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

Stories, Listed by Author

BECHDOLT, FREDERICK R(itchie) (1874-1950)

• * The Pecos Kid, (ss) Colliers Jan 6 1917

BECHDOLT, JACK; working name of John Ernest Bechdolt, (1884-1954)

• * The Black Widow’s Mercy, (ss)
  • Reedy’s Mirror Feb 16 1917

BECHDOLT, JOHN ERNEST; see under Jack Bechdolt

BEEGENGREN, RALPH

• * The “Ultra-Violet Madonna”, (ss) The Century Jan 1914

BEER, THOMAS (1889-1940)

• * The Brothers, (ss) The Century Feb 1917
• * Onnie, (nv) The Century May 1917
• * The Rescuer, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 11 1917

BEERBOHM, H. M.; see under Beerbohm, Max

BEERBOHM, H. MAXWELL; see under Beerbohm, Max

BEERBOHM, [Sir] (Henry) MAX(imillian) (1872-1956)

• * James Pethel, (ss) The Century Jan 1915

BEERE, ROSE KIDD

• * A Rally on the Colors, (ss) Colliers May 30 1914

BEFFEL, JOHN NICHOLAS

• * The Mysterious Foot, (ss) The Smart Set Feb 1915

BEGBIE, (Edward) HAROLD (1871-1929)

• * Tbe Motto Over the Mantelpiece, (ss) The Delineator Dec 1915

BEHRMAN, S. N.

• * The Coming of the Lord, (ss) Touchstone Oct 1917
• * Song of Ariel, (ss) Seven Arts May 1917

BEITH, [Sir] JOHN HAY (1876-1952); see pseudonym Ian Hay

BELL, ARCHIE (1877- )

• * The Love Fool, (ss) The Smart Set Jun 1916

BELL, J(ohn) J(oy) (1871-1934)

• * The Christmas Rush, (ss) McBride’s Dec 1915
• * The Ghost, (ss) The Bellman Dec 11 1915
• * Miss Tobey’s Matchmaking, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Sep 12 1915
• * A Packet of Letters, (ss) McBride’s Sep 1915
• * The Second Youth of Austin Service, (ss) The Bellman Feb 27 1915
• * The Skipper of Mine-Sweeper 1113, (ss) The Bellman Sep 30 1916
• * Wanted—A Pussy-Mew, (ss) The Bellman Mar 3 1917

BELL, JOHN KEBLE (1875-1928); see pseudonym Keble Howard

BELL, LILIAN (Lida) [Mrs. Arthur Hoyt Bogue] (1867-?)

• * Mrs. Galloway Goes Shopping, (ss) The Delineator Sep 1917
• * Mrs. Galloway Tries to Reduce, (ss) The Delineator Nov 1917

BELLOC, (Joseph) HILAIRE (Pierre Rene) (1870-1953)

• * The Inventor, (ss)
  • The Bellman Jul 1 1916

BENEFIELD, (John) BARRY (1883-?)

• * Calhoun’s Christmas Gift, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Dec 1916
• * Miss Willett, (ss) The Century Sep 1916
• * The Serpent, (ss) The Century Jul 1915
• * Simply Sugar Pie, (ss) Seven Arts Nov 1916
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 29 1917
• * Soldiers of Time, (ss) Scribner’s Apr 1914
• * Wind in the Pines, (ss) Scribner’s Oct 1914

BENÉT, STEPHEN VINCENT (1898-1943)

• * A Vision of Revolution, (ss) Chimaera Jul 1916

BENÉT, WILLIAM ROSE (1886-1950)

• * But Once a Year, (vi) The Century Dec 1917

BENJAMIN, RENÉ

• * In a Roadstead of France, (ss) New York Tribune Nov 5 1916
• * The Poilu’s Banquet, (ss) New York Tribune Jul 2 1916

BENNETT, ENOCH ARNOLD

• * The Life of Nash Nicklin, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Sep 1915
• * The Muscovy Ducks, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jul 1915

BENNET-THOMPSON, LILLIAN (1883-1942)

• * The Boomerang, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Jan 9 1916
• * The Coward (with George Hubbard), (ss) Snappy Stories Nov 4 1917
• * In Fifteen Minutes, (ss) Live Stories Jul 1917
• * The Prisoner, (ss) Snappy Stories Apr 4 1917
• * A Tardy Rebellion, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Sep 10 1916
• * Together, (ss) Live Stories Oct 1917

BENSON, CLAUDE E.

