- Legal Name: Cabell, James Branch
- Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Birthdate: 14 April 1879
- Deathdate: 5 May 1958
- Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Branch_Cabell
- Webpage: http://www.cadaeic.net/cabell.htm
- Webpage: http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Cabell_James_Branch_1879-1958
- Webpage: http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cabell_james_branch
- Used These Alternate Names: Branch Cabell , James B. Cabell
- ISFDB Record Number: 341
- Biography: Bio:James Branch Cabell
- Bibliographic Comments: Author:James Branch Cabell
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- Biography of the Life of Manuel
- 1 Beyond Life (1919)
- 2 Figures of Earth (1921)
- 3 The Silver Stallion (1926)
- 4
The Music from Behind the Moon (1926) [SF]
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Music from Behind the Moon: Epitome of a Poet (1948)
- 5 The White Robe: A Saint's Summary (1928) [SF]
- 6
The Way of Ecben: A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman (1928) [SF]
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Way of Ecben (1929)
- 7
The Soul of Melicent (1913)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Domnei (1913)
- 8 Chivalry (1909) [C]
- 9 Jurgen (1919)
- 10 The Line of Love (1905) [C]
- 11 The High Place (1923)
- 12 Gallantry (1907) [C]
- 13 Something About Eve (1927)
- 14 The Certain Hour (1916) [C]
- 15 The Cords of Vanity (1909)
- 16 From the Hidden Way (1916) [C]
- 17 The Jewel Merchants (1921)
- 18 The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck (1915)
- 19
The Eagle's Shadow (1904)
also appeared as:
- Magazine Appearances:
- The Eagle's Shadow (Part 1 of 9) (1904)
- The Eagle's Shadow (Part 2 of 9) (1904)
- The Eagle's Shadow (Part 3 of 9) (1904)
- The Eagle's Shadow (Part 4 of 9) (1904)
- The Eagle's Shadow (Part 5 of 9) (1904)
- The Eagle's Shadow (Part 6 of 9) (1904)
- The Eagle's Shadow (Part 7 of 9) (1904)
- The Eagle's Shadow (Part 8 of 9) (1904)
- The Eagle's Shadow (Part 9 of 9) (1904)
- 20 The Cream of the Jest (1917)
- 21 The Lineage of Lichfield (1922) [SF]
- 22 Straws and Prayer Books (1924)
- The Judging of Jurgen (1920) [SF]
- The Thin Queen Of Elfhame (1922) [SF]
- Between Dawn and Sunrise: Selections from the Writings of James Branch Cabell (1930) [C]
- The Witch-Woman (1948) [C]
- The Cream of the Jest: The Lineage of Lichfield (1971) [C]
- Domnei / The Music from Behind the Moon (1972) [C]
- Heirs and Assigns
- 1 Hamlet Had an Uncle (1940) [only as by Branch Cabell ]
- 2 The King Was in His Counting House (1938) [also as by Branch Cabell ]
- 3 The First Gentleman of America (1942) [only as by Branch Cabell ]
- It Happened in Florida
- 1 The St. Johns: A Parade of Diversities (1943) [NF] with A. J. Hanna [only as by Branch Cabell and A. J. Hanna ]
- 2 There Were Two Pirates: A Comedy of Division (1946)
- 3 The Devil's Own Dear Son: A Comedy of the Fatted Calf (1949)
- The Nightmare has Triplets
- 1 Smirt (1934) [also as by Branch Cabell ]
- 2 Smith (1935) [also as by Branch Cabell ]
- 3 Smire (1937) [also as by Branch Cabell ]
- The Nightmare Has Triplets: Smirt, Smith, and Smire (1972) [O/1,2,3]
- These Restless Heads (1932) [only as by Branch Cabell ]
- Ballades from the Hidden Way (1928)
- The Judging of Jurgen (1920)
- Taboo (1921)
- Joseph Hergesheimer (1921)
- The Lineage of Lichfield: An Essay in Eugenics (1922)
- The Music from Behind the Moon (1926)
- The White Robe: A Saint's Summary (1928)
- The Way of Ecben: A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman (1929)
- Branchiana (1907)
- Branch of Abingdon (1911)
- The Majors and Their Marriages (1915)
- Some of Us: An Essay in Epitaphs (1930)
