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Best Stories [v5 #5, November 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp) [] Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 10 · When Maclaren Foozled Out · [uncredited] · ms 11 · General Sheridan’s Indian Campaign · Buffalo Bill · ss (r) 24 · Chiquita · Bret Harte · ar Overland Monthly March 1870 25 · The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Magazine April 1904 40 · Hard Luck Finnegan · Frederick William Wallace · ss Adventure February 1914 49 · The Charmed Life [Part 2 of 2] · Achmed Abdullah · nv All-Story Weekly September 22 1917 70 · “When the Swallows Homeward Fly” · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss The Delineator December 1905 77 · The Emerald Coffin [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss Detective Tales April/May 1923 85 · The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine November 1845 96 · The Lost Camel · [uncredited] · ms 97 · The Clash · Konrad Bercovici · ss All-Story Weekly May 31 1919 101 · No Excitement [Buck Leonard] · J. Frank Davis · ss The Popular Magazine October 20 1916 111 · A Blessed Lie · Vingie E. Roe · ss The All-Story Magazine November 1906 117 · The Devil’s Violin [Part 2 of 4] · Ben Ames Williams · na All-Story Weekly May 18 1918

Pioneer Tales Title changed from Best Stories. Publishers: Metropolitan Publishers, Inc.; Chicago, IL: Pioneer Tales. Editors: Samuel Bierman - Editor: Pioneer Tales.

Pioneer Tales [v5 #6, February 1928] (20¢, 136pp+, pulp, cover by Regina und Ludwig) [] 10 · The Man Who Borrowed a Reputation · John Fleming Wilson · nv All-Story Weekly November 11 1916 35 · El Dorado · [uncredited] · ms 36 · A Ballad of Being Broke · Frank Lillie Pollock · pm The Smart Set October/November 1900 37 · The Quest of the Golden Fleece · Hugh Clifford · nv Malayan Monochromes by Sir Hugh Clifford, John Murray, 1913 50 · The Hunting Leopard · [uncredited] · ms 51 · The Outcasts of Poker Flats [John Oakhurst] · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly January 1869 58 · Three Card Monte’s Christmas Carol · Sam Davis · ss (r) 62 · A Luscious Repast · [uncredited] · ms 63 · The Adventures of John Bell—Ghost-Exposer: 1. The Mystery of the Circular Chamber [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine June 1897 76 · An Australian Stick-Up · [uncredited] · ms 77 · When the Desert Laughed · H. C. Wire · ss Short Stories February 25 1923 87 · His Last Shot [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss (r) 96 · The Thugs · [uncredited] · ms 97 · Ship Shape · R. de S. Horn · ss Short Stories June 10 1922; given as by R. de S. Horne. 106 · A Tiger Story · [uncredited] · ms 107 · Yerut the Dwarf · Max Pemberton · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine July 1897 117 · The Devil’s Violin [Part 3 of 4] · Ben Ames Williams · na All-Story Weekly May 25 1918

Pioneer Tales [v6 #1, April 1928] (20¢, 136pp+, trimmed pulp) [] 10 · Lure of the North · Chart Pitt · pm The Cavalier January 3 1914 11 · Bulldog Carney [Bulldog Carney] · W. A. Fraser · nv MacLean’s April 1919 30 · An Unusual Whaling Incident · [uncredited] · ms 31 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1) 39 · The Spider of Guyana · Erckmann-Chatrian · ss The Strand Magazine January 1899 translated from the French (“L’araignée-crabe”, Les Contes Fantastiques, Hachette, 1860). 45 · A Fearful Fifteen Minutes · [uncredited] · ms 46 · The Strange Narrative of A. Gordon Pym [Part 1 of 3] · Edgar Allan Poe · n. Harper & Brothers, 1838, as “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket” 62 · Roman Gladiators · [uncredited] · ms 63 · The Madness of Mr. Lister · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine December 1898 69 · Stories of Monte Carlo: 1. The Man with the Claws · William Le Queux · ss Cassell’s Magazine December 1898 76 · Flying-Fish · [uncredited] · ms 77 · That Receding Brow · Max Brand · nv All-Story Weekly February 15 1919 99 · The Bushrangers · [uncredited] · ms 100 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894 105 · The Adventures of John Bell—Ghost-Exposer: 2. The Warder of the Door [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine July 1897 115 · A Typical Buccaneer Raid · [uncredited] · ms 116 · The Looting of the Convoy · Walter Wood · ss The Strand Magazine December 1898 122 · An Australian Episode · [uncredited] · ms 123 · The Devil’s Violin [Part 4 of 4] · Ben Ames Williams · na All-Story Weekly June 1 1918

