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Best Stories of All Time [v3 #5, November 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · Old Companions · Harry Lee · pm (r) 4 · Fate · Susan Marr Spalding · pm The New York Graphic 1876; given as by Susan Marr Spaulding. 5 · The Amazing Adventures of Tartarin of Tarascon [Part 1 of 3] · Alphone Daudet · n. William F. Gill, 1875, as “The New Don Quixote or The Wonderful Adventures of Tartarin of Tarascon”; abridged. 12 · Antony and Cleopatra · William Haines Lytle · pm Cincinnati Commercial July 29 1858 13 · The Trader of Apavak · Henry C. Rowland · ss The Popular Magazine January 7 1917 20 · Not Ours the Vows · Thomas Love Peacock · pm (r) 21 · Buffalo Bill Shoots His First Indian · Col. William F. Cody · bg The International 1916 25 · The Despised · W. A. Fraser · ss The Red Book Magazine October 1907 29 · My Loves · John Stuart Blackie · pm (r) 30 · Famous Line of Famous Lovers _30 · How Do I Love Thee? · Elizabeth Browning · pm Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Chapman & Hall, 1850 _30 · All That I Know of a Certain Star · Robert Browning · pm Men and Women by Robert Browning, 1855, as “My Star” 31 · A Pellet of Death · Richard Washburn Child · ss The Grand Magazine March 1922 36 · The Diary of an Old Maid · [uncredited] · ms (r) 37 · The Nice People · H. C. Bunner · ss Puck July 30 1890 40 · When Stars Are in the Quiet Skies · Bulwer-Lytton · pm from Ernest Maltravers, Routledge, 1837 41 · Mother [Part 2 of 2] · Kathleen Norris · na Macmillan US, 1911; abridged. 46 · Song · Sir Samuel Ferguson · pm (r) 49 · On a Certain Lady at Court · Alexander Pope · pm Pope-Swift Miscellanies, IV by Alexander Pope & Jonathan Swift, 1732 54 · Let Those Love Now Who Never Loved · Coventry Patmore · pm (r) 55 · Miss Casabianca · Fanny Heaslip Lea · ss The Delineator March 1920 63 · To an Inconstant One · Sir Robert Ayton · pm (r) 64 · Famous Fads · [uncredited] · ms 65 · Play Your Ace! · H. C. Witwer · ss The American Magazine May 1918 72 · Go, Lovely Rose · Edmund Waller · pm (r) 73 · The Miracle Baby · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss The American Magazine November 1922 78 · The Ostrich Punching of Arroyo Al · Arthur Chapman, uncredited · pm Out Where the West Begins by Arthur Chapman, Houghton Mifflin, 1917 79 · Mrs. Bullfrog · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Token and Atlantic Souvenir 1837, 1836, as by The Author of “Wives of the Dead” 82 · Via Solitaria · O. M. Conover · pm New York Independent July 2 1863 83 · Tarzan of the Apes [Part 3 of 8; Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. A.C. McClurg, 1914 94 · Of Three Girls and Their Talk · Boccaccio · pm (r)

Best Stories of All Time [v3 #6, December 1926] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 3 · When Icicles Hang by the Wall · William Shakespeare · pm from Love’s Labors Lost, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 6 · I Never Could Love Till Now · Matthew Gregory Lewis · pm (r) 7 · Ever Ever Green · Fannie Hurst · ss Metropolitan March 1915 11 · Cloe · M. Prior · pm (r) 15 · In a Gondola · Robert Browning · pm Dramatic Lyrics by Robert Browning, Edward Moxon, 1842 20 · The Unfaithful Shepherdess · [uncredited] · pm (r) 21 · There Still Are Fairies · A. S. M. Hutchinson · ss The Eighth Wonder by A. S. M. Hutchinson, Little, Brown, 1923 revised from “The Strike-Breaker” (The Strand Magazine, Feb. 1921). 27 · The Girl of Cadiz · Lord Byron · pm (r) 28 · To Althea, from Prison · Richard Lovelace · pm Lucasta by Richard Lovelace, 1649 29 · The Mystery at the Blue Villa · Melville Davisson Post · ss Pictorial Review October 1916 35 · Zozo · H. C. Bunner · ss Short Sixes by H. C. Bunner, Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1890 39 · The Amateur Pirates · James Oliver Curwood · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine June 1908 45 · The Boy Orator of Zepata City · Richard Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1892 50 · The Short Story of a Long Life · Count Rostopchin · ms (r) 51 · The Amazing Adventures of Tartarin of Tarascon [Part 2 of 3] · Alphone Daudet · n. William F. Gill, 1875, as “The New Don Quixote or The Wonderful Adventures of Tartarin of Tarascon”; abridged. 60 · Lines of a Lover · Walter Savage Landor · gp (r) _60 · Ianthe’s Question · Walter Savage Landor · pm (r) _60 · Ianthe · Walter Savage Landor · pm (r) _60 · Proud Word You Never Spoke · Walter Savage Landor · pm The Works of Walter Savage Landor by Walter Savage Landor, Edward Moxon, 1846 _60 · The Kiss · Walter Savage Landor · pm (r) _60 · Her Name · Walter Savage Landor · pm (r) _60 · Verse · Walter Savage Landor · pm (r) 61 · The Feminine Touch · Lowell Otus Reese · ss Collier’s May 28 1921 67 · Art Is Wrong · H. C. Witwer · ss (r) 73 · The Nun · Leigh Hunt · pm The Tickler March 1 1821, as “[untitled]”, uncredited. 74 · An Echo Poem · [uncredited] · pm (r) 75 · A Night’s Tragedy · Marya Rodziewicz · ss (r) 78 · Song · Sir Walter Scott · pm (r) 79 · The Gridiron · Samuel Lover · ss Legends and Stories of Ireland by Samuel Lover, W.F. Wakeman, 1832 82 · Lines to an Indian Air · Percy Bysshe Shelley · pm The Liberal #2, 1822, as “Song Written for an Indian Air” 83 · Tarzan of the Apes [Part 4 of 8; Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. A.C. McClurg, 1914

