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2-Gun Western [Vol. 1 No. 5, May 1954] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Wild One · William R. Cox · ss 14 · Gun-Damned · William J. Glynn · ss 19 · The Kid That Sided Him · W. P. Brothers · ss 27 · Loco Little Gent · John Lumsden · ss 35 · The Chips Were Down · Teddy Keller · ss 44 · Sweet Sioux · Geoffrey C. Mapes · ss 48 · Night in Town · Louis Trimble · ss 58 · Grandpa Was an Iceman · C. A. Page · vi 60 · Powdersmoke in August · Robert Stephens · vi 62 · Judge, Jury, and Hangman · William Vance · ss 69 · Short-Cut to a Shoot-Out · Dev Klapp · ss Western Short Stories March 1948; probably from the March 1948 issue of Western Short Stories. 75 · Vengeance of the Cold-Deck Crew · Gunnison Steele · ss Western Short Stories February 1942 84 · Trail-Spawned Triggers · Norman A. Fox · ss Western Short Stories December 1941; copyright 1941, Manvis Publications, Inc. 91 · Boothill Bait · Ken Jason · ss Western Short Stories December 1948 94 · Kid-Brother to a Coward · William L. Jackson · ss Western Short Stories October 1948

2-Gun Western [Vol. 1 No. 6, August 1954] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Rough Day · H. A. DeRosso · ss 16 · A Texan Takes a Bride · Ed La Vanway · ss 21 · To the Death · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss 27 · Of Guns and Women · John Lumsden · ss 35 · Gift Horses · W. K. Putney · vi 36 · Fighting Man · Eric Allen · ss 42 · Ace in the Hole · Vic Whitman · ss 50 · They Got Their Revenge · Noel M. Loomis · ss 54 · Good Haul · Will Ford · ss 57 · The Long Street · Philip Morgan · ss 64 · Hard-Boot Claims a Maverick · Peter Dawson · ss Western Short Stories February 1940 75 · Long-Loop Luck · Ken Jason · ss Western Novel and Short Stories November 1941, as by Peter Dawson 78 · War-Cub with the Colt-Wary Smile · Jim Kjelgaard · ss Western Novel and Short Stories November 1941 80 · Cowboy, Hang Up Your Hardware · Raymond W. Porter · ss Western Short Stories February 1940 94 · Hot-Lead Loyalty · Kenneth P. Wood · ss Western Novel and Short Stories April 1943

2-Gun Western [Vol. 2 No. 1, November 1954] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing, 25¢, 100pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) [] Details supplied by Rick Hall. 3 · The Gunfighter and His Tools · [uncredited] · ms 5 · Billy the Kid—Boy Bad Man · [uncredited] · ms 6 · Killer · John Lumsden · ss 17 · The Kid That Finally Came · Ed La Vanway · ss 22 · High Odds · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss 28 · My Neighbor, the Hated Nester · Archie Joscelyn · ss; illustrated by Bjorklund 35 · Quick-Draw Question · Will C. Brown · ss 39 · Ride a Wild Horse · Harry E. Baker · ss 42 · He Wore a Gun His Wedding Night · Frank P. Castle · ss 50 · The Manbreaker’s Way · A. Kenneth Brent · ss 57 · Man to Man · Hank March · ss 60 · Except for the .45’s · Ruel McDaniel · ss 65 · Fugitive from the Owlhoot · Harlan Graves · ss 76 · Cold-Deck Cub · Gunnison Steele · ss 81 · Substitute for a Starpacker · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss Western Short Stories October 1939; illustrated by Bjorklund 89 · The Rio Kid—Road-Agent · Glenn H. Wichman · ss Complete Western Book Magazine September 1939 95 · The Tinbadge Terror · Peter Dawson · ss Complete Western Book Magazine October 1941

2-Gun Western [Vol. 2 No. 2, February 1955] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing, 25¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) [] Details supplied by Todd Mason. 4 · The Nightrider Nobody Knew · Chris Cole · ar 6 · Just a Texas Gunman · Dan Kirby · ss 14 · The Other Canteen · Ralph Berard · ss 18 · A Wife for the Wild One · Ed La Vanway · ss 25 · Powdersmoke Proposition · Eric Allen · ss 35 · It Was His Home · Warren Kuhn · ss 43 · Hardcase · Matt Robinson · ss 48 · The Quiet Town · Gene Olson · ar 49 · The Storm Rope · Leslie Ernenwein · ss 54 · Death of a Bronc Buster · Jim Brewer · ss 58 · King of the Lead-Law Clan · James Shaffer · ss 1943 66 · Hot-Lead Alibi · Peter Dawson · ss Western Short Stories April 1940 76 · Tinhorn Who Talked Back with Bullets · Glenn H. Wichman · ss Complete Western Book Magazine October 1941 84 · The Killer · Philip Ketchum · ss Western Novels and Short Stories September 1950 92 · Badman, Watch Your Back! · Gunnison Steele · ss Western Short Stories June 1940

