Weekly_, June 6, 1931
How to Build a Best Seller, by George Emerson. _Saturday Review_, Sept.
5, 1953
History of “Operation Kinsey,” the pre-publication publicity for
_Sexual Behavior in the Human Female_.
“In His Steps,” the Story of a Best Seller. _Publishers’ Weekly_, Mar.
2, 1946
“In Tune with the Infinite,” Famous Best Seller, Now 50 Years Old.
_Publishers’ Weekly_, Feb. 22, 1947
The author, Ralph Waldo Trine, the book, and its history.
The Inside Story of the World of Perry Mason, by Frank E. Robbins.
Morrow, 1950
About the chief characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner.
Reprinted from the _Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review_.
Lincoln’s Doctor’s Dog, by George Stevens. Lippincott, 1939
Account of famous best sellers of the 1930’s.
The Literary Situation, by Malcolm Cowley. Viking Press, 1954
Chiefly a critical study of post-World War II writing, with
chapters on “Cheap Books for the Millions” and “Hardbacks or
Paperbacks?”
Miracle Books, by Leon Whipple. _Survey_, May 1, 1927
Reasons for the sales of big non-fiction best sellers of the
1920’s.
The Most Popular Authors of Fiction Between 1900 and 1925, by Irving
Harlow Hart. _Publishers’ Weekly_, Feb. 21, 1925
The Most Popular Authors of Fiction in the Post-War Period, 1919-1926,
by Irving Harlow Hart. _Publishers’ Weekly_, Mar. 12, 1927
The Nation’s Appetite for Fiction, by Herbert F. Jenkins. _Publishers’
Weekly_, Sept. 24, 1921
Gives information and figures on the sale of many novels of the
post-World War I period.
Of Making Many Books: A Hundred Years of Reading, Writing and
Publishing, by Roger Burlingame. Scribner, 1946
A chapter on “Best-Sellers” is included in this 100th anniversary
history of the publishing house of Charles Scribner’s Sons as well
as background material on such best-selling Scribner authors as
Edith Wharton, F. Hopkinson Smith, S. S. Van Dine, Ernest
Hemingway, John Galsworthy, James Boyd, Harold Frederic, and
others.
The One Hundred “Best Sellers of the Last Quarter Century,” by Irving
Harlow Hart. _Publishers’ Weekly_, Jan. 29, 1921
The One Hundred Leading Authors of Best Sellers in Fiction from 1895 to
1944, by Irving Harlow Hart. _Publishers’ Weekly_, Jan. 19, 1946
This, like all Professor Hart’s studies of best sellers in
_Publishers’ Weekly_, is based upon his intensive analysis, over
the years, of the monthly best seller geographical charts issued by
the _Publishers’ Weekly_ office.
Over the Tops, by Gilbert Seldes. _Saturday Evening Post_, Apr. 25, 1936
On the popularity of books, legitimate plays, musicals, road shows,
moving pictures, sheet music, etc.
Paper-Bound Books in America, by Freeman Lewis. New York Public Library,
1952
The history of paperbound publishing up to 1952.
Poetry Among the Best Sellers, by Alice P. Hackett. _Publishers’
Weekly_, Dec. 1, 1928
Noteworthy poetry sales, especially those of Edna St. Vincent
Millay’s books.
The Popular Book, by James D. Hart. Oxford University Press, 1950
Full of background material and facts about the popular and
best-selling books from the beginning of American reading to 1950.
The Publisher, by Robert Sterling Yard. Houghton Mifflin, 1913
A chapter on “What Makes a Book Sell.”
Reading, Writing, and Religion, by Eugene Exman. _Harper’s Magazine_,
May, 1953
On the increase in the reading and sale of religious books.
Religious Books As Best Sellers. _Publishers’ Weekly_, Feb. 19, 1921
Mary Roberts Rinehart, by Geoffrey T. Hellman. _Life_, June 25, 1946
Some “Best Sellers” of Other Days, by Michael Sadleir. _Publishers’
Weekly_, Mar. 26, 1927
The Story of the McGuffeys, by Alice Mc Guffey Ruggles. American Book
Co., 1950
Subject matter and quality of best sellers and their chances for
survival.
