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.

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• 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)

Series

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

• 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, 1907 (external scan)

• 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)

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

• 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)

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

• Forward Pass, 1908 (external scan)
• 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 (external scan)
• Guarding His Goal, 1919 (external scan)

• The Arrival of Jimpson and Other Stories for Boys about Boys, 1904 (external scan)
• The Book of School and College Sports, 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 (external scan)
• Crofton Chums, 1912 (external scan)
• Left-End Edwards, 1914 (external scan)
• Left Tackle Thayer, 1915 (external scan)
• Left Guard Gilbert, 1916 (external scan)
• Center Rush Rowland, 1917 (external scan)
• The Junior Trophy, 1918 (external scan)
• Keeping His Course, 1918 (external scan)
• Full-Back Foster, 1919 (external scan)
• The Play That Won, 1919 (transcription project)
• Quarter-Back Bates, 1920 (external scan)
• Fourth Down, 1920 (external scan)
• Kick Formation, 1921 (external scan)
• Three-base Benson, 1921 (external scan)
• Left Half Harmon, 1921 (external scan)
• Right End Emerson, 1922 (external scan)
• The Turner Twins, 1922, illus C. M. Relyea (external scan)
• Right Guard Grant, 1923 (external scan)
• Right Tackle Todd, 1924
• The Fighting Scrub, 1924 (external scan)
• Follow the Ball, 1924 (external scan)
• Spaniard's Cave, 1924
• Right Half Hollins, 1925
• Barry Locke, Half Back, 1925
• Bases Full, 1925
• The Last Play, 1926
• Pud Pringle, Pirate, 1926 (external scan)
• 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
• The Fortunes of the Team, 1928 (external scan)

• The Lilac Girl, 1909 illus Clarence F. Underwood, deco Edward Stratton Holloway (external scan)
• 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 (external scan)
• The House in the Hedge (1911)
• The Harbor of Love, 1912
• Lady Laughter, 1913
• Heart's Content, 1915 (external scan)

• 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

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

• 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 (external scan)
• The Cruise of the Endeavour, or, Fortunes of War, 1921
• Over Two Seas, 1922

• "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)

• "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

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