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

Stories, Listed by Author

JAMES, FRANKUN

• * Badinage at Breakfast, (ss) Harper’s Mar 1915
• * Breakfast for Two, (ss) Harper’s Jan 1915
• * Mrs. Weldon Breakfasts Early, (ss) Harper’s Feb 1915

JAMESON, E. M.

• * The Puppet, (ss) McBride’s Oct 1915

JAMESON, ELAINE MARY

• * The Return of Sanderson, (ss) The Delineator May 1917
• * Their Way to Friendship, (sl) The Delineator Oct, Nov 1916

JANOSKE, FELIX

• * The Buried Saviour, (ss) New York Tribune Nov 12 1916

JENISON, MADGE

• * The Militant Moment of Lou Grey, (ss) Harper’s Nov 1915
• * Patience and Shuffle the Cards, (ss) McClure’s Jan 1915
• * The Unfortunate Miss De Noyelles, (ss) Harper’s Bazaar Mar 1915

JENKINS, HERBERT (George) (1876-1923)

• * A Coward of Sorts, (ss) Lippincott’s Mar 1915
• * The Hypnotized Burglar, (ss) McBride’s Apr 1916
• * The Rustic Fete Fiasco, (ss) Lippincott’s Aug 1915

JENKINS, NATHALIE

• * A Winter’s Tale, (ss) Southern Woman’s Magazine Jan 1917

JENKS, TUDOR (1857-1922)

• * What the Baroness Forgot, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Oct 8 1916

JEPSON, EDGAR (Alfred) (1863-1938)

• * The Man Who Came Back, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jul 30 1916
• * The Way to Tipperary, (ss) The Century Mar 1915

JEROME, JEROME K(lapka) (1859-1927)

• * His Evening Out, (ss) The Century Nov 1915
• * Sylvia of the Letters, (ss) McBride’s Oct 1915

JESSE, F(ryniwyd) TENNYSON [i.e., Wynifried Margaret Tennyson Jesse] (1889-1958)

• * Why Senath Married, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine May 1916

JOHNSON, A. P.

• * The Swedish Reporter’s Encounter with Sarah Bernhardt, (ss) The American Magazine Aug 1916

JOHNSON, ALVIN SAUNDERS (1874-?)

• * The Lot of the Inventor, (ss) The New Republic Aug 12 1916
• * Lynching in Bass County, (ss) The New Republic Aug 18 1917
• * A Place in the Sun, (ss) The New Republic Nov 17 1917
• * A Sympathetic Strike, (ss) The New Republic Feb 26 1916

JOHNSON, ANNETTE THACKWELL

• * Their House of Love, (ss) Lippincott’s Feb 1915

JOHNSON, ARTHUR (1876-1916)

• * Andy of the Timothy Quartet, (ss) Scribner’s Jan 1916
• * Charley the Chorus Boy, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Aug 1914
• * The Devil’s Joke-Box, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Dec 1916
• * The Dream Drummer, (ss) Harper’s Dec 1914
• * George’s Client, (ss) Harper’s Sep 1914
• * How the Ship Came In, (ss) Harper’s Aug 1916
• * Mr. Eberdeen’s House, (ss) The Century Sep 1915
• * My Cousin’s Bridegroom, (ss) Harper’s Mar 1915
• * The Stone Dog, (ss) Harper’s Feb 1915
• * The Trap, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Nov 1915

JOHNSON, BURGES (1877-1963)

• * The Sincere Salad-Dresser, (ss) Harper’s Sep 1916
• * An Unmelancholy Dane, (ss) Pictorial Review Sep 1917

JOHNSON, E. S.

• * Safe-Deposit Annie, (ss) Colliers Dec 5 1914

JOHNSON, ERNESTINE

• * “Consider the Lilies”, (ss) Masses Jan 1916

JOHNSON, FANNY KEMBLE; [Mrs. Vincent Costello] (1868-?)

• * The Idyl of Uncle Paley, (ss) Harper’s Mar 1917
• * Magic Casements, (ss) The Century Oct 1917
• * The Master of His Fate, (ss) The Century Oct 1916
• * New Lamps for Old, (ss) The Century Jul 1917
• * On the Altar of Friendship, (ss) The Century Feb 1917
• * The Persistent Little Fool, (ss) The Century Nov 1916
• * The Strange-Looking Man, (ss) The Pagan Dec 1917
• * They Both Needed It, (ss) The Century Jul 1916

JOHNSON, GLADYS (Etta) (1891-1967?)