Pioneer Tales [v6 #2, May 1928] (20¢, 136pp+, trimmed pulp) [] 10 · The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard: 1. How the Brigadier Won His Medal [Brigadier Gerard] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1894, as “The Medal of Brigadier Gerard” 27 · The Sure Thing · Ben Ames Williams · ss All-Story Weekly September 9 1916 35 · Stories of Monte Carlo: 2. The Vengeance of Mother Viau · William Le Queux · ss Cassell’s Magazine January 1899 43 · Knockout Nolan · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss The Argosy November 1915 51 · The Lake of Long Dreams · H. A. Lamb · nv All-Story Weekly December 7 1918 69 · A Shot at Twelve Paces · J. T. Greene · ss (r) 78 · A Night in an Old Castle · G. P. R. James · ss Eva St Clair & Other Collected Tales by G. P. R. James, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1843 88 · False Colors · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine January 1899 94 · The Adventures of John Bell—Ghost-Exposer: 3. The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv Cassell’s Family Magazine August 1897 105 · In the Avu Observatory · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 9 1894 110 · The Phantom Horse · S. K. Palmer · ss (r) 119 · The Strange Narrative of A. Gordon Pym [Part 2 of 3] · Edgar Allan Poe · n. Harper & Brothers, 1838, as “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket”

Pioneer Tales [v6 #3, June 1928] (20¢, 136pp+, trimmed pulp, cover by Norman Kamps) [] 8 · The Beautiful White Devil · Guy Boothby · ss 1896 21 · Bulldog Carney’s Alibi [Bulldog Carney] · W. A. Fraser · ss The Popular Magazine April 20 1919 33 · A Man and Some Others · Stephen Crane · ss The Century Magazine February 1897 40 · The Strange Case of the Montana Grizzly [Matthew Quin, Wild Beast Agent] · William Murray Graydon · ss The Argosy March 1898 47 · A Nightmare of the Doldrums · W. Clark Russell · ss The Strand Magazine August 1892 56 · Jim Brownell · Francis E. Hamilton · ss Munsey’s Magazine February 1893; given as by E. Hamilton. 61 · The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard: 2. How the Brigadier Held the King [Brigadier Gerard] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine April 1895 75 · The Vagrant’s Chum · Burt Arnold · pm Munsey’s Magazine March 1893 76 · A Canadian Episode · Hinton McMillan · vi Munsey’s Magazine October 1892 79 · Stories of Monte Carlo: 3. An Entirely New “System” · William Le Queux · ss Cassell’s Magazine February 1899 84 · A Question of Habit · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine April 1899 90 · The Strange Narrative of A. Gordon Pym [Part 3 of 3] · Edgar Allan Poe · n. Harper & Brothers, 1838, as “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket” 97 · The Spoil of the Puma · Gilbert Parker · ss The Cosmopolitan May 1893 107 · The Empire of the Ants · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1905 115 · The Chamber of Terror [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss (r); probably a reprint of “How Siva Spoke” (Cassell’s Family Magazine October 1897) or possibly “To Prove an Alibi” (Cassell’s Family Magazine November 1897). 127 · A Hot Trail · Powhatan Clarke, U.S.A. · ts The Cosmopolitan October 1894

Pioneer Tales [v6 #4, July 1928] (Metropolitan Publishers, Inc., 20¢, pulp) [] Subtitled “An All-Western Magazine”. Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. · [story heads] · Harold Detje · il · [story heads] · Richard Lillis · il 6 · “Front-Name” Dick · Montague Stevens · ss The Cosmopolitan March 1897 22 · Seven Pieces of Gold · Robert T. Shannon · ss 27 · Close Shootin’ · Joseph T. Shaw · ss 33 · A Tale of Montana Bill · Arthur Stringer · ss 40 · Owners Up [Bulldog Carney] · W. A. Fraser · nv The Popular Magazine June 20 1919 66 · Like Soldiers All · Tom Hall · ss Munsey’s Magazine June 1898 71 · The Fight at the Yellow Dog · John D. Swain · ss The Cavalier July 13 1912 77 · Memoirs of Buffalo Bill · Buffalo Bill · bg (r); possibly an extract from Memories of Buffalo Bill by Louisa Frederici Cody, D. Appleton, 1919. 89 · When Sancho Swapped · Paul Bailey · ss The Argosy June 15 1918 94 · A Drift from Redwood Camp · Bret Harte · ss Scribner’s Magazine December 1887 105 · “Alabama” Joe · A. C. Doyle · ss London Society Christmas 1880, as “The American’s Tale”, uncredited.

American Pioneer Tales Title changed from Pioneer Tales.

