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The Best British Short Stories of 1928 ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Dodd, Mead, 1928, 360pp, hc, an) 3 · Old Beetle’s Crime · Alex. Barber · ss The Queen May 30 1928 10 · The Cornet-Player · Arnold Bennett · ss The Strand Magazine August 1927 24 · The Story of Wan and the Remarkable Shrub [Kai Lung] · Ernest Bramah · nv The London Mercury September 1927 55 · Dick’s Hatband · Dora M. Broome · ss The Manchester Guardian August 2 1927 58 · Fine Feathers · A. E. Coppard · nv Bermondsey Book December 1927 (+1) 84 · Furniture · Anne Corner · ss The Manchester Guardian October 3 1927 88 · “Le Petit Rabbin” · Louis Golding · ss Bermondsey Book September/November 1927 98 · “Every Twenty Years” · Ray Coryton Hutchinson · ss The Empire Review January 1928 111 · A Wedding Morn · Sheila Kaye-Smith · nv The Story-teller December 1927 140 · Pascoe’s Song · Charles Lee · ss The English Review March 1928 146 · Brotherhood · H. A. Manhood · ss John o’ London’s Weekly June 11 1927 151 · The Bride’s Dream · Adelaide Eden Phillpotts · ss Good Housekeeping (UK) May 1928 168 · The Man Who Didn’t Laugh · Herbert Shaw · ss The Premier Magazine #5, February 1927 184 · Travellers · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Dial February 1928 198 · The Heller · Henry Williamson · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1928 211 · Poultry, 2s 6d. · Margaret Fane & Hilary Lofting · ss The Bulletin Christmas 1927 222 · La Divina Pastora · C. L. R. James · ss Saturday Review (UK) October 15 1927 227 · Blind Justice · Ethelreda Lewis · ss The Outspan June 24 1927 241 · Of Their Kin · J. Bernard MacCarthy · ss The Manchester Guardian January 23 1928 245 · The Lamplighter · A. W. Wells · ss The Outspan May 6 1927

The Best British Short Stories of 1929 ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Dodd, Mead, 1929, 363pp, hc, an) 3 · Sombrero · Martin Armstrong · ss The London Mercury February 1929 23 · Whessoe · Nugent Barker · ss Life and Letters December 1928 35 · The Child · H. E. Bates · ss The Criterion January 1929 40 · The Man Who Missed the ’Bus · Stella Benson · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1929 58 · A Russian Story · David Garnett · ss Life and Letters November 1928 72 · The Derelict · Eleanor Gaukroger · vi The Manchester Guardian April 18 1929 75 · Egyptian Nocturne · E. D. Goitein · ss The New Statesman November 10 1928 80 · The Door in the Attic · Dorothy Johnson · ss The English Review August 1928 92 · The Dancers · Eric Linklater · ss The London Mercury May 1929 112 · The Hag of Auvergne · J. B. Morton · ss The New Statesman May 25 1929 117 · “John Gladwin Says…” · Oliver Onions · ss The London Magazine August 1928 131 · A Man of Letters · Sir Squire Sprigge, M.D. · nv The Cornhill Magazine October 1928 170 · “Prongs” · L. A. G. Strong · ss John o’ London’s Weekly March 30 1929 178 · The Escape · E. H. Lacon Watson · ss The London Mercury November 1928 192 · Frost in April · Malachi Whitaker · ss The New Adelphi March/May 1929 202 · The Raid · George A. Birmingham · ss The Forum September 1928 217 · The Ruining of Dromacurrig · Daniel Corkery · ss Columbia Journal 1928 230 · The Smiling Faces · Brinsley MacNamara · ss The Dublin Magazine January/March 1929 240 · Lai John · Alfred H. Mendes & Algernon Wharton · ss The London Mercury January 1929 250 · After Fourteen Years · Frank O’Connor · ss The Dublin Magazine April/June 1928 256 · Fugue · Seán O’Faoláin · ss The Hound and Horn September 1928 274 · Mated · Margaret O’Leary · ss The Dial April 1929 287 · Desolation · Pauline Smith · ss Woman’s Journal July 1928