2-Gun Western [Vol. 2 No. 3, May 1955] (Stadium Publishing, 25¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Walter Popp) [] Details supplied by Gary Garner. 4 · Manhunt · Burt & Budd Arthur · ss 13 · The Killer That Came · Warren Kuhn · ss 19 · A Long Evening · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 23 · Battle of Pierre’s Hole · Sam Allison · ss 26 · The Bloody Evidence · Archie Joscelyn · ss 31 · Girl in the Night · John Lumsden · ss 36 · Letter of the Law · Will Cook · ss 47 · Rope’s End · Ben Lenes · ss 49 · The Grief and the Glory · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss 57 · Sodbuster’s Woman · Ed La Vanway · ss 62 · Lead for the Last-Chance Pool · Foster-Harris · ss Western Short Stories April 1940 72 · A Hangnoose Won’t Hold a Texan · Gunnison Steele · ss Western Short Stories March 1939 76 · Owlhoot Gold · John Lawson · ss Western Novels and Short Stories March 1948 79 · Colt-Trial for a Coward · Rod Patterson · ss 89 · One Against the Gun-Wolves · Kenneth A. Fowler · ss Western Short Stories May 1939

2-Gun Western [Vol. 2 No. 4, August 1955] (Stadium Publishing, 25¢, 97pp, pulp) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · A Man for the Schoolmarm · Norman Daniels · ss 12 · Night in Town · Clayton Fox · ss 18 · Not Guilty · Joe Chadwick, Jr. · ss 21 · The Apaches Had a Way · H. G. Ashburn · ss 31 · The Famous Gunfighter · John Lumsden · ss 37 · She Rode the Chisholm Trail · Noel M. Loomis · ss 40 · A Job to Do · William Vance · ss 47 · “Texas Is Mah Home, Suh!” · Herb Bircher · ss 52 · Women, the Killer Wanted · Wm. L. Jackson · ss 57 · Easy Livin’ · Johnny Lawson · ss 62 · A Ghost-Gun Works a Cure · Peter Dawson · ss Western Short Stories October 1939 72 · A Graybeard Buys in with Bullets · Frank P. Castle · ss Western Novels and Short Stories January 1950 79 · Blood on His Backtrail · Ray Gaulden · ss Complete Western Book Magazine May 1947 86 · Bushwhack Bounty · D. B. Newton · ss Complete Western Book Magazine March 1946 92 · Powdersmoke Paydirt · Wayne D. Overholser · ss Two-Gun Western Novels Magazine September 1941

2-Gun Western [Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1955] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 97pp, pulp) [] (Full Text) (PDF) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 4 · The Wild Time · John Lumsden · ss 12 · “Thou Shalt Not Kill…” · Ellis Sloan · ss 18 · As Fast as They Came · Harry Harrison Kroll · ss 24 · Sam Colt’s Killer · Gil Paust · ts Hunting Adventures Summer 1955 28 · Noon Tomorrow · Philip Morgan · ss 34 · Final Curtain · L. V. Pidgeon · ss 40 · Dead Man’s Hand · Dick Baird · ss 45 · Last Card · Clayton Fox · ss 53 · Rotten Belly’s Sad Siege · Noel M. Loomis · ss 56 · Two or Three Funerals · D. Aydelotte · ss 59 · A Tinhorn Chooses Hot Lead · D. B. Newton · ss Western Short Stories July 1941 67 · Through Gunsights · John Colohan · ss Western Short Stories October 1941 76 · Blood and Sweat—or Bullets? · L. P. Holmes · ss Complete Western Book Magazine December 1941 84 · Killer’s Heritage · Norman A. Fox · ss 1939 91 · Hard Case or Coward? · Gunnison Steele · ss 1939