American Pioneer Tales [v6 #5, August 1928] (Metropolitan Publishers, Inc., 25¢, pulp) [] Subtitled “Adventure of the old and new frontier”. Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 3 · Prisoners of Esther · J. M. Hoffman · nv 33 · The Painted Lizard · Frederick Simpich · ss 43 · The Headless Horseman [Part 1 of ?] · Captain Mayne Reid · sl Richard Bentley, 1866 75 · The Keeper of Waters · Morley Roberts · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1897 81 · The Hollow in the Rocks · A. W. Whitehouse · ss The Black Cat July 1899, as “The Hollow in the Red Rocks” 85 · Spanish Gold · Frank Bailey Millard · ss 93 · The Race for Boiling Water · Francis Lynde · ss 103 · Famous American Mysteries · Albert Payson Terhune · ar 113 · The Moqui Snake Dance · [uncredited] · ar 116 · Seven Blue Doves [Bulldog Carney] · W. A. Fraser · nv The Popular Magazine July 7 1919 (+1) 142 · The Man Who Came to Town · Charles Dudley Rhodes · ss

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Best-Story Magazine [No. 1, August 1926] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 224pp, pulp) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · The Last Time · Robert Hichens · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1921 34 · A Bit of Luck · A. S. M. Hutchinson · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine July 1919 40 · The Twa Corbies · [uncredited] · pm The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border by Walter Scott, Kelso, 1802 41 · The Wrong Receipt · Geoffrey Moss · ss Defeat by Geoffrey Moss, Constable & Co., 1924 50 · Upon Westminster Bridge · William Wordsworth · pm Poems, In Two Volumes by William Wordsworth, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1807, as “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” 51 · The Real Test · Sapper · ss The Saturday Evening Post August 23 1919 59 · Green Paint · A. E. W. Mason · nv The Windsor Magazine #180, December 1909 77 · Cupid and Campapse · J. Lyley · pm from Campaspe, Thomas Cadman, 1584 78 · The Yahi-Bahi Oriental Society · Stephen Leacock · ss Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock, Bell and Cockburn, 1914 90 · At Random · The Editor · ed 91 · The Red Slippers · Kathlyn Rhodes · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine January 1922 99 · The Hunting of Helen · Gilbert Frankau · ss The Grand Magazine October 1922 108 · The Mystery of J.H. Farrer · E. Temple Thurston · ss The Strand Magazine October 1910 (+1) 128 · In Passing · Heléne Gingold · pm (r) 129 · Billy—The Dog That Made Good · Ernest Thompson Seton · ss Wild Animal Ways by Ernest Thompson Seton, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916 134 · The City at Night · Thomas Carlyle · ex from Sartor Resartus, James Munroe and Company, 1836 135 · The Landlady · Elinor Mordaunt · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1923 145 · Francine’s Muff · Henri Murger · nv Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Henry Murger, Vizetelly & Co., 1888 translated from the French (“Le Manchon de Francine”, Scènes de la vie de Bohème, 1869). 153 · The Mystery of a Hansom Cab [Part 1 of 2; Kilsip & Carlton] · Fergus Hume · n. Kemp, 1886

Best-Story Magazine [No. 2, September 1926] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · The Act of Faith · Rafael Sabatini · nv The Premier Magazine #12, April 1915 38 · The Company of the Marjolaine · John Buchan · ss Blackwood’s Magazine February 1909 50 · Dreams · Hèléne Gingold · pm (r) 51 · Through Enchanted Seas · Sir Philip Gibbs · ss Ladies’ Home Journal December 1920 66 · Lines to an Indian Air · P. B. Shelley · pm The Liberal #2, 1822, as “Song Written for an Indian Air” 67 · The Way of a Maid with a Man [Billy Harman & Bud Davis] · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Pearson’s Magazine May 1923 75 · The Curse [Devon] · Eden Phillpotts · ss The Novel Magazine December 1922 82 · The Fair Sex · Various · ms; listed as by “Men”, a series of quotes about women. 83 · Natural Causes · Ian Hay · nv Blackwood’s Magazine July 1912; subtitled “An Island Comedy”. 98 · The White Brant · Rex Beach · nv Cosmopolitan September 1922 114 · Bonnie Doon · R. Burns · pm Reliques of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1818, as “The Banks o’ Doon”; this is the “second version” that begins “Ye flowery banks o’ bonie Doon”. 115 · A Beautiful Superstition? · Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · ss The Grand Magazine April 1920 125 · The Last Night · Stacy Aumonier · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1922 129 · The Mystery of a Hansom Cab [Part 2 of 2; Kilsip & Carlton] · Fergus Hume · n. Kemp, 1886

