Tudor Jenks

Tudor Jenks

Tudor Jenks.
Born May 7, 1857
Brooklyn, New York
Died February 11, 1922 (aged 64)
Bronxville, New York
Occupation author, editor and lawyer
Nationality United States
Period 1887 - 1922

Tudor Storrs Jenks (May 7, 1857 - February 11, 1922)[1] was an American author, poet, artist and editor, as well as a journalist and lawyer. He is chiefly remembered for the popular works of fiction and nonfiction he wrote for children and general readers.

Life and family

Jenks was born on May 7, 1857 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Grenville Tudor Jenks and Persis Sophia (Smith) Jenks. His older brother was Almet F. Jenks, presiding justice of the appellate division of the New York Supreme Court. His younger brother Paul E. Jenks served as American Vice Consul in Yokohama, Japan. He was a grand-nephew of Wendell Phillips. He married, October 5, 1882, Mary Donnison Ford. They had three daughters, Dorothy, Pauline, and Amabel, the last of whom Jenks collaborated with on a play. He lived in Bronxville, New York, where he died at his home, of apoplexy, on February 11, 1922. He was survived by his wife and daughters.

Education

Jenks graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1874, Yale University in 1878, and Columbia Law School in 1880. He studied art in Paris in the winter of 1880-1881. Among his classmates at Yale were William Howard Taft, afterwards president of the United States, and Arthur Twining Hadley, later president of the university. During his attendance there he became a member of Skull and Bones and Delta Kappa Epsilon.[2]

Career

Jenks practiced law in New York City from 1881–1887, following which he served on the staff of St. Nicholas Magazine as an associate editor from November 1887-October 1902. Afterwards he resumed law practice with the firm of Jenks & Rogers, of which his brother Almet was the senior partner. He was also a professional writer throughout his working life. His shorter works appeared in numerous magazines, including The American Magazine, Art World and Arts and Decoration, Book Buyer, The Bookman, The Century, Chautauquan, The Critic, Current Opinion, The Era, Everybody's Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Bazaar, Harper's Monthly Magazine, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Harper's Weekly, International Studio, Journal of Education, Ladies' Home Journal, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Living Age, Munsey's Magazine, Outing, St. Nicholas, The Cosmopolitan, The Independent, The Outlook, Woman's Home Companion, and World's Work. They were extensively anthologized during his own time. His books, almost all of them juveniles, were published by the Henry Altemus Company, A. S. Barnes & Company, Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, Doubleday, and F.A. Stokes Co., among others. Several were illustrated by John R. Neill. Jenks was a member of the Authors' Club.

Bibliography

Juvenile fiction

Magic Wand series

What Shall I Be? series

Short stories

  • "Prehistoric Photography"
  • "The Tongaloo Tournament"
  • "The Dragon's Story"
  • "A Duel in a Desert"
  • "The Sequel"
  • "A Lost Opportunity" (1894)
  • "The Astrologer's Niece"
  • "The Astrologer's Niece Marries"
  • "The Winning of Vanella"
  • "The Professor and the Patagonian Giant"
  • "The Prince's Councilors"
  • "Teddy and the Wolf"
  • "Little Plunkett's Cousin"
  • "Professor Chipmunk's Surprising Adventure"
  • "The Satchel"
  • "Good Neighbors"
  • "Anthony and the Ancients"
  • "A Yarn of Sailor Ben's"
  • "The Statue"
  • "The Department of Athletics" (1894)
  • "A Literary Conversation" (1898)
  • "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)
  • "Why Duillius Dined at Home" (1909)
  • "A Practical Problem" (1921)

Drama

Poetry

  • "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
Other

History

Science

Short works

Edited

References

  1. ↑ "Tudor Storrs Jenks." Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 30 Mar. 2011.
  2. ↑ "Tudor Jenks Dies Suddenly," New York Times, Feb. 12, 1922.