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

Stories, Listed by Title

• Bones, Sanders, and Another • Edgar Wallace • (ss)
• Bones: Kingmaker • Edgar Wallace • (ss)
• “Bonjour, Monsieur!” • Fleta Campbell Springer • (ss)
• Bonnie McGlint, Late of Broadway • Gertrude Brooke Hamilton • (ss)
• The Booby Prizer • Leavitt Ashley Knight • (ss)
• The Book Agent • Charles G. D. Roberts • (ss)
• The Book and the Believers • Victor Shawe • (ss)
• The Book of the Dead • Marian Cox • (ss)
• A Book of Verse • Robert W. Sneddon • (ss)
• The Bookkeeper’s Wife • Willa Cather • (ss)
• The Boomer from the West • Russell A. Boggs • (ss)
• The Boomerang • Lillian Bennet-Thompson • (ss)
• The Boomerang • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman • (ss)
• The Booming of Barrington • Edward Lyell Fox • (ss)
• The Boot-Straps of His Soul • William Merriam Rouse • (ss)
• The Border-Land • Francis Parsons • (ss)
• Borrowed Money • Lowell Edwin Hardy • (ss)
• Bos’ • Richard Matthews Hallet • (nv)
• The Boss • Hugh Pendexter • (ss)
• The Boss Who Was Bossed • Lincoln Steffens • (ss)
• Both • Maria Thompson Daviess • (ss)
• Both Cheeks • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman • (ss)
• Bothering Nobody • Ed Cahn • (ss)
• The Boulevard of Rogues • Meredith Nicholson • (ss)
• Bounty • Ethel Watts Mumford • (ss)
• The Bounty-Jumper • Mary Synon • (ss)
• The Bountyjumper • Reginald Wright Kauffman • (ss)
• The Boy • Anna Fuller • (ss)
• The Boy at the Window • Lucine Finch • (ss)
• Boy Finance • Howard Brubaker • (ss)
• The Boy Scout • Richard Harding Davis • (ss)
• The Boy Who Counted a Million • Harry Leon Wilson • (ss)
• The Boy Who Cried Wolf • Richard Harding Davis • (ss)
• The Boy Without a Name • Virginia Woodward Cloud • (ss)
• Boyhood Friends • Edgar Lee Masters • (ss)
• The Boy’s Mother • Laura Spencer Portor • (ss)
• A Boy’s Night • Winfield Doring • (ss)
• The Boy’s Politics • Ceylon E. Hollingsworth • (ss)
• The Boys’ Revolt in Fairview • Herbert Quick • (ss)
• The Boys They Left Behind Them • George Weston • (ss)
• A Boy’s Will • Margaret Rebecca Piper • (ss)
• Boys Will Be Boys • Irvin S. Cobb • (nv)
• La Brabanconne • Robert W. Chambers • (ss)
• A Brand from the Burning • Hugh Pendexter • (ss)
• The Bravest Son • Mary Synon • (ss)
• The Breach in the Wall • Emery Bemsley Pottle • (ss)
• Bread Cast Upon the Waters • Paul Hervey Fox • (ss)
• The Bread Line • I. • (ss)
• The Bread Upon the Waters • Griswold Wheeler • (ss)
• Bread-Crumbs • Waldo Frank • (ss)
• Breakfast for Two • Frankun James • (ss)
• Breakfast in Bed • James William Fitzpatrick • (ss)
• Breaking Loose • George Weston • (ss)
• Breaking Odd with Myra • Sewell Ford • (ss)
• Breaking Out of Society • Howard Brubaker • (ss)
• The Breaking Point • Edgar Wallace • (ss)
• Breath o’ Dawn • James B. Connolly • (ss)
• “Breathes There the Man—” • George Charles Hull • (ss)
• Bred in the Purple • John Fleming Wilson • (ss)
• Bremington’s Job • Rose B. Davis • (ss)
• Brew of Ashes • Ida M. Evans • (ss)
• Brewster Blood • Katharine Holland Brown • (ss)
• Bridal Blush • William Hamilton Osborne • (ss)
• The Bride-To-Be • Booth Tarkington • (ss)
• The Bride’s Necklace • E. Phillips Oppenheim • (ss)
• The Brides of Wastewater • Kathleen Norris • (ss)
• The Bridge on the Oise • Laurence La Tourette Driggs • (ss)
• The Brief Career of Matty Vandam • Anon. • (ss)
• The Brief Career of Matty Vandam • The Social Promoter • (ss)