Best-Story Magazine [No. 3, October 1926] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · The Man with the Broken Nose [Lord George Tarlyon; Michael Wagstaffe] · Michael Arlen · ss The Strand Magazine March 1923 13 · From the Collection of the Duke · Anthony Hope · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 26 1913 21 · The Little Greystone Cottage · Gwendolen Paterson · pm 22 · Roses · Andrew Soutar · ss The Premier Magazine #32, December 1916 38 · Fleet Street · Leslie M. Oyler · pm 39 · So as by Fire · Robert Keable · ar Hutchinson’s Magazine January 1925 49 · Big Boy Blue [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Cosmopolitan November 1920 53 · The Valley of Desolation · “Rita” · ss The Millionaire Girl, and Other Stories by Rita, Eveleigh Nash, 1908 69 · The Odyssey of Oliver Jones · Dale Collins · ss Everybody’s May 1924 78 · Afterwards · Patience Ropes · pm 79 · The Shrinking Shoe · Sir Walter Besant · ss The Pall Mall Magazine November 1893 88 · Tennessee’s Partner · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly October 1869 93 · A Lone Hand · Ferdinand Berthoud · ss Adventure mid March 1921 113 · The Charm · Dolf Wyllarde · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine February 1922 120 · False Values · F. S. Howard-Burleigh · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine April 1922 127 · The Poacher · “Etienne” · ar Hutchinson’s Magazine February 1922 132 · Self and Herself · Peter Blundell · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine May 1922 137 · A Blind Alley [Part 1 of 2] · E. W. Savi · nv Digby & Long, 1911

Best-Story Magazine [No. 4, November 1926] ed. M. Vibart Dixon (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · A Strange Clue · Kathlyn Rhodes · ss The Grand Magazine June 1920 13 · The Love of Women · Cosmo Hamilton · ss Pearson’s Magazine January 1919 22 · Recompense · E. M. Savi · pm (r) 23 · The Mystery Man · William Le Queux · ss The Sovereign Magazine August 1922 33 · Innocent Lady Cyn · Mrs. Horace Tremlett · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1921 41 · The Silver Pool · Cecil Roberts · ss Pictorial Review January 1921 49 · Samson and Delilah · D. H. Lawrence · ss The English Review March 1917 57 · Why? · Victor I. Hilton · pm (r) 58 · Crotons · J. Allan Dunn · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine April 1922 72 · The Man with the Tail · Beatrice Grimshaw · ss The Popular Magazine March 20 1921 87 · The Diary of the Dead · Alban Gordon · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1922 96 · Frater Ave Atque Vale · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Tiresias and Other Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Macmillan and Co., 1885 97 · Glamour · Lenore Van der Veer · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 106 · There Was a Lady · Frances Noyes Hart · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 18 1922 119 · Miss Templeton’s Chance · W. L. George · ss The Story-teller May 1914 124 · Who Put These Violets in Your Eyes? · Alfred Gordon Bennett · pm (r) 125 · The Pink-and-White Lady · Jay Gelzer · ss The Green Book Magazine May 1918 134 · London Night · Mary Mair · pm (r) 135 · The Brass Ring · Marjorie Bowen · ss (r) 145 · The Problem · “Etienne” · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1922 148 · The Silk Purse · Florence Howard-Burleigh · ss Breezy Stories February 1922 157 · The West Wind’s Song · Barbara Walker · pm (r) 158 · A Blind Alley [Part 2 of 2] · E. W. Savi · nv Digby & Long, 1911

Best-Story Magazine [No. 5, December 1926] (Hutchinson, 1/6d, 224pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · The Black Velvet Cap · Horace Annesley Vachell · ss The Strand Magazine January 1909 14 · In Soho · Mary Nair · pm 15 · Mustard Pot—Mysterious [Mustard-Pot] · Gilbert Frankau · ss 25 · Christmas Roses · Anne Douglas Sedgwick · nv The Atlantic Monthly November 1919 (+1) 49 · The Frown of the Duchess · H. Noel Williams · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1922 55 · Mrs. Andrews’s Control · E. F. Benson · ss The Windsor Magazine #249, September 1915 59 · Christmas Day in the Morning · [uncredited] · pm The Saturday Evening Post December 24 1898 60 · The Gay Demoiselle · May Wynne · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1921 65 · Mine · Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · ss The Royal Magazine February 1924 75 · Youth, Youth, Youth! · Ian Hay · ss The Shallow End by Ian Hay, Hodder & Stoughton, 1924 78 · The Comforting of Jules le Quental · M. P. Willcocks · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1922 87 · The Schimmel · F. A. M. Webster · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine January 1922 97 · Jolly Days with Dickens and Thackeray · Prof. Francesco Berger · ar 102 · The Proxy Husband · A. G. Greenwood · ss The Sovereign Magazine July 1922 108 · To— · Beatrice Skidmore · pm 109 · Granted · John Oxenham · ss The Sunday Strand December 1902 116 · The Tiger Man · Lt.-Col. Gordon Casserly · ss The Sovereign Magazine October 1922; given as by Lt.-Col. Gordon Casserley. 122 · The Undercurrent · Dorothy Hayes · pm 123 · The Game Cocks · Peter Blundell · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine February 1921 128 · Ambition · M. V. D. · pm 129 · Christmas Fun · [uncredited] · hu 133 · The Jackdaw · Rolf Bennett · ss The Sovereign Magazine April 1921 145 · Christmas Outside Eden · Coningsby Dawson · ss Good Housekeeping December 1921 159 · Her Husband’s People · Margaret Pedler · ss The Red Magazine July 15 1916 168 · Joie de Vivre · Violet Trefusis · vi 169 · Her House of Dreams [Part 1 of 2] · Curtis Yorke · sl

