Author:Ralph Henry Barbour

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Ralph Henry Barbour (1870–1944)

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American novelist, who primarily wrote popular works of sports fiction for boys. In collaboration with L. H. Bickford, he also wrote as Richard Stillman Powell. Other works included light romances and adventure novels. He was among the first to introduce humor in school stories.

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)
• 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
• 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 (external scan)
• 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 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)

Romances

• The Lilac Girl, 1909 illus Clarence F. Underwood, deco Edward Stratton Holloway romance
• Cupid En Route, 1912 illus F. Foster Lincoln romance
• 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 romance (external scan)
• 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) (external scan) (HT)
• 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 (external scan)

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
• "The Joke on Winnie" in Everybody's, March 1905
• "Patsy" in Everybody's, March 1905
• "Winter Roses" in Everybody's, Dec 1906
• "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
• "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
• "Marty Brown—Mascot" in St. Nicholas, 1902
• "My Lord and Lady" The Smart Set, June 1902,
• "The New Boy at Hilltop," St. Nicholas, Vol 34, Dec 1906 - Feb 1907 (novelette)
• "The Ring in the Box" in Smart Set, Apr 1902
• "The Wonderful Night" in Harper's Magazine, Vol 138, 1918-19
• "Fortunes of War" in St. Nicholas 1919-20) (with H. P. Holt) (SL)