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

Stories, Listed by Author

DUNSANY, EDWARD JOHN MORETON DRAX PLUNKETT, 18th BARON (continued)

• * How Plash-Goo Came to the Land of None’s Desire, (ss) The Smart Set Sep 1916
• * How the Gods Avenged Meoul Ki Ning, (ss) The Smart Set Nov 1917
• * The Loot of Bombasharna, (ss)
  • Reedy’s Mirror Feb 18 1916
• * The Three Sailors’ Gambit, (ss) The Smart Set Aug 1916

DUNSANY, LORD; [Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett] (1878-1957)

• * The Assignation, (vi) The Smart Set Mar 1915
• * The Bureau d’Echange de Maux, (ss) The Smart Set Jan 1915
• * The Dream of King Karna-Vootra, (ss) The Smart Set Apr 1915
• * The Eight Wishes, (ss) Saturday Review (UK) Mar 6 1915
  • Reedy’s Mirror Mar 26 1915
• * The Exiles’ Club, (ss) The Smart Set Nov 1915
• * The Greatest Painter in the World, (ss) The Smart Set Apr 1915
• * The Hen, (ss) The Smart Set Mar 1915
• * Lobster Salad, (ss) The Smart Set Mar 1915
• * A Story of Land and Sea, (nv) The Forum Feb 1915
• * A Tale of London, (ss) The Smart Set Apr 1915
• * The Three Infernal Jokes, (ss) The Smart Set Jul 1915
• * The Tomb of Pan, (ss) The Smart Set Mar 1915

DURING, STELLA M.

• * The Top Floor Front, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Feb 18 1917

DUTTON, LOUISE ELIZABETH

• * In the Country of the Young, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jan 1915
• * Paradise Alley, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jul 1917
• * Poor Butterfly, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 29 1917
• * When Silas Turned Wage-Earner, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Jun 1916
• * When the Half-Gods Go, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 14 1917

DUVAINE, LAWRENCE

• * The Code of the Hills, (ss) Red Book Magazine Nov 1916

DWIGGINS, WILLIAM ADDISON

• * La Derniere Mobilisation, (ss) The Fabulist Aut 1915

DWIGHT, H(arrison) G(riswold) (1875-1959)

• * The Emperor of Elam, (ss) The Century Jul 1917
• * The House of the Giraffe, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Dec 1915
• * In the Pasha’s Garden, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Aug 1914
• * The Leopard of the Sea, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Apr 1914
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Sep 19 1915
• * Like Michael, (ss) The Century Sep 1916
• * The River of the Moon, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Jan 1915
• * Under the Arch, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Sep 1915

DWIGHT, MABEL

• * The Joy of Living, (ss) Masses May 1916

DWYER, JAMES FRANCIS (1874-1952)

• * The American, (ss) Colliers Apr 1 1916
• * The Big Adventure of Peter Mullins, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Jun 25 1916
• * The Citizen, (ss) Colliers Nov 20 1915
• * A Five-Word Torpedo, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Jul 18 1915
• * Land of the Pilgrims’ Pride, (ss) Colliers Apr 28 1917
• * The Lascar, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Aug 22 1915
• * Legs, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Oct 1915

DYAR, MURIEL CAMPBELL

• * Ann Eliza Weatherby’s Trip to Town, (ss) Harper’s Mar 1916

DYER GEORGE

• * Ship’s Spirit, (ss) Harper’s Weekly Nov 6 1915

DYER, WALTER A(lden) (1878-1943)

• * Annabel’s Goose, (ss) Colliers Dec 15 1917
• * Emerson’s Christmas, (ss) The American Magazine Dec 1915
• * The Mission of McGregor, (ss) Colliers Feb 10 1917
• * The Return of the Champion, (ss) The Delineator Sep 1916
• * The Strike at Tiverton Manor, (ss) The American Magazine Sep 1916

DYMOW, OSSIP

• * The Hymn to War, (ss) International Jun 1916

EARLE, MARY TRACY; [Mrs. William T. Howe]

• * “The Tropic Bird”, (ss) Harper’s Apr 1915

EASTMAN, MAX (1883-1969)

• * A Lover of Animals, (ss) Masses Apr 1917
• * Shy, (ss) Masses Mar 1916

EASTMAN, REBECCA (Lane) HOOPER [Mrs. William Franklin Eastman]

• * Mrs. Byington’s Four-Poster, (ss) Lippincott’s Apr 1915
• * Our Painted Aunt, (ss) The Century May 1914
• * The Purple Star, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Jul 1915
• * The Sad-Glad Lady, (ss) Harper’s Sep 1915
• * Their Second Meeting, (ss) The American Magazine Jun 1915

EATON, JACQUETTE H.