Best-Story Magazine [No. 6, January 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · Mr. Ledbetter’s Vacation · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine October 1898 14 · A Treaty of Peace [Donovan Pasha et al.] · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 28 1900 20 · Memories · Hélène Gingold · pm Hutchinson’s Magazine January 1922 21 · The Accident of Crime · Stacy Aumonier · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 11 1922 31 · The Man Who Would Not Play Cards · “Sapper” · ss The Strand Magazine June 1920 40 · Ho Ben, the Hooded · E. W. Morrison · ss The Sovereign Magazine August 1923 45 · The Grey Fisher [Devon] · Eden Phillpotts · ss The Novel Magazine June 1921 53 · Hunting Song · Sir Walter Scott · pm (r) 54 · On the Plinth · Henry Holt · ss Liberty August 22 1925 63 · The Surgeon’s Guest · Stanley J. Weyman · nv The Cornhill Magazine October 1893 (+1), uncredited. 81 · Her Knight of the Snows · Thomas B. Donovan · ss The Sovereign Magazine January 1923 88 · The New Year’s Gift · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648, as “A New-Yeares Gift Sent to Sir Simon Steward” 89 · A Reversion · Elinor Mordaunt · ss 98 · The Lighter Side · [uncredited] · hu 100 · The Price · Elizabeth Marc · ss The Sovereign Magazine September 1923 112 · This White December Morning · Gordon Johnstone · pm The Smart Set January 1913 113 · Charmian’s Song · Dana Gatlin · ss The Sovereign Magazine May 1923 124 · The Trotting Cob · M. Cox-Taylor · ss The Sovereign Magazine June 1921 130 · The Island of the Dead · Vance Palmer · ss The Bellman #587, October 13 1917 135 · Compensation · A. S. Riggs · pm The Smart Set October 1908 136 · A Deal in China · Janet Brook · ss The Sovereign Magazine September 1923 139 · The Royal Road · Frederick Orin Bartlett · ss The Sovereign Magazine September 1921 147 · Her House of Dreams [Part 2 of 2] · Curtis Yorke · sl

Best-Story Magazine [No. 7, February 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · The Jewel Seller · Kathlyn Rhodes · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine September 1919 12 · To a Snowdrop · William Wordsworth · pm Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine June 1819 13 · The Irreproachable Conduct of a Gentleman Who Once Refused a Knighthood [Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · ss These Charming People by Michael Arlen, Collins, 1923 20 · The Twenty-First Guest · A. G. Greenwood · ss The Sovereign Magazine January 1922 27 · The Guest of the Embassy · William Le Queux · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine October 1919 36 · The Lone Sonnet · Ann Fay Peters · pm 37 · The Cottage · W. B. Maxwell · ss Children of the Night by W. B. Maxwell, Butterworth, 1925 46 · From Waterloo to Maida Vale · Martin Walker · ss The Sovereign Magazine June 1923 50 · Daybreak in February · William Caldwell Roscoe · pm Poems and Essays by William Caldwell Roscoe, Chapman and Hall, 1860 51 · The Yellow Scarf [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Snappy Stories 2nd December 1920 57 · Do You Remember? · Winifred Graham · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine March 1921 65 · Little Mistress · Editha M. Webb · pm 66 · Quaint Customs for February · [uncredited] · ms 69 · The Lock of White Hair · Etienne · ss The Sovereign Magazine October 1920 75 · The Sporting Parson · Arthur Mills · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1921 81 · The Bomb Throwers · A. T. Liane · ss 90 · The Yellow-Eyed Devil · Stephen Phillips · ss The Sovereign Magazine September 1922 97 · The Daughter of the House · Ronald M. Newman · vi The Sovereign Magazine June 1923 99 · The Lapse of Fifine · Post Wheeler · ss The Sovereign Magazine June 1923 106 · Brine · G. F. Worts · ss The Blue Book Magazine May 1919 119 · The Love Curse · Philip Burton · ss The Sovereign Magazine September 1922 130 · The Abolition of Tsampski · William Cane · ss 134 · Winter · Robert Southey · pm Metrical Tales and Other Poems by Robert Southey, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1805, as “Sonnet XII” 135 · The Gentleman Huntsman · Arthur Mills · ss The Sovereign Magazine March 1922 142 · On an Old French Harpsichord · Thomas Walsh · pm 143 · The Sowers [Part 1 of 3] · H. Seton Merriman · n. Tauchnitz, 1896

