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The American Magazine
The American Magazine — USA; Jun. 1906-Aug. 1956 (a revamping and retitling of Leslie’s Magazine); John S. Phillips (1906-1911), Crowell (1911-1934), Crowell-Collier (1934-1956); monthly; standard format until 1913, then a big slick; editors John S. Phillips (1906-1915), John M. Siddall (1915-1923), Merle Crowell (1923-1929), Sumner Blossom (1929-1956); authors included Ellis Parker Butler, Clarence Budington Kelland. [DP]
The American Magazine [April 1911] (standard) Information from EBAY auction. · The Quest · Frederick Peterson · pm · The Thin Crust of Civilization - A Study of the Liquor Traffic in a Modern American City · Ray Stannard Baker · ar; about Newark, Ohio and what happened there.; illus. photos & map · Neutria - The Autobiography of a Horse · George Pattullo · ss; illus. Edward Borein · How We Pay Without Knowing It · Albert Jay Nock · ar; illus. Walter J. Enright · The Man Who Came Back · Edna Ferber · ss; illus. John Wolcott Adams · Interesting People · Anon. · cl; Mrs. Alfred LeRoy Hodder, Superintendent of Women’s Prison in Sherborn, MA) - Edward S. Martin, Editorial writer for Life magazine and Harper’s - Charles Banks, Negro banker and businessman in Mound Bayou, MS - Charles Barrett, President of National Farmer’s Union.; illus. photos · Of Peace and Good Will · Paul U. Kellogg · ar; about Andrew Carnegie. · The Elder Generation · Neith Boyce · ss; illus. Greene Blumenschein · The Great Express Monopoly [Part 3 of ?] · Albert W. Atwood · ar; about the US Express Co.; illus. photos · The Secret Garden [Part 6 of ?] · Frances Hodgson Burnett · sl; illus. J. Scott Williams · Indiana Politics · Kin Hubbard · ar; illus. Kin Hubbard · The Gospel of Efficiency - II. The Principles of Scientific Management · Frederick W. Taylor · ar; illus. photos · The Theatre - The Conquest of Charm · Walter Prichard Eaton · ar; Edith Matthison, Julia Marlowe, Dorothy Parker and Edgar Kent, Ethel Barrymore and Charles Walcott, May Blayney and Maude Adams.; illus. photos · The Young Man · James Oppenheim · ss; illus. James Daugherty
The American Magazine [v72 #2, June 1911] (The Phillips Publishing Co., 15¢, 124+92pp, standard, cover by Mary Ellen Sigsbee) [STM] 145 · The Prophecy of Evolution · Frederick Peterson · pm 147 · The Conflict Between Religion and the Church · Reverend Charles D. Williams · ar 153 · According to His Lights · Susan Glaspell · ss 163 · Hunting a Job in the Wicked City · Eugene Wood · ss 174 · The Mother · Dion Clayton Calthrop · vi 176 · Interesting People · Anon. · ar 186 · Testing the Tariff by Moral Effects · Ida M. Tarbell · ar 195 · John Tobin"s Sweetheart · William Allen Johnston · ss 200 · The Oracle · Charles W. Kennedy · pm 201 · Close Decisions · Hugh S. Fullerton · ar 212 · Laying Pipes for Elena · Key Cammack · ss 221 · A Community That Pays Its Own Bills · Albert J. Nock · ar 231 · The Secret Garden [Part 7 of ?] · Frances Hodgson Burnett · sl 243 · The Gospel of Efficiency - A Criticism · Upton Sinclair · ar 244 · The Gospel of Efficiency - An Answer · Frederick W. Taylor · ar 246 · The Theatre · Walter Prichard Eaton · ar 256 · Woods · Katherine Tynan · pm 257 · General Percy Whiffletree · Maurice Brown Kirby · ss 267 · The Pilgrim’s Scrip · Anon. · lt 269 · In the Interpreter’s House · Anon. · ar
The American Magazine [v72 #5, September 1911] (The Phillips Publishing Co., 15¢, 128+80pp, standard, cover by Stanley M. Arthurs) [STM] 529 · Prophetic Lines · James Russell Lowell · pm 531 · Announcement of a Series of Articles by Robert M. La Follette · Anon. · ar 534 · The Day · Wells Hastings · ss 545 · Why Men Fight for the Closed Shop · Clarence Darrow · ar 552 · One of the Old Girls · Edna Ferber · ss 559 · Interesting People · Anon. · ar 570 · Storming the Citadel · William Allen White · ar 576 · The Champion · Wells Hastings · pm 576 · Bread and Jam · Wells Hastings · pm 577 · Bathing · Wells Hastings · pm 577 · Bubbles · Wells Hastings · pm 578 · The Joyous Adventures of Arisitde Pujol: Adventure of Fleurette [Arisitde Pujol] · William J. Locke · ss 590 · Nerve and the Game · Grantland Rice · ar 600 · Tim’s Turn · James Oppenheim · ss 608 · A Pawn in the Struggle for Freedom · Ray Stannard Baker · ar 611 · Getting Out the Vote · Helen M. Todd · ar 620 · A Volunteer Inebriate · Philip E. Curtiss · ss 631 · The Theatre · Walter Prichard Eaton · ar 641 · Phoebe Closes with Cupid · Inez Haynes Gillmore · ss 649 · A Bee’s Elegy · Charlotte Becker · pm 650 · The Pilgrim’s Scrip · Anon. · lt 653 · In the Interpreter’s House · Anon. · ar
