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The Best British Short Stories 1939 & The Yearbook of the British and Irish Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Houghton Mifflin, 1939, 296pp, hc, an) 1 · The Necessity of Invention · A. J. Alan · ss The Strand Magazine July 1932 13 · Allow Me to Suggest · Martin Armstrong · ss John o’ London’s Weekly July 29 1938 18 · The Ox · H. E. Bates · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1939 36 · In the Midst of Death We Live · Ralph Bates · ss Esquire October 1938 48 · Poaching Isn’t Theft · T. O. Beachcroft · ss The Daily Express December 27 1938 59 · Number 16 · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener January 19 1938 68 · The Man in the Mackintosh · Gerald Bullett · ss John o’ London’s Weekly July 15 1938 74 · Sleeping Beauty · John Collier · ss Harper’s Bazaar (UK) May 1938 89 · Resurrection · Rhys Davies · ss The Evening Standard January 30 1939 96 · The Guardian · Walter de la Mare · ss John o’ London’s Weekly June 10 1938 108 · The Lost Land · Geraint Goodwin · ss The Welsh Review April 1939 118 · A Summer Night · G. F. Green · ss The Listener August 11 1938 124 · An Impossible Child · Leslie Halward · ss News Chronicle September 16 1938 128 · Beyond the Horizon · James Hanley · ss The Fortnightly Review October 1938 147 · Mountain Madness · H. T. Hopkinson · ss The Listener January 5 1939 155 · An Irishman and a Jew · Geoffrey Household · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1938 172 · Children · Daniel Kalicstein · ss The Quest December 1938 177 · “Getcheta” · A. W. H. Macdonald · ss Life and Letters Today January 1939 181 · Seven Miles to Godwhim · H. A. Manhood · ss The Daily Herald February 20 1939 185 · Wrong Turning · Campbell Nairne · ss John o’ London’s Weekly August 26 1938 191 · Mac’s Masterpiece · Frank O’Connor · ss The London Mercury May 1938 204 · Galway Bay · Liam O’Flaherty · ss Harper’s Bazaar November 1938 216 · Pocock Passes · V. S. Pritchett · ss The London Mercury April 1939 230 · Bare Feet · John Raynor · ss The Spectator June 17 1938 234 · Deus ex Machina · Stephen Spender · ss The Listener December 22 1938 239 · At the Barber’s · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1938 247 · She Wanted a Piano · T. Thompson · ss Picture Post March 25 1939 253 · The Murderer · Robert Westerby · ss The London Mercury February 1939 259 · Time for Chapel · Malachi Whitaker · ss John o’ London’s Weekly May 13 1938 267 · Gala Night · Winifred Williams · ss John o’ London’s Weekly September 9 1938

The Best British Short Stories 1940 & The Yearbook of the British and Irish Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Houghton Mifflin, 1940, 294pp, hc, an) 1 · The Fishing Boat · Martin Armstrong · ss The Listener July 20 1939 10 · Curious Adventure of Mr. Bond · Nugent Barker · nv The Cornhill Magazine July 1939 32 · The Bridge · H. E. Bates · ss Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art January 1940 50 · His Fortieth Birthday · T. O. Beachcroft · ss Penguin Parade #6, 1939 64 · Sympathy · Frances Bellerby · ss The Listener March 28 1940 68 · Mary · John Collier · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2725, July 1939 79 · The Wages of Love · Rhys Davies · ss Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art February 1940 87 · The Black House · Margiad Evans · ss The Welsh Review June 1939 94 · He Had Been Told · Walter Gladden · ss The Manchester Guardian February 14 1940 98 · Ap Town · Geraint Goodwin · ss The Welsh Review November 1939 110 · Stained Glass · Oliver Gossman · ss The Manchester Guardian June 23 1939 113 · Room Wanted · G. F. Green · ss Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art February 1940 119 · Time Wasted? · Leslie Halward · ss The Listener August 17 1939 127 · The Fair · Edgar Howard · ss The Welsh Review September 1939 135 · I Am Waiting · Christopher Isherwood · ss The New Yorker October 21 1939 144 · The Apple-Tree · Glyn Jones · ss Life and Letters Today March 1940 153 · The Buttercup Field · Gwyn Jones · ss The Welsh Review August 1939 163 · A Bit of a Do · Eric Knight · ss Story #63, October 1937 173 · The Apple · Elisabeth Kyle · ss The Manchester Guardian December 7 1939 176 · The Wanderers · Alun Lewis · ss The Welsh Review October 1939 191 · Stories · Ethel Mannin · ss Adelphi January 1940 197 · First Confession · Frank O’Connor · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2720, March 1 1939 204 · The Saint · V. S. Pritchett · ss Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art April 1940 217 · The Coat · Henry Handel Richardson · ss Good Housekeeping (UK) February 1940 228 · Vi’let · Howard Spring · ss Redbook Magazine February 1940, as “An Evacuated Child” 248 · The Pedigree Pup · T. Thompson · ss Lancashire Fun by T. Thompson, George Allen & Unwin, 1938 254 · Blind Man’s Buff · Robert Westerby · ss John o’ London’s Weekly January 5 1940 260 · The Nawpin’ Stick · Malachi Whitaker · ss John o’ London’s Weekly April 19 1940 269 · Iron on Iron · Woodrow Wyatt · ss Kingdom Come #3, Spring 1940