• * The Wild Man’s Justice, (ss) Colliers Oct 3 1914

BENSON, E(dward) F(rederic) (1867-1940)

• * “Through”, (ss) The Century Jul 1917

BENSON, (Percival) RAMSEY (1866-?)

• * Shad’s Windfall, (ss) The Black Cat Mar 1917

BENTLEY, EDMUND C.

• * The Clever Cockatoo, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jul 1914
• * The Inoffensive Captain, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Mar 1914

BERESFORD, J(ohn) D(avys) (1873-1947)

• * The Empty Theater, (ss) Seven Arts Dec 1916
• * The Escape, (ss) Seven Arts Feb 1917
• * The Little Town, (ss) Seven Arts Jun 1917
• * The Off Chance, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Dec 1916
• * Powers of the Air, (ss) Seven Arts Oct 1917

BERRY, JOHN (Edgar) (1915- )

• * “Belgium”, (ss) New York Evening Sun Oct 11 1916
• * The Clod, (ss) The Black Cat Apr 1917
• * Two Men and a Dog, (sl) New York Evening Sun Nov 6, Dec 22 1916

BEST, MOLLIE

• * The Sinews of Peace, (ss) The American Magazine Jan 1915
• * What Worried Him, (ss) The American Magazine Aug 1915

BETTS, THOMAS JEFFRIES

• * Alone, (ss) Scribner’s May 1917
• * The Golden Glow of Victory, (ss) Scribner’s Oct 1916

BEYMER, WILLIAM GILMORE (1881-1969)

• * Go In and Out the Window, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jan 1914
• * The Six-Day Sharp-Shooter, (ss) Harper’s Oct 1914

BICKNELL, BERNICE

• * The Shepherd Man, (ss) Colliers Apr 11 1914

BIGGERS, EARL DERR (1884-1933)

• * Each According to His Gifts, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 14 1917
• * The Ebony Stick, (nv) Colliers Sep 9 1916
• * Same Old Circle, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 7 1917
• * Soap and Sophocles, (ss) McClure’s Jul 1917
• * The Valor of Ignorance, (ss) Every Week Sep 25 1916
• * Volcano-Mad, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 29 1916

BINGHAM, EDFRID A.

• * Brixtonite No.76, (ss) Lippincott’s Mar 1915

BIRCHALL, SARA HAMILTON

• * The Changing Pierrot, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Nov 21 1915
• * The Girl Who Got On to Her Job, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Nov 28 1915
• * The Makin’s, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine May 14 1916

BIRMINGHAM, GEORGE A.; pseudonym of James Owen Hannay, (1865-1950)

• * The Argonauts: Sonny, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 20 1914
• * Sir Isaac’s Ragamuffins, (ss) McClure’s Apr 1915
• * Von Edelstein’s Mistake, (ss) McClure’s Nov 1917

BIRNEK, KARL

• * Luck and the Cavalryman, (ss) New York Tribune Mar 26 1916

BISHOP, WILL

• * Comrades in the Making, (ss) Sunset Magazine Jun 1915

BJÖRKMAN, EDWIN (August) (1866-?)

• * The Leisure Class, (ss) The Century Oct 1916
• * The Man of Mystery, (ss) The Forum Feb 1916

BJÖRNSON, BJÖRNSTJERNE (1832-1910)

• * Satyr, The (R), (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Mar 3 1916

BLACKWOOD, ALGERNON (Henry) (1869-1951)

• * An Egyptian Hornet, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Mar 19 1915
• * Imagination Wakes, (ss) Outlook Apr 26 1916
• * The Other Wing, (ss) McBride’s Nov 1915
• * The Wings of Horns, (ss) The Century Nov 1914

BLAIR, GERTRUDE

• * The Water-Witch, (ss) Scribner’s May 1917

BLEDSOE, JOE

• * Fuzz, (ss) The Black Cat May 1917

BLOCK, RUDOLPH (1870-1940); see pseudonym Bruno Lessing

BLUNDELL, PETER; pseudonym of Frank Nestle Butterworth

• * Her Seventh Husband, (ss) The Bellman Apr 15 1916
• * The Princess and the Professor, (ss) McBride’s Mar 1916

BLYTHE, SAMUEL GEORGE (1868-?)

• * Der Tag for Us, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 22 1917

BOGGS, RUSSELL A.

• * The Boomer from the West, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 28 1917

BOOTH, FREDERIC

• * The Cloud-Ring, (ss) Seven Arts Apr 1917
• * Supers, (ss) Seven Arts Dec 1916

BOSHER, KATE LANGLEY

• * Horatio, (ss) Harper’s Oct 1915

BOSTWICK, GRACE G.

