Book Chronology for A. Hyatt Verrill

A chronological listing of the books of Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871-1954)

Created by Bill Gowan for the Popular Culture Association conference, April 2012.

1.  Knots, Splices and Rope Work: A Practical Treatise Giving Complete and Simple Directions for Making All the Most Useful and Ornamental Knots in Common Use. Includes chapters on splicing, pointing, seizing, serving, etc.; Adapted for the use of travellers, campers, yachtsmen, Boy Scouts, and all others having to use or handle ropes for any purpose; illustrated with 156 original cuts showing how each knot, tie or splice is formed and its appearance when complete.  Norman W. Henley Publishing Co. 1912 (revised edition, Norman W. Henley 1917)

2.  Gasolene Engines, Their Operation, Use and Care: A Comprehensive, Simple and Practical Work.  Norman W. Henley, 1912

3.  Harper’s Aircraft Book; Why Aeroplanes Fly, How to Make Models, and All About Aircraft, Little and Big.  (Harper’s Practical Books for Boys) Harper & Brothers, 1913

4.  Harper’s Book for Young Naturalists; A Guide to Collecting and Preparing Specimens, with Description of the Life, Habits and Haunts of Birds, Insects, Plants, etc.  (Harper’s Practical Books for Boys).  Harper & Brothers 1913

5.  Harper’s Wireless Book; How to Use Electricity in Telegraphing, Telephoning, and the Transmission of Power.  (Harper’s Practical Books for Boys) Harper & Brothers 1913

6.  An American Crusoe: A Record of Remarkable Adventures on a Desert Island with only a Jackknife.  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1914

7.  Cuba Past and Present.  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1914  revised edition, Dodd, Mead & Co. 1920

8.  Harper’s Book for Young Gardeners; How to Make the Best Use of a Little Land.  (Harper’s Practical Books for Boys) Harper & Brothers 1914

9.  Harper’s Gasoline Engine Book; How the Engine is Made, How to Use it at Home, in Boats and Vehicles, and Elsewhere, and to Keep it in Order.  (Harper’s Practical Books for Boys) Harper & Brothers 1914

10.  Porto Rico Past and Present and Santo Domingo of Today.  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1914.

11.  South and Central American Trade Conditions of Today; Including Mexico,  Cuba, Haiti, and Dominican Republic.  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1914,  new edition, Dodd, Mead & Co. 1919.

12.  Pets for Pleasure and Profit.  Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1915

13.  The Boys Outdoor Vacation Book; a Complete Handbook for Every Boy Fond Of Life and Recreation in the Open.  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1915

14.  The Cruise of the Cormorant.  Henry Holt 1915

15.  Uncle Abner’s Legacy.  Henry Holt 1915

16.  In Morgan’s Wake.  Henry Holt 1915

17.  The Amateur Carpenter; with over 200 Diagrams by the Author.  Dodd, Mead  1915  (reissued as The Boys Book of Carpentry,  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1922)

18.  The Boy Collector’s Handbook.  Robert M. McBride 1915

19.  Isles of Spice and Palm.  D. Appleton & Co. 1915

20.  The Ocean and its Mysteries.  Duffield & Co. 1916

21.  The Golden City: A Tale of Adventure in Unknown Guiana.  Duffield & Co. 1916

22.  The Real Story of the Whaler; Whaling, Past and Present.  D. Appleton & Co. 1916

23.  The Book of the Sailboat: How to Rig, Sail and Handle Small Boats.  D. Appleton & Co. 1916

24.  A-B-C of Automobile Driving.  Harper & Brothers 1916

25.  Marooned in the Forest: The Story of a Primitive Fight for Life.  Harper & Brothers 1916

26.  The Book of the Motor-Boat: How to Operate and Care for Motor Boats and  Motors.  D. Appleton & Co. 1916

27.  Jungle Chums: A Story of a Boy’s Adventures in British Guiana.  Henry Holt 1916

28.  The Book of the West Indies.  E. P. Dutton & Co. 1917

29.  The Book of Camping.  Alfred A. Knopf 1917

30.  How to Operate a Motor Car, with alphabetically arranged chapters devoted to car troubles, their causes and remedies.  David McKay 1918; also Street & Smith, New 20th Century Handbook #4 (wraps) 1918;

31.  The Trail of the Cloven Foot.  E. P. Dutton & Co. 1918

32.  Getting Together with Latin America.  E. P. Dutton  & Co. 1918

33.  The Trail of the White Indians.  E. P. Dutton & Co. 1920

34.  Islands and Their Mysteries.  Duffield & Co. 1920. Issued in Great Britain by Andrew Melrose Ltd.

35.  Panama Past and Present.  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1921

36. The Boys’ Book of Whalers.  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1922 (reissued 1927)

37.  Home Radio: How to Make and Use It.  Harper & Brothers 1922 (revised 1924)

38.  Radio for Amateurs: How to Use, Make and Install Wireless Telephone and Telegraph Instruments.  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1922

39.  The Deep Sea Hunters: Adventures on a Whaler.  D. Appleton & Co. 1922

40.  The Radio Detectives.  D. Appleton & Co. 1922

41.  The Radio Detectives Under the Sea.  D. Appleton & Co. 1922

42.  The Radio Detectives in the Jungle.  D. Appleton & Co. 1922

43.  The Radio Detectives Southward Bound.  D. Appleton & Co. 1922

44.  Rivers and Their Mysteries.  Duffield 1922

45.  The Boy Adventurers in the Forbidden Land.  G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1922

46.  The Boy Adventurers in the Land of El Dorado.  G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1923

47.  The Boy Adventurers in the Land of the Monkey Men.  G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1923.

48.  The Boys’ Book of Buccaneers.  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1923 (reissued 1927)

49.  The Deep Sea Hunters in the Frozen Seas.  D. Appleton & Co. 1923

50.  The Real Story of the Pirate.  D. Appleton & Co. 1923

51.  In the Wake of the Buccaneers.  Century 1923

52.  The Deep Sea Hunters in the South Seas.  D. Appleton & Co. 1924

53.  The Boy Adventurers in the Unknown Land.  G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1924

54.  Smugglers and Smuggling.  Duffield & Co. 1924

55.  Love Stories of Some Famous Pirates.  Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1924 (no U.S. edition)

56.  The American Indian: North, South and Central America.  D. Appleton & Co. 1927. Reissued by New Home Library 1943

57.  Panama of Today.  Dodd, Mead 1927. Reissued by New Home Library 1943

58.  Home Radio Up to Date: How to Make and Use It (with Eric E. Verrill).  Harper & Brothers 1927

59.  Old Civilizations in the New World.  Bobbs-Merrill 1929 (reissued as American Indian Civilizations.  Tudor Publishing Co. 1938)

60.  Thirty Years in the Jungle.  John Lane 1929

61.  Great Conquerors of South and Central America.  D. Appleton & Co. 1929

62.  Lost Treasure: True Tales of Hidden Hoards  D. Appleton & Co. 1930

63.  Gasolene-Engine Book for Boys.  Harper & Brothers 1930

64.  Under Peruvian Skies.  Hurst & Blackett 1930 (no U.S. edition)

65.  Jamaica of Today.  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1931

66.  West Indies of Today.  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1931

67.  Cuba of Today.  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1931

68.  The Inquisition.  D. Appleton & Co. 1931

69.  Secret Treasure: Hidden Riches of the British Isles.  D. Appleton & Co. 1931

70.  Barton’s Mills: A Saga of the Maine Pioneers.  D. Appleton & Co. 1932

71.  Inca’s Treasure House.  L.C. Page & Co. 1932

72.  Romantic and Historic Maine (Maine Folk Tales).  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1933

73.  Romantic and Historic Florida.  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1935

74.  Romantic and Historic Virginia.  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1935

75.  Our Indians: The Story of the Indians of the United States.  G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1935

76.  Before the Conquerors: A Modern Adventure in the Land of the Incas. Dodd, Mead & Co. 1935

77.  Along New England Shores.  G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1936

78.  The Heart of Old New England.  Dodd, Mead & Co. 1936

79.  Strange Sea Shells and Their Stories: How They are Made and Grow; How They are Colored and the Patterns Produced; Rare Shells; Shells that

Build a Raft; Shells that Bore in Rocks; Giant Shells; the Shell that Sinks Ships, etc., etc.  L.C. Page & Co. 1936  (issued in Great Britain by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.)

80.  They Found Gold: The Story of Successful Treasure Hunts.  G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1936

81.  My Jungle Trails: A Narrative of Adventures in the Jungles of Central and  South America, and the West Indies; of Strange Indian Tribes, and Their Curious Customs, the Flora and Fauna of the Countries, and Incidents both Exciting and Humorous. L.C. Page & Co. 1937 (issued in Great Britain by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.)