The Strenuous Age in American Literature, by Grant C. Knight. University
of North Carolina Press, 1954
A critical history of the books of the years 1900-1910, against the
social background of the period.
Ten Best Sellers, by W. Somerset Maugham. _Good Housekeeping_, Sept.,
1948
Discussion of the qualities that appealed to the public in ten
famous 19th century novels.
There Were Giants in Those Days, by Mildred Catharine Smith.
_Publishers’ Weekly_, July 13, 1929
_Quo Vadis_ and its advertising campaign.
This Was Publishing, by Donald Sheehan. Indiana University Press, 1952
The business, philosophy and problems of book publishing in the
years from the close of the Civil War to the beginning of World War
I. Information about many individual books and authors.
Twenty-five Years of Best-Sellers, by Harrison Smith. _The English
Journal_, Oct., 1944
Analysis of literature and reading tastes, 1914-1944.
Lew Wallace’s ‘Ben Hur’ Gallops On, by Walter Monfried. Milwaukee
_Journal_, Feb. 27, 1955
What a New Englander Was Likely to Read in 1711, by John J. Winterich.
_Publishers’ Weekly_, Feb. 3, 1951
What Makes a Book Sell? by Robert Banker. _Publishers’ Weekly_, Dec. 4,
1954
Why of the Best Seller, by William Lyon Phelps. _The Bookman_, Dec.,
1921
The quality of best sellers, chiefly _Main Street_ and the novels
of Harold Bell Wright and Gene Stratton Porter.
Writing As a Career, by Thomas H. Uzzell. Harcourt, Brace, 1938
The chapter on “The Popular Novel” analyzes the literary quality of
some novels which have sold over half a million copies since 1875.
TITLE AND AUTHOR INDEX
A B C Murders. The, 61
A. R. R. L. Antenna Book, The, 80
Abbe, Patience, Richard and Johnny, 161
Abbott, Eleanor, 112, 113
About the Kinsey Report, 40
Abundant Living, 85
Across the River and into the Trees, 196, 197
Action at Aquila, 165
Adamic, Louis, 157, 158
Adams, Henry, 127, 128
Adams, James Truslow, 149-151, 153-155
Adams Family, The, 149
Addams, Jane, 115
Adler, Mortimer, 169
Adler, Polly, 7, 22, 38, 205
Adventurer, The, 196, 197
Adventures of Captain Horn, 95
Adventures of Ellery Queen, 16, 42, 58
Adventures of François, The 98
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The, 220
Adventures of Reddy Fox, The, 68
Adventures of Richard Harding Davis, 124
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The, 220
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The, 219
Aeronautical Annual, 96
Aesop’s Fables, 217
After Noon, 141
Age of Fable, The, 219
Age of Innocence, The, 131, 132
Aircraft Powerplant Handbook, 73
Alcott, Louisa May, 219
Alden, Raymond M., 69
Aldrich, Bess Streeter, 151, 152, 155, 156
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 219
Aley, Maxwell, 3
Algren, Nelson, 23, 45
Alice of Old Vincennes, 100, 101
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 219
All About Girls, 71
All Kneeling, 145
All Quiet on the Western Front, 18, 28, 147, 148, 185
All This, and Heaven Too, 165, 167, 168
Allen, Frederick Lewis, 142, 153, 154
