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

Stories, Listed by Author

Table-of-Contents

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* The Broken Wheel, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 4 1915
ABBOTT, AVERY

* “And They Lived Happily ————”, (ss) The Delineator Aug 1915
* The Little Anna from Poland, (ss) The Midland Nov 1916
* The Powerful Wobberjohn, (ss) The Midland Dec 1915
* Reg’lar and Parlor-Fashion, (ss) Every Week Oct 30 1916
ABBOTT, ELEANOR HALLOWELL; [Mrs. Fordyce Coburn] (1872-1958)

* Man of My Dreams, (ss) Colliers Sep 4 1915
* Tinsel-Toes, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Dec 1914
ABBOTT, FRANCES C.

* The Memorial Window, (ss) The Delineator Nov 1917
* Mrs. Bodkin’s Debut, (ss) The Delineator Jun 1917
ABBOTT, KEENE (1876-?)

* “Every Summer”, (ss) Harper’s Jun 1915
* In the Switch-yard, (ss) Harper’s Mar 1915
* “Maybe Wild Parsnips”, (ss) Harper’s Jul 1914
* Silent Battle, (ss) The Midland Jan 1915
* The Wind Fighters, (ss) Outlook Jan 12 1916
ABBOTT, MABEL

* The Advantage, (ss) Munsey’s May 1915
* The Weapon That Cut, (ss) The American Magazine Aug 1916
ABDULLAH, ACHMED; common form of name of Achmed Abdullah Nadir Khan el-Durani el Iddrissyeh; pseudonym of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff, (1881-1945)

* As He Reaped, (ss) The American Magazine Jul 1917
* Black Lily, (ss) Lippincott’s Jul 1915
* Consider the Oath of M’Taga, (ss) All-Story Mar 10 1917
* Diplomacy (with Thomas H. Uzzell), (ss) Colliers Dec 8 1917
* Disappointment, (ss) All-Story May 19 1917
* East or West?, (ss) Top-Notch Apr 15 1917
* Feud, (ss) The Century Dec 1916
* The Five-Dollar Gold-Piece, (ss) Snappy Stories Dec 18 1917
* The Flowering Stone, (ss) Lippincott’s Apr 1915
* The Gamut, (ss) The Smart Set Dec 1917
* A Gentlemen of the Old Regime, (ss) The Smart Set Feb 1917
* The Guerdon, (ss) The Smart Set Feb 1917
* The Home-Coming, (ss) Harper’s May 1917
* The Infidel, (ss) Lippincott’s Jan 1915
* The Letter, (ss) The Smart Set Jan 1917
* The Man Who Lost Caste, (ss) Harper’s Weekly Feb 12 1916
* The Man Who Wished, (ss) McBride’s Sep 1915
* The Rock Whence Ye Were Hewn, (ss) Lippincott’s Feb 1915
* Silence, (ss) All-Story Apr 21 1917
ABERT, HANNAH

* A Little Folding of the Hands, (ss) The Century Jul 1916
ADAMS, FRANK R(amsey) (1883-1963)

* Buster, (ss) The Smart Set Oct 1915
* The Golden Nuisance, (ss) The American Magazine Jun 1916
ADAMS, KATHARINE

* “Silent Brown”, (ss) Southern Woman’s Magazine Oct 1917
ADAMS, MINNIE BARBOUR

* The Chicken Fighter, (ss) Sunset Magazine Oct 1916
* Half a Boy, (ss) Pictorial Review Sep 1917
ADAMS, SAMUEL HOPKINS (1871-1958)

* The Chair That Whispered, (ss) Colliers Aug 26 1916
* The Fairy Princess, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Aug 1915
* The Great Peacemaker, (ss) Colliers Sep 30 1916
* A Letter to Nowhere, (ss) Every Week Feb 12 1917
* The Little Red Doctor of Our Square, (ss) Colliers Aug 25 1917
* MacLachan of Our Square, (ss) Colliers Sep 2 1916
* The Meanest Man in Our Square, (ss) Colliers Mar 24 1917
* Orpheus, (ss) Colliers Nov 11 1916
* Our Square, (na) Everybody’s Magazine Mar 1916
* Paula of the Housetop, (ss) Colliers Jul 7 1917
* Room “12 A”, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Nov 1917
* “Tazmun”, (ss) Colliers Dec 16 1916
* Triumph, (ss) Colliers Jul 29 1916
* “Wamble: His Day Out”, (ss) Colliers Jan 13 1917
ADAMS, WILL

* Betting on Shorty, (ss) Colliers Jan 3 1914
* The Fowler’s Snare, (ss) Colliers Jan 8 1916
* Mix-ups in Troop J, (ss) Colliers Feb 28 1914
* Off-Agin-on-Agin Finnegan, (ss) Colliers Jul 25 1914
* Shorty’s Victorious Maneuvers, (ss) Colliers Jan 24 1914
ADDISON, THOMAS (1861-?)