82.  Strange Insects and Their Stories.  L.C. Page & Co. 1937

83.  Strange Reptiles and Their Stories.  L.C. Page & Co. 1937

84.  Foods America Gave the World.  L.C. Page & Co. 1937

85.  The Treasure of Bloody Gut.  G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1937

86.  Strange Birds and Their Stories: Mysteries of Bird Life; Migrations; Nesting Habits; Birds of Beaches and Deserts; Winged Jewels; Clowns of Birddom; Valuable Birds; Bird Law Courts; Bird Communists; Flightless Birds. L.C. Page & Co. 1938 (issued in Great Britain by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.)

87.  Strange Fish and Their Stories: Mysteries of the Fish World; Ogres of the Deep; Living Nightmares of the Deep; Visiting the Ocean Butterflies; How Fish Sleep; the Fish Menagerie; Fish that Never Existed. L.C. Page & Co. 1938

88.  Minerals, Metals and Gems; also, All Rocks and Stones, as Well as Ores, Crystals, Sands, Clays and Earths; Something of Their Peculiarities; How They are Formed, Where They are Found, How Mined and What Uses are Made of Them.  L.C. Page & Co. 1939 (revised 1945)

89.  Strange Animals and Their Stories: Animals in Armor; the Land of Marsupials; Topsy-turvy Creatures; Behemoths of Scripture; Giants Who Took to the Sea; Camels of the Andes; the Strangest Animal of All. L.C. Page & Co. 1939 (issued in Great Britain by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.)

90.  Carib Gold.  Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1939, Great Britain and Australia; also reissued in Great Britain by The Children’s Press. Carib Gold is a reprint of The Treasure of Bloody Gut.

91.  Wonder Plants and Plant Wonders.  D. Appleton-Century 1939

92.  Perfumes and Spices: Including an Account of Soaps and Cosmetics.  L.C. Page 1940

93.  Wonder Creatures of the Sea.  D. Appleton-Century Co. 1940

94.  Strange Customs, Manners and Beliefs: A Remarkable Account of Curious Beliefs and Odd Superstitions, Strange Ways of Living, and Amazing Customs and Manners of Many Peoples and Tribes Around the Earth. L.C. Page & Co. 1946

95.  Strange Prehistoric Animals and Their Stories.  L.C. Page & Co. 1948

96.  The Young Collector’s Handbook: What to Collect — Where to Find It.  How to Have fun with the Exciting Hobby of Collecting.  Robert M. McBride 1948

97.  The Shell Collector’s Handbook.  G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1950

98.  The Bridge of Light.  Fantasy Press 1950

99.  The Strange Story of Our Earth: A Panorama of the Growth of our Planet as Revealed by the Sciences of  eology and Paleontology.  L.C. Page & Co. 1952

100.  America’s Ancient Civilizations (with Ruth Shaw Verrill) G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1953

101.  The Real Americans.  G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1954

102.  Strange Creatures of the Sea.  L.C. Page & Co. 1955

103.  The Savage Land.  Panther 1955. This is an Australian reprint of Barton’s Mills: A Saga of the Maine Pioneers.

104.  When the Moon Ran Wild. (written under “Ray Ainsbury” pseudonym). Published posthumously in 1962 by Consul (wraps; no U.S. print edition). However, an e-book version under Verrill'’s own name is available through www.amazon.com (Kindle edition) and www.bn.com (Nook edition). This story was originally published in the Winter 1931 edition of Amazing Stories Quarterly.

105.  The Alcyonaria of the “Blake” Expeditions.  Smithsonian Institution National Museum 2004

106.  Never a Dull Moment: The Autobiography of A. Hyatt Verrill.  Researched and edited by Doug Frizzle, 2007. http://stillwoods.blogspot.com. Print and e-book versions of this book, along with other Verrill books and collections of his stories, are available at www.lulu.com

For more on A. Hyatt Verrill’s books and magazine stories visit: http://stillwoods.blogspot.com

Additional examples of Verrill documents, including correspondence with publishers, magazine covers and other information, can be found in PDF versions at http://issuu.com/frizzled/docs

Several of Verrill’s books were published in France as part of the Payot Collection’s Bibliotheque Scientifique in the late 1930s and 1940s. Other languages in which Verrill’s work has appeared include Italian, Spanish, Spanish American and several of the former Soviet republics. Science fiction was the most popular area of his work translated into other languages. The above list is likely incomplete as to the full existence of Verrill’s books in foreign editions.

    Verrill’s father, Addison Emery Verrill (Yale University’s first professor of zoology) published many scientific treatises; he is mainly remembered for: Bermuda Islands, New Haven; published by the author, 1902 & 1907; and Zoology of the Bermudas, published by the author (1908 reprint listed in the Cumulative Book Index; the original was probably issued prior to 1900).