The Best British Short Stories of 1922 ed. Edward J. O’Brien & John Cournos (Small, Maynard & Company, 1922, 339pp, hc, an) 3 · Where Was Wych Street? · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 26 1921 20 · The Looking-Glass · J. D. Beresford · nv The Cornhill Magazine August 1921 44 · The Olive · Algernon Blackwood · ss Pearson’s Magazine July 1921 56 · Once a Hero · Harold Brighouse · ss Pan: The Fiction Magazine July 1921 73 · “The Pensioner” · William Caine · ss The Graphic July 2 1921 78 · A Broadsheet Ballad · A. E. Coppard · ss The Dial March 1922 86 · The Christmas Present · Richmal Crompton · ss Truth December 21 1921 91 · Seaton’s Aunt · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury April 1922 123 · The Reaper · Dorothy Easton · ss The English Review May 1922 128 · The Song · May Edginton · ss Lloyd’s Story Magazine June 1922 141 · A Hedonist · John Galsworthy · ss The Century Magazine July 1921 149 · The Bat and Belfry Inn · Alan Graham · ss The Story-teller May 1922 165 · The Lie · Holloway Horn · vi Harper’s Bazar May 1921 168 · A Girl in It · Rowland Kenney · ss The New Age December 15 1921 179 · The Backstairs of the Mind · Rosamond Langbridge · ss The Manchester Guardian February 7 1922 184 · The Birth of a Masterpiece · Lucas Malet · ss The Story-teller January 1922 196 · “Genius” · Elinor Mordaunt · nv The Century Magazine November 1921 219 · The Devil to Pay · Max Pemberton · ss The Story-teller March 1922 233 · Empty Arms · Roland Pertwee · ss The Ladies’ Home Journal March 1922 247 · Lena Wrace · May Sinclair · ss The Dial July 1921 261 · The Dice Thrower · Sidney Southgate · ss Yes or No April 18 1908, as by Thomas Moult [Ref. William C. Morrow]; plagarism of W.C. Morrow’s famous story “The Pale Dice-Thrower”, The Argonaut Jan 2, 1893. 270 · The Stranger Woman · G. B. Stern · ss John o’ London’s Weekly January 28 1922 (+1) 285 · The Woman Who Sat Still · Parry Truscott · ss Colour November 1921 293 · Major Wilbraham · Hugh Walpole · ss The Chicago Tribune November 13 1921

The Best British Short Stories of 1923 ed. Edward J. O’Brien & John Cournos (Small, Maynard & Company, 1923, 333pp, hc, an) 3 · The Smell in the Library [Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · nv The Sketch December 25 1922, as “Red Antony” 24 · Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine September 1922 41 · A Queer Fellow · Clifford Bax · ss The Beacon August 1922 47 · Melancholy Adventure · D. F. Boyd · vi The Manchester Guardian May 23 1923 49 · The Mole · Gerald Bullett · ss The London Mercury May 1923 58 · Black Country · Thomas Burke · ss Lloyd’s Story Magazine December 1922 67 · Alas, Poor Bollington! · A. E. Coppard · ss Saturday Review (UK) October 14 1922 76 · Sindbad of “Sunny Lea” · Norman Davey · ss John o’ London’s Weekly September 9 1922 85 · Death of the Jester · W. L. George · ss The Century Magazine October 1922 97 · The Stranger · Richard Hughes · ss The Weekly Westminster Gazette May 26 1923 106 · Some Talk of Alexander · A. S. M. Hutchinson · nv Everybody’s Magazine November 1920 143 · Comfort · F. Tennyson Jesse · nv The London Magazine December 1922 165 · Old Gadgett · Sheila Kaye-Smith · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1922 175 · The Horse Dealer’s Daughter · D. H. Lawrence · ss The English Review April 1922 194 · The Fly · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Nation and Athenaeum March 18 1922 200 · The Taipan · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1922 208 · Stripes · Ethel Colburn Mayne · ss The Golden Hind October 1922 216 · Another Temple Gone · C. E. Montague · ss The London Mercury December 1922 234 · The Inspired ’Busman · Elinor Mordaunt · ss Saturday Review (UK) July 1 1922 242 · The Sniper · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The New Leader January 12 1923 247 · Contrairy Mary · Edwin Pugh · ss The English Review January 1923 254 · Mayor’s Dovecote [Troytown] · Sir A. T. Quiller-Couch · ss Metropolitan Magazine June 1908 267 · The Prophetic Camera · L. de Giberne Sieveking · ss The English Review November 1922 279 · The Machine Breaks Down · Osbert Sitwell · ss The English Review December 1922 290 · The Enemy · Hugh Walpole · ss The Strand Magazine February 1923 302 · Blessed Are the Meek · Mary Webb · ss The English Review September 1922