Best Stories of All Time [v4 #1, January 1927] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 3 · Winter · William Cowper · pm (r) 6 · Phillis Is My Only Joy · Sir Charles Sedley · pm Miscellaneous Works by Charles Sedley, 1702 7 · Laughing Bill Hyde · Rex Beach · ss Hearst’s Magazine May 1917 (+1) 14 · The Rover · Sir Walter Scott · pm (r) 17 · The Lotus-Eater · Laura Margaret Haley · pm (r) 23 · The Man in the Ready-Made Suit · Gouverneur Morris · ss Ainslee’s December 1913 28 · The Courtin’ · James Russell Lowell · pm J.R. Osgood, 1874 29 · The Framing of the Shrew [Florian Slappey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss The Elks Magazine June 1924 36 · Meteorological · Emile Pickhardt · pm (r) 37 · H.R.H. Libby-Ann · Nina Wilcox Putnam · ss Everybody’s Magazine January 1916 42 · What My Lover Said · Homer Greene · pm (r) 43 · Buffalo Bill’s Adventures as a Plainsman · Col. William F. Cody · bg The International 1916 47 · The Modern Primer · [uncredited] · ms 47 · His Sarcastic Saying · [uncredited] · ms 47 · How It Happened · [uncredited] · ms 48 · Solitude · Ella Wheeler Wilcox · pm The Golden Argosy August 11 1883, as by Ella Wheeler 49 · The Crooked Fairy · Arthur Train · ss McCall’s Magazine July 1921 55 · The Amazing Adventures of Tartarin of Tarascon [Part 3 of 3] · Alphone Daudet · n. William F. Gill, 1875, as “The New Don Quixote or The Wonderful Adventures of Tartarin of Tarascon”; abridged. 65 · Full Dress at Regan’s · Hugh Pendexter · ss Short Stories June 1916 69 · Love’s Likeness · George Darley · pm (r) 70 · Celebrated Composers and Their Eccentricities · [uncredited] · ms 71 · A Winter’s Tale · Zona Gale · ss The Delineator March 1923 76 · Two Women · Nathaniel Parker Willis · pm (r) 77 · The Broken Girth · W. A. Fraser · ss (r) 81 · French with a Master · [uncredited] · pm (r) 82 · If I Should Die Tonight · Arabella Smith · pm (r) 82 · If I Should Die Tonight (parody) · Ben King · pm (r) 83 · Tarzan of the Apes [Part 5 of 8; Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. A.C. McClurg, 1914 95 · To His Forsaken Mistress · Sir Robert Ayton · pm (r)

Best Stories of All Time [v4 #2, February 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 3 · Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind · William Shakespeare · pm from As You Like It, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 6 · The Vows of Men · Thomas Haynes Bayly · pm (r); given as by Thomas Haines Bayly in the Table of Contents. 7 · Twenty Two · Mary Roberts Rinehart · nv Metropolitan June 1917 13 · When the Bank Moved · Arthur Stringer · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1909 19 · Love and Pity · [uncredited] · pm The Cornhill Magazine January 1889 20 · A Persian Love Song · Hafiz of Shiraz; translated by Sir William Jones · pm A Grammar of the Persian Language ed. Sir W. Jones, Oxford, 1771 21 · John Melmoth Peer of Lucifer · Honoré de Balzac · nv from “Melmoth Reconciled”, Library of the World’s Best Mystery and Detective Stories: French: Italian: Spanish: Latin ed. Julian Hawthorne, The Review of Reviews, 1907 translated from the French (“Melmoth réconcilié”, Le Lievre de Contes, 1835). 30 · A Romance · Eugene Field · pm (r) 31 · The Way to Jericho · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine March 15 1917 38 · Poems of a Pastor · Robert Herrick · gp (r) _38 · His Answer to a Question · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648 _38 · Love Me Little · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648 _38 · The Headache · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648 _38 · To Dianeme · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648 39 · Don’t Touch Me! · Hermann Sudermann · ss (r) 44 · Weighty Correspondence · Fred C. Kelly · hu (r) 45 · Mr. Copernicus and the Proletariat · H. C. Bunner · ss Short Sixes by H. C. Bunner, Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1890 49 · Boys—My Sister from the East! · Holworthy Hall · ss The American Magazine April 1918 57 · “’Späcially Jim” · B. M. · pm The Century Magazine June 1884 58 · Maxims of a Married Man · [uncredited] · ms 59 · An Unfinished Story · Richard Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine October 1891 65 · There Was a Wily Lad · Robert Jones · pm (r) 66 · The Bacillus Prodigiosus · H. M. Egbert · vi Belleville News Democrat March 31 1909 67 · The Butterfly · Anton Chekhov · ss (r) 75 · The Yellow Streak · Helen Topping Miller · ss The American Magazine January 1922 80 · Twice · Christina Rossetti · pm The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250-1900 ed. Arthur Quiller-Couch, Oxford, 1919 81 · Tarzan of the Apes [Part 6 of 8; Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. A.C. McClurg, 1914 95 · If You Want a Kiss, Why, Take It · [uncredited] · pm (r) 96 · The Twin Bags · Judd Mortimer Lewis · vi (r)

Best Stories of All Time [v4 #3, March 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 3 · March · William Cullen Bryant · pm Poems by William Cullen Bryant, Russell, Odiorne, and Metcalf, 1834 6 · The Old Navy · Captain Frederick Marryat · pm from Snarley-Yow, Henry Colburn, 1837 7 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 1 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged. 21 · Now We Are Wed · [uncredited] · pm (r) 22 · Why Don’t the Men Propose? · Thomas Haynes Bayly · pm (r) 23 · The Romance of Obadiah Terwilliger · Arthur Train · ss Pictorial Review August 1915 28 · The Devil’s Thoughts · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · pm The Morning Post September 6 1799 29 · The Remittance Man · W. A. Fraser · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 9 1901 (+1) 41 · Eleanor Cuyler [Van Bibber] · Richard Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine April 1892 47 · Why She Did · [uncredited] · pm (r) 48 · Song of Marion’s Men · William Cullen Bryant · pm Poems by William Cullen Bryant, Russell, Odiorne, and Metcalf, 1834 49 · Some Talk of Alexander · A. S. M. Hutchinson · nv Everybody’s Magazine November 1920 55 · The Box Tunnel · Charles Reade · ss Bentley’s Miscellany November 1853 58 · So Wags the World · [uncredited] · ms 59 · Luck · Frederic Arnold Kummer · ss Metropolitan with The Girl of To-day January 1923 64 · The Hindoo’s Death · George Birdseye · pm (r) 65 · The Kettle of Rusty Gold · William Merriam Rouse · ss Collier’s July 24 1915 71 · Mrs. Proudfoot of Baltimore · George Kibbe Turner · ss The Elks Magazine June 1922 (+1) 78 · When We Two Parted · Lord Byron · pm The Works of Lord Byron by George Gordon Byron, John Murray, 1833 79 · Tarzan of the Apes [Part 7 of 8; Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. A.C. McClurg, 1914 94 · Darwinism in the Kitchen · [uncredited] · pm (r) 95 · Sally in Our Alley · H. Carey · pm 1715