Allen, Hervey, 24, 30, 155, 157, 165, 166, 176, 177
Allen, James Lane, 97, 100, 103
Allen, Ida Bailey, 13, 37, 51
Allen (Ida Bailey) Sandwich Book, 53
Allen, Robert S., 151-154
Alone, 165
Alsop, Joseph W., Jr., 169
Althouse, A. D., 80
Amateur Gentleman, The, 117
Amazing Interlude, The, 124
Amboy Dukes, The, 14, 38
American College Dictionary, The, 77
American Doctor’s Odyssey, An, 161, 163
American Educator, The, 89
American Everyday Dictionary, The, 77
American Gun Mystery, The, 61
American Idyll, An, 129
American Machinists’ Handbook, 80
American Past, The, 187, 189
American Red Cross First Aid Text Book, 80
American Spelling Book, The, 79
American Vest Pocket Dictionary, The, 77
American White Paper, 169, 170
American Woman’s Cook Book, The, 13, 26, 51
Americana Annual, 89
Americanization of Edward Bok, The, 133, 135-137
America’s Cook Book, 52
Analysis of the Kinsey Reports, 17
Anatomy of Peace, The, 184
And Now Tomorrow, 174
And So--Victoria, 163
And Tell of Time, 165, 166
And Then There Were None, 22, 60
Andersen, Hans Christian, 218
Andersonville, 211, 212
Ann Vickers, 155
Anna and the King of Siam, 179, 181
Anne of Avonlea, 68
Anne of Green Gables, 66
Anne of the Island, 68
Annie Jordan, 20, 28
Angel Pavement, 149, 150
Angel Unaware, 86, 205, 207
Angela’s Business, 120
Animal Stories, 66
Animals’ Merry Christmas, The, 68
Anthology of Children’s Literature, 77
Anthony Adverse, 24, 30, 155-158, 162, 166
Antin, Mary, 115, 117
Anything Can Happen, 182
Apostle, The, 88, 176, 179, 180
Appleton, Everard J., 124
Appleton’s English-Spanish, Spanish-English Dictionary, 77
Arabian Nights’ Entertainment, 217
Arch of Triumph, 184, 185
Arches of the Years, The, 155, 156
Ard, William, 56
Ariel, 137, 139, 146
Arlen, Michael, 139, 140
Armour, Tommy, 205
Armstrong, G.A.O., 205
Armstrong, Margaret, 165, 166
Arnim, Countess von, 128
Around the World in Eleven Years, 161
Arrow of Gold, The, 127, 128
Arrowsmith, 9, 139, 140
Art of Thinking, The, 147-149, 154
Artayeta de Viel, Josephine, 71, 193, 195
Arthur, T. S., 10
Arts, The, 163
As He Saw It, 184
As I Remember Him, 169, 170
As the Earth Turns, 155
Asch, Sholem, 87, 88, 167, 169, 176, 177, 179, 193, 194, 199, 200
Ask Me Another, 70, 138, 143, 144, 152
Asquith, Margot, 131, 132
Atherton, Gertrude, 10, 131, 132, 135, 136
Atlas of Human Anatomy, An, 80
Auction Bridge Complete, 141
Auction Bridge To-Day, 117
Audrey, 102
Auntie Mame, 211, 212
Autobiography of Margot Asquith, The, 131
Autobiography with Letters, 167
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, The, 219
Awakening of Helena Ritchie, The, 106
Aylwin, 99
B. F.’s Daughter, 14, 30, 184, 185
Babbitt, 7, 133, 135, 136, 140
Baby, The, 196, 198
Baby Animals, 68
Bacheller, Irving, 33, 100, 101, 122, 123, 129
Bachelor Belles, 109
Bachelor’s Jokebook, 71
Back Street, 7, 151, 152
Bad Girl, 23, 145
Bailey, Temple, 127, 128, 135, 141
Baker, George, 71
Ballard, Todhunter, 90
Ballinger, Bill, 56
Bangs, John Kendrick, 96, 97
Bankhead, Tallulah, 202
Bannerman, Helen, 24, 30, 66