The Best British Short Stories of 1930 with an Irish and Colonial Supplement ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Dodd, Mead, 1930, 284pp, hc, an) 3 · Love to the Angels · Mary Arden · ss The New Adelphi June/August 1929 13 · Stays · G. M. Attenborough · ss The Cornhill Magazine December 1929 24 · The Comic Actor · H. E. Bates · ss The New Statesman June 29 1929 33 · Tam McWhirker’s Elephant · Richard Carol · ss The Strand Magazine January 1930 44 · The Journey · Padraic Colum · ss The Dial June 1929 58 · The Miracle · Lily Anne Coppard · ss The Manchester Guardian January 15 1930 62 · The Vocation · Kathleen Coyle · ss Bermondsey Book June/August 1929 72 · “The Mother” · Richmal Crompton · ss Woman July 5 1929 92 · Revelation · Rhys Davies · ss This Quarter October/November/December 1929 104 · The Way He Went · Norah Holt · ss This Quarter January/March 1930 120 · Why Adonis Laughed · Sarah Gertrude Millin · ss The New Adelphi June/August 1929 126 · Happy Ending? · Naomi Mitchison · ss The Cornhill Magazine April 1930 141 · Culpability · Allan N. Monkhouse · ss The Manchester Guardian April 15 1930 145 · Miss Naseby’s Life · Florida Pier · ss The Fortnightly Review October 1929 163 · The Corsican Inn · V. S. Pritchett · ss The Fortnightly Review February 1930 171 · The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth · Lorna Rea · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine December 1929 179 · First Blood · Herbert Read · ss This Quarter July/September 1929 183 · The Bath · Henry Handel Richardson · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1929 187 · Hellmut Lies in the Sun · Edward Sackville-West · nv The London Mercury June 1929 213 · Orpheus · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Century Magazine July 1927 220 · Stay, Corydon, Thou Swain · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1929 231 · The Secret · Malachi Whitaker · ss The New Adelphi June/August 1929 234 · I Met a Man Going to St. Neots · Romer Wilson · ss (r)

The Best British Short Stories of 1931 ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Dodd, Mead, 1931, 324pp, hc, an) 3 · On the Road · H. E. Bates · ss The New Statesman February 28 1931 9 · A Story Without a Plot · Norman R. Collins · ss The London Mercury July 1930 20 · The Limit · Kathleen Coyle · ss This Quarter April/June 1930 33 · Blodwen · Rhys Davies · ss This Quarter April/May/June 1931 49 · Panic · Daphne du Maurier · ss Saturday Review (UK) February 28 1931 59 · In the Know · Arnold Edmondson · ss The Manchester Guardian October 2 1930 64 · A Night at Sligo’s · A. E. Fisher · ss The Midland January/February 1931 75 · Right of Way · H. W. Freeman · ss The London Mercury May 1930 83 · Penny Whistle · Oliver Gossman · ss Story #1, April/May 1931 89 · Seductio Ad Absurdum · Malcolm Lowry · ss Experiment Spring 1931 108 · Lonely Camp · H. A. Manhood · nv Blackwood’s Magazine March 1931 136 · Ugliness · Ethel Colburn Mayne · ss The New Statesman September 27 1930 142 · Judas · John Metcalfe · ss The London Mercury October 1930 159 · Treasure in the Dune · E. R. Morrough · ss The London Mercury October 1930 173 · Liars · Florida Pier · ss This Quarter April/May/June 1931, as “Bigger and Worse Lies” 183 · Ordeal · Dorothy M. Richardson · ss The Window. A Quarterly Magazine October 1930 190 · The Poet · V. Sackville-West · ss Life and Letters April 1931 199 · Mrs. Raeburn’s Waxwork · Lady Eleanor Smith · ss The London Mercury March 1931 213 · Death of the Gardener · L. A. G. Strong · ss John o’ London’s Weekly November 8 1930 226 · A Wedding Present · W. A. Ward-Jackson · ss The London Mercury January 1931 233 · The Silence Returns · Oliver Warner · ss The New Statesman November 15 1930 238 · The Son · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1931 251 · Postal Order · Malachi Whitaker · ss The New Adelphi October 1930 261 · An Idyll · Orlo Williams · nv The Criterion July 1930 282 · Intimations of Immortality · Romer Wilson · ss Adelphi November 1930