Best Stories of All Time [v4 #4, April 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 3 · April · William Morris · pm (r) 6 · If I Were You · Austin Dobson · pm (r) 7 · Brunt · Fannie Hurst · ss Metropolitan June 1916 18 · To M. S. G. · Lord Byron · pm The Works of Lord Byron by George Gordon Byron, John Murray, 1833 19 · The Blooding of the Ninth Queen’s Own · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure December 1911 25 · Miracles · Gouverneur Morris · ss Cosmopolitan April 1923 30 · Domestic Asides · Thomas Hood · pm The Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood, Edward Moxon, 1862 31 · Cocky Lewis · William Slavens McNutt · ss Collier’s August 5 1922; given as “Cockey Lewis” in the Table of Contents. 37 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 2 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged. 50 · Like His Mother Used to Make · James Whitcomb Riley · pm (r) 51 · The Angel of the Odd · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Columbian Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine October 1844 55 · Silvershine · Vingie E. Roe · ss Pictorial Review March 1922 61 · I Am Calling the Hand That Is in Your Hat · Buffalo Bill · bg The International 1916 64 · The Yellow Paper · [uncredited] · vi (r) 65 · Deep in the Bushes [James Pepper McHenry] · Holworthy Hall · ss The Popular Magazine August 20 1915 72 · Early Stages of the Bloomer Fever · H. C. Bunner · vi (r) 74 · My Aunt · Oliver Wendell Holmes · pm The New-England Magazine November 1831 75 · The Seventh Disappearance · Arthur Stringer · nv Everybody’s Magazine May 1911 84 · The Sea’s Love · F. E. Weatherly · pm (r) 85 · A Horrible Tale · Arthur Locker · pm (r) 86 · Tarzan of the Apes [Part 8 of 8; Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. A.C. McClurg, 1914

Best Stories of All Time [v4 #5, May 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 3 · Song—On May Morning · John Milton · pm Poems of Mr. John Milton by John Milton, Humphrey Moseley, 1645 6 · Josh Billings Says— · Henry Wheeler Shaw · ms (r) 7 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1); abridged. 17 · A White Rose · John Boyle O’Reilly · pm (r) 18 · Trials of a Man about Town · Thomas Haynes Bayly · pm (r) 19 · Without Fear or Favor · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories November 25 1922; given as by William McCloud Raine. 25 · The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County · Mark Twain · ss The Californian December 16 1865 revised from “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” (The New York Saturday Press, November 18, 1865). 28 · Her Letter · Bret Harte · pm Overland Monthly December 1869 29 · His Answer · Bret Harte · pm Overland Monthly December 1870 30 · Last Words of Famous Men and Women · Various · ms 31 · The Writing on the Wall · Richard Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine April 1894 36 · Douglas, Douglas, Tender and True · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · pm Poems of Thirty Years, New and Old by Dinah Maria Mulock, 1881, as by Dinah Maria Mulock 37 · Strictly Vicarious · Henry Kitchell Webster · ss Metropolitan January 1914 43 · The Perfect Day · Eugene Manlove Rhodes · ss McClure’s Magazine April 1916 49 · Daybreak · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · pm The Atlantic Monthly February 1858, uncredited. 50 · The Jester · Horace Smith · pm The Poetical Works of Horace Smith by Horace Smith, H. Colburn, 1846, as “The Jester Condemned to Death” 51 · The Adventures of Scotland Yard [Sergeant Witchem] · Charles Dickens · ss Household Words July 27 1850 (+1), as “A Detective Police Party”, uncredited. 59 · The Nightingale · Richard Washburn Child · ss Cosmopolitan June 1917 64 · A Kiss in the Rain · [uncredited] · pm (r) 65 · The Intruders [Lad] · Albert Payson Terhune · ss The Elks Magazine June 1922 70 · Longing · Matthew Arnold · pm (r) 71 · Faust · Eugene Chirikov · ss (r) 78 · Love’s Logic · [uncredited] · pm Chambers’s Journal 79 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 3 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged.

Best Stories of All Time [v4 #6, June 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 3 · Green Things Growing · Dinah Maria Mulock · pm Once a Week April 20 1867, as by D. M. C. 6 · Terence’s Farewell · Lady Dufferin · pm A Selection of the Songs of Lady Dufferin by Lady Dufferin, John Murray, 1895 7 · The Amber Gods · Harriet Prescott Spofford · na The Atlantic Monthly January 1860 (+1), uncredited. 19 · Nemesis · H. M. Egbert · vi (r) 21 · The Cowards · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure July 1912 28 · The Little Frenchman and His Water Lots · George Pope Morris · vi (r) 30 · The Wanderer · Eugene Field · pm (r) 31 · Potiphar Buss Stays Home · William Dudley Pelley · ss The Elks Magazine May 1923 36 · To a Sea-Bird · Bret Harte · pm Overland Monthly August 1868 37 · Buffalo Bill’s Adventures during the Civil War · Col. William F. Cody · bg The International 1916 42 · Great Men’s Letters to Their Wives · Various · ms 43 · The Comedy King · Albert Payson Terhune · ss The Designer and The Woman’s Magazine October 1923, as “The Comedy Kid” 48 · The Eternal Feminine · [uncredited] · pm Town Topics 49 · Flanagan’s Stool-Pigeon · Frederick R. Bechdolt · ss McClure’s Magazine February 1912 54 · Tragedy of a Trunk · [uncredited] · vi (r) 55 · An Anonymous Letter [Van Bibber] · Richard Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine February 1894 60 · The Loving Couple · Charles Dickens · vi Sketches of Young Couples, Chapman & Hall, 1840, uncredited. 62 · The Song of the Camp · Thomas Haynes Bayly · pm (r) 63 · Fancy Turns · Samuel Merwin · ss The Red Book Magazine August 1924 68 · David Swan · Nathaniel Hawthorne · vi The Token and Atlantic Souvenir 1837, 1836, uncredited. 70 · Any One Will Do · [uncredited] · pm (r) 71 · Putting It Over on the Old Home Town · Lucian Cary · ss Collier’s September 28 1918 78 · Celebrated Last Words · [uncredited] · ms 79 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 4 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged.

Best Stories Title changed from Best Stories of All Time.

Best Stories [v5 #1, July 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, pulp) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 5 · The Education of Billy Stream · Frederick William Wallace · ss Adventure July 1916 23 · The Stroke of the Hour · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss The Strand Magazine January 1906 32 · Fly to the Desert, Fly with Me · Thomas More · pm (r) 33 · Between the Eyes · Albert Payson Terhune · ss The Elks Magazine September 1922 42 · The Nantucket Skipper · James Thomas Fields · pm (r) 43 · Through the Ether [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss Action Stories November 1922 53 · The Little White Feather · [uncredited] · ss (r) from The London Hawk. 57 · Blow Up with the Brig! · Wilkie Collins · ss Miss or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline by Wilkie Collins, Richard Bentley and Son, 1873 revised from “The Ghost in the Cupboard Room” (All the Year Round, Christmas 1859). 65 · Jack Long, or Shot in the Eye · [uncredited] · ss American Whig Review 81 · Tell It to Sweeney! · John A. Moroso · ss (r) 89 · The Man Who Was Dead · H. C. Wire · ss The Blue Book Magazine February 1925 99 · The Facts of M. Valdemar’s Case · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845, as “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” 105 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 5 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged.