Barbecue Cook Book, 53
Barbusse, Henri, 125
Barclay, Florence, 22, 29, 112, 113
Barnes, Clare, Jr., 70, 71, 138, 193, 194, 196, 198
Barnes, Margaret Ayer, 149, 151, 157
Barnhart, Clarence L., 77, 199
Barrack-Room Ballads, 220
Barrie, J. M., 96, 97, 109
Barrier, The, 109
Barriers Burned Away, 219
Barrington, E., 139, 140
Bars of Iron, 121
Bartlett, John, 76
Barton, Bruce, 85, 139-142, 154
Basso, Hamilton, 32, 208, 209
Bats Fly at Dusk, 61
Battle Cry, 14, 38, 205, 206
Battle of the Strong, The, 98
Baum, L. Frank, ix, 13, 26, 65
Baum, Vicki, 151
Beach, Rex, 106, 109, 110, 115
Beach House, The, 23, 44
Beamish, Richard J., 31
Beard, Charles and Mary, 149, 150
Beau Geste, 141, 142
Beau Sabreur, 141, 142
Beautiful Joe, 220
Beck, Mrs. L. Adams, 140
Becker, Marion Rombauer, 15, 27, 52
Bedelia, 18
Before the Sun Goes Down, 20, 28
Begbie, Harold, 131, 133
Belgium, 127
Believe It or Not, 18, 40, 69, 70, 138, 147, 148, 152
Bell, Book and Candle, 75
Bell for Adano, A, 179, 180
Bellamann, Henry, 174
Bellamann, Katherine, 32
Belles on Their Toes, 196, 198
Beloved Vagabond, The, 111
Benet, Stephen Vincent, ix, 75, 147, 152
Ben-Hur, 219
Bennett, Arnold, 115-117
Bennett, Dorothy, 67
Bentley, E. C., 21, 43
Bentley, Phyllis, 153, 156
Benton’s Row, 206, 209
Bergson, Henri, 115
Berlin Diary, 7, 126, 171, 172, 180
Bernard, William, 16, 39
Berolzheimer, Ruth, 13, 26, 51
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, 95, 96, 107
Best Loved Books of the Twentieth Century, 223
Best of Damon Runyon, The, 21, 43
Bet It’s a Boy, 71, 169, 170
Better Homes and Gardens Baby Book, 16, 27, 82
Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book, ix, 12, 25, 50, 51, 208, 210
Better Homes and Gardens Diet Book, 53, 211, 213
Better Homes and Gardens Garden Book, 32, 82, 199, 200
Better Homes and Gardens Handyman’s Book, 31, 82, 199, 200
Better Homes and Gardens Junior Cook Book, 53
Better Homes and Gardens Story Book, 66
Better Meals for Less Money, 51, 122
Bettger, Frank, 196, 198
Beverley of Graustark, 104, 107
Beyond This Place, 205
Bible Designed to Be Read as Living Literature, The, 83, 86
Bible: King James, 83, 84
Bible Readings for the Home Circle, 85
Bible: Revised Standard Version, 82, 84, 202, 203, 205, 208, 209, 212
Big Clock Book, The, 68
Big Fisherman, The, 32, 87, 190, 191, 193, 194
Big Kill, The, 13, 36, 55, 57
Bigger They Come, The, 20, 42, 59
Birds’ Christmas Carol, The, 220
Bishop, Joseph B., 129
Bishop Murder Case, The, 56, 147, 148
Bishop’s Jaegers, The, 16, 39
Bishop’s Mantle, The, 88, 190, 191
Black Bag, The, 56, 109
Black Beauty, 220
Black Boy, 182, 183
Black Oxen, 10, 135, 136
Black Rock, 88
Black Rose, The, 14, 26, 182, 184, 185, 188
Black Stallion, The, 68
Blasco, Ibanez, V., 127
Bleak House, 218
Blood, Sweat and Tears, 171
Blood’s Magic for All, 73
Blue Flower, The, 102
Blue Window, The, 141
Blunt, Betty B., 71, 169
Bok, Edward, 133-137, 139
Bolshevism, 127
Bond, Otto F., 42, 77
Boners, 70, 138, 151, 152
Boni, Margaret B., 187
