Index of Short Stories from
Edward J. O'Brien's
THE BEST SHORT STORIES (1915 - 1917)

Stories, Listed by Title

• The Middle Ear • Gerald Morgan • (ss)
• A Midwinter-Night’s Dream • Margarita Spalding Gerry • (ss)
• A Mighty Man Was He • Ethelbert D. Burrows • (ss)
• Mignonette and the Toreador • R. H. Barbour • (ss)
• “Migraine, No.3” • Lee Foster Hartman • (ss)
• Mike the Vagabone—and the Root of Evil • Peter B. Kyne • (ss)
• A Mile, a Muddy Track, and Ninety Pounds • Charles E. Van Loan • (ss)
• The Militant Moment of Lou Grey • Madge Jenison • (ss)
• Milk or Ankles • Sabine W. Wood • (ss)
• The Milk-Fed Chicken • Maria Thompson Daviess • (ss)
• The Miller of Fiddler’s Run • Raymond S. Spears • (ss)
• The Miller of Ostend • Melville Davisson Post • (ss)
• Millicent: Maker of History • Katharine Holland Brown • (ss)
• A Million for Sara • Viola Burhans • (ss)
• A Million Too Much • Francis Lynde • (ss)
• Millward • Fleta Campbell • (ss)
• Mince-pie • William Merriam Rouse • (ss)
• Mind-Cat! • Fannie Hurst • (ss)
• A Mind-Cure • Alice Brown • (ss)
• The Mine Layer • C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne • (ss)
• Minerva Victrix • Francis Hill • (ss)
• Minnie Good of Manheim • Mary Brecht Pulver • (ss)
• Minshew Makes Good • Francis Lynde • (ss)
• Minute • Knut Hamsun • (ss)
• The Miracle • Thomas Crawford Galbreath • (ss)
• The Miracle • Katharine Fullerton Gerould • (ss)
• The Miracle • Eugene Manlove Rhodes & Laurence Yates • (ss)
• The Miracle • Wilbur Daniel Steele • (ss)
• The Miracle • Maude Radford Warren • (ss)
• The Miracle of It • Alice Garland Steele • (ss)
• The Miracle of Kali • Gordon MacCreagh • (ss)
• The Miracle of Neith • Ethel Watts Mumford • (ss)
• “The Miracle of Noel” • Robert W. Sneddon • (ss)
• The Miracle of Poverty Hollow • John A. Moroso • (ss)
• The Miracle of Spring • Robert W. Sneddon • (ss)
• The Miracle Peddlers • George Kibbe Turner • (ss)
• Mirage • Virginia Terhune van de Water • (sl)
• The Mirror of Silence • Mary Heaton Vorse • (ss)
• “Mirror! Mirror! Tell Me True!” • Robert W. Sneddon • (ss)
• “Miser’ble” • James Oppenheim • (ss)
• A Misfit • Lizzie Allen Harker • (ss)
• Mishee Bill’s Kid • George Van Schaick • (ss)
• Miss Alicia • Laura Simmons • (ss)
• Miss Anne’s “Things” • Gertrude Chandler Warner • (ss)
• Miss Barcy’s Waterloo • Mary Esther Mitchell • (ss)
• Miss Caroline, Merchant Peddler • Ada Louise Wilcox • (ss)
• Miss Clara’s Perseus • Margaret Deland • (sl)
• Miss Diantha’s Divorce Case • Harriet Prescott Spofford • (ss)
• Miss Donnithorne’s Arabian Night • Marie Manning • (ss)
• Miss Fanny • George Pattullo • (ss)
• Miss Fothergill • Norval Richardson • (ss)
• Miss Herter’s Christmas Adventure • Louise Closser Hale • (ss)
• Miss Herter’s Young Couple • Louise Closser Hale • (ss)
• Miss Juliet • Fannie Heaslip Lea • (ss)
• Miss Juliet of Kentucky • Anna Brown Onstott • (ss)
• Miss Kimpton’s Bones • Ellis Parker Butler • (ss)
• Miss Long Lands Three Jobs • John Crowfoot • (ss)
• Miss Mallaby’s Mistake • George Weston • (ss)
• Miss Marriott and the Faun • Katharine Fullerton Gerould • (ss)
• Miss McCann, Heart Mender • Hugh Pendexter • (ss)
• Miss Meyer • Margretta Scott • (ss)
• Miss Millie’s Reconstruction • Ruth Danenhower • (ss)
• “Miss Peek-A-Boo” • Gertrude Xavier • (ss)
• Miss Phubrick’s Change of Pew • Hugh Pendexter • (ss)
• Miss Smith of Bellevue • Kathleen Norris • (ss)
• Miss Smithy and the Prodigal Son • Fannie Heaslip Lea • (ss)
• Miss Somebody’s Chair • Jennette Lee • (ss)