- Special Delivery: A Packet of Replies (1933)
- Ladies and Gentlemen: A Parcel of Reconsiderations (1934) [only as by Branch Cabell ]
- Preface to the Past (1936)
- The Nightmare Has Triplets: An Author's Note on Smire (1937) [only as by Branch Cabell ]
- Let Me Lie (1947)
- Quiet, Please (1952)
- As I Remember It (1955)
- Between Friends: Letters of James Branch Cabell and Others (1962)
- The Letters of James Branch Cabell (1975)
- An Amateur Ghost (1902)
-
Love-Letters of Falstaff (1902)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Episode Called Love-Letters of Falstaff (1902)
-
As Played Before His Highness (1902)
only appeared as:
- Variant Title: As Played Before His Highness (1902) [as by James B. Cabell ]
- Variant Title: The Ducal Audience (1907)
- Afternoon in Arden (1902)
-
In the Summer of Saint Martin (1902)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Love at Martinmas (1907)
- “As the Coming of Dawn” (1902)
- An Incarnation of Helen (1902)
- The Shadowy Past (1903)
- Heart of Gold (1903)
-
In Ursula's Garden (1903)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Episode Called In Ursula's Garden (1903)
-
The Conspiracy of Arnaye (1903)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Episode Called The Conspiracy of Arnaye (1903)
- The Husbands' Comedy (1903)
-
The Castle of Content (1903)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Episode Called The Castle of Content (1903)
- The Story of Stella (1903)
- Old Capulet's Daughter (1903)
- The Awakening (1904)
-
The Story of Adhelmar (1904)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Episode Called Adhelmar at Puysange (1905)
-
In Necessity's Mortar (1904)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Episode Called In Necessity's Mortar (1904)
-
"Sweet Adelais" (1905)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Episode Called "Sweet Adelais" (1905)
- Simon's Hour (1905)
- The Rhyme to Porringer (1905)
- April's Message (1905)
-
The Fox-Brush (1905)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Story of the Fox-Brush (1905)
- Envoi (1905)
-
The Sestina (1906)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Story of the Sestina (1906)
- The Casual Honeymoon (1906)
- Actors All (1906)
-
The Housewife (1906)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Story of the Housewife (1906)
- The Scapegoats (1906)
-
The Tenson (1906)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Story of the Tenson (1906)
-
The Navarrese (1907)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Story of the Navarrese (1907)
- The Prologue (Gallantry) (1907)
-
In the Second April (1907)
also appeared as:
- Magazine Appearances:
- In the Second April (Part 1 of 2) (1907)
- In the Second April (Part 2 of 2) (1907)
- Love's Alumni (1907)
- The Epilogue (Gallantry) (1907)
-
The Rat-Trap (1907)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Story of the Rat-Trap (1907)
-
The Choices (1908)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Story of the Choices (1908)
-
The Scabbard (1908)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Story of the Scabbard (1908)
-
The Satraps (1909)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Story of the Satraps (1909)
-
The Second Chance (1909)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Olivia's Pottage (1920)
- Precautional (1909)
- The Prologue (Chivalry) (1909)
- The Story of the Heritage (1909)
- The Epilogue (Chivalry) (1909)
- Balthazar's Daughter (1913)
- Introduces an Apologue (excerpt) (1915)
- Of the Gesture Called Manliness (excerpt) (1915)
- The One Thing Lacking (excerpt) (1915)
- Belhs Cavaliers (1915)
- Judith's Creed (1915)
- A Brown Woman (1915)
- Pro Honoria (1915)
- The Irresistible Ogle (1915)
