Author:Tudor Storrs Jenks

Tudor Storrs Jenks
(1857–1922)

Tudor Storrs Jenks

Works

• A Christmas Song

Juvenile fiction

• Imaginotions; Truthless Tales (1894) short stories
• Galopoff, the Talking Pony; a story for young folks (1901)
• Gypsy the Talking Dog; a Story for Young Folks (1902) (external scan)
• The Defense of the Castle, a Story of the Siege of an English Castle in the Thirteenth Century (1903) (transcription project)

• 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

• The Magic Wand (1905) (external scan)
• Romero and Julietta (1905)
• A Magician for One Day (1905)
• The Prince and the Dragons (1905) (external scan)
• Timothy's Magical Afternoon (1905)
• The Rescue Syndicate (1905) (external scan)

What Shall I Be? series

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

Short stories and collections

• Imaginotions; Truthless Tales (1894)
  • "Prehistoric Photography"
  • "The Tongaloo Tournament"
  • "The Dragon's Story"
  • "A Duel in a Desert"
  • "The Sequel"
  • "A Lost Opportunity" (1894)
  • "The Astrologer's Niece"
  • "The Astrologer's Niece Marries"
  • "The Winning of Vanella"
  • "The Professor and the Patagonian Giant"
  • "The Prince's Councilors"
  • "Teddy and the Wolf"
  • "Little Plunkett's Cousin"
  • "Professor Chipmunk's Surprising Adventure"
  • "The Satchel"
  • "Good Neighbors"
  • "Anthony and the Ancients"
  • "A Yarn of Sailor Ben's"
  • "The Statue"
• "The Department of Athletics" (1894)

• "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

• "Quits" (play) Century, Feb 1893
• "The Prince's Councilors" (1893, St. Nicholas) (ss)
• "Abbie's Accounts: A monologue" (play) Century, Nov 1897
• "A Literary Conversation" (ss) Century, Feb 1898
• "The Umbrella of Justice" (1901, Cosmopolitan) (ss)
• "Cupid in Uniform" (ss) Everybody's Feb 1905
• "The Survival of the Fittest" (1906, Appleton's) (ss)
• "One of the Jests of Fate" (1906, Sunday Magazine) (ss)
• "During the Luncheon Hour" (ss) Harper's, Apr 1909
• "How Dullius Dined at Home" (ss) Harper's Magazine, Jan 24, 1914
• "The Four-Leafed Clover" (ss) St. Nicholas, 1918
• "The Spelling Match" (ss) St. Nicholas, 1921
• "The King of the Turquoise Mountains" (ss) St. Nicholas, 1922

Non-fiction

• "Reference Books for Boys and Girls" St. Nicholas, 1898
• "Paint-box and Camera" St. Nicholas, 1901
• "Troublesome Neighbors" St. Nicholas, 1901
• "The World's Fair Palaces" St. Nicholas, 1901
• "The Easy E's" (1906-07, St. Nicholas)
• "Two Men with Brains" (1913-14, St. Nicholas) (ar)
• "Two Grasshopper Vane" (1915, St. Nicholas) (ar)

Verse

• "Two Caliph and the Cadi" St. Nicholas, 1893
• "Two Kinds of Clocks" St. Nicholas, 1898
• "That Little Girl's Brother" St. Nicholas, 1898
• "N. E. W. S" St. Nicholas, 1906
• "Old Mammy Tipsytoes" St. Nicholas, 1906
• "The Easy "E's"" St. Nicholas, 1907
• "A Lucky Man" St. Nicholas, 1911
• "Fairyland Fashion" St. Nicholas, 1919
• "The Dance of the Dawn" St. Nicholas, 1921
• "How He Knew" St. Nicholas, 1922

Plays

• "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

• "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

Biography

Lives of Great Writers

• 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

• Captain John Smith (1904) (external scan)
• Captain Miles Standish (1905)

History

• 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

• 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

• "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

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