page_title: Paul Martin (illustrator)
section_title: Book illustrator
hierarchical_section_title: Paul Martin (illustrator) / Book illustrator
caption_attribution_description: English: An outfielder making a barehanded play.
context_page_description: Paul Martin was a graphic artist and illustrator. His artwork appeared on over two dozen covers of Collier's and Parents during the 1920s. Martin designed the then-world's largest ever electrical display in 1917. He reshaped the then-iconic Fisk Tire Boy in 1930. He played in tennis tournaments around the Greater New York area from 1909-1931. Also in the U.S. National Championships of 1920-21, 24. The annual Paul Martin Singles Tournament is named after him.
context_section_description: The aim was to accurately interpret the text (excluding Post entry). His artistic contributions to short stories, include the following: 1. Saturday Evening Post. Short Turns and Encore by Dorothy Parker and others, July 29, 1922 p. 16. 2. Collier's. The Blanket by Floyd Dell, October 16, 1926 p. 18. 3. Collier's. The Unfairway by Burford Lorimer (son of George Horace Lorimer), December 25, 1926 pp. 22-23. 4. Scribner's Magazine. Tragedy by Eve Bernstein, April 1928 p. 479. 5. Scribner's Magazine. On the Dark Trail by Franklin Holt (pen name), July 1928 p. 71.
  The first six listed below, are fictional or semi-fictional books for children (boys, girls or both). It includes a collaboration with Howard R. Garis. This genre sometimes required a more expressive, imaginative and vigorous drawing style.
  ● Philus, the Stable Boy of Bethlehem; and Other Children's Story-Sermons for Christmas ... . Edmund J. Cleveland, with foreword by the Rt. Rev. Charles L. Slattery, Sept. 1927. (Credits: dust jacket, frontispiece and facing pp. 52, 66, 124.) It contains eleven short stories covering the church year. The opener is about a stable boy, who was present at the Nativity. These are pseudo-narratives with a moral message.
  
  ● Puck Chasers, Incorporated. Charles G. Muller, Sept. 1927. (Credits: dust jacket, frontispiece and inside pages.) This is one of the earliest books with an ice hockey theme. Its predecessors tended to be on a combination of winter sports, instead of solely on ice hockey. Prep schoolers established and popularized a new team sport, by overcoming obstacles.
  
  ● Araminta. Helen Cady Forbes, Nov. 1927. (Credits: dust jacket, frontispiece and facing pp. 134, 212.) Araminta turns eleven years old and finds a kidnapped baby.
  
  ● The Prince and the Pig's Gate, and Other Sermons in Story. Robert Hugh Morris, May 1928. Intro: "Unsophisticated tales for children of all ages–up to 99." (Credits: dust jacket, frontispiece and facing pp. 48, 134, 166.)
  
  ● The Baseball Detective. Charles G. Muller, Aug. 1928. (Credits: dust jacket, frontispiece and facing pp. 22, 132, 250-pictured.) It's a story of baseball, competition, friendship and mystery at the Fisk School for Boys.
  
  ● Chad of Knob Hill: The Tale of a Lone Scout. Howard R. Garis, Sept. 1929. Republished in 2013. (Credits: dust jacket, frontispiece and pp. 14, 60, 85, 97, 163, 187, 213, 281.) This book has a Boy Scouting theme. A marching troop crosses the path of an overworked farmhand (who joins up). Garis created stories about Uncle Wiggily, a gentlemanly, rheumatism-stricken rabbit.
  
  ● Stories of To-day and Yesterday ... . Frederick Houk Law, editor, Feb. 1930. (Frontispiece only.) An instructional guide for older students; on reading, writing and appreciating short stories. It includes questions and topics for classroom discussion.
  
  ● The Bookshelf for Boys and Girls. Clara Whitehill Hunt, lead editor, 1930–31 and 1931–32 editions. (Dust jackets only.) The best books for children are carefully selected. Catalog format with descriptive notes. An authoritative guide for parents.
caption: The Baseball Detective, 1928
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