Best Stories [v5 #2, August 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, pulp) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson & John Locke. 6 · The Sailor’s Consolation · William Pitt · pm Sea Songs and Ballads by Dibdin and Others, Bell and Daldy, 1863 7 · Adventures of Buffalo Bill · Buffalo Bill · bg 1916 26 · The Height of the Ridiculous · Oliver Wendell Holmes · pm The Collegian 1830, uncredited. 27 · The Jinx of the Shandon Belle · Roy de S. Horn · ss Collier’s September 30 1922 36 · Pack Rat Springs the Trap · Alma & Paul Ellerbe · ss Collier’s October 4 1924 45 · The Payment of Quinn’s Debt · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure August 1912 58 · “Petrel” and “The Black Swan” · John K. Leys, uncredited · ss The Cornhill Magazine December 1890, as “The “Petrel” and the Slaver” 63 · Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1892, as “The Adventure of Silver Blaze” 79 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly August 1868 86 · The Killer [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ts Midnight Mystery Stories #20, January 6 1923 95 · In the House of Suddhoo · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette April 30 1886, as “Section 420, I.P.C.” 100 · The Private of the Buffs · Sir Francis Doyle · pm The Return of the Guards, and Other Poems by Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, Macmillan, 1866 101 · Loans [Charles Captain] · May Edginton · ss Pearson’s Magazine (US) December 1913 111 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 6 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged.

Best Stories [v5 #3, September 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp) [] Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 6 · The Widow of Simpson’s Bar · Bret Harte · ar (r) 7 · Narcissus · Horatio Winslow · nv All-Story Weekly October 14 1916 30 · The Ostrich Punching of Arroyo Al · Arthur Chapman, uncredited · pm Out Where the West Begins by Arthur Chapman, Houghton Mifflin, 1917 31 · The Error of the Day · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss Everybody’s Magazine July 1906 40 · The Singing Skipper · James W. Bennett · ss Short Stories February 25 1923 50 · The Old Navy · Captain Marryat · pm from Snarley-Yow, Henry Colburn, 1837 51 · The Price of Greed · H. C. Wire · ss Short Stories September 10 1923 61 · The Whaler · Frederick William Wallace · nv Adventure October 1915 79 · The Sealed Flask [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss Secret Service Smith by R. T. M. Scott, Dutton, 1923 88 · The Rescue of the Plum-Duff · Captain Roland F. Coffin · ss (r); given as by Captain Ronald G. Coffin. from Collected Sketches. 91 · The Mad Marabout · G. G. Pendarves · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine September 1924 106 · Following the Sea · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Dod Grile, George Routledge and Sons, 1874, as by Dod Grile 109 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 7 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878

Best Stories [v5 #4, October 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 144pp+, pulp) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson & John Locke. 10 · When Golf Struck Cactus Center · [uncredited] · pm (r) 11 · The Devil’s Violin [Part 1 of 4] · Ben Ames Williams · na All-Story Weekly May 11 1918 33 · All in the Game · George Weston · ss All-Story Weekly July 31 1915 41 · The Adventure of the Dying Detective [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Collier’s November 22 1913 51 · The Gentility of Ikey Blumendall · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure June 1914 67 · 3 Collar Buttons [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss (r) 75 · The Charmed Life [Part 1 of 2] · Achmed Abdullah · nv All-Story Weekly September 22 1917 96 · The Flying Norseman · Roy de S. Horn · ss Collier’s September 2 1922 105 · The Turtle in the Whirlpool · Alma & Paul Ellerbe · ss The Novel Magazine February 1924 115 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 8 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged.

Best Stories [v5 #5, November 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp) [] Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 10 · When Maclaren Foozled Out · [uncredited] · ms 11 · General Sheridan’s Indian Campaign · Buffalo Bill · ss (r) 24 · Chiquita · Bret Harte · ar Overland Monthly March 1870 25 · The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Magazine April 1904 40 · Hard Luck Finnegan · Frederick William Wallace · ss Adventure February 1914 49 · The Charmed Life [Part 2 of 2] · Achmed Abdullah · nv All-Story Weekly September 22 1917 70 · “When the Swallows Homeward Fly” · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss The Delineator December 1905 77 · The Emerald Coffin [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss Detective Tales April/May 1923 85 · The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine November 1845 96 · The Lost Camel · [uncredited] · ms 97 · The Clash · Konrad Bercovici · ss All-Story Weekly May 31 1919 101 · No Excitement [Buck Leonard] · J. Frank Davis · ss The Popular Magazine October 20 1916 111 · A Blessed Lie · Vingie E. Roe · ss The All-Story Magazine November 1906 117 · The Devil’s Violin [Part 2 of 4] · Ben Ames Williams · na All-Story Weekly May 18 1918

Pioneer Tales Title changed from Best Stories. Publishers: Metropolitan Publishers, Inc.; Chicago, IL: Pioneer Tales. Editors: Samuel Bierman - Editor: Pioneer Tales.

Pioneer Tales [v5 #6, February 1928] (20¢, 136pp+, pulp, cover by Regina und Ludwig) [] 10 · The Man Who Borrowed a Reputation · John Fleming Wilson · nv All-Story Weekly November 11 1916 35 · El Dorado · [uncredited] · ms 36 · A Ballad of Being Broke · Frank Lillie Pollock · pm The Smart Set October/November 1900 37 · The Quest of the Golden Fleece · Hugh Clifford · nv Malayan Monochromes by Sir Hugh Clifford, John Murray, 1913 50 · The Hunting Leopard · [uncredited] · ms 51 · The Outcasts of Poker Flats [John Oakhurst] · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly January 1869 58 · Three Card Monte’s Christmas Carol · Sam Davis · ss (r) 62 · A Luscious Repast · [uncredited] · ms 63 · The Adventures of John Bell—Ghost-Exposer: 1. The Mystery of the Circular Chamber [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine June 1897 76 · An Australian Stick-Up · [uncredited] · ms 77 · When the Desert Laughed · H. C. Wire · ss Short Stories February 25 1923 87 · His Last Shot [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss (r) 96 · The Thugs · [uncredited] · ms 97 · Ship Shape · R. de S. Horn · ss Short Stories June 10 1922; given as by R. de S. Horne. 106 · A Tiger Story · [uncredited] · ms 107 · Yerut the Dwarf · Max Pemberton · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine July 1897 117 · The Devil’s Violin [Part 3 of 4] · Ben Ames Williams · na All-Story Weekly May 25 1918

Pioneer Tales [v6 #1, April 1928] (20¢, 136pp+, trimmed pulp) [] 10 · Lure of the North · Chart Pitt · pm The Cavalier January 3 1914 11 · Bulldog Carney [Bulldog Carney] · W. A. Fraser · nv MacLean’s April 1919 30 · An Unusual Whaling Incident · [uncredited] · ms 31 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1) 39 · The Spider of Guyana · Erckmann-Chatrian · ss The Strand Magazine January 1899 translated from the French (“L’araignée-crabe”, Les Contes Fantastiques, Hachette, 1860). 45 · A Fearful Fifteen Minutes · [uncredited] · ms 46 · The Strange Narrative of A. Gordon Pym [Part 1 of 3] · Edgar Allan Poe · n. Harper & Brothers, 1838, as “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket” 62 · Roman Gladiators · [uncredited] · ms 63 · The Madness of Mr. Lister · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1898 69 · Stories of Monte Carlo: 1. The Man with the Claws · William Le Queux · ss Cassell’s Magazine December 1898 76 · Flying-Fish · [uncredited] · ms 77 · That Receding Brow · Max Brand · nv All-Story Weekly February 15 1919 99 · The Bushrangers · [uncredited] · ms 100 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894 105 · The Adventures of John Bell—Ghost-Exposer: 2. The Warder of the Door [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine July 1897 115 · A Typical Buccaneer Raid · [uncredited] · ms 116 · The Looting of the Convoy · Walter Wood · ss The Strand Magazine December 1898 122 · An Australian Episode · [uncredited] · ms 123 · The Devil’s Violin [Part 4 of 4] · Ben Ames Williams · na All-Story Weekly June 1 1918