2-Gun Western [Vol. 2 No. 6, Feb. 1956] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) [] 4 · My Sister and the Gunman · Ray Gaulden · ss 12 · Her Hoofs Were Scarlet · Patricia Ann Edwards · ss 16 · A Blamed Interferin’ Son · John Lumsden · ss 23 · It Has Four Legs and Two Names · S. Omar Barker · pz 24 · Rotten Water · Bill Burchardt · ss 30 · When Indians Whipped Texans · Noel M. Loomis · ar 33 · As Good As Dead · J. L. Bouma · ss 39 · For the Love of Mike · John Stark · ss 49 · Score to Settle · Leon Carroll · ss 52 · Lucky Lady · Archie Joscelyn · ss 58 · Guns in the Dust · D. B. Newton · nv Complete Western Book Magazine May 1940 66 · Road-Agent’s Last-Chance Reprieve · Glenn H. Wichman · ss Western Short Stories February 1940 72 · Bullet Bail · Kenneth Fowler & Rod Patterson · ss Western Short Stories December 1942; given as by Rod Patterson. 81 · Blood of the Badlands Breed · Tom W. Blackburn · ss Western Short Stories August 1942 88 · Requiem for Boom-Town Battle Cubs · Gunnison Steele · ss 1939

2-Gun Western [Vol. 3 No. 1, May 1956] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 97pp, pulp) [] 4 · Trouble Is a Texan · S. Omar Barker · ss 13 · The Savages · W. K. Putney · ms 14 · The Old West’s First One · Noel M. Loomis · ss 17 · Trapped · Harris G. Ashburn · ss 24 · Did You Know… · Joseph C. Stacey · cl 25 · Blood in His Eye · Dev Klapp · ss 28 · Three Gunmen, One Girl · W. J. Reynolds · ss 34 · Nothing to Run From · Ray G. Ellis · ss 41 · Robin Hood in Echo Valley · Cameron Roosevelt · ss 46 · Big Man · Archie Joscelyn · ss 49 · He’d Had a Tough Life · J. L. Bouma · ss 57 · Four in Town · William Richards · ss 61 · A Town for Trouble · Tom W. Blackburn · ss Western Short Stories December 1942 66 · Tin-Badge-Backed Bushwhacker · D. B. Newton · ss Western Short Stories August 1942 74 · Sided by a Shorthorn · Glenn H. Wichman · ss Best Western Magazine February 1940 80 · Sheep-Dip Elects a Sheriff · Raymond W. Porter · ss Best Western Magazine October 1939 89 · Tenbrook Borrows Boothill for a Button · Rod Patterson · ss Western Short Stories November 1940

2-Gun Western [Vol. 3 No. 2, August 1956] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Did You Know That— · Joseph C. Stacey · cl 6 · The Making of a Manbreaker · J. L. Bouma · ss 14 · Gentle Giant? · Edwin Booth · ss 21 · Greenhorn · S. Omar Barker · pm 22 · The Stranger’s Rifle · Richard Harper · ss 31 · Cougar on His Back · Giff Cheshire · ss 38 · Guaranteed Hero · Pete Curtis · ss 45 · “Make Big Fire! Burn Heap!” · Noel M. Loomis · ss 50 · Over My Dead Body · Bryan Croghan · ss 56 · Curious Courtship of Frank O’Malley · John Lumsden · ss 63 · Powdersmoke Parole · Frank P. Castle · ss Western Short Stories November 1949 70 · Hired Killer · James Shaffer · ss 1948 77 · The Fastest Gun · D. B. Newton · ss 1941 87 · Fury of the Feud-Law Breed · L. L. Foreman · ss Best Western Magazine February 1940 89 · Tinbadge, Tie Those Cutters Down! · Gunnison Steele · ss Best Western Magazine October 1939

2-Gun Western [Vol. 3 No. 3, November 1956] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp) [] Details supplied by Terry Zobeck. 5 · Along the Trail · S. Omar Barker · pm 6 · The Nagual · Elmore Leonard · ss 15 · Men with Guns · Clayton Fox · ss 23 · Too Cocky and Handsome · Stephen Payne · ss 31 · One for Mr. Earp to Side · William R. Cox · ss 39 · Killer · Glenn Shirley · ss 41 · Hard Riding Wasn’t Enough · T. A. Oglesby · ss 42 · Incident at the Bar-X Eat-Shack · John Lumsden · ss 49 · His Day · H. A. DeRosso · ss 57 · The Old Shell Game · John Concannon · ss Male February 1953 61 · Give Me a Gun! · Philip Ketchum · ss Western Short Stories May 1950 67 · The Kid Who Looked Like a Killer · D. B. Newton · ss Western Short Stories January 1944 73 · Cold-Deck Corral · Gunnison Steele · ss Western Short Stories August 1939 80 · Cow-Thief or Salty Son · Rod Patterson · ss Best Western Novels Magazine January 1944, as “Cow-Thief or Salty Kid?” 89 · Shallow-Grave Salvation · Glenn H. Wichman · ss Best Western Magazine November 1940