- Horvendile to Ettarre: At Whitehall (excerpt) (1917)
- Horvendile to Ettarre: At Vaux-Le-Vicomte (excerpt) (1917)
- Horvendile to Ettarre: In the Conciergerie (excerpt) (1917)
- Of One Enigma That Threatened to Prove Allegorical (excerpt) (1917)
- Some Ladies and Jurgen (1918)
- Jurgen Proves It by Mathematics (1919)
- What We Ask of Literature (excerpt) (1919)
- The Economist (excerpt) (1919)
- The Demiurge (excerpt) (1919)
- Why Jurgen Did the Manly Thing (excerpt) (1919)
- Assumption of a Noted Garment (excerpt) (1919)
- The Garden Between Dawn and Sunrise (excerpt) (1919)
- The Dorothy Who Did Not Understand (excerpt) (1919)
- Of Compromises in Leukê (excerpt) (1919)
- Concerning Horvendile's Nonsense (excerpt) (1919)
- Economics of King Jurgen (excerpt) (1919)
- The Ascension of Pope Jurgen (excerpt) (1919)
- Of Compromises in Heaven (excerpt) (1919)
-
The Wedding Jest (1919)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Episode Called The Wedding Jest (1919)
- Concerning Corinna (1920)
- A Princess of Grub Street (1920)
- The Lady of All Our Dreams (1920)
- What Helmas Directed (excerpt) (1921)
- They Duel on Morven (excerpt) (1921)
- Affairs in Poictesme (excerpt from Figures of Earth) (1921)
- The Troubling Window (excerpt) (1921)
- The Passing of Manuel (excerpt) (1921)
- Excursions from Content (excerpt) (1921)
- Bandages for the Victor (excerpt) (1921)
- Taboo: A Legend Retold from the Dirghic of Sævius Nicanor, with Prolegomena, Notes and a Preliminary Memoir (1921)
- The Episode Called Porcelain Cups (1921)
- The Envoi Called Semper Idem (1921)
- Flaws in the Spur (excerpt) (1924)
- Above Paradise (excerpt) (1926)
- "Qualis Artifex!" (excerpt) (1927)
- Regarding the Stars (excerpt) (1927)
- Leucosia's Singing (excerpt) (1927)
- The Chivalry of Merlin (excerpt) (1927)
- At Outset (1916)
- The Hoidens (1916)
- Jaunts from Stratford (1916)
- Invocation: To the Dark Venus (1916)
- Amaimon Visits the Thebaid (1916)
- Easter Eve (1916)
- False Dawn in Troy (1916)
- The Oldest Story (1916)
- One End of Love (1916)
- Marcus Aurelius: A Suppressed "Meditation" (1916)
- Of Annual Magic: At Twenty-Five (1916)
- Invitation to the Voyage (1916)
- The Lovers' Doxology (1916)
- The Mendicants (1916)
- Ballad of the Destroyer (1916)
- The Conqueror Passes (1916)
- The God-Father (1916)
- "—But Wisdom is Justified of Her Children" (1916)
- Alone in April (1916)
- Competitors (1916)
- St. Magdalene (1916)
- Foot-Notes for Idyls (1916)
- Dame Venus in Thuringia (1916)
- According to Their Folly (1916)
- Villon Quits France (1916)
- Exhortation Toward Almsgiving (1916)
- Ronsard Re-Voices a Truism (1916)
- Story of the Flowery Kingdom (1916)
- Comfort for Centenarians (1916)
- Of Annual Magic: At Twenty-Eight (1916)
- Of Annual Magic: At Twenty (1916)
- Of Annual Magic: At Thirty (1916)
- The Dotard Conjurer (1916)
- Uncharted (1916)
- School-Song (1916)
- "As It Was in the Beginning—" (1916)
- Ballad of the Double-Soul (1916)
- When Travellers Return (1916)
- Annals (1916)
- "—And Ever Shall Be" (1916)
- The Perfect Reason (1916)
- Two in Twilight (1916)
- "In Fine,—" (1916)
- Sty-Song (1916)
- The Toy-Maker (1916)
- The Castle of Content (1916)
- The Pardonist (1916)
- The Dark Companion (1916)
- Sea Scapes (1916)
- The Ageless Maid (1916)
- From Afar (1916)
- The Striking Hour (1916)
- Lights of the World (1916)
- "—Of Anise and Cumin Also" (1916)
- "Sweet Adelais" (1916)
- Love's Lovers (1916)
- Ballad of Plagiary (1916)
- Touching Ubiquity (1916)
- Fancies in Filigree (1916)
- It Is Enough (1916)
- An Arcadian Apologizes (1916)
- Arcadians Confer in Exile (1916)
- The Eavesdroppers (1916)
- Nostalgia (1916)
- Gray Days (1916)
- A Wood-Piece (1916)