• Miss Tobey’s Matchmaking • J. J. Bell • (ss)
• Miss Trimble Tries Sabotage • Frank Goewey Jones • (ss)
• Miss Willett • Barry Benefield • (ss)
• The Missing Seventeen • Edison Marshall • (ss)
• The Mission of McGregor • Walter A. Dyer • (ss)
• Missionary Blood • Juliet Wilbor Tompkins • (ss)
• The Mist • Wentworth Flynt • (ss)
• A Mistake in the Horoscope • Emery Bemsley Pottle • (ss)
• Mister Conley • Charles E. Van Loan • (ss)
• Mister Dwiggins • Edwin Ford Piper • (ss)
• Mister Jones • John A. Moroso • (ss)
• The Mistress • Fleta Campbell • (ss)
• Mistress • Rowland Thomas • (ss)
• The Mistress of Magic • Seumas MacManus • (ss)
• Mix-ups in Troop J • Will Adams • (ss)
• Mixed Marriage • Laura Spencer Portor • (ss)
• The Mob • Tarleton Coluer • (ss)
• The Mobies • A. Neil Lyons • (ss)
• Mobilizing Ivan • Thomas H. Uzzell • (ss)
• A Modern Accident • Peter Minuit • (ss)
• The Modern Judgment of Solomon • Charles E. Van Loan • (ss)
• A Modern Montsalvat • James G. Huneker • (ss)
• Mohammed of the Lion Heart • Norman Duncan • (ss)
• “Molly McGuire, Fourteen” • Frederick Stuart Greene • (ss)
• Molly Rafferty • Evelyn Gill Klahr • (ss)
• The Mollycoddle • Elizabeth Jordan • (ss)
• Molly’s Bridegroom • John Edward McCarthy • (ss)
• Molten Metal • Hornell Hart • (ss)
• Mon Filleul • Henry C. Rowland • (ss)
• Money Poor • Lucy Huffaker • (ss)
• Mongrels • George Agnew Chamberlain • (ss)
• The Monk and the Stranger • Henry James Forman • (ss)
• Monkey on a Stick • Wallace Irwin • (ss)
• Monsieur - A Soldier of France • Lillie Hamilton French • (ss)
• Monsieur Bluebeard • George Bronson-Howard • (ss)
• Monsieur le Capitaine Ricks • Peter B. Kyne • (ss)
• Monsieur Rienzi Takes a Hand • Sophie Kerr • (ss)
• A Montessori Christmas • Joseph O’Brien • (ss)
• A Montessori Father • Joseph O’Brien • (ss)
• Moon Madness • Eileen Kent • (ss)
• The Moon Maid • Edna Robertson • (ss)
• Moongwe the Son-Daughter • Grace MacGowan Cooke • (ss)
• The Moralizing Burglar • Oliver Marble Gale • (ss)
• The Morals of Peter • Marjorie Benton Cooke • (ss)
• More Than Raiment • Margaret Cameron & Jessie Leach Rector • (ss)
• The Morning Glory • Charles E. Van Loan • (ss)
• A Morning Workout • Charles E. Van Loan • (ss)
• The Morrow Man • A. C. Allenson • (ss)
• The Mortal Coil • D. H. Lawrence • (ss)
• The Most Wonderful Woman • Eleanor H. Porter • (ss)
• The Moth • Randolph Edgar • (ss)
• A Moth of Peace • Katharine Fullerton Gerould • (ss)
• The Mother • Maude Radford Warren • (ss)
• Mother Carey’s Chick • Frank E. Evans • (ss)
• A Mother from the Crucible • Edward H. Hurlbut • (ss)
• Mother Machree • James B. Connolly • (ss)
• Mother O’ Earth • Margaret Dean Stevens • (ss)
• The Mother Stone • John Galsworthy • (ss)
• “Mother” • Sherwood Anderson • (ss)
• “Mother” • Lawrence Perry • (ss)
• Mother-Love • Mildred Focht • (ss)
• Mothers’ Day • Mary Katharine Reely • (ss)
• The Mother’s Dream • Herman Greinz • (ss)
• Mothers of Men • Countess Barcynska • (ss)
• A Motion to Adjourn • Peter B. Kyne • (ss)
• The Mountain Comes to Scattergood • Clarence Budington Kelland • (ss)
• Mouse-Traps • Holworthy Hall • (ss)
• The Movie Girl and Little Patterson • Fannie Heaslip Lea • (ss)
• The Movie Maid and the Martinet • Octavus Roy Cohen • (ss)
• Mr. Bolster • Armistead C. Gordon • (ss)
• Mr. Burdock’s Insurance • Peter B. Kyne • (ss)
• Mr. Busby’s Telephone Affinity • Ellis Parker Butler • (ss)
• “Mr. Charles Raleigh Rawdon, Ma’am” • Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn • (ss)
• Mr. Devereux’s Twist • Seumas MacManus • (ss)