2-Gun Western [Vol. 3 No. 4, February 1957] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) [] Details supplied by Jess Nevins. 4 · Buddies · John Lumsden · ss 11 · The Reward · Stephen Payne · ss 16 · The Man in His Sights · Ad Lewis · ss 20 · Somebody’s Got to Be Sheriff · S. Omar Barker · ss 28 · Long Way from Nowhere · T. R. Young · ss 38 · Snake River Jim Stakes a Claim · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss 47 · Winchesters in Their Hands · D. Aydelotte · ss 50 · Killers Waiting · W. J. Reynolds · ss 57 · Loco Lyrics · Limerick Luke · pm 58 · A Silver-Mounted Saddle · Irene Welch Grissom · ss 60 · Trial by Sixgun · Ray Townsend · ss Western Short Stories April 1949 67 · Owlhoot Bait · D. B. Newton · ss Western Short Stories June 1948 74 · Killers Have to Be Tamed, Tinstar! · Rod Patterson · ss Best Western Magazine May 1941 84 · Dim Trail Deputy · Gunnison Steele · ss Best Western Magazine July 1940 90 · Wild Bunch Reunion [Butch Cassidy] · Ed Earl Repp · nv Western Fiction Magazine November 1938

2-Gun Western [Vol. 3 No. 5, May 1957] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) [] (Full Text) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 4 · Blood on the Moon · W. J. Reynolds · ss 11 · Thanks to the Party Line · Stephen Payne · ss 19 · Death of a Cowboy · John Lumsden · ss 26 · Safe Conduct · Adolph Bennauer · ss 33 · The Old West’s Strangest Indian · Dean W. Ballenger · ar 41 · Dante Faloo · Marion George · ss 47 · The Big Hand · William Vance · ss 53 · Gun-Less Marshall · S. Omar Barker · pm 55 · A Little Cloud of Dust · Neil Slocum · ss 61 · The Rough Three · Lee Floren · ss 63 · Peacemaker Means Powdersmoke! · D. B. Newton · ss Best Western Novels Magazine January 1944 71 · Seven Rode Out · Joseph Chadwick · ss Western Short Stories April 1949 77 · Last of the Lobos · Ray Townsend · ss Western Short Stories June 1949 86 · Satan’s Segundo · Gunnison Steele · ss Western Fiction Magazine November 1938 92 · Grab a Horse, Hellion—or a Gun! · John G. Pearsol · ss Best Western Magazine November 1940

Two Gun Western (UK)   (about)

Two Gun Western (UK) [1949] (Hamilton & Co. (Stafford) Ltd., 9d, 64pp) [] Details supplied by John Eggeling. 3 · Rip Russel, Contract Buster · Rowdy McCloud · nv 27 · Buzzard on the Trail · Ed. Willard · ss 34 · Gun-Totin’ Grandma · Rick Miller · ss 43 · Boy from Baconsville · Milner R. Hudson · ss 51 · Outlaw’s Grudge · Wayne Daly · ss

Two Gun Western Action Books   (about) This title is rumoured to exist, but no positive evidence has been found to substantiate it.

Two-Gun Western Novelets Magazine   (about) --- see under Two-Gun Western.

Two-Gun Western Novels Magazine   (about) --- see under Two-Gun Western.

Two Gun Western Stories:   (about) Initially 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] (cover by Doris Lane) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Announcement · The Editor · ed 6 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms 8 · Camille [Part 1 of ?] · Alexandre Dumas (Fils) · sl (r) translated from the French (La Dame aux Camélias, 1848). 24 · A Fair Exchange · [uncredited] · ct 25 · A Few Things About Stories · [uncredited] · ms 26 · The Necklace · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French (“La Parure”, Le Gaulois, Feb 17, 1884). 29 · The Lover’s Resolution · George Wither · pm (r) 30 · What They Laugh At in Europe · Various · hu 32 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 37 · Love Is a Sickness · Samuel Daniel · pm from Hymen’s Triumph, 1615 37 · Bridal Song · George Chapman · pm (r) 38 · Tracked to Doom · O. Henry · ss The Rolling Stone 41 · A Story Without Words · [uncredited] · ct 42 · Legs · [uncredited] · pm 43 · The Third Circle · Frank Norris · ss The Wave August 28 1897 46 · Proud Maisie · Sir Walter Scott · pm from The Heart of Midlothian, as by Jedediah Cleishbotham, John Murray, 1818, as by Jedediah Cleishbotham 46 · An Experience in Mud · [uncredited] · hu 47 · La Grande Breteche · Honore de Balzac · ss (r) translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831). 56 · Among the College Humorists · Various · hu 58 · The Venus of Ille · Prosper Merimee · nv (r) translated from the French (“La Vénus d’Ille”, La Revue des Deux Mondes, May 1837). 69 · The Fleece of Gold · Theophile Gautier · ss (r) translated from the French (“La toison d’or”, 1838). 85 · Herodias · Gustave Flaubert · ss (r) translated from the French (“Hérodias”, Trois contes, 1877). 96 · A Word to the Wise · Various · hu

