Author:Tudor Storrs Jenks

From Wikisource
(Redirected from Author:Tudor Jenks)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Tudor Storrs Jenks
(1857–1922)

American author, poet, artist and editor, journalist and lawyer; chiefly remembered for the popular works of fiction and non-fiction he wrote for children and general readers

Tudor Storrs Jenks

Works[edit]

Juvenile fiction[edit]


  • The Century World's fair book for boys and girls; being the adventures of Harry and Philip with their tutor, Mr. Douglass, at the World's Columbian Exposition (1893) (external scan)
  • Making a Start (1903)
  • A Little Rough Rider (1904)
  • The Doll That Talked (1906)
  • The Astrologer's Niece (1973)

Magic Wand series[edit]

What Shall I Be? series[edit]

  • The Fireman (1911)
  • The Sailor (1911)

Short stories and collections[edit]

  • "A Novel Ruined" (1899)
  • "A Supernatural Swindle" (1899)
  • "At the Door" (1899)
  • "The Umbrella of Justice" (1901)
  • "The Detective and the Ring" (1905)
  • "The Master Passion" (1905)
  • "A Concrete Example" (1905)
  • "A Practical Problem" (1921)

Short works from magazines[edit]

Non-fiction

Verse

Plays[edit]

  • "Quits: a Dialogue Farce in Two Scenes" (1893)
  • "Abbie's Accounts: a Monologue" (1897)
  • "The Baron's Victim: A Mellow Drama" (with Duffield Osborne) (1898)
  • "Diplomatic Reserve: a Dialogue" (1898)
  • "Parried" (1899)
  • "At the Door: a Little Comedy" (1899)
  • "Waiting for the Ring: a Monologue" (1902)
  • "The Lady and the Telephone" (1904)
  • Dinner at Seven Sharp; a comedy in one act (1917) (with Amabel Jenks)

Verse[edit]

  • "Bric-a-Brac" (1888)
  • "A Thank-ye-Ma'am (To J.W.R.)" (1889)
  • "A Reader's Choice" (1890)
  • "How Curious! Said One Little Girl to Another Little Girl" (1894)
  • "A Christmas Song" (1895)
  • "Little Miss Pigeon" (1897)
  • "Punishment" (1897)
  • "Tidy Housekeeper" (1897)
  • "New Neighbor" (1898)
  • "King and Minstrel" (1899)
  • "Immortality" (1899)
  • "A Prayer" (1899)
  • "Two Valentines" (1900)
  • "Boast Fulfilled" (1900)
  • "On the Road" (1900)
  • "Pleased Customer" (1901)
  • "At Cupid's Counter" (1901)
  • "Interchange" (1901)
  • "Queen's Messenger" (1902)
  • "New Sentry and the Little Boy" (1902)
  • "A Merry-Go-Round" (1903)
  • "Little Elfin Nurse" (1903)
  • "Baby's Name" (1903)
  • "A Creed" (1903)
  • "The Battlefield" (1904)
  • "A Feat of Memory" (1904)
  • "Eternal Feminine" (1904)
  • "Three Lessons" (1905)
  • "June" (1905)
  • "Pastoral" (1905)
  • "The Very Earliest" (1905)
  • "Three Lessons" (1905)
  • "Waiting for the Train" (1905)
  • "Stop Thief!" (1906)
  • "Sold" (1906)
  • "N. E. W. S." (1906)
  • "Old Mammy Tipsytoes" (1906)
  • "Change of View" (1906)
  • "Modern Boy" (1906)
  • "Demon of Notre Dame" (1907)
  • "For Spellers" (1908)
  • "How We Say It" (1908)
  • "Months and the Jewels" (1909)
  • "The Rime of the Moderne Millionaire" (1909)
  • "Rien du Tout" (1910)
  • "Words Without Songs" (1910)
  • "Lucky Man" (1911)
  • "The Portrait and the Artist" (1912)
  • "Brave Little Girl" (1914)
  • "Little Supposing" (1914)
  • "After School" (1915)
  • "Portrait by Velasquez" (1916)
  • "Here's How!" (1916)
  • "Short Flight" (1916)
  • "In Italy" (1917)
  • "Way to the Fairies" (1917)
  • "A Timely Petition" (1917)
  • "The Song of the Collar-Button" (1917)
  • "Aquarellist Vision" (1918)
  • "Fairyland Fashions" (1919)
  • "A Summing Up" (1919)
  • "Words Without Songs" (1910)
  • "Small and Early"
  • "The Spirit of the Maine"
  • "In a Library"
  • "An Old Bachelor"

Nonfiction[edit]

Biography[edit]

Lives of Great Writers[edit]
  • In the Days of Chaucer (1904) (external scan)
  • In the Days of Shakespeare (1904) (external scan)
  • In the Days of Milton (1905)
  • In the Days of Scott (1906)
  • In the Days of Goldsmith (1907)
  • In the Days of Bacon (1908)
Other[edit]
  • Captain John Smith (1904) (external scan)
  • Captain Miles Standish (1905)

History[edit]

  • The Book of Famous Sieges (1909) (external scan)
  • The Boys' Book of Explorations; true stories of the heroes of travel and discovery in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas. From the "Dark Ages" to the "wonderful century" (1900) (external scan)
  • Our army for our boys; a brief story of its organization, development and equipment from 1775 to the present day (1906)
  • When America Was New (1907) (external scan)
  • When America Won Liberty: Patriots and Royalists (1909)
  • When America Became a Nation (1910)

Science[edit]

  • Electricity for Young People (1907) Google e-text
  • Photography for Young People (1908)
  • Chemistry for Young People (1909; AKA Chemistry for Beginners (1910)) (external scan)

Short works[edit]

  • "The Essay" (1893)
  • "Scraps" (1894)
  • "A Miniature Reference Library" (1894)
  • "Intercivic Humor" (1899)
  • "A Brief for the Philistine" (1906)
  • "The Best Books for Children" (1901)
  • "Can the Jury System Be Improved?" (1903)
  • "The 'American' Characteristics" (1905)

Edited[edit]

  • Tales of Fantasy (vol. IV of Young Folks' Library) (1902) (external scan)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse