This series contains notes, typescripts, contracts, book reviews, articles and clippings. The material is arranged chronologically within 9 subseries: Fiction, Plays, Verse, Biographies, Essays and Critiques, Pamphlets, Books edited, Introductions, Articles and Lectures. 1871-1923, 3.5 linear feet
Subseries II.1: Bibliography
Subseries II.2: Fiction
Flat Box 233 Folder Scrapbook Vol. 1
Robert Bright
, May 29, 1875, 1 scrapbook
Box 20
The Last Meeting, 1885
Box 20
A Secret of the Sea, 1886
Box 21 Folder 1
A Family Tree, 1889-1890
Box 21 Folder 2
With My Friends, 1891
Box 21 Folder 3
Tom Spaulding, 1892
Box 21 Folder 4
Story of a Story, 1893
Box 21 Folder 5
Vignettes of Manhattan, 1894, 1921-1923
Box 21 Folder 6
Royal Marine, 1894
Box 21 Folder 6
The Sin of the Father, 1894
Box 21 Folder 7
Tales of Fantasy and Fact, 1896
Box 21 Folder 8
His Father's Son, 1896
Box 21 Folder 9
Outlines in Local Color, 1897
Box 21 Folder 10
A Confident Tomorrow, 1899
Box 21 Folder 11
Action and the Word, 1900
Box 21 Folder 12
Vistas of New York, 1912
Box 21 Folder 13
These Many Years, 1917
Box 21 Folder 14
Copyrights assigned by Harper and Brothers, 1921
Box 21 Folder 15
Notes for picaresque novel about New York
Subseries II.3: Plays
Box 21 Folder 16
On Probation, 1871
[See also X812M43/M, Plays in 4 vol.]
Box 22 Folder 1
On Probation, 1889
Box 22 Folder 2 & 3
Margery's Lovers, 1884
Box 22 Folder 4
The Partnership, 1884
[Written with H. L. Bunner]
Box 22 Folder 5
The Irish Brigade, 1886
Box 22 Folder 6 & 7
A Gold Mine, 1887
Box 22 Folder 8
This Picture and That, 1887-1894
Box 22 Folder 9
The Decision of the Court, 1893
Box 22 Folder 10
Notes for Nat Goodwin portrayal, 19 May 1898
Box 23 Folder 1
Peter Stuyvesant, 1899
Box 23 Folder 3
The Selfish Mr. Selbourne, c.1904
Box 23 Folder 4
High Spirits, 1905
Box 23 Folder 5
What Shall It Profit, 1907
Box 23 Folder 6-12
Undated/unpublished plays
Subseries II.4: Verse
Subseries II.5: Biographies
Box 24 Folder 2
Moliere: His Life and Works, 1910
Box 24 Folder 3
Shakspere as a Playwright, 1916
Subseries II.6: Essays and Criticism
Box 24 Folder 4
The Theatres of Paris, 1880
Box 24 Folder 5
French Dramatists, 1881
Box 24 Folder 6
Home Library [under the name Arthur Penn], 1883
Box 24 Folder 7
Pen and Ink, 1888
Box 24 Folder 8
Americanisms and Briticisms, 1892
Box 24 Folder 9
Studies of the Stage, 1894
Box 24 Folder 10
Bookbinding Old and New, 1895
Box 24 Folder 11
Books and Playbooks, 1895
Box 24 Folder 12
Aspects of Fiction, 1896
Box 24 Folder 13
Introduction to American Literature, 1893-1918
Box 25 Folder 1
The Historical Novel; Parts of Speech, 1901
Box 25 Folder 2
Development of the Drama, 1803
Box 25 Folder 3
Recreations of an Anthologist, 1804
Box 25 Folder 4
Inquiries and Opinion, 1907
Box 25 Folder 5
The American of the Future, 1909
Box 25 Folder 6
A Study of the Drama, 1910
Box 25 Folder 7
A Study of Versification, 1911
Box 25 Folder 8
Gateways to Literature, 1912 & 1913
Box 25 Folder 9
Book About the Theater, 1916
Box 25 Folder 10
Principles of Playmaking, 1919
Box 25 Folder 11
Essays on English, 1921
Box 25 Folder 12
Playwrights on Playmaking, 1923
Box 25 Folder 13
Tocsin of Revolt, 1924
Box 25 Folder 14
Essays idea
Subseries II.7: Pamphlets
Box 25 Folder 15
The Philosophy of the Short Story, 1901
Box 25
Notes on Speechmaking, 1901
Box 25
American Characters, 1906
Box 25
On Acting, 1914
Box 25
Venetian Glass
Subseries II.8: Books edited
Box 25 Folder 16
Comedies for Amateur Acting, 1879
[See also X812M43/S62, An editorial correspondence: Brander Matthews to Munro]
Box 25 Folder 16
Poems of American Patriotism, 1882
Box 25 Folder 16
Actors and Actresses (written with Laurence Hutton), 1886
Box 25 Folder 16
The Dramatic Essays of Charles Lamb, 1892
Box 25 Folder 17
American Familiar Verse, 1904
Box 25 Folder 18
The Short Story, 1908
[See also X812M43/S62. An editorial correspondence: Matthews to Munro]
Box 26 Folder 1
Lope de Vega's The New Art of Writing Plays, 1914
Box 26
Oxford Book of American Essays, 1914
Box 26
Dramatic Museum, 2nd series, 1915
Box 26
Dramatic Museum, 3rd series, 1916
Box 26
Chief European Dramatists, 1916
Box 26 Folder 2
Chief British Dramatists, 1924
Box 26 Folder 3
Poems About Players, 1915
Subseries II.9: Introductions
Box 26 Folder 4
Whitcomb, S. L. Chronological Outlines of American Literature, 1894
Subseries II.10: Articles and Lectures
Box 26 Folder 5
"Memories of Edwin Booth" -- "Cleopatra's Nose" -- "Critics and Creators" -- "Doctor Johnson as a Conversationalist" -- "The Dunlap Society", 1914
Box 26 Folder 6
"Grolier Club" -- "Howlers"
Box 26 Folder 7
"Negro Minstrelsy, The Decline and Fall of" -- "New York by a New Yorker, Notes on" -- "President's English" -- "Punch and Judy"
Box 26 Folder 8
"Sayings of a Philosopher" -- "Show Business" -- "Sky-Pilots" -- "Spelling" -- "The Swift Passing of the Humorists" -- "Twain, Memories of Mark"
Box 26 Folder 9
"Unanswerable Questions" -- "Variety Show" -- "What is Pure English?" -- "Wine, Woman, and Money",, 1915
Box 26 Folder 10
Magazine articles, 1881-1903
Box 27 Folder 1 & 2
Magazine articles, 1904-1926
Box 27 Folder 3-6
Lectures