Bonjour Tristesse, 22, 45, 211, 212
Book in America, The, 224
Book Nobody Knows, The, 141
Book of Cowboys, 68
Book of Etiquette, The, 33, 82
Book of Indians, 68
Book of Knowledge, The, 89
Book of Knowledge Annual, 89
Books, Their Place in a Democracy, 224
Bookshelf for Boys & Girls, 89
Boston Cooking School Cook Book, The, 13, 26, 51, 137-142
Bottome, Phyllis, 157, 158, 165
Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 179
Bowers, Claude G., 141, 147
Boy Mechanic, The, 80
Boy Scouts Handbook, 65, 81
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth, 219
Brand, Max, 20, 22, 38, 43, 91
Brande, Dorothea, 161
Brass Bowl, The, 56, 107
Brave Men, 24, 30, 179, 182, 183
Brazilian Adventure, 157
Breaking Point, The, 133, 135
Brewer, Gil, 21, 42
Bride of Fortune, 31
Bridge of Desire, The, 151
Bridge of San Luis Rey, The, 145, 146
Bridgwater, William, 77
Brieux, Eugene, 75, 115, 117, 118
Briffault, Robert, 159
Brimful Book, The, 68
Brimming Cup, The, 131, 132
Bristow, Gwen, 196, 197
Britannica Book of the Year, 89
Britannica Junior, 88
Britannica World Atlas, 89
British Agent, 155
Broad Highway, The, 113
Bromfield, Louis, 8, 143-145, 149, 155, 156, 164-166, 169, 176, 182
Bronte, Charlotte, 218
Bronte, Emily, 218
Brooks, Van Wyck, 163, 169, 170
Brousson, J. J., 139
Brown, Margaret Wise, 67
Brunhoff, Jean de, 69
Brush, Katharine, 149
Bryce, James, 115, 117
Buck, Pearl S., ix, 16, 22, 30, 31, 151-154, 174, 175
Bugles in the Afternoon, 23, 91
Building Your Marriage, 73
Bulfinch, Thomas, 219
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward, 218
Bunyan, John, 217
Buranelli, Prosper, 69, 137, 139
Burgess, Thornton, 64, 68
Burlingame, Roger, 227
Burma Surgeon, 176, 178
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 8, 96, 107, 109, 117, 119, 133, 134
Burns, Robert, 217
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 33
Busch, Niven, 13, 37
But We Were Born Free, 7, 208, 210
Butler, Samuel, 8
Butterfield, Roger, 187, 189, 208
Butterfield 8, 23, 45
Byrd, Richard E., 141, 145, 146, 165, 166
Byrnes, James F., 187, 189
Byron, George Gordon, 140, 149, 150
Cain, James M., 18, 40, 43
Caine, Hall, 87, 95, 97, 117
Caine Mutiny, The, 14, 27, 199, 200, 202, 203, 212
Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, The, 75
Calamity Town, 18, 59
Caldwell, Erskine, ix, 12-15, 17, 19, 36-40, 42
Caldwell, Taylor, 20, 28, 184, 185, 208
Caleb West, 98
Call of the Canyon, The, 137
Call of the Wild, The, 16, 27
Calling of Dan Matthews, The, 31, 87
Came a Cavalier, 20, 28
Cameron, Margaret, 127
Campus Zoo, 196, 198
Canasta, 71, 193, 195
Canasta, the Argentine Rummy Game, 72, 193, 195
Canby, Henry Seidel, 15, 38
Canfield, Dorothy, 131, 132
Cannery Row, 15, 39
Capp, Al, 190, 192
Captain from Castile, 182
Cardinal, The, 22, 88, 196, 197, 199, 200
Carey, Ernestine Gilbreth, 193, 195, 196, 198
Carlson, John Roy, 176, 179
Carmer, Carl, 157, 158
Carnegie, Dale, 12, 27, 37, 163, 165, 190, 192
Carolinian, The, 139
Carr, John Dickson, 54, 56
Carrel, Alexis, 161