- Love Goes Into Winter Quarters (1916)
- Flotsam (1916)
- Heirs Unapparent (1916)
- The Sun's Highway (1916)
- The Oldest Ditty (1916)
- The Same Air as the Preceding (1916)
- Light Coinage (1916)
- Grave Gallantry (1916)
- By-Words (1916)
- Another Laborer Weighs His Hire (1916)
- Retractions (1916)
- Garden-Song (1916)
- The Cavern of Phigalia (1916)
- At Parting (1916)
- x x x i (1949)
- The Comedies of William Congreve (1901)
-
Epistle Dedicatory (The Line of Love) (1905)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: The Epistle Dedicatory (The Line of Love) (1921)
- The Epistle Dedicatory (Gallantry) (1907)
- Apologia Auctoris by Robert Etheridge Townsend (1916)
- A Foreword: Which Asserts Nothing (1919)
- Preface (Jurgen and the Censor) (1920)
- Auctorial Induction (1920)
- A Preface (Figures of Earth) (1921)
-
A Foreword (Figures of Earth) (1921)
also appeared as:
- Variant Title: Foreword (Figures of Earth) (1920)
- Joseph Hergesheimer: An Essay in Interpretation (1921)
- The Author of The Eagle's Shadow (1924)
- About These Books (1924)
- A Preface to These Pictures (Figures of Earth) (1925)
- Author's Note (Figures of Earth) (1927)
- Author's Note (Domnei) (1927)
- Author's Note (The Silver Stallion) (1927)
- Autho's Note (The Silver Stallion) (1927)
- A Note for the Intending Reader (The House of Lost Identity) (1927)
- A Note on Lichfield (1927)
- Introduction (Ballades from the Hidden Way) (1928)
- Author's Note (The High Place) (1928)
- Author's Note (Something About Eve) (1928)
-
A Note on Frances Newman (1929)
only appeared as:
- Variant Title: Shades of Purple: A Note as to Frances Newman (1929)
- Author's Note (The Cream of the Jest) (1929)
-
Sense and Censors (1929)
only appeared as:
- Variant Title: Protégés of the Censor: A Note as to Various Writers (1929)
-
Dreams on Cosmogony (1930)
only appeared as:
- Variant Title: Dreams on Cosmogony: A Note as to H. L. Menken (1930)
-
Two Sides of the Shielded (1930)
only appeared as:
- Variant Title: Two Sides of the Shielded: A Note as to Ellen Glasgow (1930)
-
Dizain of the Doomed (1930)
only appeared as:
- Variant Title: Dizain of the Doomed: A Note as to Amiable Agreements (1930)
-
About One and Another (1930)
only appeared as:
- Variant Title: About One and Another: A Note as to Joseph Hergesheimer (1930)
-
Sanctuary in Porcelain (1930)
only appeared as:
- Variant Title: Sanctuary in Porcelain: A Note as to Elinor Wylie (1930)
-
A Note as to Sinclair Lewis (1930)
only appeared as:
- Variant Title: Goblins in Winnemac: A Note as to Sinclair Lewis (1930)
- Remarks in Transit: A Note as to Willa Cather (1930)
- Doom of the Dizain: A Note as to the Real Trouble (1930)
- On Second Thought (1932)
- Author's Note (Jurgen) (1932)
- The Nightmare Has Triplets: An Author's Note on Smire (1937) [only as by Branch Cabell ]
- Preface (The King Was in His Counting House) (1938) [only as by Branch Cabell ]
- An Editorial Note: About Murder in Self-Defence (1947)
- A Note as to Ettarre (1948)
- Some of Which Borders on Egotism (1952)
- About the Craft of Spoiling Paper (1952)
- Of Reverting to Old Friendships (1952)
- Regards Contentment in Compromise (1952)
- Considers One-Third of Our Living (1952)
- Conception and Birth of a Trinity (1952)
- Attends on the Sublime Virginian (1952)
- As to Several Laws of Dreamland (1952)
- Remote Evolution of a Romantic (1952)
- In Praise of an Exceeding Economy (1952)
- Concerning Many Long Dead Persons (1952)
- Which, at Last, Becomes Rational (1952)
- Stallion and Dragon (1968) with E. R. Eddison
- A Letter by Cabell (1974)
- The Nightmare Has Triplets: An Author's Note on Smire (1988) [only as by Branch Cabell ]
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