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

Stories, Listed by Author

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WHITE, SAMUEL ALEXANDER (continued)

* A Harvest of Fur, (ss) Colliers Dec 11 1915
* His Own Salvation, (ss) Colliers Nov 27 1915
* The River Race, (ss) Colliers Apr 10 1915
* The Rush on Davidson Creek, (ss) Colliers Feb 27 1915
* The Teeth of Famine, (ss) Colliers Jan 22 1916
WHITE, STEWART EDWARD (1873-1946)

* A Case of Mutual Respect, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 27 1917
* Charley, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Nov 1915
* The Edge of the Ripple, (ss) Harper’s May 1917
* Forced Labor, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 15 1917
* The Gunbearer, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 6 1917
* The Naming, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 21 1917
* The Tide, (ss) Colliers Oct 16 1915
* Trelawney Learns, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 18 1917
* True Sportsmen, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 1 1917
* White Magic, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 4 1917
WHITE, WILLIAM ALLEN (1868-1944)

* The Gods Arrive, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 24 1915
* A Prosperous Gentleman, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 10 1914
* A Social Quadrangle, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 6 1915
* The Strange Boy, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 1 1914
WHITEHEAD, CELIA BALDWIN

* The Green Hat, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Mar 10 1916
WHITESIDE, MARY BRENT

* Pour la Patrie, (ss) Southern Woman’s Magazine Jul 1917
WHITING, ROBERT RUDD (1877-?)

* The Lemon Seed, (ss) The Forum Aug 1914
WHITLOCK, BRAND (1869-?)

* The Lame Duck, (ss) The American Magazine Apr 1915
* The Rehabilitation of General Todhunter, (ss) Harper’s Jun 1914

The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Dec 20 1915
WHITMAN, STEPHEN

* One of Those Nice Little Evenings, (ss) Harper’s Aug 1915
* The Story of Thaddeus Gookin, (ss) The Century Dec 1914
WHITSON, BETH SLATER

* Beyond the Foot of the Hill, (ss) Southern Woman’s Magazine Jun 1917
* The Knitter of Liège, (ss) Southern Woman’s Magazine Apr 1916
WICKHAM, HARVEY (1872-1930)

* Crotty, (ss) Colliers Jul 8 1916
* An Epidemic of Philanthropy, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Feb 6 1916
WIDDEMER, MARGARET (1894-1978)

* Black Magic, (ss) Seven Arts Sep 1917
* The Fairyland Heart, (ss) The Bellman Aug 18 1917
* The Little Gold Curl, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Apr 25 1915
WIEHE, EVELYN MAY CLOWES MORDAUNT (1877-1942); see pseudonym Elinor Mordaunt
WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS (Smith) [Mrs. George Christopher Riggs] (1857-?)

* The Quilt of Happiness, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Dec 1917
WILBY, THOMAS W.

* The Rise of Menai Tarbell, (ss) The Century May 1914
WILCOX, ADA LOUISE

* Miss Caroline, Merchant Peddler, (ss) The Delineator Feb 1915
WILCOXSON, ELIZABETH GAINES

* Mrs. Martin’s Daughter-in-Law, (ss) Every Week Sep 17 1917
* A Substitute Courtship, (ss) Sunset Magazine Feb 1917
WILDE, OSCAR (Fingal O’Flahertie Wills) (1854-1900)

* The Disciple, (vi) The Spirit Lamp Jun 1893

Bruno’s Weekly Nov 27 1915
WILEY, HUGH (1884-1968)

* Here Froggy, Froggy, (ss) Scribner’s Oct 1917
* The King of Two-By-Four, (ss) Colliers Nov 3 1917
* A Mushroom Midas, (ss) Scribner’s Sep 1917
* On the Altar of Hunger, (ss) Scribner’s Aug 1917
* Sooey Pig!, (ss) Colliers Sep 15 1917
WILKINS, C. WILTON CLARK-

* Cast Away, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Dec 5 1915
WILKINS-FREEMAN, MARY E.; see under Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins
WILLIAMS, BEN AMES (1889-1953)

* The Mate of the Susie Oakes, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 14 1917
* The Squealer, (ss) Colliers Sep 1 1917
* Steve Scævola, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 24 1917
WILLIAMS, FRANCES FOSTER

