Literature
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The Two-Cent Stamp by Ellis Parker Butler
The house in Tenth Street where Philo Gubb was doing a job of paper-hanging when he made the happy error…
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The Un-Burglars by Ellis Parker Butler
Although Detective Gubb’s experience with the oubliette-elevator did not lead to the detection of the dynamiters for whom a reward…
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The Water Goats by Ellis Parker Butler
“And then,” said the landscape gardener, combing his silky, pointed beard gently with his long, artistic fingers, “in the lake…
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Waffles and Mustard by Ellis Parker Butler
Though you may think Waffles and Mustard is a story involving food, it’s really about detective Philo Gubb’s search for…
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A Song of Living by Amelia Josephine Burr
A Song of Living is the source of Burr’s most quoted inspirational verse: “Because I have loved life, I shall…
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Kitchener’s March by Amelia Josephine Burr
Kitchener’s March was published in Burr’s collection, Life and Living (1917).NOT the muffled drums for himNor the wailing of the…
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Our Bargain by Amelia Josephine Burr
Our Bargain was published in Fifes and Drums: Poems of America at War (1917).Is all our world upon a counter…
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To Our Women by Amelia Josephine Burr
To Our Women was adapted by Burr from the French of Paul Déroulède. It was published in Fifes and Drums:…
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Two Viewpoints by Amelia Josephine Burr
Two Viewpoints from The Vigilantes was published in The War in Verse and Prose, edited by Eben Norris (1918). A…
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A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
Robert Burns wrote this song in the Scots language in 1794. Also referred to as My Love is Like a…
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