Joseph Lewis French (1858–1936) was a novelist, editor, poet and newspaper man. The New York Times noted in 1925 that he may be "the most industrious anthologist of his time." He is known for his popular themed collections, and published more than twenty-five books between 1918 and his death in 1936. 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 New York Graphic, a daily tabloid, published an autobiographical article they convinced him to write, entitled "I'm Starving – Yet I'm in Who's Who as the Author of 27 Famous Books." (From Wikipedia)
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French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936, ed.: The Best Ghost Stories (New York: Modern Library, c1919), contrib. by Arthur B. Reeve, Daniel Defoe, M. R. James, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Leopold Kompert, E. F. Benson, Algernon Blackwood, Rudyard Kipling, Brander Matthews, Ambrose Bierce, Vincent O'Sullivan, and Ellis Parker Butler (Gutenberg text)- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936, ed.: The Best Psychic Stories (New York: Boni and Liveright, 1920)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936, ed.: Great Ghost Stories (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1918)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936, ed.: Great Pirate Stories (2 volumes in 1; New York: Tudor Pub. Co. 1929) (Gutenberg text and page images)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936, ed.: Great Sea Stories (New York: Brentano's, c1921), contrib. by Charles Kingsley, Frederick Marryat, Michael Scott, Charles Reade, James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, Victor Hugo, David W. Bone, William Clark Russell, Pierre Loti, H. De Vere Stacpoole, Morgan Robertson, Jack London, and John Masefield
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936, ed.: Masterpieces of Mystery (4 volumes; Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1922)
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French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: The best ghost stories (The modern library, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust)- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: The best ghost stories (Boni and Liveright, inc., 1919) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: The best psychic stories (Boni & Liveright, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: The big aviation book for boys. (McLaughlin bros., inc., 1929) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: The book of the rogue: studies of famous scoundrels (Boni & Liveright, 1926) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: A breath of desire : XXVIII sonnets (French, 1901) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: A breath of desire. XXVIII sonnets. ([Heintzemann Press], 1901) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Christ in art (L. C. Page and company, 1899) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Christ in art (L. C. Page and company, 1906) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Christ in art (Jarrod, 1901) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: The ghost story omnibus ; complete stories (New York : Dodd, Mead and company, 1933., 1933) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: The ghost story omnibus; complete stories by Bulwer-Lytton, Quiller-Couch, Thomas Hardy, Théophile Gautier, H.G. Wells, Oscar Wilde, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, and others. (Tudor Pub. Co., 1935) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936, ed.: Great Ghost Stories (Gutenberg ebook)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Great ghost stories, selected by Joseph Lewis French (Dodd, Mead and Company, 1918) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Great pirate stories (Bretano's, 1929) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Great pirate stories (Tudor, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Great pirate stories (Brentano's, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Great sea stories (Tudor Pub. Co., 1937) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Lotus and chrysanthemum : an anthology of Chinese and Japanese poetry (Liveright, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Masterpieces of mystery (Doubleday, Page, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Masterpieces of mystery ... (Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Masterpieces of mystery ... (Doubleday,Page & company, 1937) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: The pioneer West; narratives of the westward march of empire (Garden City publishing co., inc., 1937) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: The pioneer West; narratives of the westward march of empire (Little, Brown, 1924) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936, ed.: The pioneer West : Narratives of the westward march of empire, contrib. by Hamlin Garland, illust. by Remington Schuyler (Gutenberg ebook)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Pioneers all! Achievements in adventure (Milton Bradley Co., 1929), also by Sidney Riesenberg (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Sagas of the seas (L. MacVeagh, The Dial press, 1924) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Sixty years of American humor; a prose anthology (Little, Brown, and Company, 1924) (page images at HathiTrust)
- French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936: Tales of terror (Small, Maynard, 1925) (page images at HathiTrust)
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