The Best British Short Stories of 1932 ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Dodd, Mead, 1932, 311pp, hc, an) 3 · The Tale of a Child · Josef Bard · nv The New English Weekly April 28 1932 (+2) 24 · A Flower Piece · H. E. Bates · ss The New Statesman October 10 1931 30 · The Albatross · Hector Bolitho · ss Life and Letters August 1931 44 · The Returned · Neville Brand · ss This Quarter March 1932 59 · A Great Bunch of White Lilac · Edward Charles · ss Adelphi November 1931 63 · Green Thoughts · John Collier · ss The London Mercury May 1931 81 · The Provost’s Tale · A. J. Cronin · ss The Graphic Christmas 1931 98 · The Vanishing Trick · Charles Davy · ss The English Review May 1931 110 · Mrs. Mulger · Lord Dunsany · ss The Manchester Guardian March 17 1932 113 · Neighbors · Oliver Gossman · ss Story #2, June/July 1931 118 · The End of the Party · Graham Greene · ss The London Mercury January 1932 129 · The Saint Who Lost His Halo · Charles Hodges · ss The London Mercury November 1931 149 · The Last Rose of Summer · Eiluned Lewis · nv The London Mercury September 1931 170 · Self-Expression · Allan N. Monkhouse · ss The Manchester Guardian October 13 1931 174 · The Escape from Fairyland · J. B. Morton · ss The London Mercury February 1932 181 · The Shutters · R. H. Mottram · ss The Windsor Magazine October 1931 190 · Lovers · Liam O’Flaherty · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1931 199 · The Maid · L. A. Pavey · ss Adelphi June 1931 209 · Woolly Gloves · V. S. Pritchett · ss The Fortnightly Review June 1931 223 · The Fairy Hill · Edward Shanks · nv The London Mercury December 1931 248 · Nowell · Margaret Southern · ss The Manchester Guardian December 24 1931 253 · Don Juan and the Wheelbarrow · L. A. G. Strong · ss John o’ London’s Weekly and The Outline July 11 1931 262 · The Saint · Antonia White · ss Life and Letters November 1931 270 · On with the Dance · Romer Wilson · ss This Quarter December 1931

The Best Short Stories of 1915 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Small, Maynard & Company, 1916, hc, an) 15 · The Water-Hole · Maxwell Struthers Burt · ss Scribner’s Magazine July 1915 35 · The Wake · Donn Byrne · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1915 46 · Chautonville · Will Levington Comfort · ss The Masses August 1915 55 · La Derniere Mobilisation · W. A. Dwiggins · vi The Fabulist Autumn 1915 57 · The Citizen · James Francis Dwyer · ss Collier’s November 20 1915 77 · Whose Dog—? · Frances Gregg · ss The Forum December 1915 80 · Life · Ben Hecht · ss The Little Review November 1915 84 · T.B. · Fannie Hurst · nv The Saturday Evening Post January 9 1915 118 · Mr. Eberdeen’s House · Arthur Johnson · nv The Century Magazine September 1915 145 · Vengeance Is Mine! · Virgil Jordan · ss Everybody’s Magazine April 1915 153 · The Weaver Who Clad the Summer · Harris Merton Lyon · ss Illustrated Sunday Magazine August 8 1915 172 · Heart of Youth · Walter J. Muilenburg · ss The Midland November 1915 184 · The End of the Path · Newbold Noyes · ss Every Week July 12 1915 189 · The Whale and the Grasshopper · Seumas O’Brien · ss Illustrated Sunday Magazine October 10 1915 196 · In Berlin · Mary Boyle O’Reilly · vi Boston Daily Advertiser December 22 1915 197 · The Waiting Years · Katharine Metcalf Roof · nv The Century Magazine May 1915 219 · Zelig · Benjamin Rosenblatt · ss The Bellman #476, August 28 1915 226 · The Survivors · Elsie Singmaster · ss The Outlook May 26 1915 235 · The Yellow Cat · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Magazine March 1915 257 · The Bounty-Jumper · Mary Synon · ss Scribner’s Magazine February 1915

The Best Short Stories of 1916 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Small, Maynard & Company, 1917, 472pp, hc, an) 7 · The Sacrificial Altar · Gertrude Atherton · nv Harper’s Magazine August 1916 37 · Miss Willett · Barry Benefield · ss The Century Magazine September 1916 52 · Supers · Frederick Booth · ss Seven Arts December 1916 58 · Fog · Dana Burnet · ss McBride’s Magazine February 1916 75 · Ma’s Pretties · Francis Buzzell · ss Pictorial Review August 1916 85 · The Great Auk · Irvin S. Cobb · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 29 1916 115 · The Lost Phoebe · Theodore Dreiser · ss The Century Magazine April 1916 133 · The Silent Infare · Armistead C. Gordon · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1916 149 · The Cat of the Cane-Brake · Frederick Stuart Greene · ss Metropolitan August 1916 162 · Making Port · Richard Matthews Hallet · ss Every Week March 20 1916 181 · “Ice Water, Pl—!” · Fannie Hurst · nv Collier’s October 21 1916 212 · Little Selves · Mary Lerner · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1916 226 · The Sun Chaser · Jeannette Marks · nv Pictorial Review November 1916 262 · At the End of the Road · Walter J. Muilenburg · ss The Forum May 1916 272 · The Big Stranger on Dorchester Heights · Albert DuVerney Pentz · vi Boston Evening Transcript November 7 1916 275 · The Menorah · Benjamin Rosenblatt · ss The Bellman #512, May 6 1916 282 · Penance · Elsie Singmaster · ss Pictorial Review October 1916 294 · Feet of Gold · Gordon Arthur Smith · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1916 322 · Down on Their Knees · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Magazine July 1916 349 · Half-Past Ten · Alice L. Tildesley · ss The Black Cat August 1916

