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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

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