Best-Story Magazine [No. 8, March 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · The Yashmak of Pearls [Abu Tabah] · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine #42, October 1917 15 · The Cabaret de la Liberte [Sir Percy Blakeney (Scarlet Pimpernel)] · Baroness Orczy · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction #81, December 1918 28 · Courage · Dorothea Conyers · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1923 35 · The Lighter Side · Various · hu; a series of anonymous jokes or anecdotes except for the following. _35 · A Flat Refusal · Leslie M. Oyler · pm (r) 37 · Bab · Stanley J. Weyman · nv The English Illustrated Magazine August 1884 49 · The First Newspaper · Stephen Leacock · ss The Popular Magazine March 1 1914 53 · Things of Yesterday · Margaret Wymer · pm (r) 54 · An Uncle from Australia · Roland Pertwee · ss Hearst’s Magazine December 1920 67 · The Greater Passion · Edward Woodward · ss The Premier Magazine #129, December 13 1921 74 · Rich Uncle Rupert · Mrs. Horace Tremlett · nv The Sovereign Magazine May 1921 100 · A Girl · Ann Fay Peters · pm (r) 101 · Secret Operations · Dorothy Rose · ss The Sovereign Magazine January 1922 106 · To Violets · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648 107 · Beneath Aurora’s Gleam · Jack Ruggles · ss Top-Notch Magazine October 1 1921 111 · Tenore Robusto · Peter Blundell · ss The Sovereign Magazine November 1920 117 · Fool’s Luck · Beatrice Ravenel · ss Ainslee’s December 1923; given as by Beatrice Ravenal in the Table of Contents. 130 · Quest · Felicity Graham · ss (r); given as “The Quest” in the Table of Contents. 132 · The Stars · [uncredited] · pm (r) 133 · Bucking the Buccaneers · Capt. A. P. Corcoran · ss The Sovereign Magazine June 1921 140 · Interlude · V. T. · pm (r) 141 · The Sowers [Part 2 of 3] · H. Seton Merriman · n. Tauchnitz, 1896

Best-Story Magazine [No. 9, April 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · Mustard Pot—Bailiffsman [Mustard-Pot] · Gilbert Frankau · ss The Strand Magazine July 1922 15 · Heads, I Win · W. L. George · ss The Story-teller July 1916 22 · The Mysterious Warning · Annie Howell · ar 23 · Flittermouse · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss 29 · Servants of Youth · E. Temple Thurston · ss The Premier Magazine #36, April 1917 35 · The Death-Ring of Sneferu [Abu Tabah] · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine #43, November 1917, as “The Death Ring” 45 · Lucky Thirteen · Berta Ruck · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine December 1920 53 · The Life Fashionable · Peter Traill · ss Memory’s Geese by Peter Traill, Hutchinson, 1924 57 · The Lighter Side · [uncredited] · hu 58 · In the Lane of Green Beetles · Carroll K. Michener · ss The Blue Book Magazine December 1920, as “The Lane of the Green Beetles”; given as by Carroll M. Michener. 67 · The Derelict · Phyllis Bottome · nv The Derelict by Phyllis Bottome, The Century Co., 1917 98 · A New Dawn · Editha M. Webb · pm 99 · The Finding of Bambi · Roland Goodchild · ss The Yellow Magazine November 3 1922 105 · Mr. Marbel Falls Out of Love · St. John Ervine · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine June 1920 114 · Folly · L. A. M. Jones · pm 115 · Savages · Gordon Sussex · ss The Premier Magazine #157, January 9 1923 122 · To Daffodils · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648 123 · Pranks of Science · [uncredited] · ms 124 · Green Glass [Heywood Achison] · Mrs. Wilson Woodrow · ss The Red Book Magazine October 1920 141 · The Sowers [Part 3 of 3] · H. Seton Merriman · n. Tauchnitz, 1896

