowman's Assist" in St. Nicholas 1919
• "A College Santa Claus" in Smart Set, Dec 1902
• "Complaint Department" in The Bookman, Mar 1919
• "Daly's at Eight" in Smart Set, Dec 1905
• "For the Editor's Confusion" in The Bookman, Mar 1916,
• "How Justice Was Done at Opuntia" in Leslie's Popular Monthly, Jan 1902
• "The Land of Tot" in St. Nicholas 1921 (pm)
• "Marty Brown—Mascot" in St. Nicholas, 1902
• "My Lord and Lady" The Smart Set, June 1902,
• "The Ring in the Box" in Smart Set, Apr 1902
• "The Wonderful Night" in Harper's Magazine, 1918-19
• "The Lady and the Gnat" in The American Girl, 1926 Jan (ss)

Longer works

• "The Playwright and the Lady" in Ainslee's 1905 May (novella)
• "The New Boy at Hilltop," St. Nicholas, Dec 1906 to Feb 1907 (novelette)
• "A Fool's Wooing" in The Smart Set 1909 Jan (novella)
• "The Happy Man" in Lippincott's Magazine 1915 June (novella) In book form as Heart's Content, 1915
• Fortunes of War in St. Nicholas 1919-20) (with H. P. Holt) (serial)

As Richard Stillman Powell

• "How the Run Was Stopped" in Black Cat 1896 Oct (ss)
• "What the Waves Said" in Vogue 1897 Sept (ss)
• "The Celestial Adventure of Sin Loo" in Black Cat 1898 Mar (ss)
• "The 'Arrival' of Jimpson" in St. Nicholas 1898 Nov (ss)
• "The Decision of the Dog" in Smart Set April 1900 (ss)
• "The Island of Love" in Smart Set Sept 1901 (ss)

Verse

• "Red Roses" in Vogue 1893 June
• "In Central Park" in Smart Set 1900 May
• "When Mabel Goes A-Fishing" in Smart Set 1900 July
• "When Mrytle Comes to Town" in Smart Set 1900 Aug
• "Lights" in Smart Set July 1904

About Barbour

• "Personal Gossip about Authors: Ralph Henry Barbour" in The Writer, 1919 Jan