The American Magazine [November 1912] (standard, cover by Blumenthal) [MW2] 3 · The Friendly Road [Part 1 of ?] · David Grayson · sl; illus. Thomas Fogarty · The Progressive’s Dilemma (five articles about 1912 election) _12 · The New Party · Jane Addams · ar _14 · Why I Prefer Wilson to Roosevelt · Herbert Quick · ar _15 · Taft’s Claim for Re-election · Charles E. Townsend · ar _19 · Socialism, The Logical Outcome of Progressivism · Victor L. Berger · ar _21 · The Test of Faith in Democracy · Herbert Croly · ar 24 · Faking as a Fine Art · Anon. · ar; illus. Monte Crews · Interesting People (short biographical articles) _33 · P. G. Holden · Victor Rosewater · ar _34 · Mayme Pixley · Ella Hutchinson Ellwanger · ar _36 · Arnold Bennett · Irvin S. Cobb · ar _38 · William A. Prendergast · William Bullock · ar _41 · Roy W. Howard · Anon. · ar 43 · Nine Terrible Men [Commissioner Sanders] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller Aug 24 ’12; illus. Charles Sarka 53 · The Earning Power of Population · Albert Jay Nock · ar 55 · The Rambunctious Rhino · Stewart Edward White · ar 61 · The Ultimate Discovery · Edith Barnard Delano · ss; illus. Gayle Porter Hoskins 71 · The Drama of Wages · Mary Field · ar; illus. W. Benda 80 · The Man Who Came Back · John Fleming Wilson · ss; illus. M. Leone Bracker 94 · The Express Bonanza · Albert W. Atwood · ar 102 · If at First You Don’t Succeed, Join a New Party · Kin Hubbard · ar; illus. W. J. Enright 114 · Aaron Luckett’s Gridiron Gloat · Robert Emmet MacAlarney · ar; illus. H. C. Wall
The American Magazine [v 75 # 8, June 1913] (15¢, 128pp, standard, cover by John Rae) [STM] 18 · The Bronze Tiger · James Francis Dwyer · ss 50 · Fair Weather Hits · Louis Graves · ss 65 · The Tie That Binds · V. H. Cornell · ss 78 · On Rush Street Bridge · Stanley R. Osborn · ss 94 · The Regent [Part 2 of ?] · Arnold Bennett · sl
The American Magazine [v 77 #2, February 1914] (15¢, standard) Information from EBAY ToC scan. 12 · Majesty of the Law · Finley Peter Dunne · ss; illus. Frank E. Schoonover 17 · Personality Plus · Edna Ferber · ss 26 · Good-by · Kate Jordan · ss; illus. David Robinson 39 · Hum-Drum [Part 2 of 2] · Alfred Ollivant · sl; illus. Monte Crews 45 · Homeburg Weekly Democrat · George Fitch · ss; illus. Irma Dérèmeaux 53 · In Passing · Samuel Merwin · ss; illus. Jay Hambidge 59 · The Woman’s Law [Part 4 of ?] · Maravene Thompson · ar; illus. Walter Dean Goldbeck 106 · Visiting · James Montgomery Flagg · ss
The American Magazine [September 1914] (94pp, 8½" x 12½", cover by James Montgomery Flagg) Information from EBAY auction. · The Self-Starter - A Story of Emma and Jock McChesney · Edna Ferber · ss; illus. James Montgomery Flagg · The Winning Shot · Jerome D. Travers · ar; Four Times Amateur Golf Champion of the United States, with 7 Rules for Putting.; illus. photos · Aunt Jane and the Lion Tamer · Katharine Holland Brown · ss; illus. Hanson Booth · Why I Quit Writing Melodrama · Owen Davis · ar; illus. photos · The Homeburg Marine Band · George Fitch · ss; illus. Irma Deremeaux · Seeing America - The Burden of Being White · Ray Stannard Baker · ar · Boston Blackie Stories - Death Cell Visions · No. 6606 · ss; illus. N. C. Wyeth
The American Magazine [September 1915] (94pp, 8½" x 12½", cover by Rolf Armstrong) Information from EBAY auction. · Agnes of Cape’s End · Susan Glaspell · nv; illus. William M. Berger · And West Is West: Part II - The King’s Highway · Philip Curtiss · sl; illus. W. B. King · The Hermit · Walter Prichard Eaton · ss; illus. W. T. Benda · Hempfield: XXV. The Flying Machine · David Grayson · ss; illus. Thomas Fogarty
The American Magazine [v 84 #2, August 1917] (15¢, 8½" x 12½") Information from EBAY ToC scan. 15 · Their Mother · William Dudley Pelley · ss 21 · The Morals of Peter · Marjorie Benton Cooke · ss 27 · Pearls Before Klein · H. C. Witwer · ss 35 · The Temporary Receiver · Ellis Parker Butler · ss 40 · The Man That Was in Him · Edison Marshall · ss 45 · Fanny Herself [Part ? of ?] · Edna Ferber · sl 53 · Down in Sunny Tennessee · Grantland Rice · pm 54 · The Auctioneer [Great Possessions] · David Grayson · ss
The American Magazine [v 85 #2, February 1918] (20¢, 112pp, 8½" x 12½") Information from EBAY ToC scan.