• Briggles “Goes West” • Nalbro Bartley • (ss)
• Bright Star of Onésime • Robert W. Sneddon • (ss)
• Bringing Home the Bacon • Elmer E. Ferris • (ss)
• Brixtonite No.76 • Edfrid A. Bingham • (ss)
• Broadway Night • John S. Reed • (ss)
• The Broadway Thing • Samuel Merwin • (ss)
• Brock • Alma Ellerbe • (ss)
• Broke! or The Busted Lady • Anon. • (ss)
• The Broken Hilt • Vingie E. Roe • (ss)
• A Broken Looking-Glass • Henry Harland • (ss)
• The Broken Monument • Crittenden Marriott • (ss)
• Broken Ribs • Olive Higgins Prouty • (ss)
• The Broken Tale • Donal Hamilton Haines • (ss)
• The Broken Wheel • I. A. • (ss)
• The Bronze Angel • Gustave Helene Witte • (ss)
• “Brooks of Sheffield” • Kathleen Norris • (nv)
• Brother Babbitt • Alice Garland Steele • (ss)
• The Brothers • Thomas Beer • (ss)
• Brothers All • Deems Taylor • (ss)
• Brothers of No Kin • Conrad Richter • (ss)
• Brothers of the Road • Walter J. Muilenburg • (ss)
• The Broughtons’ Baby • Louise Closser Hale • (ss)
• Brown and Son • John A. Moroso • (ss)
• The Brown Eyes of the Law • Holworthy Hall • (ss)
• A Brown Woman • James Branch Cabell • (nv)
• Brudie’s Pickle • Booth Tarkington • (nv)
• Brunt • Fannie Hurst • (ss)
• Brushes • Mary Heaton Vorse • (ss)
• Bruto the Bolt Breaker • Paul West • (ss)
• The Buccaneer’s Grandson • John Reed • (ss)
• Buck and the Bank • P. S. Victor • (ss)
• Buck and the BiscuitShooter • Charles E. Van Loan • (ss)
• “The Buckaroo” • Albert W. Tolman • (ss)
• Buck’s Lady Friend • Charles E. Van Loan • (ss)
• Buddy and Waffles • John A. Moroso • (ss)
• Buffy’s Hegira • Marie Manning • (ss)
• The Bugler of the Immortals • Richard Le Gallienne • (ss)
• A Bull on America • George Kibbe Turner • (ss)
• Bullets • Ovro’om Raisin • (ss)
• The Bullfight • James B. Connolly • (ss)
• The Bullhead and the Beeville Idol • Charles E. Van Loan • (ss)
• The Bulwark • Holworthy Hall • (ss)
• Bum Throwers • Wilbur S. Boyer • (ss)
• The Bundles • Inez Haynes Irwin • (ss)
• Bunk • Lincoln Steffens • (nv)
• The Bunker Mouse • Frederick Stuart Greene • (nv)
• The Bureau d’Echange de Maux • Lord Dunsany • (ss)
• The Burial • St. John Ervine • (ss)
• Buried Gold • Bruno Lessing • (ss)
• The Buried Saviour • Felix Janoske • (ss)
• Buried Treasure • Mazo de la Roche • (ss)
• Burned Hands • Ethel Storm • (ss)
• The Burned House • Vincent O’Sullivan • (ss)
• Burney’s Laugh • Stacy Aumonier • (ss)
• Business and Partners • Frank Leon Smith • (ss)
• Business is Business • Dana Burnet • (ss)
• A Business Man • Will Payne • (ss)
• The Business of Youth • Mary Lerner • (ss)
• A Business Ptoposition • Gerald Chittenden • (ss)
• Business: A Real Conversation • S. C. • (ss)
• Busted Poor • John Amid • (ss)
• Buster • Frank R. Adams • (ss)
• But Once a Year • William Rose Benét • (vi)
• “But the Earth Abideth Forever” • Fdward G. Quigley • (ss)
• But What Could I Do? • Mary Synon • (ss)
• Buttercup-Night • John Galsworthy • (ss)
• Butterfiies • George Kibbe Turner • (ss)
• The Butterfly • Helen T. Miller • (ss)
• By a Golden Thread • Demetra Vaka • (ss)
• By a Hair • Charles E. Van Loan • (ss)
• By Dead Reckoning • Peter B. Kyne • (ss)
• By Margarita Trench • Fannie Heaslip Lea • (ss)
• By Post, Registered • Reginald Wright Kauffman • (ss)
• By Request • Henry Rucker • (ss)
• A By-Product of Justice • Donal Hamilton Haines • (ss)
• “C. 3.3” • Hanns Heinz Ewers • (ss)
• C.O.D. To-night • Edgar Franklin • (ss)