The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Small, Maynard & Company, 1918, 600pp, hc, an) 1 · The Excursion · Edwina Stanton Babcock · ss Pictorial Review October 1917 20 · Onnie · Thomas Beer · nv The Century Magazine May 1917 45 · A Cup of Tea · Maxwell Struthers Burt · nv Scribner’s Magazine July 1917 70 · Lonely Places · Francis Buzzell · ss Pictorial Review December 1917 86 · Boys Will Be Boys [Judge William Pitman Priest (Old Judge Priest)] · Irvin S. Cobb · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 20 1917 128 · Laughter · Charles Caldwell Dobie · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1917 147 · The Emperor of Elam · H. G. Dwight · nv The Century Magazine July 1917 208 · The Gay Old Dog · Edna Ferber · nv Metropolitan October 1917 234 · The Knight’s Move · Katharine Fullerton Gerould · nv The Atlantic Monthly February 1917 256 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week March 5 1917 based on material from the play “Trifles”. 283 · The Bunker Mouse · Frederick Stuart Greene · nv The Century Magazine March 1917 307 · Rainbow Pete · Richard Matthews Hallet · ss Pictorial Review October 1917 326 · Get Ready the Wreaths · Fannie Hurst · nv Cosmopolitan September 1917 361 · The Strange-Looking Man · Fanny Kemble Johnson · ss The Pagan December 1917 365 · The Caller in the Night · Burton Kline · ss The Stratford Journal December 1917 383 · The Interval · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss Boston Evening Transcript September 8 1917 391 · “A Certain Rich Man—” · Lawrence Perry · nv Scribner’s Magazine November 1917 412 · The Path of Glory · Mary Brecht Pulver · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 10 1917 441 · Ching, Ching, Chinaman · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Pictorial Review June 1917 468 · None So Blind · Mary Synon · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1917

The Best Short Stories of 1918 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Small, Maynard & Company, 1919, 441pp, hc, an) 3 · A Simple Act of Piety · Achmed Abdullah · nv All-Story Weekly April 20 1918 24 · Cruelties · Edwina Stanton Babcock · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1918 43 · Buster · Katharine Holland Brown · ss Scribner’s Magazine August 1918 61 · The Open Window [Flavio Minetti] · Charles Caldwell Dobie · nv Harper’s Magazine August 1918 85 · Blind Vision · Mary Mitchell Freedley · ss The Century Magazine January 1918 92 · Imagination · Gordon Hall Gerould · ss Scribner’s Magazine August 1918 109 · In Maulmain Fever-Ward · George Gilbert · ss The Green Book Magazine October 1918 125 · The Father’s Hand · G. Humphrey · ss The Bookman June 1918 131 · The Visit of the Master · Arthur Johnson · ss Harper’s Magazine February 1918 149 · In the Open Code · Burton Kline · ss The Stratford Journal February 1918 154 · The Willow Walk · Sinclair Lewis · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 10 1918 191 · The Story Vinton Heard at Mallorie · Katharine Prescott Moseley · ss Scribner’s Magazine September 1918 200 · The Toast to Forty-Five · William Dudley Pelley · nv Pictorial Review May 1918 223 · Extra Men · Harrison Rhodes · ss Harper’s Magazine July 1918 232 · Solitaire · Fleta Campbell Springer · nv Harper’s Magazine January 1918 258 · The Dark Hour · Wilbur Daniel Steele · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1918 268 · The Bird of Serbia · Julian Street · nv Collier’s August 31 1918 293 · At Isham’s · Edward C. Venable · ss Scribner’s Magazine July 1918 305 · De Vilmarte’s Luck · Mary Heaton Vorse · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1918 325 · The White Battalion · Frances Gilchrist Wood · ss The Bookman May 1918