Pioneer Tales [v6 #2, May 1928] (20¢, 136pp+, trimmed pulp) [] 10 · The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard: 1. How the Brigadier Won His Medal [Brigadier Gerard] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1894, as “The Medal of Brigadier Gerard” 27 · The Sure Thing · Ben Ames Williams · ss All-Story Weekly September 9 1916 35 · Stories of Monte Carlo: 2. The Vengeance of Mother Viau · William Le Queux · ss Cassell’s Magazine January 1899 43 · Knockout Nolan · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss The Argosy November 1915 51 · The Lake of Long Dreams · H. A. Lamb · nv All-Story Weekly December 7 1918 69 · A Shot at Twelve Paces · J. T. Greene · ss (r) 78 · A Night in an Old Castle · G. P. R. James · ss Eva St Clair & Other Collected Tales by G. P. R. James, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1843 88 · False Colors · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine January 1899 94 · The Adventures of John Bell—Ghost-Exposer: 3. The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv Cassell’s Family Magazine August 1897 105 · In the Avu Observatory · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 9 1894 110 · The Phantom Horse · S. K. Palmer · ss (r) 119 · The Strange Narrative of A. Gordon Pym [Part 2 of 3] · Edgar Allan Poe · n. Harper & Brothers, 1838, as “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket”

Pioneer Tales [v6 #3, June 1928] (20¢, 136pp+, trimmed pulp, cover by Norman Kamps) [] 8 · The Beautiful White Devil · Guy Boothby · ss 1896 21 · Bulldog Carney’s Alibi [Bulldog Carney] · W. A. Fraser · ss The Popular Magazine April 20 1919 33 · A Man and Some Others · Stephen Crane · ss The Century Magazine February 1897 40 · The Strange Case of the Montana Grizzly [Matthew Quin, Wild Beast Agent] · William Murray Graydon · ss The Argosy March 1898 47 · A Nightmare of the Doldrums · W. Clark Russell · ss The Strand Magazine August 1892 56 · Jim Brownell · Francis E. Hamilton · ss Munsey’s Magazine February 1893; given as by E. Hamilton. 61 · The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard: 2. How the Brigadier Held the King [Brigadier Gerard] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine April 1895 75 · The Vagrant’s Chum · Burt Arnold · pm Munsey’s Magazine March 1893 76 · A Canadian Episode · Hinton McMillan · vi Munsey’s Magazine October 1892 79 · Stories of Monte Carlo: 3. An Entirely New “System” · William Le Queux · ss Cassell’s Magazine February 1899 84 · A Question of Habit · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine April 1899 90 · The Strange Narrative of A. Gordon Pym [Part 3 of 3] · Edgar Allan Poe · n. Harper & Brothers, 1838, as “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket” 97 · The Spoil of the Puma · Gilbert Parker · ss The Cosmopolitan May 1893 107 · The Empire of the Ants · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1905 115 · The Chamber of Terror [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss (r); probably a reprint of “How Siva Spoke” (Cassell’s Family Magazine October 1897) or possibly “To Prove an Alibi” (Cassell’s Family Magazine November 1897). 127 · A Hot Trail · Powhatan Clarke, U.S.A. · ts The Cosmopolitan October 1894

Pioneer Tales [v6 #4, July 1928] (Metropolitan Publishers, Inc., 20¢, pulp) [] Subtitled “An All-Western Magazine”. Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. · [story heads] · Harold Detje · il · [story heads] · Richard Lillis · il 6 · “Front-Name” Dick · Montague Stevens · ss The Cosmopolitan March 1897 22 · Seven Pieces of Gold · Robert T. Shannon · ss 27 · Close Shootin’ · Joseph T. Shaw · ss 33 · A Tale of Montana Bill · Arthur Stringer · ss 40 · Owners Up [Bulldog Carney] · W. A. Fraser · nv The Popular Magazine June 20 1919 66 · Like Soldiers All · Tom Hall · ss Munsey’s Magazine June 1898 71 · The Fight at the Yellow Dog · John D. Swain · ss The Cavalier July 13 1912 77 · Memoirs of Buffalo Bill · Buffalo Bill · bg (r); possibly an extract from Memories of Buffalo Bill by Louisa Frederici Cody, D. Appleton, 1919. 89 · When Sancho Swapped · Paul Bailey · ss The Argosy June 15 1918 94 · A Drift from Redwood Camp · Bret Harte · ss Scribner’s Magazine December 1887 105 · “Alabama” Joe · A. C. Doyle · ss London Society Christmas 1880, as “The American’s Tale”, uncredited.

American Pioneer Tales Title changed from Pioneer Tales.

American Pioneer Tales [v6 #5, August 1928] (Metropolitan Publishers, Inc., 25¢, pulp) [] Subtitled “Adventure of the old and new frontier”. Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 3 · Prisoners of Esther · J. M. Hoffman · nv 33 · The Painted Lizard · Frederick Simpich · ss 43 · The Headless Horseman [Part 1 of ?] · Captain Mayne Reid · sl Richard Bentley, 1866 75 · The Keeper of Waters · Morley Roberts · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1897 81 · The Hollow in the Rocks · A. W. Whitehouse · ss The Black Cat July 1899, as “The Hollow in the Red Rocks” 85 · Spanish Gold · Frank Bailey Millard · ss 93 · The Race for Boiling Water · Francis Lynde · ss 103 · Famous American Mysteries · Albert Payson Terhune · ar 113 · The Moqui Snake Dance · [uncredited] · ar 116 · Seven Blue Doves [Bulldog Carney] · W. A. Fraser · nv The Popular Magazine July 7 1919 (+1) 142 · The Man Who Came to Town · Charles Dudley Rhodes · ss