Carroll, Gladys Hasty, 155, 156
Carroll, Lewis, 219
Carry On, 122, 125
Carson, Rachel, 24, 199, 200, 202
Cartoon Laffs, 22, 43, 71
Case of Erle Stanley Gardner, The, 224
Case of the Backward Mule, The, 22, 44, 59
Case of the Bated Hook, The, 15, 39, 57
Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde, The, 16, 41, 58
Case of the Borrowed Brunette, The, 17, 41, 58
Case of the Buried Clock, The, 17, 40, 58
Case of the Careless Kitten, The, 22, 44, 60
Case of the Caretaker’s Cat, The, 16, 39, 57
Case of the Cautious Coquette, The, 18, 32, 58
Case of the Counterfeit Eye, The, 15, 39, 57
Case of the Crooked Candle, The, 20, 59
Case of the Curious Bride, The, 14, 38, 57
Case of the Dangerous Dowager, The, 15, 39, 57
Case of the Drowning Duck, The, 21, 43, 59
Case of the Drowsy Mosquito, The, 17, 41, 58
Case of the Dubious Bridegroom, The, 60
Case of the Empty Tin, The, 19, 41, 59
Case of the Fan-Dancer’s Horse, The, 22, 60
Case of the Gold Digger’s Purse, The, 18, 42, 58
Case of the Half-Wakened Wife, The, 18, 43, 58
Case of the Haunted Husband, The, 16, 39, 58
Case of the Howling Dog, The, 17, 40, 58
Case of the Lame Canary, The, 15, 38, 57
Case of the Lazy Lover, The, 24, 60
Case of the Lonely Heiress, The, 21, 44, 59
Case of the Lucky Legs, The, 13, 38, 57
Case of the Negligent Nymph, The, 60
Case of the One-Eyed Witness, The, 61
Case of the Perjured Parrot, The, 21, 44, 59
Case of the Rolling Bones, The, 19, 42, 59
Case of the Shoplifter’s Shoe, The, 18, 41, 58
Case of the Silent Partner, The, 19, 41, 59
Case of the Sleepwalker’s Niece, The, 16, 40, 57
Case of the Smoking Chimney, The, 21, 44, 59
Case of the Stuttering Bishop, The, 15, 39, 57
Case of the Substitute Face, The, 15, 38, 57
Case of the Sulky Girl, The, 14, 38, 57
Case of the Turning Tide, The, 19, 41, 59
Case of the Vagabond Virgin, The, 60
Case of the Velvet Claws, The, ix, 16, 39, 55, 57
Caspary, Vera, 18
Cass Timberlane, 182
Cassidy’s Girl, 23, 44
Castillo, Carlos, 42, 77
Castle, Agnes and Egerton, 98
Castle, Marian, 19, 30
Cat of Many Tales, 62
Catcher in the Rye, 119
Cather, Willa, 10, 87, 151, 152
Cautious Amorist, The, 20, 43
Cerf, Bennett, 17, 18, 40, 71, 182
Chain, The, 88
Chambers, Robert W., 106, 107, 113, 127
Chambers, Whittaker, 7, 190, 202
Chances, 149
Chandler, Raymond, 20, 42, 54, 56, 59
Charteris, Leslie, 56, 61
Chase, David B., 81
Chase, Ilka, 174
Chase, James Hadley, 56
Chase, Mary Ellen, 157, 158, 171, 172, 174
Chase, Stuart, 151
Cheaper by the Dozen, 193, 195
Chernev, Irving, 70
Cherry, Raymond, 80
Chesser, Eustace, 21, 40
Cheyney, Peter, 56
Child from One to Six, The, 73
Child’s Garden of Verses, A, 220
Childcraft, 89
Chinese Orange Mystery, The, 17, 43, 58
Chinese Room, The, 13, 37
Chodorov, Jerome, 75
Choir Invisible, The, 97
Cholmondeley, Alice, 122
Cholmondeley, Mary, 100
Christ and the Fine Arts, 86
Christian, The, 87, 97
Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life, The, 220
Christie, Agatha, 18, 22, 54, 56, 58, 60, 61
Christine, 122
Christmas Carol, A, 218