• Mr. Durgan and the Futurists • Maude Radford Warren • (ss)
• Mr. Durgan and the Servant Problem • Maude Radford Warren • (ss)
• Mr. Durgan and the Tango • Maude Radford Warren • (ss)
• Mr. Durgan and Violet • Maude Radford Warren • (ss)
• Mr. Durgan Rides Down Cupid • Maude Radford Warren • (ss)
• Mr. Durgan’s Cousin Beatrice • Maude Radford Warren • (ss)
• Mr. Eberdeen’s House • Arthur Johnson • (ss)
• Mr. Fannet and the Afterglow • Margaret Lynn • (ss)
• Mr. Felsburg Gets Even • Irvin S. Cobb • (ss)
• Mr. Hochenheimer of Cincinnati • Fannie Hurst • (ss)
• Mr. Hudson’s Left Eye • Stephen Guest • (ss)
• Mr. Jackson • W. B. Trites • (ss)
• Mr. MacIvor Resents Christmas • Lewis Frank Tooker • (ss)
• Mr. McMorrogh • Charles Johnston • (ss)
• Mr. Middlemay’s Alibi • Ellis Parker Butler • (ss)
• Mr. Possum’s Motor-Car • Albert Bigelow Paine • (ss)
• Mr. ’Possum’s Sick Spell • Albert Bigelow Paine • (ss)
• Mr. Richard’s Fiancee • Meredith Nicholson • (sl)
• Mr. Robert Gets a Slant • Sewell Ford • (ss)
• Mr. Root • Margaret Adelaide Wilson • (ss)
• Mr. Schuyler’s School • Vera Edmondson • (ss)
• Mr. Smiley • Arthur Russell Taylor • (ss)
• Mr. Sprinkel • Margretta Scott • (ss)
• Mr. Squem • Arthur Russell Taylor • (ss)
• Mr. Swift’s Romance • Marie Manning • (ss)
• Mr. Thewlis • Bernard Capes • (ss)
• Mr. Thornton • Arthur Russell Taylor • (ss)
• Mr. Tinker’s Conscience • Peter B. Kyne • (ss)
• Mrs. Beddens’s Great Story • Horatio Winslow • (ss)
• Mrs. Bodkin’s Debut • Frances C. Abbott • (ss)
• Mrs. Byington’s Four-Poster • Rebecca Hooper Eastman • (ss)
• Mrs. Callan’s Absolute Happiness • Ellis Parker Butler • (ss)
• Mrs. Chichester’s Confession • Harry B. Kennon • (ss)
• Mrs. Deering’s Answer • Alice Garland Steele • (nv)
• Mrs. Desmond • Edith Ore • (ss)
• Mrs. Dutton Intervenes • Donn Byrne • (sl)
• Mrs. Galloway Goes Shopping • Lilian Bell • (ss)
• Mrs. Galloway Tries to Reduce • Lilian Bell • (ss)
• Mrs. Martin’s Daughter-in-Law • Elizabeth Gaines Wilcoxson • (ss)
• Mrs. Maxwell and the Unemployed • Florence Converse • (ss)
• Mrs. Merryweather • Norval Richardson • (ss)
• Mrs. Miller’s Canary • Margretta Scott • (ss)
• Mrs. Murphy Breaks In • Mary Brush Williams • (sl)
• Mrs. Nemesis • William J. Neidig • (ss)
• Mrs. Pepper Passes • Helen Ward Banks • (ss)
• Mrs. Smythe’s Artistic Crisis • Charles Divine • (ss)
• Mrs. Tumulty’s Hat • Albert Bigelow Paine • (ss)
• Mrs. Weldon Breakfasts Early • Frankun James • (ss)
• Mudejar • R. B. Cunningham Graham • (ss)
• Mudpuddles • Ida M. Evans • (ss)
• The Muff • Leonard Hatch • (ss)
• The Mulatto • Don Marquis • (ss)
• The Mummery of Zeb Squires • Edward Lyell Fox • (ss)
• The Mummy • Sax Rohmer • (ss)
• Mumping the Mumps • Howard Brubaker • (ss)
• Munnern • Georgia Wood Pangborn • (ss)
• The Murder • W. Perzynski • (ss)
• Murder? • Seumas O’Brien • (ss)
• The Murderers • Ellis Parker Butler • (ss)
• Murphy of the Legion • John A. Moroso • (ss)
• The Muscovy Ducks • Enoch Arnold Bennett • (ss)
• A Mushroom Midas • Hugh Wiley • (ss)
• Music • Peter Altenberg • (ss)
• Music Heavenly Maid • Emery Bemsley Pottle • (ss)
• The Musician • Robert W. Sneddon • (ss)
• Mustapha Stumbles • William MacLeod Raine • (ss)
• The Mute • Robert W. Sneddon • (ss)
• The Mute Stradivarius • Theodore Corrie • (ss)
• A Muted Message • Loueen Pattee • (ss)
• “Mutiny!” • Dudley Burrows • (ss)
• Mutter, Die • Madeleine Zabriskie Doty • (ss)
• Mutual Spurs, Limited • Ellis Parker Butler • (ss)
• “My Ain Countree” • Ethel Watts Mumford • (ss)