Introduction

Biography

A jour­nal­ist and au­thor, Jenks was at one time as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of Saint Ni­cho­las ma­ga­zine in New York.

Works

• Small and Ear­ly
• The Spi­rit of the Maine
• The Cen­tu­ry World’s Fair Book for Boys and Girls Be­ing the Ad­ven­tures of Har­ry and Phil­ip with Their Tu­tor, Mr. Doug­lass, at the World’s Co­lum­bi­an Ex­po­si­tion (New York: Cen­tu­ry Com­pa­ny, 1893)
• Imaginations; Truth­less Tales (New York: Cen­tu­ry Com­pa­ny, 1894)
• Gypsy, the Talk­ing Dog, 1902
• The Ma­gic Wand, 1905
• In the Days of Chau­cer
• In the Days of Mil­ton
• In the Days of Shakes­peare (New York: A. S. Barnes, 1905)
• In the Days of Scott (Sir Walter) (New York: A. S. Barnes, 1906)
• The Book of Fa­mous Sieg­es (New York: Dou­ble­day, Page, 1909)
• Chemistry for Young Peo­ple (New York: F. A. Stokes, 1909)