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Best-Story Magazine [No. 1, August 1926] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 224pp, pulp) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · The Last Time · Robert Hichens · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1921 34 · A Bit of Luck · A. S. M. Hutchinson · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine July 1919 40 · The Twa Corbies · [uncredited] · pm The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border by Walter Scott, Kelso, 1802 41 · The Wrong Receipt · Geoffrey Moss · ss Defeat by Geoffrey Moss, Constable & Co., 1924 50 · Upon Westminster Bridge · William Wordsworth · pm Poems, In Two Volumes by William Wordsworth, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807, as “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” 51 · The Real Test · Sapper · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 23 1919 59 · Green Paint · A. E. W. Mason · nv The Windsor Magazine December 1909 77 · Cupid and Campapse · J. Lyley · pm from Campaspe, Thomas Cadman, 1584 78 · The Yahi-Bahi Oriental Society · Stephen Leacock · ss Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock, Bell and Cockburn, 1914 90 · At Random · The Editor · ed 91 · The Red Slippers · Kathlyn Rhodes · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine January 1922 99 · The Hunting of Helen · Gilbert Frankau · ss The Grand Magazine October 1922 108 · The Mystery of J.H. Farrer · E. Temple Thurston · ss The Strand Magazine October 1910 (+1) 128 · In Passing · Heléne Gingold · pm (r) 129 · Billy—The Dog That Made Good · Ernest Thompson Seton · ss Wild Animal Ways by Ernest Thompson Seton, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916 134 · The City at Night · Thomas Carlyle · ex from Sartor Resartus, James Munroe and Company, 1836 135 · The Landlady · Elinor Mordaunt · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1923 145 · Francine’s Muff · Henri Murger · nv Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Henry Murger, Vizetelly & Co., 1888 translated from the French (“Le Manchon de Francine”, Scènes de la vie de Bohème, 1869). 153 · The Mystery of a Hansom Cab [Part 1 of 2; Kilsip & Carlton] · Fergus Hume · n. Kemp, 1886

Best-Story Magazine [No. 2, September 1926] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · The Act of Faith · Rafael Sabatini · nv The Premier Magazine #12, April 1915 38 · The Company of the Marjolaine · John Buchan · ss Blackwood’s Magazine February 1909 50 · Dreams · Hèléne Gingold · pm (r) 51 · Through Enchanted Seas · Sir Philip Gibbs · ss Ladies’ Home Journal December 1920 66 · Lines to an Indian Air · P. B. Shelley · pm The Liberal #2, 1822, as “Song Written for an Indian Air” 67 · The Way of a Maid with a Man [Billy Harman & Bud Davis] · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Pearson’s Magazine May 1923 75 · The Curse [Devon] · Eden Phillpotts · ss The Novel Magazine December 1922 82 · The Fair Sex · Various · ms; listed as by “Men”, a series of quotes about women. 83 · Natural Causes · Ian Hay · nv Blackwood’s Magazine July 1912; subtitled “An Island Comedy”. 98 · The White Brant · Rex Beach · nv Cosmopolitan September 1922 114 · Bonnie Doon · R. Burns · pm Reliques of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1818, as “The Banks o’ Doon”; this is the “second version” that begins “Ye flowery banks o’ bonie Doon”. 115 · A Beautiful Superstition? · Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · ss The Grand Magazine April 1920 125 · The Last Night · Stacy Aumonier · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1922 129 · The Mystery of a Hansom Cab [Part 2 of 2; Kilsip & Carlton] · Fergus Hume · n. Kemp, 1886

Best-Story Magazine [No. 3, October 1926] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · The Man with the Broken Nose [Lord George Tarlyon; Michael Wagstaffe] · Michael Arlen · ss The Strand Magazine March 1923 13 · From the Collection of the Duke · Anthony Hope · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 26 1913 21 · The Little Greystone Cottage · Gwendolen Paterson · pm 22 · Roses · Andrew Soutar · ss The Premier Magazine #32, December 1916 38 · Fleet Street · Leslie M. Oyler · pm 39 · So as by Fire · Robert Keable · ar Hutchinson’s Magazine January 1925 49 · Big Boy Blue [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Cosmopolitan November 1920 53 · The Valley of Desolation · “Rita” · ss The Millionaire Girl, and Other Stories by Rita, Eveleigh Nash, 1908 69 · The Odyssey of Oliver Jones · Dale Collins · ss Everybody’s May 1924 78 · Afterwards · Patience Ropes · pm 79 · The Shrinking Shoe · Sir Walter Besant · ss The Pall Mall Magazine November 1893 88 · Tennessee’s Partner · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly October 1869 93 · A Lone Hand · Ferdinand Berthoud · ss Adventure mid March 1921 113 · The Charm · Dolf Wyllarde · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine February 1922 120 · False Values · F. S. Howard-Burleigh · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine April 1922 127 · The Poacher · “Etienne” · ar Hutchinson’s Magazine February 1922 132 · Self and Herself · Peter Blundell · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine May 1922 137 · A Blind Alley [Part 1 of 2] · E. W. Savi · nv Digby & Long, 1911

Best-Story Magazine [No. 4, November 1926] ed. M. Vibart Dixon (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · A Strange Clue · Kathlyn Rhodes · ss The Grand Magazine June 1920 13 · The Love of Women · Cosmo Hamilton · ss Pearson’s Magazine January 1919 22 · Recompense · E. M. Savi · pm (r) 23 · The Mystery Man · William Le Queux · ss The Sovereign Magazine August 1922 33 · Innocent Lady Cyn · Mrs. Horace Tremlett · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1921 41 · The Silver Pool · Cecil Roberts · ss Pictorial Review January 1921 49 · Samson and Delilah · D. H. Lawrence · ss The English Review March 1917 57 · Why? · Victor I. Hilton · pm (r) 58 · Crotons · J. Allan Dunn · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine April 1922 72 · The Man with the Tail · Beatrice Grimshaw · ss The Popular Magazine March 20 1921 87 · The Diary of the Dead · Alban Gordon · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1922 96 · Frater Ave Atque Vale · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Tiresias and Other Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Macmillan and Co., 1885 97 · Glamour · Lenore Van der Veer · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 106 · There Was a Lady · Frances Noyes Hart · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 18 1922 119 · Miss Templeton’s Chance · W. L. George · ss The Story-teller May 1914 124 · Who Put These Violets in Your Eyes? · Alfred Gordon Bennett · pm (r) 125 · The Pink-and-White Lady · Jay Gelzer · ss The Green Book Magazine May 1918 134 · London Night · Mary Mair · pm (r) 135 · The Brass Ring · Marjorie Bowen · ss (r) 145 · The Problem · “Etienne” · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1922 148 · The Silk Purse · Florence Howard-Burleigh · ss Breezy Stories February 1922 157 · The West Wind’s Song · Barbara Walker · pm (r) 158 · A Blind Alley [Part 2 of 2] · E. W. Savi · nv Digby & Long, 1911