13 · New York and Return · Holworthy Hall · ss; illus. Clarence F. Underwood
21 · Bud Jones—Small Advertiser · William Dudley Pelley · ss; illus. Norman Price
31 · A Kind of Dog-Gone Christion · Arthur Preston Hankins · ss; illus. F. E. Schoonover
35 · The Making of George Groton [Part ? of ?] · Bruce Barton · n.; illus. Paul Stahr
42 · The Crisis in Room 25 · Samuel A. Derieux · ss; illus. J. Knowles Hare
The American Magazine [November 1920] (25¢, 8½" x 12", cover by Gene Pressler) Information from EBAY auction. · Married [Part 1 of 6] · Marjorie Benton Cooke · sl; illus. Jarka(?) · Foolish Questions Asked in Schools · Fred C. Kelly · ar · Grace Chapel of Oakmont, PA · Herbert Waring · ar; where 10 denominations worship together. · A Man with a Punch and Not Afraid to Deliver It · Frank B. Copley · ar; on Charles E. Carpenter · Money · Homer L. Ferguson · cl · The Girl Who Changed Her Mind · Frances A. Ludwig · ss; illus. Leslie L. Benson · I Gotta Go to the Mat · Bruce Barton · ar · How People Behave When in Danger · Jack Binns · ar · The Pursuit · Samuel A. Derieux · ss; story of Tom Abercrombie and a Bloodhound.; illus. Douglas Duke · Buying a 163 story House · H. C. Witwer · ar · Almost Everybody Is Stage-Struck · Mary L. Mullett · ar; about Henry W. Savage, with photos of Mitzi, Dorothea Mackaye, Vivian Tobin, the cast of “Shavings”, Collenette, Gertrude Bryan, Chorus of “See-Saw”, Eleanor Livingston. · The Kind of Men Who Can Fix Their Own Salaries · James B. Forgan · ar · Pay to T. Hartley, Good Sport, $10,000 · Hugh S. Fullerton · ss; golf story.; illus. J. Henry · Stories from a Lost and Found Room · Richard Butler · ar; custodian of lost property at Grand Central Station. · Do You Want to Know What Others Think About You? · Walter Dill Scott · ar · Shirley Langdon Takes a Flyer · Myra Sawhill · ss; illus. R. M. Crampton · Twenty Rules for a Happy Marriage · Dr. Frank Crane · ar · Why You Become Immune from Certain Diseases · M. K. Wisehart · iv; interview with Dr. William Park. · Oh Yes, Nora Understood Men · Fannie Kilbourne · ss; illus. W. B. King · Human Nature as Seen in the Woolworth Building · Hannah Mitchell · ar; relates experiences of Edwin A. Cochran, manager. · What Gatton Learned in 1920 · Margaret Benton · ss; illus. Clarence Underwood · My Adventures in Self-Reliance · B. C. Forbes · ar · Interesting People · Misc. · cl; Bill Hunter, Mrs. Wescott marine engineer, Ray P. Speer.
The American Magazine [January 1921] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [JN] · Letty—the Grabber · Alexander Hull · ss; illus. Clarence F. Underwood · Love Sets the Alarm Clock · Roy P. Churchill · ss; illus. Arthur Litle · The Folks · Irving Bacheller · ss · Grandma Curcheon—Detective · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illus. Paul Meylan · Butterfly So Bright · Marcia Elkin · ss; illus. Lejaren A. Hiller · Married [Part 3 of 6] · Marjorie Benton Cooke · sl; illus. Leslie Benson
The American Magazine [February 1921] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [JN] · Anna the Absolute · Florence Ryerson · ss; illus. Clarence F. Underwood · Scattergood and the Tongue of Gossip [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illus. Paul Meylan · “I Want to Break Into the Game” · ?? · ss · Quintin and the Quince · Winona Godfrey · ss; illus. E. F. Ward · “You’re Too Contwisted Satisfied—Jim Ted!” · Conrad Richter · ss; illus. Denman Fink · Married [Part 4 of 6] · Marjorie Benton Cooke · sl; illus. Leslie Benson · Curing a Bully with His Own Medicine · Myra Sawhill · ss; illus. J. Henry
The American Magazine [March 1921] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [JN] · The Green Parrot · W. L. George · ss; illus. Clarence F. Underwood · The End of the Rainbow · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss; illus. Norman Price · Scattergood and the Missing Organ Fund [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illus. Paul Meylan · Old Frank to the Rescue! · Samuel A. Derieux · ss; illus. J. Knowles Hare · Married [Part 5 of 6] · Marjorie Benton Cooke · sl; illus. Leslie Benson
The American Magazine [April 1921] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [JN] · An Instrument of the Gods [Part 1 of 2; Lee Fu Chang] · Lincoln Colcord · sl; illus. Harry Townsend · Sneaking Up on Pa · Valma Clark · ss; illus. E. F. Ward · Martin Garrity Finally Pulls a Bone [Martin Garrity] · Courtney Ryley Cooper & Leo F. Creagan · ss; illus. George Wright · Bargain Day for Babies · Florence Ryerson · ss; illus. Norman Price · Tied Down by His Wife · W. S. Ashby · ss; illus. Clarence F. Underwood · Married [Part 6 of 6] · Marjorie Benton Cooke · sl; illus. Leslie Benson · Interesting People: Lu Senarens, a Writer of a Thousand Thrillers · Elizabeth Alden · ar [Luis P. Senarens]
The American Magazine [May 1921] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [JN] · John Talbot’s Revenge [Part 1 of 6] · Maximilian Foster · sl; illus. Norman Price · Number Seven to Sagapoose · Sinclair Lewis · ss; illus. Arthur William Brown · Lost in Mid-Air · Edwin Balmer · ss; illus. Leslie L. Benson · Find the Thief · Elwyn M. Chambers · ss; illus. Douglas Duer · An Instrument of the Gods [Part 2 of 2; Lee Fu Chang] · Lincoln Colcord · sl; illus. Harry Townsend · The Golden Gown · Nellie Browne Duff · ss
The American Magazine [June 1921] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [JN] · He Couldn’t Stand Prosperity · Harriet Abbott · ss; illus. F. R. Gruger · Scattergood Buys a Church [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illus. Paul Meylan · Cinderella Dyes Them Black · Fannie Kilbourne · ss; illus. Clarence F. Underwood · The Winner · Alexander Hull · ss; illus. Arthur William Brown · Twenty Miles from Nowhere · Albert Apple · ss; illus. J. Henry · John Talbot’s Revenge [Part 2 of 6] · Maximilian Foster · sl; illus. Norman Price
The American Magazine [July 1921] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [JN] · Martin Garrity Gets Even [Martin Garrity] · Courtney Ryley Cooper & Leo F. Creagan · ss; illus. George Wright · Prisoners in Paradise · Earl Derr Biggers · ss; illus. Frederic A. Anderson · The Man Who Wasn’t Wanted · Nelia Gardner White · ss; illus. F. R. Gruger · Look Like a Million! · Ralph E. Mooney · ss; illus. Arthur Litle · John Talbot’s Revenge [Part 3 of 6] · Maximilian Foster · sl; illus. Norman Price
The American Magazine [August 1921] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [JN] · William Learns All About Women · Fannie Kilbourne · ss; illus. Clarence F. Underwood · Walking Ann Fools the Sheriff · Charles Saxby · ss; illus. Douglas Duer · The Lie That Waked Tom Up · Mary Singer · ss; illus. C. Clyde Squires · Old Sam and the Dollar Mule · E. Waldo Long · ss; illus. J. J. Gould · John Talbot’s Revenge [Part 4 of 6] · Maximilian Foster · sl; illus. Norman Price
The American Magazine [September 1921] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [JN] · Scattergood Baits a Hook [Scattergood Baines] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illus. Paul Meylan · Uncle Cy—Talented or Crazy? · Valma Clark · ss; illus. E. F. Ward · A Hard Nut to Crack · Sheldon Wills · ss; illus. Harry Townsend · “Practically Engaged” · Dorothy S. Phillips · ss; illus. Clarence F. Underwood · The Bolter · Samuel A. Derieux · ss; illus. Douglas Duer · John Talbot’s Revenge [Part 5 of 6] · Maximilian Foster · sl; illus. Norman Price

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