* Educated Sausages, (ss) Lippincott’s Feb 1915
* The Sacred Spark, (ss) McBride’s Mar 1916
* The Taming of Aunt Maria, (ss) Lippincott’s May 1915
* The Tower Man, (ss) McBride’s Apr 1916
ADKINS, FRANK HOWARD (1883-1921); see pseudonym F. St. Mars
ADLER, HENRY

* The Coward, (ss) The Pagan Sep 1917
AICARD, JEAN (1848-?)

* Mariette’s Gift, (ss) New York Tribune Feb 18 1917
ALDEN, MARY DOTY

* Watchful Washing, (ss) Craftsman Oct 1916
ALDIS, MARY

* Ellie, (ss)

Current Opinion Feb 1916
ALDRICH, BESS STREETER (1881-1954); see pseudonym Margaret Dean Stevens
ALDRICH, DARRAGH

* The Highest Room (with Rosemary Aldrich), (ss) The American Magazine Jul 1916
ALDRICH, ROSEMARY

* The Highest Room (with Darragh Aldrich), (ss) The American Magazine Jul 1916
ALEXANDER, HARTLEY BURR (1873-?)

* The Pixie, (ss) The Midland Feb 1915
ALEXANDER, HELEN

* Her Own Life, (ss) Harper’s Sep 1914
ALEXANDER, MARY

* Ashamed of Her Parents, (ss) The Delineator Nov 1917
* The Girl Who Is Not Popular, (ss) The Delineator May 1917
* How Can I Meet the Right Sort of Men?, (ss) The Delineator Mar 1917
* Out of Touch With Life, (ss) The Delineator Oct 1917
* Too Sure of Herself, (ss) The Delineator Jul 1917
* When She Runs After the Boys, (ss) The Delineator Aug 1917
ALLEN, FREDERICK LEWIS (1890-1954)

* Big Game, (ss) The Century Mar 1917
* Cart Before the Horse, (ss) The Century Oct 1915
* Fixing Up the Balkans, (ss) The Century May 1917
* Madame Zaranova, (ss) The Bellman Dec 18 1915
* Small Talk, (ss) The Century Feb 1917
ALLEN, IRVING R.

* What in the World Do You Want?, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jan 24 1915
ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1849- )

* A Cathedral Singer, (ss) The Century May 1914
ALLEN, LEWIS

* Jessop’s Valet, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Nov 14 1915
* The Lady and the Veil, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jun 6 1915
* “Oh, Pearl!”, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 18 1915
* Tweedledum and Tweedledee, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Mar 14 1915
* Why Can’t You?, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 4 1915
ALLEN, LORAINE ANDERSON

* The Going of Agnes, (ss) Touchstone Sep 1917
ALLEN, MARYLAND

* The Strayed Reveler, (ss) Sunset Magazine May 1915
* Torry the Man-Maker, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 3 1914
* The Visitor, (ss) Sunset Magazine Sep 1916
ALLEN, WILLIS BOYD (1855-1938)

* The End of His Rope, (ss) The Smart Set May 1915
ALLENDORF, ANNA STAHL

* The Dallying of Celia May, (ss) Good Housekeeping Jul 1917
* The Leavening of St. Rupert, (ss) Good Housekeeping Jun 1917
ALLENSON, A. C.

* Dempsey, (ss) McBride’s Mar 1916
* The Morrow Man, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Feb 7 1915
* Pandora Intervenes, (ss) McBride’s Feb 1916
* Pandora the Resolute, (ss) McBride’s Nov 1915
* Second-Chance Lidcote, (ss) Lippincott’s Apr 1915
* The Snail Man, (ss) McBride’s Dec 1915
* The Year of the Big Wind, (ss) McBride’s Jan 1916
ALTENBERG, PETER

* Music, (ss) Bruno’s Weekly Oct 7 1915
AMID, JOHN; pseudonym of Myron Morris Stearns, (1884-1963)

* The Admiral, (ss) The Bellman Nov 18 1916
* After Thirty Years, (ss) The Smart Set May 1916
* An Alien Son, (ss) Young’s Magazine Aug 1916
* Alone, (ss) Detective Story Magazine Sep 25 1917
* Beefsteak vs Bankruptcy, (ss) Colliers Jan 10 1914
* Busted Poor, (ss) All-Story Dec 8 1917
* The Cup as Planned, (ss) The Midland Oct 1916
* The Freeze, (ss) The Midland Aug 1917
* Interlude, (ss) Young’s Magazine Apr 1917
* Prem Siugh, (ss) The Bellman Dec 1 1917
* A Professor, (ss) The Midland Nov 1917
* Strachan’s Hindu, (ss) The Bellman Oct 27 1917
* Turkey-Yard Napoleon, (ss) The Delineator Jul 1915
* Westover’s Luck, (ss) The Bellman Feb 19 1916
ANDERSON, ELIZABETH