Best-Story Magazine [No. 5, December 1926] (Hutchinson, 1/6d, 224pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · The Black Velvet Cap · Horace Annesley Vachell · ss The Strand Magazine January 1909 14 · In Soho · Mary Nair · pm 15 · Mustard Pot—Mysterious [Mustard-Pot] · Gilbert Frankau · ss 25 · Christmas Roses · Anne Douglas Sedgwick · nv The Atlantic Monthly November 1919 (+1) 49 · The Frown of the Duchess · H. Noel Williams · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1922 55 · Mrs. Andrews’s Control · E. F. Benson · ss The Windsor Magazine September 1915 59 · Christmas Day in the Morning · [uncredited] · pm The Saturday Evening Post December 24 1898 60 · The Gay Demoiselle · May Wynne · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1921 65 · Mine · Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · ss The Royal Magazine February 1924 75 · Youth, Youth, Youth! · Ian Hay · ss The Shallow End by Ian Hay, Hodder & Stoughton, 1924 78 · The Comforting of Jules le Quental · M. P. Willcocks · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1922 87 · The Schimmel · F. A. M. Webster · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine January 1922 97 · Jolly Days with Dickens and Thackeray · Prof. Francesco Berger · ar 102 · The Proxy Husband · A. G. Greenwood · ss The Sovereign Magazine July 1922 108 · To— · Beatrice Skidmore · pm 109 · Granted · John Oxenham · ss The Sunday Strand December 1902 116 · The Tiger Man · Lt.-Col. Gordon Casserly · ss The Sovereign Magazine October 1922; given as by Lt.-Col. Gordon Casserley. 122 · The Undercurrent · Dorothy Hayes · pm 123 · The Game Cocks · Peter Blundell · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine February 1921 128 · Ambition · M. V. D. · pm 129 · Christmas Fun · [uncredited] · hu 133 · The Jackdaw · Rolf Bennett · ss The Sovereign Magazine April 1921 145 · Christmas Outside Eden · Coningsby Dawson · ss Good Housekeeping December 1921 159 · Her Husband’s People · Margaret Pedler · ss The Red Magazine July 15 1916 168 · Joie de Vivre · Violet Trefusis · vi 169 · Her House of Dreams [Part 1 of 2] · Curtis Yorke · sl

Best-Story Magazine [No. 6, January 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · Mr. Ledbetter’s Vacation · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine October 1898 14 · A Treaty of Peace [Donovan Pasha et al.] · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 28 1900 20 · Memories · Hélène Gingold · pm Hutchinson’s Magazine January 1922 21 · The Accident of Crime · Stacy Aumonier · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 11 1922 31 · The Man Who Would Not Play Cards · “Sapper” · ss The Strand Magazine June 1920 40 · Ho Ben, the Hooded · E. W. Morrison · ss The Sovereign Magazine August 1923 45 · The Grey Fisher [Devon] · Eden Phillpotts · ss The Novel Magazine June 1921 53 · Hunting Song · Sir Walter Scott · pm (r) 54 · On the Plinth · Henry Holt · ss Liberty August 22 1925 63 · The Surgeon’s Guest · Stanley J. Weyman · nv The Cornhill Magazine October 1893 (+1), uncredited. 81 · Her Knight of the Snows · Thomas B. Donovan · ss The Sovereign Magazine January 1923 88 · The New Year’s Gift · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648, as “A New-Yeares Gift Sent to Sir Simon Steward” 89 · A Reversion · Elinor Mordaunt · ss 98 · The Lighter Side · [uncredited] · hu 100 · The Price · Elizabeth Marc · ss The Sovereign Magazine September 1923 112 · This White December Morning · Gordon Johnstone · pm The Smart Set January 1913 113 · Charmian’s Song · Dana Gatlin · ss The Sovereign Magazine May 1923 124 · The Trotting Cob · M. Cox-Taylor · ss The Sovereign Magazine June 1921 130 · The Island of the Dead · Vance Palmer · ss The Bellman #587, October 13 1917 135 · Compensation · A. S. Riggs · pm The Smart Set October 1908 136 · A Deal in China · Janet Brook · ss The Sovereign Magazine September 1923 139 · The Royal Road · Frederick Orin Bartlett · ss The Sovereign Magazine September 1921 147 · Her House of Dreams [Part 2 of 2] · Curtis Yorke · sl

Best-Story Magazine [No. 7, February 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · The Jewel Seller · Kathlyn Rhodes · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine September 1919 12 · To a Snowdrop · William Wordsworth · pm Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine June 1819 13 · The Irreproachable Conduct of a Gentleman Who Once Refused a Knighthood [Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · ss These Charming People by Michael Arlen, Collins, 1923 20 · The Twenty-First Guest · A. G. Greenwood · ss The Sovereign Magazine January 1922 27 · The Guest of the Embassy · William Le Queux · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine October 1919 36 · The Lone Sonnet · Ann Fay Peters · pm 37 · The Cottage · W. B. Maxwell · ss Children of the Night by W. B. Maxwell, Butterworth, 1925 46 · From Waterloo to Maida Vale · Martin Walker · ss The Sovereign Magazine June 1923 50 · Daybreak in February · William Caldwell Roscoe · pm Poems and Essays by William Caldwell Roscoe, Chapman and Hall, 1860 51 · The Yellow Scarf [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Snappy Stories 2nd December 1920 57 · Do You Remember? · Winifred Graham · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine March 1921 65 · Little Mistress · Editha M. Webb · pm 66 · Quaint Customs for February · [uncredited] · ms 69 · The Lock of White Hair · Etienne · ss The Sovereign Magazine October 1920 75 · The Sporting Parson · Arthur Mills · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1921 81 · The Bomb Throwers · A. T. Liane · ss 90 · The Yellow-Eyed Devil · Stephen Phillips · ss The Sovereign Magazine September 1922 97 · The Daughter of the House · Ronald M. Newman · vi The Sovereign Magazine June 1923 99 · The Lapse of Fifine · Post Wheeler · ss The Sovereign Magazine June 1923 106 · Brine · G. F. Worts · ss The Blue Book Magazine May 1919 119 · The Love Curse · Philip Burton · ss The Sovereign Magazine September 1922 130 · The Abolition of Tsampski · William Cane · ss 134 · Winter · Robert Southey · pm Metrical Tales and Other Poems by Robert Southey, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1805, as “Sonnet XII” 135 · The Gentleman Huntsman · Arthur Mills · ss The Sovereign Magazine March 1922 142 · On an Old French Harpsichord · Thomas Walsh · pm 143 · The Sowers [Part 1 of 3] · H. Seton Merriman · n. Tauchnitz, 1896

