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The American Magazine [August 1911] (The Phillips Publishing Co., 15¢, standard, cover by Henry J. Beck) from TOC. [John Locke] fp · Illustration for “The Abandoned Farm” · Walter King Stone · il 404 · The Abandoned Farm · Walter Prichard Eaton · ms; illus. Walter King Stone 413 · Mother · Kathleen Norris · ss; illus. J. Scott Williams 442 · Representing T.A. Buck · Edna Ferber · ss; illus. R. M. Crosby 449 · The Wanderer · John S. Reed · nf 455 · The Bow-Legs of Destiny · Philip E. Curtiss · ss; illus. Wallace Morgan 483 · The Artistic Temperament · Virginia Tracy · ss; illus. M. Leone Bracker 494 · Great Possessions · Dion Clayton Calthrop · ss; illus. Walter Jack Duncan 497 · The Secret Garden [Part 10 of ?] · Frances Hodgson Burnett · sl; illus. J. Scott Williams 513 · How to Write a Short Story · Harris Merton Lyon · ss; illus. H. Kerr Eby
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 Aristide Pujol: Adventure of Fleurette [Aristide 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 Cutcheon—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
The American Magazine [October 1921] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [JN] He Was Serving Two Masters—One of Them Golf · Dean L. Heffernan · ss; illus. T. K. Hanna The Man Who Wanted a Dog That Would Kill · Eleanor Williams Youmans · ss; illus. Douglas Duer A Woman in Her Thirties · John Peter Toohey · ss; illus. Leslie L. Benson A Call in the Night from the “Devil’s Bowl” [Septimus Grew] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illus. Paul Meylan John Talbot’s Revenge [Part 6 of 6] · Maximilian Foster · sl; illus. Norman Price
The American Magazine [November 1921] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [JN] The Blue Circle [Part 1 of 6] · Elizabeth Jordan · sl; illus. Douglas Duer The Great Man’s Son · Holworthy Hall · ss; illus. Leslie L. Benson What the Professor Saw in Elaine · Fannie Kilbourne · ss; illus. Clarence F. Underwood The Great Feud of Talking River · Kenneth Gilbert · ss; illus. Charles Livingston Bull The Man Who Dreaded to Go Home · Bess Streeter Aldrich · ss; illus. Norman Price Joe Goes After the Doctor · Samuel A. Derieux · ss; illus. W. B. King
The American Magazine [December 1921] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [JN] When the Children Came Home · Agnes Sligh Turnbull · ss; illus. E. F. Ward The Doctor Uses a Strange Weapon [Septimus Grew] · Clarence Budington Kelland · ss; illus. Paul Meylan A Bull in a China Shop · Royal Brown · ss; illus. Arthur William Brown The Comet · Samuel A. Derieux · ss; illus. Frank Stick The Blue Circle [Part 2 of 6] · Elizabeth Jordan · sl; illus. Douglas Duer The Girl Who Took Too Much Advice · Dorothy S. Phillips · ss; illus. Will Foster
The American Magazine [January 1922] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [JN] The Woman Nell Cutter Was Afraid of [Nell Cutter] · Bess Streeter Aldrich · ss; illus. W. B. King The Yellow Streak · Helen Topping Miller · ss; illus. J. Henry Jimmy and the Ultimatum · Franklyn Barrows · ss; illus. R. M. Crampton "Devotedly Yours" · Mary Singer · ss; illus. Leslie L. Benson The Blue Circle [Part 3 of 6] · Elizabeth Jordan · sl; illus. Douglas Duer
The American Magazine [February 1922] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [JN] His Thousandth Case! · Agnes Sligh Turnbull · ss; illus. Denman Fink The Girl Who Could Cry Real Tears - And Finally Did · Holworthy Hall · ss; illus. Clarence F. Underwood Mother Gets Back on the Job · Bess Streeter Aldrich · ss; illus. W. B. King Four Words to the Wise · E. Waldo Long · ss; illus. P. V. E. Ivory The Blue Circle [Part 4 of 6] · Elizabeth Jordan · sl; illus. Douglas Duer
The American Magazine [March 1922] (25¢, 8½" x 11½") [JN] Servant and Master · Lincoln Colcord · ss; illus. Harry Townsend That Other Woman · Holworthy Hall · ss; illus. Arthur William Brown An Act of God · Samuel A. Derieux · ss; illus. J. Knowles Hare Old Hugh Kenyon Regains His Youth · Adele Force Kollock · ss; illus. Norman Price The Pluck of a Little Woman · Marie Pake · ss; illus. B. J. Rosenmeyer The Blue Circle [Part 5 of 6] · Elizabeth Jordan · sl; illus. Douglas Duer

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