''The Enchanted Type-Writer'' is a collection of short stories by

John Kendrick Bangs John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, humorist, editor and satirist. Biography He was born in Yonkers, New York. His father Francis N. Bangs was a lawyer in New York City, as was his brother, Francis S. ...

, published in 1899 with illustrations by

Peter Newell Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell (March 5, 1862 – January 15, 1924) was an American artist and writer. He created picture books and illustrated new editions of many children's books. A native of McDonough County, Illinois, Newell built a reputat ...

. Bangs attributes many of the stories to the late (and invisible)

James Boswell James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (; 29 October 1740 ( N.S.) – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of his friend and older contemporary the English writer S ...

, who has become an editor for a newspaper in

Hades Hades (; grc-gre, ᾍδης, Háidēs; ), in the ancient Greek religion and myth, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although this also ...

, and who communicates with the author by means of an old typewriter. The stories are part of the author's Associated Shades series, sometimes called the

series for its primary setting. Their genre has become known as

Bangsian fantasy Bangsian fantasy is a fantasy genre which concerns the use of the afterlife as the main setting within which its characters, who may be famous preexisting historical or fictional figures, act and interact. It is named for John Kendrick Bangs (18 ...

. There are ten stories in the collection, and ten plates from illustrations by Newell. They were first published serially in ''

Harper's Weekly ''Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization'' was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor, ...

'' beginning August 5, 1899, including the Newell illustrations."The Enchanted Type-Writer". ''Harper's Weekly'', vol. 43 part 2 (Jul–Dec 1899), pp. 763–64 and passim.

Page 763 (August 5, 1899)
from original at University of California, at

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(HDL.handle.net). Retrieved 2016-09-02.

References

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digital copy of the first edition, at the

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