* Fried Onions, (ss) The Delineator Jun 1915
ANDERSON, FREDERICK IRVING (1877-1947)

* The Alchemists, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 2 1915
* An All-Star Cast, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 24 1914
* The Angle of Refraction, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 14 1915
* The Flame in the Socket, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 26 1916
* The Ingenue, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 27 1915
* The Ivory Hunters, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 28 1916
* The Makeshift, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 5 1914
* The Man Who Couldn’t Go Home, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 28 1914
* The Unknown Masterpiece, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 5 1915
* Vanities, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 14 1914
* The Worldling, (ss) Pictorial Review Oct 1916
ANDERSON, SHERWOOD (1876-1941)

* Blackfoot’s Masterpiece, (ss) The Forum Jun 1916

Reedy’s Mirror Jun 16 1916

* Hands, (ss) Masses Mar 1916
* “Mother”, (ss) Seven Arts Mar 1917
* The Novelist, (sl) The Little Review Jan, Feb 1916
* The Philosopher, (sl) The Little Review Jun, Jul 1916
* “Queer”, (ss) Seven Arts Dec 1916
* The Rabbit-pen, (ss) Harper’s Jul 1914
* Sister, (ss) The Little Review Dec 1915
* The Story Writers, (ss) The Smart Set Jan 1916
* The Strength of God, (ss) Masses Aug 1916
* The Struggle, (ss) The Little Review May 1916
* The Thinker, (ss) Seven Arts Sep 1917
* The Untold Lie, (ss) Seven Arts Jan 1917
* Vibrant Life, (ss) The Little Review Mar 1916
ANDERSON, WILLIAM ASHLEY (1890-1988)

* The Dryad of Reouw Straits, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Mar 1915
* The Fight in Buddha’s Caidron, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Apr 1915
* A Passing Princess, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Aug 1916
* The Unwrit Dogma, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Dec 1917
ANDRADE, CIPRIANO, Jr.

* Applied Hydraulics, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 25 1917
ANDRAE, ELSBETH HASSE

* Marya, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Sep 1916
ANDREWS, MARY RAYMOND SHIPMAN; [Mrs. William Shankland Andrews] (1860-1936)

* Achilles the Butler, (ss) Scribner’s Sep 1914
* Blood Brothers, (ss) Scribner’s May 1917
* Coals of Fire, (ss) Scribner’s Jan 1915
* The Colors, (ss) Scribner’s Jul 1916
* The Discovery of Pouce-Long, (ss) Scribner’s Aug 1916
* The Fete of M’sieur Bob, (ss) Scribner’s Mar 1914
* Her Fling, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 19 1914
* Peace on Earth, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Dec 12 1915
* The Return of K. of K., (ss) McClure’s Mar 1917
* The Russian, (ss) Milestones Oct 1917
* The Star-Spangled Banner, (ss) The Delineator Jul 1915
* The Stranger Within the Gates, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Jul 1916
* The Three Things, (sl) Ladies Home Journal Nov, Dec 1915
* The Very Lilac One, (ss) Scribner’s Dec 1915
ANDREYEV, LEONID (Nikolaevich) (1871-1919)

* The Angel, (ss) Boston Evening Transcript Jan 24 1916
* The Giant, (ss) The Russian Review May 1916
* Lazarus, (ss) Current Literature May 1907

Stratford Journal Jun 1917

* A Present, (ss) The Russian Review Feb 1916
ANON.

* The Apparition, (ss) New York Tribune Nov 11 1917
* A Benefactor in Bohemia, (ss) Life Jul 6 1916
* The Brief Career of Matty Vandam, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Apr 18 1915
* Broke! or The Busted Lady, (ss) McClure’s Jun 1915
* Cceur de Lion, (ss) New York Tribune Jul 22 1917
* The Evocation, (ss) New York Tribune Apr 22 1917
* The Eyes of the Soul, (ss) New York Tribune Feb 25 1917
* Fools, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Sep 28 1917
* “Huppdiwupp”, (ss) The Little Review Jan 1917
* Immortality, (ss) The Smart Set Aug 1915
* Impromptu Hospitality, (ss)

Reedy’s Mirror Aug 11 1916

* In the Limousine, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jan 1916
* Influence of the Movies, (ss)

Reedy’s Mirror Jul 21 1916

* The Killing of Different Man, (ss) The New Republic Aug 28 1915
* The Manicure Girl, (ss) The New Republic Jul 3 1915
* The Meed of a Brute, (ss) The New Republic Jan 22 1916

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