Joseph Lewis French (18581936) was a novelist, editor, poet and newspaper man. The ''

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'' noted in 1925 that he may be "the most industrious

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of his time.""Lee Scuppers and Pieces of Eight; Two New Anthologies of "Great Sea Stories" and "Great Pirate Stories" GREAT SEA STORIES SECOND SERIES. Edited by Joseph Lewis French. 348 pp. New York: Brentano's $2. GREAT PIRATE STORIES: SECOND SERIES. Edited by Joseph Lewis French. 314 pp. New York: Brentano's. $2." ''New York Times'', May 3, 1925. He is known for his popular themed collections, and published more than twenty-five books between 1918 and his death in 1936.Joseph Lewis French (1858-1936)
The Harry Ransom Center's web exhibition "The Greenwich Village Bookshop Door: A Portal to Bohemia, 1920–1925" , Molly Schwartzburg, Cline Curator of Literature. He initiated two magazines, ''The New West'' (c. 1887) and ''The Wave'' (c. 1890). Afterward he worked for newspapers "across the country" contributing poetry and articles. He struggled financially, and during 1927 the ''

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'', a daily tabloid, published an autobiographical article they convinced him to write, entitled "I'm StarvingYet I'm in

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as the Author of 27 Famous Books."

Publications

* ''The Best Ghost Stories, introduced by Arthur B. Reeve''. New York:

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, 1919 * ''The Best Psychic Stories''. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1920 * ''A Breath of Desire : XXVIII sonnets''. Boston: French, 1901 * ''Christ in Art''. Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1906c1899 * ''Great Ghost Stories, selected by Joseph Lewis French, with a foreword by James H. Hyslop''. New York:

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, 1918 * ''Great Pirate Stories, edited by Joseph Lewis French''. New York: Tudor, 1922 * ''Great Sea Stories''. New York:

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, 1921 * ''Masterpieces of Mystery''. Garden City, New York:

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, 1920 * ''Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1: Ghost Stories''. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922. (Volume 1 of 4.) * ''Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes: Detective Stories'' * ''Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes: Mystic-Humorous Stories'' * ''Masterpieces of Mystery: Riddle Stories'' * ''The Pioneer West; narratives of the westward march of empire, selected and edited by Joseph Lewis French''. Boston:

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, 1923 * ''Tales of Terror''. Boston:

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, 1925 * ''Ghosts, Grim and Gentle''. New York:

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, 1926 * ''The Ghost Story Omnibus''. New York:

, 1926

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