The Best British Short Stories of 1924 ed. Edward J. O’Brien & John Cournos (Small, Maynard & Company, 1924, 303pp, hc, an) 3 · Mr. Franklyn’s Adventure · James Murray Allison · ss The London Mercury November 1923 12 · Mrs. Lovelace · Martin Armstrong · ss The London Mercury March 1924 21 · Bill Grimes His Soul · Rolf Bennett · ss The English Review September 1923 27 · Deosil · Mary Butts · ss Transatlantic Review March 1924 38 · The Higgler · A. E. Coppard · nv Transatlantic Review May 1924 67 · The Appeal · E. M. Delafield · ss Eve April 9 1924 75 · The Coffin · Caradoc Evans · ss Illustrated Review July 1923 81 · Night Fears · Leslie P. Hartley · ss The Tatler April 30 1924 88 · The Old Story · Janko Lavrin · ss The New Age December 13 1923 93 · Deckers on the Coast · William McFee · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1923 109 · Lion’s Courage · G. B. Mackenzie · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1923 120 · The Samuel Josephs · Katherine Mansfield · ss Adelphi June 1923 127 · Oakfield House · Archibald Marshall · nv The Red Book Magazine June 1923 155 · In a Strange Land · W. Somerset Maugham · vi Cosmopolitan February 1924 159 · We Were Just Saying · Viola Meynell · ss Time and Tide May 16 1924 (+1) 168 · The Lion’s Den · Raymond Mortimer · nv The London Mercury September 1923 202 · Spring Sowing · Liam O’Flaherty · ss T.P.’s and Cassell’s Weekly March 8 1924 209 · Banished · Con O’Leary · ss The Manchester Guardian February 8 1924 213 · The Beautiful Sea · T. F. Powys · ss The New Leader May 23 1924 218 · Death · Dorothy Richardson · vi The Weekly Westminster February 9 1924 221 · Creaking Sarah and Laughing Sal · Helen Rootham · ss The Nation October 13 1923 226 · At the Mickleham Arms · Helen Simpson · ss The Weekly Westminster November 3 1923 230 · Undergrowth · Edith Sitwell · ss The Golden Hind January 1924 244 · Bible Brown · H. M. Tomlinson · ss Adelphi January 1924 251 · The Mask of Michichiyo · W. J. Turner · ss The Winter Owl 1923 264 · Tambourin Chinois · Romer Wilson · ss The Weekly Westminster Gazette August 18 1923

The Best British Short Stories of 1925 ed. Edward J. O’Brien & John Cournos (Small, Maynard & Company, 1925, 346pp, hc, an) 3 · Red Hair · Princess Elizabeth Bibesco · ss The Chicago Tribune July 27 1925 20 · Fifty Pounds · A. E. Coppard · ss Calendar March 1925 36 · Faithful Jenny Dove · Eleanor Farjeon · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1924 52 · Miss Wickers · Viola Garvin · nv The London Mercury July 1924 77 · Poor Man’s Inn · Richard Hughes · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine April 1924 88 · Jimmy and the Desperate Woman · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Criterion October 1924 115 · The Redemption of Madame Fradeau · Kenneth MacNichol · ss Blackwood’s Magazine December 1924 134 · The Fox · George Manning-Sanders · ss The Dublin Magazine April 1925 142 · Picnic · John Metcalfe · ss Adelphi April 1925 155 · The Friend in Need · Allan N. Monkhouse · ss The Manchester Guardian November 12 1924 159 · The Quest · Marmaduke Pickthall · ss The Cornhill Magazine September 1924 179 · The Painted Wagon · T. F. Powys · ss The Dial February 1925 184 · The Escape of Saemundr · Will Smith · ss The New Statesman July 5 1924 188 · Storm · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Golden Hind July 1924 202 · The Enemy in Ambush · Hugh Walpole · ss The Fortnightly Review March 1925 214 · While ’Zekiel Ploughed · C. Henry Warren · ss Outlook (London) February 7 1925 219 · The Diamond · E. L. Grant Watson · ss The Cornhill Magazine September 1924 230 · “Chanson Triste” · A. W. Wells · ss The English Review November 1924 240 · Two Masters · Arthur Wheen · ss The London Mercury November 1924 260 · The Cage Bird · Francis Brett Young · ss The Story-teller September 1924 279 · The Rapparee · Lynn Doyle · ss The Irish Statesman July 5 1924 286 · Samhain · Dorothy Macardle · ss The Dublin Magazine October 1924 296 · The Reaping Race · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The Dublin Magazine November 1924