Christmas Holiday, 17, 41
Christopher and Columbus, 127
Chronicles of Avonlea, 68
Chronicles of Barabbas, 224
Churchill, Winston, 8, 10, 12, 20, 28, 32, 87, 97, 99-101, 104, 106, 109, 112, 117, 119, 120
Churchill, Winston Spencer, 99, 171, 172, 190, 191, 200
Cimarron, 149, 150
Circular Staircase, The, ix, 53, 61
Citadel, The, 21, 163-165, 166, 172
Claire, Mabel, 51, 52
Claire Ambler, 145, 146
Clansman, The, 105, 120
Clark, Fred G., 79
Clark, G. H., 74, 124
Clarke, Donald Henderson, 16, 23, 32
Cleft Rock, The, 31
Clue of the Forgotten Murder, The, 16, 40, 58
Coast of Folly, The, 137
Cobb, Hubbard, 24, 30, 196, 198
Cobb, Irvin S., 171, 173
Cobean’s Naked Eye, 71
Cocotte, 20, 42
Cody, Al, 91
Coin’s Financial School, 96, 220
Coles, Manning, 54
Collier, Price, 117
Columbia Encyclopedia, The, 77
Colvin, Frank, 80
Come and Get It, 159
Comics, The, 224
Common Law, The, 113
Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, The, ix, 12, 81
Company Administration and Personnel Records, 81
Complete Book of Interior Decorating, The, 82
Complete Book of Mothercraft, The, 82
Complete Book of Sewing, The, 82
Complete Poems of Robert Frost, The, ix
Coniston, 106
Connell, Vivian, 13, 20, 37, 42
Connolly, Mike, 15, 39, 208
Connor, Ralph, 87, 88, 107, 124, 127, 144
Conrad, Joseph, 127, 128
Constant Nymph, The, 139, 140
Contract Bridge Blue Book, 151
Contract Bridge Blue Book of 1933, 155
Contract Bridge Complete, ix
Cooking for Two, 52
Cooper, James Fenimore, 218
Corelli, Marie, 220
Costain, Thomas B., 8, 14, 23, 25, 26, 30, 31, 87, 182, 184, 185, 187, 188, 193, 194, 202, 205, 211
Coue, Emile, 135, 136
Count of Monte Cristo, The, 218
Country Lawyer, 167, 168
Country Squire in the White House, 169, 170
Coward, Noel, 163, 164
Cowley, Malcolm, 9, 226
Coxe, George Harmon, 56
Cradle of the Deep, The, 147, 148
Crampton, Gertrude, 66
Crane, Stephen, 96
Creative Evolution, 115
Crisis, The, 20, 28, 101, 106
Critical Period in American Literature, The, 225
Crocker’s (Betty) Good and Easy Cookbook, 14, 26, 51, 208, 210
Crocker’s (Betty) Picture Cook Book, 13, 26, 51, 196, 198-200
Crockett (Davy) Coloring Book, The, 65
Cronin, A. J., 8, 21, 31, 87, 153, 154, 163-165, 171, 172, 174, 179, 190, 205
Cross Creek, 174
Cross Word Puzzle Books, The, 69, 137, 139, 148, 152
Crossing, The, 104, 106
Crowds, 117
Crows Can’t Count, 61
Cruel Sea, The, 199, 200
Crusade in Europe, 23, 29, 190, 191
Cry Tough!, 19, 40
Culbertson, Ely, 70, 118, 151, 152, 155, 156
Culbertson Self-Teacher, The, 71
Culbertson Summary, The, 71, 151, 153
Cummins, Maria, 10
Cunningham, Shirley, 23, 44, 71
Cure It with Honey, 60
Curie, Eve, 165, 176, 178
Curie (Madame), 165
Currie, Eve, 40
Curtain Rises, The, 179, 180
Curtin, D. Thomas, 123
Curwood, James Oliver, 129-131, 137
Cutlass Empire, 193, 194
Cuyas, Arturo, 77
D. A. Breaks the Seal, The, 61
D. A. Calls a Turn, The, 60
D. A. Calls It Murder, The, 19, 43, 59
D. A. Cooks a Goose, The, 61
D. A. Draws a Circle, The, 21, 59
D. A. Goes to Trial, The, 23, 60