• * Two-Bit Seats, (ss) The American Magazine Jul 1917

JOHNSON, HUGH

• * At La Haye Farm, (ss) Sunset Magazine Dec 1915
• * Clown’s Rue, (ss) The Century Sep 1913
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Mar 7 1915
• * Cogged Dice, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Feb 7 1915
• * The Desperado, (ss) Sunset Magazine Jan 1915
• * Dove, the Undesired, (ss) Sunset Magazine Sep 1916
• * Fingering the Buzz Saw, (ss) Colliers Feb 14 1914
• * A Furbished Gentleman, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 8 1916
• * Harlequin to the Rescue, (ss) Scribner’s Nov 1915
• * The Jade Seals, (ss) Sunset Magazine Oct 1915
• * Made in Germany, (ss) Sunset Magazine Nov 1915
• * A Man and His Dog, (ss) The Century Mar 1913
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jan 31 1915
• * The Manhandler, (ss) Scribner’s Apr 1916
• * Officer of the Day, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Feb 21 1915
• * Playing Both Ends, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 1 1916
• * Race, (ss) The Century Aug 1914
• * Troop Horse Number One, (ss) Scribner’s Dec 1916

JOHNSON, MARTYN

• * A Christmas Cynic, (ss) The Bellman Dec 25 1915

JOHNSON, OWEN (McMahon) (1878-1952)

• * The Eyes of the Past, (ss) Pictorial Review Aug 1915
• * The Mystery of Women, (ss) Red Book Magazine Feb 1916

JOHNSON, WILLIAM SAMUEL (1859-?)

• * Greater than Dante, (ss) The Forum Mar 1914

JOHNSTON, CALVIN

• * The Empire of Con O’Connel, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 24 1915
• * Great Folks, (ss) Harper’s Jun 1914
• * The Head of the Fambly, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 16 1914
• * Playgrounds Dim, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 25 1917
• * Promise Lands, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 20 1915
• * Redcrossie, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 6 1915
• * The Refugees, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 2 1915
• * Traitors Both, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 14 1914

JOHNSTON, CHARLES (1867-?)

• * How Liberty Came to Ivan Ivanovitch, (ss) Colliers Dec 22 1917
• * How the Army Was Kidnapped, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Oct 1914
• * Jones of the Fourth Dimension, (ss) Harper’s Jun 1914
• * Mr. McMorrogh, (ss) Colliers Feb 20 1915
• * Okhoy Babu’s Adventure, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Sep 1914
• * The Reincarnation of Maung Hkin, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Nov 1915
• * The Soul of a Girl, (ss) Atlantic Monthly May 1914

JOHNSTON, EUZABETH

• * A Soldier of the Good, (ss) The Delineator Apr 1915

JOHNSTON, HUBERT McBEAN

• * Honest Value, (ss) The American Magazine Jul 1917

JOHNSYON, ERLE

• * The Man with Eyes in His Back, (ss) The Century Sep 1917
• * Square Edge and Sound, (ss) The Century Nov 1917

JONES, ARTHUR LLEWELLYN (1863-1947); see pseudonym Arthur Machen

JONES, CLEMENT

• * The Sea-Turn, (ss) Seven Arts Oct 1917

JONES, ELLIS O(liver?) (1874?-1967?)

• * A Question of Time, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine May 7 1916

JONES, FRANK GOEWEY

• * Christmas “Bunk”. The, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Dec 1917
• * Clean Competition, (ss) Colliers Aug 28 1915
• * Delilah Jane—Detective, (ss) Every Week Dec 6 1915
• * Divided Spoils, (ss) McClure’s Sep 1917
• * The Great American Game, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 14 1916
• * His Horseshoe, (ss) McClure’s Jan 1915
• * Jane Jests, (ss) Every Week Sep 11 1916
• * Miss Trimble Tries Sabotage, (ss) McClure’s Apr 1915
• * Nine Points of the Law, (ss) Colliers Oct 13 1917
• * Primitive Methods, (ss) Colliers Jun 12 1915
• * A Problem in Eugenics, (ss) Colliers Nov 14 1914
• * Reserved Rights, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 26 1914
• * Revenge is Sweet, (ss) The American Magazine Jul 1915
• * The Suspense Account, (ss) Every Week Sep 3 1917
• * Tall Hustling, (sl) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 29, Feb 5 1916
• * A Wall Street Puzzle, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 26 1917
• * Warm Dollars, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 17 1917
• * A Wise Jane, (ss) Every Week Jun 28 1915

JONES, JOHNSON

• * The Great American Spoof Snake, (ss) The Bellman Nov 3 1917

JONES, THANE MILLER

• * Invaders of Sanctuary, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 8 1917
• * N. Brown, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 18 1917

JORDAN, ELIZABETH (Garver) (1867-1947)

