The Return of Tarzan

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Burroughs suffered the same fate of all authors who are initially successful with a best-seller: a sequel is required. The Return of Tarzan first appeared in New Story Magazine as a seven part serial in 1913. Burroughs originally offered the manuscript to All-Story. Long time Burroughs editor Metcalf twice rejected the manuscript. Burroughs then sold The Return of Tarzan (working titles Monsieur Tarzan and later The Ape-Man) to New Story for $1,000, which was substantially better than All-Story might have offered. A. C. McClurg published the first edition of The Return of Tarzan in 1915. A. L. Burt Company offered the first reprint in 1916. Gosset & Dunlap did not reprint this follow up to Tarzan of the Apes until 1927.