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

Juvenile fiction


  • 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

  • "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

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)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.


The author died in 1922, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 99 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

 
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