• * The Comforter, (ss) Harper’s Mar 1914
• * The Crosbys’ Rest Cure, (ss) Harper’s Apr 1914
• * The Gift of the Princess Sophia, (ss) Every Week Oct 25 1915
• * Her Man Friday, (ss) Harper’s Bazaar Aug 1915
• * How the Atwoods Kept Their Cook, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Feb 1915
• * An Interlude, (ss) Harper’s May 1914
• * Lieutenant Crumley—Idler, (ss) McBride’s Sep 1915
• * The Mollycoddle, (ss) Every Week Jun 4 1917
• * Philip’s “Furnis Man”, (ss) Harper’s Aug 1916
• * What Everyone Else Knew, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Apr 1917
• * Young Ellsworth’s Hat Size, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 16 1917
• * Young Love, (ss) Harper’s Jan 1915

JORDAN, KATE; [i.e., Kate Jordan Vermilye] (1862-1926)

• * Egg-Shell China, (ss) The Century Apr 1914
• * His Heart in His Feet, (ss) Colliers Jan 9 1915
• * I Hold My House with Claws, (ss) Every Week Aug 16 1915
• * In the Gray Land of Drugs, (ss) McClure’s Dec 1915
• * “Orchestra D-2”, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 25 1915
• * Two Hands, (ss) Colliers Jul 10 1915

JORDAN, VIRGIL (1892-1965)

• * Vengeance is Mine!, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Apr 1915

JOY, MAURICE

• * Twenty-Four Hours, (ss) The Smart Set Sep 1917

JOYCE, JAMES (Augustine) (1882-1941)

• * The Boarding-House, (ss) The Dubliners, London: Cape 1914
  • The Smart Set May 1915
• * A Little Cloud, (ss) The Smart Set May 1915

JULIUS, EMANUEL HALDIMAN-

• * “Young Man, You’re Raving”, (ss) The Pagan Jan 1917

K., Q.

• * Headmasterly, (ss) The New Republic Nov 18 1916
• * Henry and Edna, (ss) The New Republic Apr 29 1916

KAHLER, HUGH (Torbert) MacNAIR (1883-1969)

• * Unforbidden, (ss) The Smart Set Sep 1917

KALKSCHMIDT, EUGEN

• * Two Fathers, (ss) New York Tribune May 28 1916

KALLAND, MINA

• * The Life Clinic, (ss) Harper’s Bazaar May 1915

KAUFFMAN, REGINALD WRIGHT (1877-1959)

• * The Bountyjumper, (ss) The Bellman Feb 10 1917
• * By Post, Registered, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 29 1916
• * The First Shot, (ss) Snappy Stories Sep 1 1916
• * The Lonely House, (ss) The Smart Set Feb 1917

KAUFFMAN, RUTH (Hammitt) [Mrs. Reginald Wright Kauffman]

• * Her People, (ss) The Forum Feb 1914
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Oct 17 1915

KAUN, ALEXANDER S.

• * Gratitude, (ss) The Little Review Oct 1915
• * Nocturne, (ss) The Little Review Oct 1915
• * Will to Power, (ss) The Little Review Oct 1915

KEELER, HARRY STEPHEN (1889-1967)

• * John Jones’s Dollar, (ss) The Black Cat Aug 1915
• * When Time Ran Backward, (ss) The Black Cat Feb 1915

KEITH, KATHERINE

• * Carpet of Omar Nizam, (ss)
  • Reedy’s Mirror Sep 8 1916

KELLAND, CLARENCE BUDINGTON (1881-1964)

• * Edwy Peddie - Scientific Humanitarian, (ss) Harper’s Oct 1916
• * Efficiency Edgar and the Home Circle, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 10 1916
• * Efficiency Edgar and the Second Generation, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 1 1916
• * Efficiency Edgar’s Courtship, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 29 1916
• * The Leak, (ss) Every Week Jul 9 1917
• * The Man Who Was Bitter, (ss) McBride’s Apr 1916
• * A Match for Myrtie, (ss) Every Week Dec 18 1916
• * The Mountain Comes to Scattergood, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 24 1917
• * The Omitted Question, (ss) Every Week Feb 19 1917
• * Options, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 24 1917
• * Practice Makes Cock-Sure, (ss) Every Week Aug 27 1917
• * “Runnin’ Down” Billings, (ss) The Youth’s Companion Mar 2 1916
• * The Sardonic Adventure of Simeon Small, (ss) Harper’s Sep 1915
• * Saving It For Dad, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 20 1917
• * Scattergood Baines—Invader, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 30 1917
• * Scattergood Kicks Up the Dust, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 13 1917
• * Scientific Social Service of Mr. Small, (ss) Harper’s Apr 1916