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Best Stories [Volume One Number One, March 1946] (B.E.C. Publishing Company, 25¢, 93pp, digest) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. · Big Day · Mabel Thompson Rauch · ss · My Brother Jake · Eustace Cockrell · ss Collier’s May 29 1943 · The Time to Be Forward · Marian Castle · ss · Cobwebs on His Hat · Marian Stearns Curry · ss · Tough Beat · Leslie T. White · ss Collier’s February 19 1938 · Mrs. Kingland Flies Her Flag · Robert Greenwood · ss · Silver Streak · Joshua Strong · ss · A Thing of Beauty · Alberta Hughes Wahl · ss The American Magazine April 1943 · A Coward · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French (“Un lâche”, Le Gaulois, January 27, 1884). · Captain Rofe and the Sally B · Lew Dietz · ss · Step-Dad · Jo Charlotte Brown · ss · Mission · Sergeant Walter Roeber Schmidt · vi Liberty February 6 1943 · The Green Door · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World December 18 1904 · Picnic in Zamboanga · Margaret Jackson · ss

Best Stories [Vol. 1 No. 11, January 1947] (B.E.C. Publishing Company, 25¢, 50pp, digest) [] Details taken from eBay listing. · Muddy Gun · John D. MacDonald · ss · Oofty Goofty · Arthur Hargraves, Jr. · ss · A New Year’s Eve Confession · Hermann Sudermann · ss (r) · Tempest in December · Marian Stearns Curry · ss · Backfire in the Ozarks · Roy Wheeler · ss · Valley of the Snow · Robert Andersson · ss

Best Stories [Vol. 2 No. 3, May 1947] ed. Lucile V. Tocles (B.E.C. Publishing Company, 25¢, 50pp, digest) [] 3 · Atomic Love · Pearl C. Degenhart · ss 8 · A Letter for Miss Billy · Michael Crowley · ss 21 · The Notched Ears · John D. MacDonald · ss 36 · The Birthmark · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Pioneer March 1843

Best Stories [Vol. 2 No. 4, June 1947] ed. Lucile V. Tocles (B.E.C. Publishing Company, 25¢, 50pp, digest) [] 3 · The Stone · Robert Andersson · ss 10 · The Spice Box · [Various] · hu 11 · Spill the Milk · Doris Harkey · ss The Archive September 1946, as by Doris Harkey Meriwether 19 · Martha Goes A-Borning · Gertrude Barlow Meyers · ss 29 · The Bottle Imp · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv New York Herald February 8 1891 - March 1 1891; edited and abridged.

Best Stories [Vol. II No. 7, October 1947] ed. Lucile V. Tocles (B.E.C. Publishing Company, 25¢, 50pp, digest) [] 3 · Clouds in a Black Sky · Orville T. Barnett · ss 18 · The Transferred Ghost · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine May 1882 28 · The Passing of Diamond Dick · Wilber W. Wheeler · ss; given as by Wilbur W. Wheeler. 32 · The Invader · Robert Andersson · ss 39 · Good-Bye Sweetheart · Evantha Caldwell · ss

Best Stories of All Time:   (about) Throughout its life this was a reprint magazine similar to The Golden Book, publishing a broad spectrum of material with the strongest influence being initially that of adventure stories. When the name changed to Pioneer Tales the emphasis shifted more toward western stories, with a surprising number of fantastic stories as well.

Clever Truths

Clever Truths [v1 #1, June 1925] [] Issue not indexed.