• * The Divine Atrocity, (ss) Southern Woman’s Magazine Jan 1916

BOTESEN, ALGERNON

• * The Puppet Show, (ss) The Smart Set Feb 1915

BOTTOME, PHYLLIS; pseudonym of Phyllis Forbes-Dennis, (1884-1963)

• * An Awkward Turn, (ss) The Century Dec 1916
• * “Ironstone”, (ss) The Century Mar 1917
• * “Mademoiselle l’Anglaise”, (ss) The Century Mar 1916

BOUCICAULT, RUTH HOLT

• * The Rendezvous, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Mar 21 1915

BOURNE, RANDOLPH

• * Ernest, or Parent for a Day, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Jun 1917

BOUTET, FREDERIC (1874-?)

• * The Convalescent’s Return, (ss) New York Tribune Dec 30 1917
• * The Medallion, (ss) New York Tribune Oct 28 1917
• * The Messenger, (ss) New York Tribune Aug 12 1917
• * The Promise, (ss) New York Tribune Sep 2 1917

BOVILLE, C. H.

• * The Diverting Episode of the Exiled Monarch (with P. G. Wodehouse), (ss) Pictorial Review Sep 1916
• * The Episode of the Financial Napoleon (with P. G. Wodehouse), (ss) Pictorial Review Jun 1916
• * The Episode of the Hired Past (with P. G. Wodehouse), (ss) Pictorial Review Oct 1916
• * The Episode of the Landlady’s Daughter (with P. G. Wodehouse), (ss) Pictorial Review May 1916
• * Episode of the Live Weekly The (with P. G. Wodehouse), (ss) Pictorial Review Aug 1916
• * The Episode of the Theatrical Venture (with P. G. Wodehouse), (ss) Pictorial Review Jul 1916

BOWER, B. M.; pseudonym of Bertha Muzzy Bower Sinclair Cowan, (1874-1940)

• * The Go-Between (with Buck Connor), (ss) McClure’s Mar 1917
• * The Red Ride (with Buck Connor), (ss) McClure’s May 1917

BOYCE, NEITH; [Mrs. Hutchins Hapgood] (1872-?)

• * The Chocolate Mouse, (ss) Harper’s Weekly Jan 15 1916
• * The Faithful Wife, (ss) Harper’s Weekly Jan 2 1915
• * Funerals, (ss) Harper’s Weekly May 15 1915
• * The Inlaid Chest, (ss) Harper’s Weekly Jan 16 1915
• * Maddalena Speaks, (ss) The Forum Jan 1914
• * The Return, (ss) Harper’s Weekly Jan 9 1915
• * Thirty Years, (ss) Harper’s Weekly May 22 1915

BOYER, WILBUR S.

• * Bum Throwers, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Jun 1917
• * Getting Even with Geo’gia, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Apr 1917
• * One Week of Kelly, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Mar 1917
• * There’s Many a Slip, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Nov 1917

BOYES, DAN

• * Lilium Giganteum, (ss)
  • Reedy’s Mirror Feb 16 1917

BOYKIN, NANCY GUNTER

• * A Christmas Medley, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jan 1917
• * Leavings, (ss) Every Week Dec 3 1917
• * Retta Rosemary, (ss) Every Week Jul 16 1917

BRACKETT, CHARLES WILLIAM

• * Irritation, (ss) Masses Sep 1916

BRADLEY, HARRIET LEWIS

• * The Second Voice, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Mar 1914

BRADY, CYRUS TOWNSEND (1861-1920)

• * And Thus He Came, (ss) Pictorial Review Dec 1915
• * The Smooth Course of Justice, (ss) Colliers Apr 1 1916

BRADY, ELIZABETH

• * Ladislav Saves the Day, (ss) Queen’s Work Nov 1917

BRADY, MARIEL

• * The Prize Winner, (ss) McBride’s Feb 1916
• * Thermopylæ, (ss) The Bellman Oct 6 1917

BRALEY, BERTON (1882-1966)

• * Delivering the Goods, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jun 6 1915
• * Putting It Over Handel, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine May 9 1915
• * Sherlocking the Tango King, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jul 25 1915
• * The Stuff of Dreams, (ss) The Delineator Aug 1917
• * Switching the Line, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Mar 28 1915
• * Three Rousing Cheers, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Aug 8 1915