• * Thankful (with Rosalie M. Cody), (ss) The Youth’s Companion Nov 22 1917

EATON, WALTER PRICHARD (1878-?)

• * Altitude, (ss) Every Week Sep 24 1917
• * The Bamboo Forest, (ss) Colliers May 29 1915
• * A Bank Where the Wild Thyme Blows, (ss) Woman’s Home Companion May 1916
• * The Gladiolus Man, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Jul 1915
• * The Goldfinch, (ss) The American Magazine Apr 1916
• * The Hermit, (ss) The American Magazine Sep 1915
• * The Little Gray Goose, (ss) The American Magazine Aug 1915
• * Love’s Umpire, (ss) The American Magazine Oct 1916
• * The Man Broadway Forgot, (ss) Every Week Jun 26 1916
• * The Meadow Larks, (ss) The American Magazine Feb 1916
• * The Pampered Fledgling, (ss) The American Magazine Sep 1916
• * The Red Geranium, (ss) Colliers Mar 4 1916
• * A Roof-Top Romance, (ss) Colliers Mar 20 1915
• * The Song Sparrow, (ss) The American Magazine Jun 1915
• * The White-Topped Boots, (ss) Every Week May 21 1917
• * The Wild Duck, (ss) The American Magazine Dec 1915
• * With the Help of Anthony Hope, (ss) Pictorial Review Jul 1915
• * The Wren, (ss) The American Magazine Jul 1915

EATON-BACK, BLANCHE; see pseudonym Derek Vane

ECHEGARAY, JOSÉ

• * The Birth of the Flowers, (ss)
  • Current Opinion Jan 1917

EDGAR, RANDOLPH

• * The Country Beyond, (ss)
  • The Bellman Jul 1 1916
• * Iron, (ss) The Bellman May 26 1917
• * The Moth, (ss) The Bellman Aug 5 1916

EDGELOW, THOMAS

• * They Also Serve, (ss) Harper’s Nov 1916
• * A Whimsical Tenderness, (ss) Scribner’s Apr 1917

EDHOLM, CHARLTON LAWRENCE (1879-1940)

• * Larry McSanta Claus, (ss) Every Week Aug 23 1915

EDMONDSON, VERA

• * Before I Come for You, (ss) Every Week Sep 6 1915
• * Mr. Schuyler’s School, (ss) Every Week Jan 10 1916
• * The Pretender, (ss) Every Week Aug 9 1915
• * The Second Man, (ss) Colliers May 20 1916

EDWARDS, HARRY STILLWELL (1855-1938)

• * Princess of Sunflower Alley, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Jan 24 1915
• * The Third Light (with Jackson Lane Edwards, E.E), (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 18 1915

EDWARDS, JACKSON LANE, E.E

• * The Third Light (with Harry Stillwell Edwards), (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 18 1915

EGAN, MAURICE FRANCIS (1852-?)

• * The Necessity of Being Irish, (ss) Scribner’s Nov 1914

el IDDRISSYEH, ACHMED ABDULLAH NADIR KHAN el-DURANI; see under Abdullah, Achmed

ELLERBE, ALMA (Martin Estabrook) (1871-?); also as Alma Estabrook

• * Brock, (ss) Touchstone Jul 1917

ELLERBE, ROSE L.

• * A Peasant’s Revolt, (ss) Pearson’s Magazine (US) Nov 1917

ELLIOTT, SARAH BARNWELL

• * The Last Flash, (ss) Scribner’s Jun 1915

ELLIS, CARLYLE (1878-1942)

• * Cabbages and Kids, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Jan 1915

ELLIS, MRS. HAVELOCK

• * Love the Pilgrim, (ss) The Forum Sep 1914
• * Porky’s Cissy, (ss) The Forum Jan 1915

ELPATIEVSKY, S.

• * Pity Me!, (ss) The Russian Review Jul, Aug 1916

ELSNER, RICHARD

• * Three Women, (ss) New York Tribune Oct 29 1916

EMANUEL, VICTOR ROUSSEAU (1879-1960); see pseudonym Victor Rousseau

ENGLAND, GEORGE ALLAN (1877-1936)

• * June 6, 2016, (nv) Colliers Apr 22 1916

ERNEST, JOSEPH

• * The Angel Fish, (ss) Colliers Aug 5 1916
• * A Grabber of Goats, (ss) Every Week Apr 3 1916
• * That Movie Queen Notion, (ss) Every Week Oct 25 1915
• * Zizi’s Hat, (ss) The Century Apr 1915

ERVINE, ST. JOHN (Greer) (1883-1971)

• * The Burial, (ss) The Forum May 1914

ESTABROOK, ALMA (Martin) (1871-?); also as Alma Ellerbe

• * When Mrs. Adney Died, (ss) Harper’s Jun 1914

ESTABROOK, WILLIAM CHESTER

• * A Night Call, (ss) Woman’s Home Companion May 1916

EVANS, FRANK E(dgar) (1876-1941)

• * The Big Fellow, (ss) Colliers Oct 9 1915
• * The Diamond Jester, (ss) Colliers Oct 17 1914
• * The Greater Enemy, (ss) Colliers Mar 18 1916
• * Mother Carey’s Chick, (ss) Sunset Magazine Sep 1915

EVANS, IDA M(ay)

• * Brew of Ashes, (ss) McClure’s Apr 1917
• * Contrary Daniel, (ss) Colliers Apr 29 1916
• * Deborah: A Detective, (ss) Colliers Apr 1 1916
• * Discards, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 13 1914
• * The End of a Perfect Day, (ss) Colliers Sep 1 1917
• * Flesh Under Fleshings, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 28 1914
• * For Love or Money, (ss) Colliers Jul 1 1916
• * A Great Little Old Understander, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 20 1917
• * The Grouch, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 4 1915
• * The Ideal of His Dreams, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 10 1917
• * Kimonos and Pink Chiffon, (ss) McClure’s Dec 1917
• * Leaves of Graft, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 7 1917
• * Mudpuddles, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 24 1914
• * The Oil of Life, (ss) Colliers Jun 3 1916
• * Poor Old Skirts, (ss) Colliers Dec 4 1915
• * Slimmy’s Chance, (ss) Colliers Nov 13 1915
• * Soap Wrappers, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 24 1914
• * Whither Thou Goest, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 26 1917
• * You Never Can Tell What a Minister’s Son Will Do, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 25 1917

EVANS, LARRY

• * The Long Chance, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Mar 14 1915
• * The Man Who Made Believe, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Oct 1914
• * The Redemption of Red-Eye Lucas, (ss) Pictorial Review Sep 1915

EVANS, MARGUERITE FLORENCE HELENE JERVIS (1894-1964); see pseudonym Countess Barcynska

EVISON, MILLICENT

• * High Failure, (ss) New York Evening Sun Nov 9 1916

EWALD, CLARA BOUVIER

• * The River, (sl) Colliers Aug 14, Aug 21 1915

EWART, ERNEST ANDREW (1878-1943); see pseudonym Boyd Cable

EWERS, HANNS HEINZ (1871-1943)

• * “C. 3.3”, (ss) International Jun 1915
• * Fairyland, (ss) International Jul 1916
• * The Spider, (ss) International Dec 1915

EYE-WITNESS; pseudonym of Ernest Dunlop Swinton, (1868-1951)

• * A Cockney Cavalier, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Oct 29 1915

FALERNIA, JOSEF

• * The Stub Pen in the Tuscan Wine Jar, (ss) Trimmed Lamp Mar 1916

FARJEON, J(oseph) JEFFERSON (1883-1955)

• * Sixpence, (ss)
  • Reedy’s Mirror Dec 14 1917

FARJEON, JEFFERSON; see under Farjeon, J. Jefferson

FARNOL, (John) JEFFERY (1878-1952)

• * The Absentee, (ss) Woman’s World Jun 1917

FAWCETT, MARGARET

• * The Pursuit of Peter, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jun 1917

FERBER, EDNA (1887-1968)

• * Cheerful—By Request, (ss) Colliers Nov 24 1917
• * The Eldest, (ss) McClure’s Jun 1916
• * The Gay Old Dog, (nv) Metropolitan Magazine Oct 1917
• * The Guiding Miss Gowd, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 15 1914
• * Sophy-as-She-Might-Have-Been, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 19 1914

FERRIS, ELEANOR

• * Coup de Grace, (ss) The Century Oct 1917
• * The Uttermost Farthing, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Aug 1915

FERRIS, ELMER E(llsworth) (1861-?)

• * Bringing Home the Bacon, (ss) The American Magazine Mar 1915
• * Helping Out Olaf, (ss) The American Magazine Apr 1917

FERRIS, WALTER (1886-1965)

• * The Blizzard in Lone Valley, (ss) Every Week Nov 6 1916
• * A Matter of Quality, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Sep 1917