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, December 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 2 of ?] · Alexandre Dumas (Fils) · sl (r) translated from the French (La Dame aux Camélias, 1848). 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] (cover by Doris Lane) [] Issue partially indexed. 1 · Announcement · The Editor · ed · She [Part 2 of 6; Ayesha] · H. Rider Haggard · n. Harper, December 1886; abridged. · Camille [Part 3 of ?] · Alexandre Dumas (Fils) · sl (r) translated from the French (La Dame aux Camélias, 1848). · The Gold Bug · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper June 21 1843 (+1) · [unknown story] · Frank Norris · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Frederick O’Brien · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Stephen French Whitman · ss (r) · Among the College Humorists · [uncredited] · hu · What They Laugh at in Europe · [uncredited] · hu · [unknown poem] · Earl of Rochester · pm (r)

Best Stories of All Time Title changed from Clever Truths.

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, December 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 · Various · hu 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 · ss The Rolling Stone 1894 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 (r) translated from the French (Autre Étude de Femme, Conard, 1842). 61 · Phillida and Coridon · Nicholas Breton · pm Englands Helicon ed. John Flasket, I.R., 1600 62 · What They Laugh At in Europe · Various · hu 64 · The Love Quarrel · Agnes Strickland · ss The Keepsake 1835, 1834 71 · To His Coy Love · Michael Drayton · pm Poems by Michael Drayton, 1619 72 · The Wedding of Jenny Distaff · Richard Steele · vi The Tatler October 8 1709, as “From My Own Apartment, October 10” by Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq. 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, December 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 · nv 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, December 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 · Various · 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 · Various · hu 40 · The Jelly-Bean · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss Metropolitan 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, December 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, I.R., 1600, as by Shepherd Tony 95 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms

Best Stories of All Time [v2 #2, January 1926] (cover by Doris Lane) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Announcement · The Editor · ed 3 · Impressions of Men and of Women · [uncredited] · ms 6 · Vanity Fair [Part 1 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 23 · I Do Not Love Thee · Caroline Norton · pm The Sorrows of Rosalie by Caroline Norton, 1829 24 · Snake Doctor [Judge William Pitman Priest (Old Judge Priest)] · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan November 1922 32 · The “Gloria Scott” [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine April 1893, as “The Adventure of the “Gloria Scott”” 39 · Fool Questions · Fred C. Kelly · ms 40 · What They Laugh At in Europe · Various · hu 41 · Zadig · Francois Voltaire · ex Works of M. de Voltaire: Volume the Eleventh by Voltaire, tr. T. Smollett et al., J. Newbery et al., 1762 translated from the French (“Zadig ou la Destinée”, Leseur, September 1748). 53 · Speed + · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1901, as “The New Accelerator” 58 · It Just Occurred to Us · [uncredited] · ms 59 · The Renovated Street · William Hamilton Osborne · ss (r) 67 · My Mary · William Cowper · pm The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, Esq. by William Cowper, J. Johnson, 1803 68 · College Humour · Various · hu 70 · A Shocking Mésalliance · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Windsor Magazine #81, September 1901 74 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 2 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged. 91 · A Coward · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French (“Un lâche”, Le Gaulois, January 27, 1884). 96 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms

Best Stories of All Time [v2 #3, February 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by Mara Malliczky) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · St. Valentine’s Day · Charles Lamb · es (r) 6 · The Ladies’ Dictionary · [uncredited] · ms; given as “The Ladies’ Calendar” in the Table of Contents. 8 · The Dummy-Chucker · Arthur Somers Roche · ss Cosmopolitan June 1920 13 · Sweet-and-Twenty · William Shakespeare · pm from Twelfth Night, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 14 · A Regimental Valentine · John Strange Winter · ss Army Tales by John Strange Winter, Lovell, Coryell, 1892 19 · Malva · Maxim Gorky · ss (r) 29 · Rosaline · Thomas Lodge · pm (r) 30 · Vanity Fair [Part 2 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 47 · A Dream · —R · pm (r) 48 · A Gentleman Finds a Watch · Georges Courteline · vi (r) 50 · Among the College Humorists · [uncredited] · hu 52 · Two Little Soldiers · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895 translated from the French (“Petit Soldat”, Le Figaro April 13, 1885). 54 · Cards and Kisses · John Lyly · pm (r) 55 · The Cruise of the “Scandal” · Victor Bridges · ss Ainslee’s May 1913 61 · The Stolen Letter · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words Christmas 1854, as “The Fourth Poor Traveller”, uncredited. 68 · Meg May’s Valentine · [uncredited] · pm (r) 69 · The Student’s Bride · Washington Irving · vi (r) 71 · Song · John Cutts · pm (r) 72 · The Fur Coat · Ludwig Fulda · ss The Masses January 1911 75 · St. Valentine’s Magic Wand · William Waterfield · pm (r) 76 · What They Laugh At in Europe · Various · hu 78 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 3 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged. 95 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms

Best Stories of All Time [v2 #4, March 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · March · William Morris · pm The Earthly Paradise by William Morris, F.S. Ellis, 1868 6 · The Ladies’ Dictionary · [uncredited] · ms 8 · Fables of Man · [uncredited] · ms 9 · The Marquise · George Sand · ss (r) translated from the French (“La Marquise”, La Revue de Paris, 1832). 18 · The Question · Percy Bysshe Shelley · pm (r) 19 · Two Hearts That Beat As One [3 Black Crows] · Frank Norris · ss Ainslee’s Magazine January 1903 23 · Sun and Rain · [uncredited] · pm Appleton’s Journal April 30 1870 25 · Love on a Raft · Maxim Gorky · ss (r) 30 · Woman’s Will · [uncredited] · pm (r) 31 · A Perfect Love Story · Ludovic Halévy · ss (r) 40 · A Village Kiss · [uncredited] · vi (r) 41 · Gifts · James Thomson · pm from “Sunday Up the River”, The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems by James Thomson, Reeves and Turner, 1880 42 · Vanity Fair [Part 3 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 52 · Foreign Humor · [uncredited] · hu 54 · What Would You Do? · Meredith Nicholson · ss McClure’s Magazine January 1921 61 · When Lovely Woman · Phoebe Cary · pm (r) 62 · An Easy Life · [uncredited] · ct 63 · The Telegraph Operator · Alphonse Allais · vi (r) 64 · The Fury · Paul Heyse · ss Four Phases of Love by Paul Heyse, G. Routledge and Co., 1857, as “The Rabbiata” translated from the German (“L’Arrabiata”, 1853). 71 · Do You Remember? · Thomas Haynes Bayly · pm (r) 72 · Home Brew · Sophie Kerr · ss Metropolitan June 1921 78 · The Proposal · Etincelle; translated by Edith Duff · ss Romance July 1893 81 · Song in March · William Gilmore Simms · pm (r) 82 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 4 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged.

Best Stories of All Time [v2 #5, April 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · April · Alfred Tennyson · pm (r) 6 · The Ladies’ Dictionary · [uncredited] · ms 8 · Fables of Man · [uncredited] · ms 9 · A Lesson for Husbands · Fedor Dostoieffsky · ss (r) 23 · Advice to a Girl · Thomas Campion · pm The Third and Fourth Booke of Ayres by Thomas Campion, T. Snodham, 1617, as “Never Love Unless You Can” 24 · How One Saluted a Lady in the Year 1438 · [uncredited] · ct 25 · The Tenor · H. C. Bunner · ss Short Sixes by H. C. Bunner, Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1890 30 · How Women Love · Max Nordau · ss (r) 34 · To Ellen · Lord Byron · pm The Works of Lord Byron by George Gordon Byron, John Murray, 1833 35 · The Stall · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss (r) 40 · Vanity Fair [Part 4 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 51 · Love’s Farewell · Michael Drayton · pm Idea’s Mirror by Michael Drayton, 1594 52 · Foreign Humor · [uncredited] · hu 54 · The Adventure of a Noble Batchelor [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine April 1892 62 · The Old Familiar Faces · Charles Lamb · pm Blank Verse by Charles Lamb & Charles Lloyd, 1798 63 · A Midnight Elopement · Alexander Pushkin · ss (r) 67 · The Widow · Alexander Pope · pm (r) 68 · The Foster Fathers · Lowell Otus Reese · ss Collier’s September 11 1920; given as by Lowell Otis Reese. 74 · Beware of the Widow! · [uncredited] · ms Bentley’s Miscellany 74 · Spring · Thomas Nashe · pm from Summer’s Last Will and Testament, Walter Burre, 1600 75 · Trials of Love · Anton Chekhov · vi (r) 77 · Advice to a Lover · [uncredited] · pm (r) 78 · Karen · Alexander Kielland; translated by Leonora Teller · ss Short Stories February 1898 translated from the Danish. 80 · The Male Flirt · Edmund Yates · ms (r) 80 · A Picture · [uncredited] · pm (r) 81 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 5 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged.