* His Mother, (ss) Sunset Magazine Jun 1917
WILLIAMS, HOWE

* Two-Fingered Alec, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine May 2 1915
WILLIAMS, MARY BRUSH

* Mrs. Murphy Breaks In, (sl) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 12, Feb 19 1916
WILLIAMSON, A(lice) M(uriel, née Livingston) [Mrs. C. N. Williamson] (1869-1933)

* The Message (with C. N. Williamson), (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 2 1916
WILLIAMSON, C(harles) N(orris) (1859-1920)

* The Message (with Alice M. Williamson), (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 2 1916
WILLIE, LINDA BUNTYN

* The Things We Hope For, (ss) The American Magazine Jun 1917
WILLIS, LLOYD DORSEY

* Pal, (ss) Scribner’s Mar 1915
WILSON, HARRY LEON (1867-?)

* The Boy Who Counted a Million, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 4 1914
* Corporal Billy’s Come-Back, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 30 1914
* Crooks All, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 6 1914
* Kate; or, Up from the Depths, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 15 1916
* A King Among Kings, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 25 1914
* Little Old New York, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 26 1916
* A Love Story, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 2 1916
* Ma Pettengill and the Song of Songs [Ma Pettengill], (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 28 1915
* Non Plush Ultra, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 12 1916
* Once a Scotchman, Always, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 22 1916
* Pete’s Bother-in-Law, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 5 1916
* The Real Peruvian Doughnuts, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 9 1915
* The Red Splash of Romance, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 6 1915
* The Two Bad Men, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 2 1914
WILSON, JOHN FLEMING (1877-1922)

* The Active Director, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 20 1916
* The Admiral of the Ooze, (ss) Colliers Aug 26 1916
* Bred in the Purple, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 25 1914
* Cupid in the Laboratory, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 7 1914
* The Highroad, (ss) Every Week Aug 20 1917
* The House of Snell, (ss) Pictorial Review Jan 1915
* Junk, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 18 1914
* On the Morning of Our Tale, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Mar 1914
* The Pain of Youth, (ss) Every Week Apr 23 1917
* The Phantom Circuit, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 3 1917
* Plain Jane, (ss) Every Week Dec 10 1917
* The San Bernardino Meridian, (ss) Red Book Magazine Apr 1916
* The Saving Sense, (sl) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 15, Apr 22 1916
* Sea Power, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 17 1917
* The Story of Gunderson, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 28 1914
* The Unearned Increment, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 26 1916
* The War for the Succession, (ss) Colliers Apr 21 1917
* What Have You Got?, (ss) Every Week Oct 30 1916
WILSON, MARGARET ADELAIDE

* The Child Who Died on Eysos, (ss)

The Bellman Jul 1 1916

* The Garden of Bee-Man John, (ss) Scribner’s Dec 1916
* The Hyacinthine Macaw, (ss) Scribner’s Oct 1916
* Mr. Root, (ss) The Bellman May 26 1917
* The Rain-Maker, (ss) Scribner’s Apr 1917
* Res Aeternitatis, (ss) The Bellman Aug 25 1917
* The SOn of Patrick O’Moira, (ss) Scribner’s Jul 1916
* William Lee, (ss) The Bellman Sep 23 1916
WINCHFIELD, ERNEST

* From the Teeth of the Rocks, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine May 16 1915
WINSLOW, HELEN STERLING

* The Wonder-Worker, (ss) Scribner’s Aug 1914
WINSLOW, HORATIO (Gates) (1882-1972)

* Four on the Beach, (ss) The Bellman Nov 24 1917
* Mrs. Beddens’s Great Story, (ss) Colliers Jan 13 1917
* The Woman Sinister, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Apr 13 1917
* The Wonderful City, (ss) The Bellman Sep 11 1915

The Bellman Jul 1 1916
WINSLOW, ROSALIND; see pseudonym Jane Burr
WINSLOW, THYRA SAMTER (1889-?)

* The End of Anna, (ss) The Smart Set Sep 1917
* The Pier Glass, (ss) The Smart Set Mar 1917
WINTER, GERTRUDE M.

* An April Night’s Mischief, (ss) Harper’s May 1914
WINTERS, OWEN B.

* The Last Rivet, (ss) Lippincott’s Jun 1915
WITHERBEE, NORTH

* The Paths of Memory, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Feb 7 1915
WITTE, GUSTAVE HELENE

* The Bronze Angel, (ss) New York Tribune Dec 17 1916
WITTMAN, HUGO

* The Conversion of Lysistrate, (ss) New York Tribune Jul 30 1916
WITWER, HARRY CHARLES (1880-1929)

* Alex Comes Up Smiling, (ss) The American Magazine Dec 1917
* Alex the Great, (ss) The American Magazine Nov 1917
* The Cup That Queers, (ss) The American Magazine Jun 1917
* Cutey and the Beast, (ss) The American Magazine May 1917
* East Lynch, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 28 1916
* It’s a Gift, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 7 1916
* Lay Off, Macduff, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 16 1916
* Lend Me Your Ears, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 3 1917
* The Maiden’s Prayer, (ss) The American Magazine Jan 1917
* One at a Time, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 9 1916
* Pearls Before Klein, (ss) The American Magazine Aug 1917
* Pleasure Island, (ss) McClure’s Jan 1917
* Robinson’s Trousseau, (ss) The American Magazine Mar 1917
* The Unhappy Medium, (ss) McClure’s Apr 1917
* Warriors All, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 14 1917
* Your Girl and Mine, (ss) The American Magazine Sep 1917
WODEHOUSE, [Sir] P(elham) G(renville) (1881-1975)

* The Aunt and the Sluggard, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 22 1916
* “Bill, the Bloodhound”, (ss) The Century Feb 1915
* Concealed Art, (ss) Pictorial Review Jul 1915
* The Diverting Episode of the Exiled Monarch (with C. H. Boville), (ss) Pictorial Review Sep 1916
* The Episode of the Financial Napoleon (with C. H. Boville), (ss) Pictorial Review Jun 1916
* The Episode of the Hired Past (with C. H. Boville), (ss) Pictorial Review Oct 1916
* The Episode of the Landlady’s Daughter (with C. H. Boville), (ss) Pictorial Review May 1916
* Episode of the Live Weekly The (with C. H. Boville), (ss) Pictorial Review Aug 1916
* The Episode of the Theatrical Venture (with C. H. Boville), (ss) Pictorial Review Jul 1916
* Extricating Young Gussie, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 18 1915
* The Fatal Kink in Algernon, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Jan 1916
* Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 3 1917
* Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 9 1916
* Jeeves Takes Charge [Jeeves], (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 18 1916
* Leave It to Jeeves, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 5 1916
* The Man with Two Left Feet, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 18 1916
* Parted Ways, (ss) Pictorial Review Jun 1915
* A Prisoner of War, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Feb 13 1916
* The Romance of “Mac’s”, (ss) Red Book Magazine May 1916
* T. Geiseuheimer’s, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 21 1915
* The Test Case, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Dec 12 1915
* Wilton’s Vacation, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Mar 19 1916
WOLF, RENNOLD

* The Fortunes of Lucky Lounsberry, (ss) National Sunday Magazine May 28 1916
WOLFE, LOUISE

* The Pomeranian, (ss) Every Week Dec 20 1915
* The Russian Wolf-Hound, (ss) Every Week Jun 26 1916
WOLFF, WILLIAM ALMON (1885-1933)

* The Clutch of Circumstance, (ss) Colliers Jan 15 1916
* A Denatured Christmas, (ss) Colliers Dec 30 1916
* The Efficient One, (ss) Every Week Jan 15 1917
* False Colors, (ss) Colliers Dec 22 1917
* The High Cost of Peggy, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Apr 1917
* Luck, (ss) Every Week Aug 6 1917
* The Man Who Found His Country, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Jun 1917
* “Next Year!”, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Jun 1916
* A Play for Miss Dane, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Nov 1917
* A Point of Etiquette, (ss) Colliers Jun 24 1916
* The Prince’s Tale, (ss) The Delineator Jun 1917
* A Rub of the Green, (ss) Colliers Jun 10 1916

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