Clever Truths [v1 #2, July 1925] (cover by Doris Lane) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Announcement · [uncredited] · ms 3 · Play the Game · R. Louis Towne · ed 6 · She [Part 1 of 6; Ayesha] · H. Rider Haggard · n. Harper, 1886; abridged. 26 · Devotion · Captain Tobias Hume · pm To-Day September 1922 26 · Phillis · Thomas Lodge · pm (r) 28 · The Marquis and Miss Sally · O. Henry · ss Everybody’s Magazine June 1903 33 · Napoleon’s Letters · [uncredited] · ar 40 · Fire Dramatics · [Various] · hu 41 · Camille [Part ? of ?] · Alexandre Dumas (Fils) · sl (r) 57 · Rosalind’s Madrigal · Thomas Lodge · pm (r) reprinted from “The Golden Legacy” (1590). 58 · Among the College Humorists · [Various] · hu 60 · An Amateur Peasant Girl · Alexandre Poushkin · ss (r) 68 · The Guest of Honor · Frank Norris · ss Pilgrim Magazine July 1902 74 · What They Laugh at in Europe · [Various] · hu 76 · An Andalusian Duel · Serafin Estebanez Calderon · ss (r) 78 · The Golden Age · Fannie Heaslip Lea · ss McClure’s Magazine May 1920 87 · Little Soldier · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) 90 · El Verdugo · Honore de Balzac · ss (r) translated from the French (“El Verdugo”, La Mode, January 30, 1830).

Clever Truths [v1 #3, August 1925] [] Issue partially indexed. · She [Part 2 of 6; Ayesha] · H. Rider Haggard · n. Harper, 1886; abridged.

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Best Stories of All Time [v1 #4, September 1925] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by Doris Lane) [] Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 6 · The Scarlet Letter [Part 1 of 3] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · n. Ticknor & Fields, 1850; abridged. 21 · The Reconcelement · John Sheffield, Duke of Buckinghamshire · pm (r) 21 · The Flowers · William Brighty Rands · pm (r) 22 · The Accursed House · Émile Gaboriau; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss Short Stories February 1893 translated from the French. 24 · Life · Anna Laetitia Barbauld · pm The Works of Anna Letitia Barbauld by Anna Letitia Barbauld, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825 25 · The Pragmatic Sanction · Samuel Merwin · ss McClure’s Magazine September 1920 31 · Do Tell a Story · Richard H. Little · ms (r) 32 · Among the College Humorists · [uncredited] · hu (r) 34 · The Broken Cup · Heinrich Zschokke; translated by Parke Godwin · ss (r) from Tales from the German of Heinrich Zschokke, 1845. 41 · Love · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · pm The Morning Post December 21 1799 42 · She [Part 3 of 6; Ayesha] · H. Rider Haggard · n. Harper, 1886; abridged. 57 · The Wonders of Training · [uncredited] · ct (r) 58 · The Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892, as “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” 67 · I Loved a Lass · George Wither · pm (r) 68 · What They Laugh at in Europe · [uncredited] · hu (r) 70 · A Carolina Night’s Entertainment · Gouverneur Morris · ss Metropolitan Magazine February 1913 75 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 80 · Ah, How Sweet It Is to Love · John Dryden · pm The Works of John Dryden by John Dryden, William Miller, 1808 81 · A Snapshot at the President · O. Henry · vi Rolling Stones by O. Henry, Doubleday, 1912 82 · Kubla Khan · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · pm Christabel/Kubla Khan/The Pains of Sleep by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Murray, 1816 83 · The Ghost · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895, as “The Spectre” translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883). 86 · Radio Be Derned · [uncredited] · hu (r) 87 · Son of a Sheik · Frank Norris · vi (r) 90 · A Pair of Red Stockings · Pedro Bazan · vi (r) 92 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Best Stories of All Time [v1 #5, October 1925] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by Doris Lane) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 6 · Peter God · James Oliver Curwood · ss Doubleday, Page & Co., 1914 14 · Love · William Shakespeare · pm (r) 15 · The Spectacles · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Dollar Newspaper March 27 1844 24 · The Avenger · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss The Popular Magazine November 1908 28 · The Sirens’ Song · William Browne · pm from The Inner Temple Masque, The Works of William Browne by William Browne, T. Davies, 1772 29 · Miss Claiborne Foster, Success · The Inquirer · iv 32 · Among the College Humorists · [uncredited] · hu 34 · The Scarlet Letter [Part 2 of 3] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · n. Ticknor & Fields, 1850; abridged. 50 · The Grand Marriage · Ludovic Halévy · nv (r) 58 · What the Bullet Sang · Bret Harte · pm Harper’s Weekly August 26 1876 59 · Lost by a Laugh · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890 translated from the French (Autre Étude de Femme, Conard, 1842). 61 · Phillida and Coridon · Nicholas Breton · pm Englands Helicon ed. John Flasket, 1600 62 · What They Laugh at in Europe · [uncredited] · hu 64 · The Love Quarrel · Agnes Strickland · ss (r) 71 · To His Coy Love · Michael Drayton · pm Poems by Michael Drayton, 1619 72 · The Wedding of Jenny Distaff · Richard Steele · vi (r) 73 · Margarite Sofori · William Ernest Henley · pm (r) 74 · The Item Wasn’t Worth While · Ed Mott · vi (r) 75 · What Three Men Say of Three Women · [Various] · ms 76 · She [Part 4 of 6; Ayesha] · H. Rider Haggard · n. Harper, 1886; abridged. 91 · Last Days of a Condemned Man · Victor Hugo · ex (r) 96 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms

Best Stories of All Time [v1 #6, November 1925] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by Doris Lane) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 6 · The Path-Master · Robert W. Chambers · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 20 1901 13 · I Love Your Daughter · Edmond About · ss (r) 20 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 27 · Without Desire · Pardo Bazán · vi (r) 28 · Among the College Humorists · [uncredited] · hu 30 · She [Part 5 of 6; Ayesha] · H. Rider Haggard · n. Harper, 1886; abridged. 46 · A Love Song · Laura Margaret Haley · pm (r) 47 · The Golden Flaw · P. G. Wodehouse · ss McClure’s Magazine March/April 1920 54 · Carmen · Prosper Merimee · ss Everybody’s June 1925; abridged. translated from the French. 66 · The Vagabond · Feodor Dostoievski · ss (r) 72 · Invictus · William Ernest Henley · pm Book of Verses by William Ernest Henley, David Nutt, 1888 73 · What They Laugh at in Europe · [uncredited] · hu 74 · The Scarlet Letter [Part 3 of 3] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · n. Ticknor & Fields, 1850; abridged. 91 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms

Best Stories of All Time [v2 #1, December 1925] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by Doris Lane) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 6 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 1 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged. 23 · The Real Santa Claus · Peter B. Kyne · ss Collier’s December 25 1915 31 · Forty-Seven Girls and Sally · Earl Derr Biggers · ss The Red Book Magazine May 1913 36 · How Anson Purdy Got His Start · Roy K. Moulton · vi (r) 37 · The Adoring Ones · Pardo Bazán · vi (r) 38 · The Bargain · Sir Philip Sidney · pm from The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia, 1593 39 · What They Laugh at in Europe · [uncredited] · hu 40 · The Jelly-Bean · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss Metropolitan Magazine October 1920 47 · The Wolf · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Scrap Book December 1907; given as by dé Maupassant in the Table of Contents. translated from the French (“Le Loup”, Le Gaulois, November 14, 1882). 49 · She [Part 6 of 6; Ayesha] · H. Rider Haggard · n. Harper, 1886; abridged. 62 · Among the College Humorists · [uncredited] · hu 64 · A Christmas Carol [Christmas Carol] · Charles Dickens · ex Chapman & Hall, December 19 1843 71 · The Unfading Beauty · Thomas Carew · pm Poems by Thomas Carew, 1640 72 · Dorathea · Mrs. Gore · ss (r) 75 · The Vendean Marriage · Jules Janin; translated by Jane G. Cooke · ss Short Stories October 1899 translated from the French. 79 · Cavalleria Rusticana · Giovanni Verga · ss (r) translated from the Italian (Vita dei Campi, 1880). 82 · Addison Spriggs in Pursuit of Happiness · S. E. Kiser · vi (r) 83 · A Scandal in Bohemia [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine July 1891 91 · Sepestia’s Lullaby · Robert Greene · pm (r) 92 · Boum-Boum · Jules Claretie; translated by E. H. Du Bois · ss The Scrap Book June 1907 translated from the French. 94 · Beauty Bathing · Anthony Munday · pm Englands Helicon ed. John Flasket, 1600, as by Shepherd Tony 95 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms