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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)

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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, 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, 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, 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 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 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, 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 (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.

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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.