4 THE NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1922. How Burroughs Wrote the" Tarzan" Tales By ROBERT H. DAVIS. to the deck of the ship upon which they and inti·o<luces additional charactel's de- demand with a sel'ies or short stories under are being held and ls himself made vrls- vised more or l~s fC1r the purpose of con- the title of "The Jungle Tales of Tarzan."• oner. He it> maroonf'd upon an uninhabited tinuing the acti\·ities of Tarzan and his He released eight short stories from Oak DGAR RICE BURROUGHS be­ aan in 1912 to write bia amazins Island off the west coast of Africa, while friends for an inde finite period. These char- Park, Ill., and Los Angeles, Cal., 1916 and E atoriea of the Ape-man, aince his wife and baby are taken to the main- acters ha\·e a rather rough time of it, but 1917. These stories dealt with that period traaalate4 into n.ameroua toniruea and land, where they escape with the aid of a things shape up fairly well toward the end, in the life of Tarza n before he knew aught eold throuahoat the world by the !!hip's cook. Tarzan meets Akut, the bull and all the bea.;its, including Tantor, and of white men or civilization. The prepaNl­ -'Ilion copiee. The ninth noyel, ape, and befriends Sbeeta, the panther. Ilolgani, and Dango, Bara, Horta, Sheeta. tion of these stories taxed bis ingenuity "Tanan and tlae Golden Lioa," ia the \Vith these two, a black warrior and sev- Histah the snake, and also Goob the and caused him as much effort ru; thr~ 1-diq no•el in the fortieth aaniYer­ <'ral of Akut's apes, he forms a savage halJoon. contribute drama to the grPat novels, but the popularity of Tarza11 sur.., aary aamber of the Argoq-All-StoT7 company, "'.hkh crosses to the mainland symposium. vived. Weekly. In a war canoe. The search into the in· .. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar,"' written "Tarzan the Untamed,"' the se\'C~ nth book terior for Jane and the baby is accom· in Oak Park. 1915, makes the fifth volume. written In Oak Park and Los Angeles in N all the history of popular American panted by numerous savage battles be- The ape man goes back after some more 1918 and 1919, was a contribution to the tween the beasts of Tarzan and the of the forgotten ingots in the treasure history of the late lamented world war and fiction nothing is more absorbing than I enemies who would thwart them. Paul- vaults of the ancient city and discovers a explained how Tarzan won German East a chronological record of the "Tarzan" vltch escapea; but h-l-s-t! we shall meet room full of jewels after being injured dur- Africa from the enemy drafting at will the tales, the first of which, "Tarzan of the them again. lng an earthquake and losing his memory. assistance of the British army, which, Apes."' appeared 1n the pages of the "The Son of Tarzan,"' fourth of the series, A Belgian murderer and an Arab raider hooked up with Tarzan's own amazing muscular gifts, enabled him to win from A.rllfHJl-A.n-Bt~ In 1913. start to finish. In aplte of the fact that the serial made The seventh volume ls the onl~ · Tarzan a tremendous lmpresalon, nearly every book that has not been reprintf'd in the reputable book publisher in the United German language. Statea rejected It, including McClurg, who "Tarzan the Terrible,"' the eighth volume, afterward secured and published lt in book came to light in 1920 at Tarzana Ranch, Reseda, Cal., Mr. Burroughs's present home. form. Thirteen London publishers declined A year or so before the late Walter Winans, it with thanks until Metheun came to the Esq.. of London, began to send ;Burrough~ rescue and carried the banner of "Tarzan" clippings relative to purported encounter~ to every English speaking corner of the between white and native hunter~. and world. some huge creatures of prehistoric appear­ ance in the swamps of central Africa. The summary of the adventures of Tar­ Mr. Winans gave guarantees in the belief <'.an is Interesting. In "Tarzan of the Apes," of the existence of such a creature. Predi­ the ftrst volume, an English couple, Lord cated upon this belief Burroughs con­ and Lady Greystoke, were put ashore on structed the "Gryf" ot "Tarzan the Ter· rible" and wove the story of the H o-don the We8t coast of Africa by a mutinous and the \Vaz-don and the land of Pal-ul· crew. The man built a cabin where the don. The author regards these as his most couple were safe from the attacks of wild fascinating experiment in the f'nte1·prlse beuts; but one day he was eet upon by of creating monsters. He always frlt that a huge gorilla. Lady Greystoke came to be would have had bis money's worth in bis rescue, and though she shot the beast entertainment had the book been a flat the shock of the encounter unbal~nced her failure. On the contrary, It was :i tre­ tnfnd. That night a son was born to her, mendous success. and a year later she died. Upon the same And now again Tarzan emerges from hi!'