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Best Sports [Vol. 2 No. 8, May 1951] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, cover by Norman Saunders) [] Details supplied by Sai Shankar. ifc. · What’s Your Favorite? · [uncredited] · ms 4 · Pitch for Your Life · Duane Yarnell · na; baseball. 26 · Good Morning Glory! · Norman Ober · ss; horse-racing. 34 · The Smart Hole · Giles A. Lutz · ss; golf. 47 · A Pennant to Remember · Philip St. John · ss; baseball. 53 · Half-Mile Madman · Henry B. Bachrach · ss; track. 65 · Sports Throbs · Gerard Garrett · cl 72 · How the Yanks Make Their Stars · Herb Rogoff · ar 74 · Brains in His Bat · Zene Tuttler · nv; baseball. 88 · Pro Means Deliver · Jack Sullavan · ss; tennis. 100 · Backstop from the Bench · Roe Richmond · na; baseball. 123 · Sports I. Q. · Herb Rogoff · ar 124 · Flowers for the Champ · Brent North · ss; fight. ibc. · Sports Bull Session · [uncredited] · ms

Best Sports [Vol. 2 No. 9, August 1951] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corp., 25¢, 132pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) [] Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 6 · “Okay, You Want Homeruns?” · H. C. Butler · nv; baseball. 38 · Date with the Derby · Reynolds Phillips · ss; horse racing. 48 · Fastball Fix · Humphrey Jones · ss; baseball. 58 · Piledriver Fists…by Proxy · Norman Ober · ss; boxing. 67 · Grudge Race · Cordner Nelson · ss; track. 75 · What’s Your Baseball IQ? · Herb Rogoff · ia 76 · Lacrosse—Massacre or Sport? · Herb Rogoff · ia 77 · Sports Throbs · Gerard Garrett · cl 82 · Hot Corner—Cool Head · Bill Erin · ss; baseball. given as “Hot Corner—Cool Head” in the Table of Contents. 97 · Net Gain · Johnny Lawson · ss; tennis. 103 · Homicide Hurler · Jack Rogers · ss; baseball. 115 · Par’s Not Good Enough · Philip St. John · ss; golf. 121 · Champs Never Die · W. P. Brothers · ss; boxing.

Best Sports [Vol. 2 No. 10, December 1951] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corp., 25¢, 132pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) [] Details supplied by Ira B. Matetsky. 6 · The Tackle No Team Could Tame · Gardner F. Fox · nv; football. 31 · Backstretch Bum · Thomas L. Cavanaugh · ss; horse racing. 40 · Mound War · Don Kingery · ss; baseball. 49 · Get the Goalie! · Louis Trimble · ss; ice hockey. 58 · “You’re Ready, Kid—” · Charles Larson · ss; boxing. 69 · Sports Throbs · Gerard Garrett · cl 75 · Last Quarter Means No Quarter! · Johanas L. Bouma · ss; football. 82 · Sports Action Camera: End of a Glorious Era · Herb Rogoff · ia 84 · Fast Pitch · C. Paul Jackson · ss; baseball. 97 · Hate Set · Norman Ober · ss; tennis. 108 · The Rookie Wanted Revenge · Duane Yarnell · nv; baseball. 129 · Sports Bull-Session · The Editors · ms

Best Stories   (about)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Clever Truths

Clever Truths [v1 #1, June 1925] (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)