Best Stories of All Time [v2 #6, May 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · May · Lord Thurlow · pm (r) 7 · The Ladies’ Dictionary · [uncredited] · ms 9 · Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn · Charles Dickens · ss Household Words Christmas 1855, as “The Boots”, uncredited. 13 · Wandering People · Maxim Gorki · ss (r) 18 · To Caroline · Lord Byron · pm The Works of Lord Byron by George Gordon Byron, John Murray, 1833 24 · The Harlot’s House · Oscar Wilde · pm Dramatic Review April 11 1885 25 · The Nine Cent-Girls · H. C. Bunner · ss Short Sixes by H. C. Bunner, Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1890 29 · How Women Love II: Another Way · Max Nordau · ss (r) 32 · Jenny Kiss’d Me · Leigh Hunt · pm Monthly Chronicle November 1838 33 · The Campbells Are Coming · Meredith Nicholson · ss McClure’s Magazine August 1921 38 · Vanity Fair [Part 5 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 46 · The Old, Old Song · Charles Kingsley · pm (r) 49 · On a Fair Spring Morning · Sir Lewis Morris · pm (r) 53 · Foreign Humor · [uncredited] · hu 55 · Rip Van Winkle · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #1, June 23 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon 61 · A Work of Art · Anton Chekhov; translated by Archibald J. Wolfe · ss Short Stories January 1906 translated from the Russian. 63 · The Boscombe Valley Mystery [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine October 1891 72 · The Man under Thirty-Five · Lilian Bell · ms (r) 73 · The Rendezvous · Ivan Turgéniev · ss (r) 76 · Morning Song · Thomas Randolph · pm (r) 77 · A Diplomatic Mission · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Windsor Magazine #74, February 1901, as “My First Diplomatic Mission” 80 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 6 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged.

Best Stories of All Time [v3 #1, June 1926] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · June · James Russell Lowell · pm The Vision of Sir Launfal by James Russell Lowell, George Nichols, 1848 6 · Love Letters of Famous Men · Various · ms 9 · Captain Kidd of the Underground [Falkner of the Inland Seas] · James Oliver Curwood · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine June 1907 14 · The Undrowned Hornets · Strickland W. Gillilan · vi (r) 15 · The Red Seal · Alfred de Vigny · ss (r) 24 · Delight and Disorder · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648, as “Delight in Disorder” 25 · An Old, Old Story · H. C. Bunner · ss Short Sixes by H. C. Bunner, Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1890 29 · Rab and His Friends · Dr. John Brown · ss Ticknor & Fields, 1859 34 · Why Don’t the Men Propose? · Theodore Hook · ms (r) 34 · Song · Sir John Suckling · pm (r) 35 · Made in Mazooma · Meredith Nicholson · ss Metropolitan February 1917 43 · The Brook-Side · Lord Houghton · pm Appleton’s Journal May 21 1870 44 · Vanity Fair [Part 6 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 56 · Lovers, Make It Short · An Unmarried Cynic · ms 57 · Foreign Humor · [uncredited] · hu 59 · Thou Art the Man · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1844 65 · A Young Girl’s Diary · Marcel Prévost · ss (r) 67 · To Celia · Ben Jonson · pm The Workes of Beniamin Ionson by Ben Jonson, William Stansby, 1616 68 · Hints on Proposals · An Experienced Chaperon · ms 68 · What Is Love? · John Fletcher · pm The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher by Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher, J. Tonson, 1711 69 · The Freshwater Fisherman · Mary Russell Mitford · ss Our Village by Mary Russell Mitford, Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., 1832 75 · Two Men and a Woman · Grazia Deledda; translated by Florence MacIntyre Tyson · ss Short Stories July 1903 82 · The Professional Lover · [uncredited] · ms Household Words 83 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 7 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged.

Best Stories of All Time [v3 #2, July 1926] [] Issue partially indexed. · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 8 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged. · Vanity Fair [Part 7 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. · Farewell [Part 1 of 3] · Honoré de Balzac · na Works of Honoré de Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, George Barrie and Son, 1895 translated from the French (“Souvenirs Soldatesques—Adieu”, La Mode, May 15, 1830 & Jun 5, 1830).