The Best British Short Stories of 1926 ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Dodd, Mead, 1926, 427pp, hc, an) 3 · The Awakening · Stella Benson · ss The Bookman December 1925 12 · The Devil’s Own Luck · John D. Beresford · ss The Century Magazine May 1926 24 · The Mousetrap · Gerald Bullett · ss Saturday Review (UK) November 14 1925 33 · The Dream of Ah Lum · Thomas Burke · ss The Strand Magazine October 1925 46 · The Box · Richard Carol · vi The London Daily News January 11 1926 48 · The Field of Mustard · A. E. Coppard · ss The Criterion April 1925 58 · Mr. Kempe · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury November 1925 88 · A Country House · Dorothy Edwards · ss The Calendar of Modern Letters August 1925 102 · The Aunt Sally · Constance Holme · ss Adelphi June 1925 109 · Half Holiday · Aldous Huxley · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1925 126 · The Prevailing Ill · Humfrey Jordan · nv Blackwood’s Magazine November 1925 161 · The Woman Who Rode Away · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Dial July 1925 (+1) 202 · Step-Mother Earth · Ena Limebeer · ss The Nation December 19 1925 206 · Down and Out · Allan N. Monkhouse · ss The Manchester Guardian December 18 1925 210 · Crazywell · Eden Phillpotts · nv The Pall Mall Magazine December 1906 243 · Defeat · Edward Scouller · ss The New Leader May 28 1926 255 · Cobbler, Cobbler, Mend My Shoe · Jan Struther · ss G.K.’s Weekly October 24 1925 262 · Mr. Oddy · Hugh Walpole · nv Cosmopolitan March 1926 279 · Pound for Pound · Albert Richard Wetjen · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 26 1925 312 · Balalaika · Francis Brett Young · ss The Story-teller January 1926 321 · The Piper · Thomas Kelly · ss The Manchester Guardian February 18 1926 325 · The Inquisition · Liam O’Flaherty · ss Adelphi March 1926

The Best British Short Stories of 1927 ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Dodd, Mead, 1927, 427pp, hc, an) 3 · The Idealist · Mary Arden · ss Adelphi August 1926 14 · The Spoil-Sport · Stacy Aumonier · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1926 31 · Hate · H. H. Bashford · ss The Grand Magazine November 1926 44 · Fear · H. E. Bates · ss The Nation March 1926 49 · The Indomitable Mrs. Garthorne · J. D. Beresford · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine February 1927 72 · “Just Imagine…” · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Eve Christmas 1926 85 · The Three Scholars · Osbert Burdett · ss The New Criterion January 1927 104 · Purl and Plain · David Garnett · ss Vogue (UK) July 1926 111 · The ’Cello · T. G. G.-A. · ss Adelphi November 1926 116 · The Most Miserable of Men · Desmond MacCarthy · vi Land & Water December 12 1918 127 · Funeral March of a Marionette · John Metcalfe · ss The Independent January 1 1927 136 · Lost Property · R. H. Mottram · ss The English Review January 1927 148 · A Tale That Was Told · L. A. Pavey · ss The Manchester Guardian April 19 1927 153 · Tragedy in a Greek Theatre · V. S. Pritchett · ss The Cornhill Magazine January 1927 169 · A Kind of Freedom · Anthony Richardson · ss The Royal Magazine October 1926 184 · The Lock · Edward Sackville-West · nv The Forum January 1927 210 · The Sheep · Mary Somerville · ss The Century Magazine April 1927 228 · The Emptied Sack · Daniel Corkery · ss The Dial August 1926 241 · The Informer · Shaw Desmond · ss Scribner’s Magazine January 1927 255 · Getting Even · Thomas Kelly · vi The Manchester Guardian May 10 1927 258 · The Bomb-Shop · Seán O’Faoláin · ss The Dial March 1927 273 · Rebels They Were Called · K. F. Purdon · nv Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine March 1927 296 · The Quest · Lennox Robinson · ss The Dial October 1926