D. A. Holds a Candle, The, 60
Daddy Long Legs, 121
Daily Strength for Daily Needs, 85
Dalrymple, Leona, 119
Damnation of Theron Ware, The, 87, 96
Damned, The, 19, 41
Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 218
Dangerous Days, 127
Dannay, Frederic, 55
Dark Hester, 147
Darling, It’s Death, 22, 43, 60
Darrow, Clarence, 139, 153, 154
Dartmouth Bible, The, 83
Daughter of Anderson Crow, The, 107
Daughter of the Land, A, 124
Davenport, Marcia, 176, 177, 187, 188
David Copperfield, 2, 218
David Harum, 21, 28, 99, 100
Davies, Joseph E., 126, 174, 175
Daviess, Maria Thompson, 115
Davis, Adelle, 53
Davis, Elmer, 7, 208, 210
Davis, Richard Harding, 95, 97, 124
Dawn, 127
Dawson, Coningsby, 8, 122, 124-126, 131, 132, 137
Day, Clarence, 159, 161, 163, 164
Day’s Work, The, 98, 99
Days of Auld Lang Syne, 95
Days of Our Years, 167, 169, 170
Dear Enemy, 121
Dear Sir, 18, 71, 182, 183
Deeping, Warwick, 8, 141-145, 147, 149, 151, 153
Deerslayer, The, 218
Definite Object, The, 122
Defoe, Daniel, 217
deGouy, Louis P., 53
De Kruif, Paul, 12, 21
Deland, Margaret, 96, 106, 113
de la Roche, Mazo, 143-145, 151, 155, 156
Deliverance, The, 104
Dell, Ethel M., 121, 122, 124, 129
Delmar, Vina, 23, 145
Dennis, Patrick, 211, 212
Dennis the Menace, 19, 70, 71
Dere Mable, 124, 125, 175, 194
Derieux, Mary, 82
Desert of Wheat, The, 127
Désirée, 16, 28, 205, 206
Desperate Hours, The, 6
Destry Rides Again, 22, 43, 91
Devil to Pay, The, 61
Devil’s Garden, The, 119
Diane of the Green Van, 119
Dickens, Charles, 88, 157, 158, 218, 219
Dickson, Carter, 54, 56, 61
Dictionary of Modern English Usage, A, 78
Diet and Health, 32, 51, 52, 133, 135-142
Dim Lantern, The, 135
Dimnet, Ernest, 147, 149, 153, 154
Dinesen, Isak, 157
Dinner at Antoine’s, 14, 27, 190, 191, 193, 194
Diplomatic Days, 124
Disenchanted, The, 196, 197
Disney, Walt, 146
Disney’s (Walt) Bambi, 66
Disney’s (Walt) Cinderella, 67
Disney’s (Walt) Davy Crockett, 68
Disney’s (Walt) Uncle Remus, 63, 67
Disputed Passage, 167
Disraeli, 145
Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 103, 105, 107
Dodge, Mary Mapes, 219
Dodsworth, 147, 148
Doomsday, 143
Door, The, 57, 149
Door Between, The, 60
Doran, George H., 224
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, 102
Dorsey, George A., 141-144
Douay New Testament, 84
Double, Double, 62
Double-Crostics, 69, 138
Douglas, Lloyd C., ix, 8, 13, 15, 26, 32, 39, 63, 87, 153-156, 159-161, 167, 174, 176, 179, 182, 190, 191, 193, 205
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, 54, 56, 102, 220
Dragon Seed, 174, 175
Dragon’s Teeth, The, 23, 60
Dream of Fair Women, A, 107
Dreiser, Theodore, 9
D’ri and I, 101
Drivin’ Woman, 174
Drums Along the Mohawk, 161, 163
Drury Lane’s Last Case, 62
Duchess Hotspur, 18, 41
Duel in the Sun, 13, 37
Duffus, R. L., 224
Duke, 17, 40
Dumas, Alexandre, 218
du Maurier, Daphne, 8, 14, 19, 23, 25, 28, 29, 31, 165-167, 176, 177, 184, 185, 196, 197, 202, 208
du Maurier, George, 95, 220
Dunne, Finley Peter, 99
Duplaix, Georges, 66
Duplaix, Lily, 66