! day her husband was killed by giant apee, jungle vastness In the ninth story. the one of which, a female, called Kala, having opening chapters of which appea.1· in thi!! Just lost her own son. adopted the Infant current number of the Argos11-A.ll-StorH Greyatoke. She called the man child Tar­ Wcel.-ly undt·r the title of ''Tarzan and the zan, which means white skin in the lan­ The Return of Tarzan. Golden I .io11 . ··• 'rhe author takes thf' 1·eader stuage of the great ape!!, and reared him into anothi-r world in Central Africa ,that to maturity-a savage beast among savage was written in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1915. Join forces to abduct Lady Greystoke and only Tarzan could have found and con­ beasts. The dfabollcal Paulvltch, who was showing ruin Tan.an. Basu Ii Is there, and Mugamb~ quered. ·rhe villains come all the way from The life of Tarzan of the Apes is fl}'lll· Akut as a trained ape in London, lures the \\1th other old friends of the family. Cad.1 London to rob the t!'eaeure vaults or Opar bollc of the evolution of man and the rise son of Tar7.an away. The ape kills Paul· the high priest of Opar, probably the and they arrive at about the samf' llm., of civilization, during which ~a nkind vltch, the movie version to the contrary l coarsest hidden city diplomat that ever that Taratn comes after another supply to gained much In its never ending search for notwithstanding, and young Tarzan and reigned, because of his jealousy of Tarzan, fill hi!i war chest. The Golden Lion came to luxury; but not without the sacrlfke of Akut depart for Africa. In this story Mr. spills all the beans that one man can si•lll him a.s a cub and was curbed to the mas­ many deatrable characteristics, as well as Burroughs Introduces a boy and girl who in one volume. Tarzan triumphs. ter'l! will. Together the king of beasts and the greater part of its liberty. lead a wild and free ll!e in the jungle At this juncture in La's career Mr. Bur· the king of the jungle wage war againsr How Tarzan grew almost to manhood more or less in Burroughs's best manner roughs decided to supply the increasing thcit· enemies, conquer the holy city of before he saw another human. how he the Flaming God, steal the i·uling power rought the battles o! the primitive jungle from La and defeat the race of ~orilla men after the manner of the beasts of the who inhahit the Valley of Diamon1ls. In jungle, how he rose to the kingship of them A Sea of Wine thiR <;tory you will have Edgar HkP Bur· all, de\·eloping an amazing strength and -;i HOM the confluence or the Rhine and these in 1921 came wines with sufficient roughs at his best and Tarzan ar his a courage supreme abo\'e the very beast or bra Yest. the sparkling :\foselle to the vine· bouquet to fill a room with aroma at the the jungle itself-upon these things are opening or a bottle. The bouquet, the color J t ls interesting to know that the Tarzan F yard terrace1l slopes of the Main built the action of the story. and strength are coJlll)leted by a flavor tales have been translated into Swedish, And at last came white men and a white wine Is gushing from thousands o! presses. which experts describe as that of ripe Norwl'gian, Danish. Dutch. German. Rus. girl. Jane Porter. Most of the former he Its volume would almost fill a tributary to peaches. So anxious 'ilrere the owners of sian and Arabic. Olfers have been made looked upon as weaklings and held In con­ for the French, Spanish and Italian trane­ the historic river if the product of the these vintages to spread their fame among tempt, but the latter he loved, and won­ connoisseurs that some of the product was lation l'ights, which the atlthor ls not yet grapes were confined in a single stream of and lost. Here ended the first book of bottled too early, and, as a result, slightly prepared to negotiate.