Best-Story Magazine [No. 8, March 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · The Yashmak of Pearls [Abu Tabah] · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine #42, October 1917 15 · The Cabaret de la Liberte [Sir Percy Blakeney (Scarlet Pimpernel)] · Baroness Orczy · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction #81, December 1918 28 · Courage · Dorothea Conyers · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1923 35 · The Lighter Side · Various · hu; a series of anonymous jokes or anecdotes except for the following. _35 · A Flat Refusal · Leslie M. Oyler · pm (r) 37 · Bab · Stanley J. Weyman · nv The English Illustrated Magazine August 1884 49 · The First Newspaper · Stephen Leacock · ss The Popular Magazine March 1 1914 53 · Things of Yesterday · Margaret Wymer · pm (r) 54 · An Uncle from Australia · Roland Pertwee · ss Hearst’s Magazine December 1920 67 · The Greater Passion · Edward Woodward · ss The Premier Magazine #129, December 13 1921 74 · Rich Uncle Rupert · Mrs. Horace Tremlett · nv The Sovereign Magazine May 1921 100 · A Girl · Ann Fay Peters · pm (r) 101 · Secret Operations · Dorothy Rose · ss The Sovereign Magazine January 1922 106 · To Violets · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648 107 · Beneath Aurora’s Gleam · Jack Ruggles · ss Top-Notch Magazine October 1 1921 111 · Tenore Robusto · Peter Blundell · ss The Sovereign Magazine November 1920 117 · Fool’s Luck · Beatrice Ravenel · ss Ainslee’s December 1923; given as by Beatrice Ravenal in the Table of Contents. 130 · Quest · Felicity Graham · ss (r); given as “The Quest” in the Table of Contents. 132 · The Stars · [uncredited] · pm (r) 133 · Bucking the Buccaneers · Capt. A. P. Corcoran · ss The Sovereign Magazine June 1921 140 · Interlude · V. T. · pm (r) 141 · The Sowers [Part 2 of 3] · H. Seton Merriman · n. Tauchnitz, 1896

Best-Story Magazine [No. 9, April 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · Mustard Pot—Bailiffsman [Mustard-Pot] · Gilbert Frankau · ss The Strand Magazine July 1922 15 · Heads, I Win · W. L. George · ss The Story-teller July 1916 22 · The Mysterious Warning · Annie Howell · ar 23 · Flittermouse · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss 29 · Servants of Youth · E. Temple Thurston · ss The Premier Magazine #36, April 1917 35 · The Death-Ring of Sneferu [Abu Tabah] · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine #43, November 1917, as “The Death Ring” 45 · Lucky Thirteen · Berta Ruck · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine December 1920 53 · The Life Fashionable · Peter Traill · ss Memory’s Geese by Peter Traill, Hutchinson, 1924 57 · The Lighter Side · [uncredited] · hu 58 · In the Lane of Green Beetles · Carroll K. Michener · ss The Blue Book Magazine December 1920, as “The Lane of the Green Beetles”; given as by Carroll M. Michener. 67 · The Derelict · Phyllis Bottome · nv The Derelict by Phyllis Bottome, The Century Co., 1917 98 · A New Dawn · Editha M. Webb · pm 99 · The Finding of Bambi · Roland Goodchild · ss The Yellow Magazine November 3 1922 105 · Mr. Marbel Falls Out of Love · St. John Ervine · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine June 1920 114 · Folly · L. A. M. Jones · pm 115 · Savages · Gordon Sussex · ss The Premier Magazine #157, January 9 1923 122 · To Daffodils · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648 123 · Pranks of Science · [uncredited] · ms 124 · Green Glass [Heywood Achison] · Mrs. Wilson Woodrow · ss The Red Book Magazine October 1920 141 · The Sowers [Part 3 of 3] · H. Seton Merriman · n. Tauchnitz, 1896

Best-Story Magazine [No. 10, May 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · In the Abyss · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine August 1896 14 · Lovers on an Island · Barry Pain · ss The Cosmopolitan December 1902 19 · “Needs Must.” [Sir Percy Blakeney (Scarlet Pimpernel)] · Baroness Orczy · ss The Story-teller February 1919 31 · The Lady of the Lattice [Abu Tabah] · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine #44, December 1917 41 · The Lighter Side · [uncredited] · hu 42 · Buffalo · Alice Perrin · ss The Novel Magazine June 1913 50 · Song · Shakespeare · pm (r) 51 · Fountainblue · John Buchan · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1901 67 · The Hotel Child · E. M. Delafield · ss 73 · The Dynamo · G. B. Stern · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1923 84 · May Day with the Poets · Various · pm 85 · The Lad from “Down Under” · Edward Woodward · ss 92 · Lady of My Dreams · Ann Fay Peters · pm 93 · The King of Beasts · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss The Elks Magazine August 1922 105 · Behind the Eyes · M. Vibart Dixon · ss 113 · The Hidden Land · Temple Bailey · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1920 (+1) 128 · The Passionate Shepherd to His Love · Christopher Marlowe · pm The Passionate Pilgrim, W. Jaggard, 1599 129 · The Colonel and the Nut · Ronald M. Newman · ss The Sovereign Magazine November 1920 134 · Luck · Rolf Bennett · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine January 1922 138 · To Fortune · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648 139 · Some Do and Some Don’t · Holworthy Hall · ss Cosmopolitan August 1920 148 · The Dilemma · Eugene Martin · pm 149 · George Wendern Gave a Party [Part 1 of 2] · John Inglis · n. William Blackwood & Sons, 1912

Best-Story Magazine [No. 11, June 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · A Princess of Kent · Marjorie Bowen · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine April 1908 15 · Snake Bite · Robert Hichens · nv Metropolitan September 1917 48 · A Terrible Twenty Minutes · Annie Howell · ts (r) 49 · Too Proud to Fight · Frank Swinnerton · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine August 1920 59 · A Paradox · Maud Michell · vi (r) 61 · Omar of Ispahan [Abu Tabah] · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine #45, January 1918 71 · Serenade · Sir William Davenant · pm Cheerful Ayres or Ballads ed. John Wilson, Oxford, 1659, as “The Lark now leaves his watry Nest” 72 · The Ideal Story · Owen Oliver · ss The Sovereign Magazine May 1921 76 · Strings · Lily Dean · pm (r) 77 · The Body-Birds of Court · Stanley Weyman · ss The English Illustrated Magazine December 1885 86 · To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent · John Keats · pm Poems by John Keats, C. & J. Ollier, 1817, as “Sonnet (“To one who has been long in city pent…”)” 87 · It Sometimes Happens · Peter Traill · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1924 97 · The Treacherous Mountain · “Rita” · ss The Millionaire Girl, and Other Stories by Rita, Eveleigh Nash, 1908 106 · The Lighter Side · Various · hu (r); a series of anonymous jokes or anecdotes except for the following. _106 · The Smiling Beauty · C. Lund · pm (r) _106 · A Fatal Oversight · A. Midgley Ramsden · hu (r) _106 · Doubles · Scott Gordon · hu (r) _106 · It Was the Sunday Following His Ordination… · K. E. Benn · hu (r) 107 · Signa and the Guide [Signa] · Dolf Wyllarde · ss The Sketch July 19 1905 113 · Minnie and Winnie · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · sg St. Nicholas March 1880 114 · A Night of Terror · William Maginn · ss Bentley’s Miscellany January 1838, as by Waylac 123 · The Ashes of Stephanie · Frank Fowell · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1923 130 · The Happy Soul · Mabery Hubbard · pm (r) 131 · The Buddhas of Ma Sein · Frances G. Knowles-Foster · ss The Sovereign Magazine July 1922 135 · Terra-in-Cog-Nighter · Etienne · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 144 · George Wendern Gave a Party [Part 2 of 2] · John Inglis · n. William Blackwood & Sons, 1912