• The C.T.U. • George Cram Cook • (ss)
• The Cabalist • Joseph K. Opotawshu • (sl)
• Cabbages and Kids • Carlyle Ellis • (ss)
• Cabbages and Queens • Howard Brubaker • (ss)
• The Cabin in the Flood • Charles G. D. Roberts • (ss)
• Cablegrams for Two • Harris Merton Lyon • (ss)
• The Café de la Paix • Charles Kennett Burrow • (ss)
• Cafe’ la Joie • Frances Norville Chapman • (ss)
• The Cage Door • Mary Heaton Vorse • (ss)
• The Cage of Iron • William Merriam Rouse • (ss)
• Cain • Andrew Soutar • (ss)
• A Cake in the Fourteenth Round • John Taintor Foote • (ss)
• Calhoun’s Christmas Gift • Barry Benefield • (ss)
• The Call • Ruth Comfort Mitchell • (ss)
• The Call to the Colors • William Carleton • (ss)
• The Caller in the Night • Burton Kline • (ss)
• The “Calling” of Josephine • Mary Field • (ss)
• The Camel from Home • William J. Neidig • (ss)
• The Camera Man • James B. Connolly • (ss)
• Camouflage • Roland Pertwee • (ss)
• The Camp Follower • George Pattullo • (ss)
• Campaigning in Cucharras • David A. Wasson • (ss)
• Camphor, Ltd • Maximilian Foster • (ss)
• Candles • Reynolds Knight • (ss)
• Candles for St. Nicholas • I. A. R. Wylie • (ss)
• The Candles of Romance • Waldo Frank • (ss)
• The Canker at the Root • Elizabeth Herrick • (ss)
• The Canterbury Candlestick • Sylvia Chatfield Bates • (ss)
• The Capitalist • John S. Reed • (ss)
• Cappy Ricks Takes On the Kaiser • Peter B. Kyne • (ss)
• Cappy Ricks, Wheat Baron • Peter B. Kyne • (ss)
• Caprice • Alexander I. Kuprin • (ss)
• Captain Bill • Roy Norton • (ss)
• Captain Bill, Rebel • Roy Norton • (ss)
• Captain Ulysses G. Dadd (Retired) • Wilbur Daniel Steele • (ss)
• “Captain, My Captain!” • Alice Garland Steele • (nv)
• The Captive Bridegroom • Margaret Cameron • (ss)
• The Captive Woman • Charles Saxby • (ss)
• The Capture • James Hay, Jr. • (ss)
• Capturing the Delegate • Henry White • (ss)
• The Car • Perceval Gibbon • (ss)
• Cara • Georgia Wood Pangborn • (ss)
• The Card Sharp • Richard Harding Davis • (ss)
• A Card to the Public • Irvin S. Cobb • (ss)
• The Cardinal’s Fiddle • James G. Huneker • (ss)
• Cards or Gifts • Edwin L. Sabin • (ss)
• Caritas • Albert Payson Terhune • (ss)
• Carl Blum of the Ninth • John A. Moroso • (ss)
• Carmen • Ring W. Lardner • (ss)
• Carnations • Anne Douglas Sedgwick • (ss)
• Carnevale di Venezia • Justus Miles Forman • (ss)
• Carpet of Omar Nizam • Katherine Keith • (ss)
• Carpets of Bagdad • Harry B. Kennon • (ss)
• Carrilla’s Com • Louise Rand Bascom & Eva McKinley West • (ss)
• A Carry-On for Clara • Sewell Ford • (ss)
• Cart Before the Horse • Frederick Lewis Allen • (ss)
• The Cart of Death • Kurt Kuechler • (ss)
• Cartoon • John Galsworthy • (ss)
• The Case of Daniel Case • Wilbur Jay Hall • (ss)
• The Case of Lasky • Edgar Wallace • (ss)
• The Case of Mary Regan • Leroy Scott • (ss)
• A Case of Mutual Respect • Stewart Edward White • (ss)
• Casey • David Douglas • (ss)
• Casey Gets a Surprise • David Douglas • (ss)
• Casey Makes a Governor • David Douglas • (ss)
• Casey Plays ’Possum • David Douglas • (ss)
• Cashing In • Edgar Franklin • (ss)
• The Cashmere Shawl • Harry B. Kennon • (ss)
• Cass, the Red-Cheeked • Mary Brecht Pulver • (ss)
• Cast Away • C. Wilton Clark- Wilkins • (ss)
• The Cat Is on the Mat • Margaret Dean Stevens • (ss)
• The Cat of the Cane-Brake • Frederick Stuart Greene • (ss)
• Catching It • Amy Wentworth Stone • (ss)
• Catching Up with Cupid • Julian Hawthorne • (ss)