Best Stories of All Time [v3 #3, August/September 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] 1 · Summer · William C. Taylor · pm (r) 4 · Casey at the Bat · Phineas Thayer · pm San Francisco Examiner June 3 1888, as by Phin 5 · Tarzan of the Apes [Part 1 of 8; Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. A.C. McClurg, 1914 8 · Beauty Bathing · Anthony Munday · pm Englands Helicon ed. John Flasket, I.R., 1600, as by Shepherd Tony 11 · To His Coy Love · Michael Drayton · pm Poems by Michael Drayton, 1619 15 · The Passionate Shepherd to His Love · Christopher Marlowe · pm The Passionate Pilgrim, W. Jaggard, 1599 15 · Her Reply · Sir Walter Raleigh · pm Englands Helicon ed. John Flasket, I.R., 1600, as “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”, uncredited. 16 · Famous Fads · [uncredited] · ms 17 · “Ice Water, Pl—se!” · Fannie Hurst · nv Collier’s October 21 1916 27 · I Love a Lass · George Wither · pm (r) 28 · Old Age—Before and After · Oliver Wendell Holmes · ar (r) 29 · Her First Appearance [Van Bibber] · Richard Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1891 35 · The Maid, the Moon, and the Winged Shoes · Rex Beach · ss Collier’s October 14 1905, as “The Moon, the Maid, and the Winged Shoes” 41 · To Emma · Lord Byron · pm The Works of Lord Byron by George Gordon Byron, John Murray, 1833 42 · Chops the Dwarf · Charles Dickens · ss Household Words Christmas 1858, as “Going Into Society”, uncredited. 46 · The Bargain · Sir Philip Sidney · pm from The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia, 1593 47 · Alex the Great · Harry Charles Witwer · ss The American Magazine November 1917 55 · I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart · Sir John Suckling · pm (r) 56 · Romance of the Quaker Poet (John G. Whittier) · [uncredited] · ar (r) [Ref. John Greenleaf Whittier] 57 · The “Mysterious Stranger” Defense [Captain Walker] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Everybody’s Magazine June 1921 61 · Music, When Soft Voices Die · Percy B. Shelley · pm Posthumous Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824 62 · Farewell [Part 2 of 3] · Honoré de Balzac · na Works of Honoré de Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, George Barrie and Son, 1895 translated from the French (“Souvenirs Soldatesques—Adieu”, La Mode, May 15, 1830 & Jun 5, 1830). 68 · It Is Not Flattery—’Tis Truth · Lord Byron · pm The Works of Lord Byron by George Gordon Byron, John Murray, 1833 69 · Green Row · William Hamilton Osborne · ss The Cosmopolitan April 1904 76 · Epigrams on Women · Various · ms 77 · The Class in Fiction · Paul Oskar Hocker · ss (r) 82 · Vanity Fair [Part 8 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 96 · There Is a Lady Sweet and Kind · [uncredited] · pm (r)

Best Stories of All Time [v3 #4, October 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Steve Miller from Table of Contents. 1 · To Autumn · John Keats · pm Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems by John Keats, Taylor and Hessey, 1820 4 · Bedouin Love Song · Bayard Taylor · pm Poems of the Orient by Bayard Taylor, Ticknor & Fields, 1854, as “Bedouin Song” 5 · Mother [Part 1 of 2] · Kathleen Norris · na Macmillan US, 1911; abridged. 13 · Counsel to Girls · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648, as “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” 16 · We’ll Go No More a Roving · Lord Byron · pm Letters and Journals of Lord Byron ed. Thomas Moore, J. & J. Harper, 1830 20 · The Tiger · William Blake · pm Songs of Experience by William Blake, 1794 21 · The Romance in the Life of Hefty Burke · Richard Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine January 1893 27 · The Name and the Game · Fannie Hurst · ss Metropolitan December 1915 36 · Lord Byron’s Riddle · Lord Byron · ms (r) 37 · The Yellow Dog · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine June 15 1915 43 · Tarzan of the Apes [Part 2 of 8; Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. A.C. McClurg, 1914 55 · Don’t Give Up the Tip! [Alexander Hanley, Success Developer] · Harry Charles Witwer · ss The American Magazine September 1918 62 · Letters Famous for Brevity · Various · ms 63 · Farewell [Part 3 of 3] · Honoré de Balzac · na Works of Honoré de Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, George Barrie and Son, 1895 translated from the French (“Souvenirs Soldatesques—Adieu”, La Mode, May 15, 1830 & Jun 5, 1830). 68 · Sayings of Napoleon · Napoleon Bonaparte · ms (r) 69 · The North Wind’s Malice · Rex Beach · ss Hearst’s Magazine December 1916 77 · Vanity Fair [Part 9 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 92 · Paradox Proverbs · Various · ms

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 Poems by Edmund Waller, C & J Ollier, 1645, as “Song” 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)