Best-Story Magazine [No. 10, May 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · In the Abyss · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine August 1896 14 · Lovers on an Island · Barry Pain · ss The Cosmopolitan December 1902 19 · “Needs Must.” [Sir Percy Blakeney (Scarlet Pimpernel)] · Baroness Orczy · ss The Story-teller February 1919 31 · The Lady of the Lattice [Abu Tabah] · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine #44, December 1917 41 · The Lighter Side · [uncredited] · hu 42 · Buffalo · Alice Perrin · ss The Novel Magazine June 1913 50 · Song · Shakespeare · pm (r) 51 · Fountainblue · John Buchan · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1901 67 · The Hotel Child · E. M. Delafield · ss 73 · The Dynamo · G. B. Stern · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1923 84 · May Day with the Poets · Various · pm 85 · The Lad from “Down Under” · Edward Woodward · ss 92 · Lady of My Dreams · Ann Fay Peters · pm 93 · The King of Beasts · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss The Elks Magazine August 1922 105 · Behind the Eyes · M. Vibart Dixon · ss 113 · The Hidden Land · Temple Bailey · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1920 (+1) 128 · The Passionate Shepherd to His Love · Christopher Marlowe · pm The Passionate Pilgrim, W. Jaggard, 1599 129 · The Colonel and the Nut · Ronald M. Newman · ss The Sovereign Magazine November 1920 134 · Luck · Rolf Bennett · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine January 1922 138 · To Fortune · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648 139 · Some Do and Some Don’t · Holworthy Hall · ss Cosmopolitan August 1920 148 · The Dilemma · Eugene Martin · pm 149 · George Wendern Gave a Party [Part 1 of 2] · John Inglis · n. William Blackwood & Sons, 1912

Best-Story Magazine [No. 11, June 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · A Princess of Kent · Marjorie Bowen · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine April 1908 15 · Snake Bite · Robert Hichens · nv Metropolitan September 1917 48 · A Terrible Twenty Minutes · Annie Howell · ts (r) 49 · Too Proud to Fight · Frank Swinnerton · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine August 1920 59 · A Paradox · Maud Michell · vi (r) 61 · Omar of Ispahan [Abu Tabah] · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine #45, January 1918 71 · Serenade · Sir William Davenant · pm Cheerful Ayres or Ballads ed. John Wilson, Oxford, 1659, as “The Lark now leaves his watry Nest” 72 · The Ideal Story · Owen Oliver · ss The Sovereign Magazine May 1921 76 · Strings · Lily Dean · pm (r) 77 · The Body-Birds of Court · Stanley Weyman · ss The English Illustrated Magazine December 1885 86 · To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent · John Keats · pm Poems by John Keats, C. & J. Ollier, 1817, as “Sonnet (“To one who has been long in city pent…”)” 87 · It Sometimes Happens · Peter Traill · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1924 97 · The Treacherous Mountain · “Rita” · ss The Millionaire Girl, and Other Stories by Rita, Eveleigh Nash, 1908 106 · The Lighter Side · Various · hu (r); a series of anonymous jokes or anecdotes except for the following. _106 · The Smiling Beauty · C. Lund · pm (r) _106 · A Fatal Oversight · A. Midgley Ramsden · hu (r) _106 · Doubles · Scott Gordon · hu (r) _106 · It Was the Sunday Following His Ordination… · K. E. Benn · hu (r) 107 · Signa and the Guide [Signa] · Dolf Wyllarde · ss The Sketch July 19 1905 113 · Minnie and Winnie · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · sg St. Nicholas March 1880 114 · A Night of Terror · William Maginn · ss Bentley’s Miscellany January 1838, as by Waylac 123 · The Ashes of Stephanie · Frank Fowell · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1923 130 · The Happy Soul · Mabery Hubbard · pm (r) 131 · The Buddhas of Ma Sein · Frances G. Knowles-Foster · ss The Sovereign Magazine July 1922 135 · Terra-in-Cog-Nighter · Etienne · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 144 · George Wendern Gave a Party [Part 2 of 2] · John Inglis · n. William Blackwood & Sons, 1912

Best-Story Magazine [No. 12, July 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · The Man Who Could Not Get Drunk · Sapper · ss The Strand Magazine March 1922 14 · The Key of the Hen-House · Barry Pain · ss Black & White Christmas 1894 21 · Breath of Allah [Abu Tabah; Kernaby] · Sax Rohmer · nv The Premier Magazine #46, February 1918 32 · Not Always the Road · Lily Dean · pm (r) 33 · The Hawkins Affair · Thomas Burke · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine January 1921 40 · Robin’s Rath · Margery Lawrence · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine November 1923 51 · The Big Fence · Arthur Mills · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1921 58 · Signa and the 3rd Officer [Signa] · Dolf Wyllarde · ss The Sketch July 26 1905 64 · The Hills Beyond · F. Farquhar-Smith · pm (r) 65 · The Lighter Side · Various · hu (r); a series of anonymous jokes or anecdotes except for the following. _65 · Another Disaster · F. Hassall · hu (r) _65 · “You Have Saved my Life” · A. M. Ramsden · hu (r) _65 · Light o’ Love · A. J. H. · pm (r) 67 · The Shriving · B. Paul Neuman · nv Crampton’s Magazine December 1900, as “The Shriving of Tony Bidder” 100 · Cherry-Ripe · Thomas Campion · pm The Third and Fourth Booke of Ayres by Thomas Campion, T. Snodham, 1617 101 · The Man Who Won the Grande · Ruth Alexander · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine April 1926 109 · The “Tandstickor” · Anton Chekhov; translated by F. S. Thacker · ss (r) translated from the Russian. 119 · Behind the Mill · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss Cassell’s Magazine May 1907 126 · Beautiful Things · Victor I. Hilton · pm (r) 127 · The Folly of Guido · Morgan Johnson · ss Romance February 1923 136 · A Light Love · Florence Howard Burleigh · ss The Sovereign Magazine June 1920 144 · Motley Awry · I. S. · pm (r) 145 · Good Grain [Part 1 of 3] · Emmeline Morrison · nv John Long, 1921 192 · The Origin · Leslie M. Oyler · pm (r)

Best-Story Magazine [No. 13, August 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · Major Cypress Goes Off the Deep End [Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · ss These Charming People by Michael Arlen, Collins, 1923 11 · Satsuma Lady · Denise Robins · pm 12 · A Nocturnal Visitor [Joe Quinney] · H. A. Vachell · ss The Premier Magazine #120, August 12 1921 21 · Little Games · Agnes & Egerton Castle · ss The Grand Magazine May 1921 33 · By Proxy · J. S. Fletcher · ss Nash’s Magazine January 1911 43 · A Case of Second Sight · Annie Howell · te 44 · The High Ground · Temple Lane · pm 45 · King Pepin and Sweet Clive · Stanley J. Weyman · ss The Cornhill Magazine July 1883, uncredited. 53 · The Lighter Side · [uncredited] · hu 55 · The Strike Breaker · George A. Birmingham · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine October 1919 61 · The Snob Splendid · Alice Rix · nv Munsey’s Magazine June 1924 78 · The Fair Singer · Andrew Marvell · pm Miscellaneous poems by Andrew Marvell, Esq. by Andrew Marvell, Robert Boulter, 1681 79 · Complicated by a Rickshaw [Signa] · Dolf Wyllarde · ss The Sketch August 2 1905 86 · Brother Leo · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Century Magazine June 1913 95 · Ducal Coronets · Dorothea Conyers · ss The Sovereign Magazine March 1922 101 · The Wooing of Mego the Feather · Elizabeth Marc · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1923 110 · Love · Leigh Thompson · ss The Sovereign Magazine September 1921 119 · The Emperor’s Pleasures · Simon Harcourt · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1923 127 · The Obstacle · Richard Elliot · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine April 1922 133 · Good Grain [Part 2 of 3] · Emmeline Morrison · nv John Long, 1921 192 · Love’s Farewell · M. Drayton · pm Idea’s Mirror by Michael Drayton, 1594

Best-Story Magazine [No. 14, September 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · “Dorinda Dares” · Marjorie Bowen · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine July 1909 15 · At the Mercy of Tiberius [Donovan Pasha et al.] · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss Collier’s Weekly December 30 1899 21 · No-Man’s-Land · John Buchan · na Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1899 47 · The Laying of Josiah Spragg · Anthony Armstrong · ss Waikato Times December 13 1924 52 · The Chop-Suey Mystery · Edmund Snell · ss The Sovereign Magazine February 1922 63 · Tears, Idle Tears · W. B. Maxwell · ss Children of the Night by W. B. Maxwell, Butterworth, 1925 70 · The Tip of the Scale · Ruby M. Ayres · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine September 1919 81 · A Tug of War [Joe Quinney] · Horace Annesley Vachell · ss The Premier Magazine #8, October 1923 91 · The Dangers of Exile [Signa] · Dolf Wyllarde · ss The Sketch August 9 1905 97 · The Emergency Bridegroom · Mrs. Baillie Reynolds · ss Romance January 1925 104 · The Closed Door · Ella Erskine · pm (r) 105 · The Missed Opportunity · Peter Traill · ss Memory’s Geese by Peter Traill, Hutchinson, 1924 111 · Bored · Ann Fay Peters · pm (r) 112 · Superior Information · Basil MacDonald Hastings · ss The London Magazine November 1924 116 · An Autumn Love Song · Evelyn Davey · pm (r) 117 · What Happened in the Office · Jennette Lee · ss Good Housekeeping October 1916 125 · Triangle · Austin Parker · ss Collier’s January 6 1923 139 · His Secret · C. K. Darcy-Lever · ss (r) 144 · Rondeau · Leigh Hunt · pm Monthly Chronicle November 1838 145 · Lady Crusoe · Temple Bailey · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine April 1924 158 · Anguish · Anton Chekhov; translated by F. S. Thacker · ss (r) translated from the Russian (Peterburgskaya Gazeta, November 25, 1885). 161 · Good Grain [Part 3 of 3] · Emmeline Morrison · nv John Long, 1921

Best-Story Magazine [No. 15, October 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902 13 · Violet · W. L. George · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine February 1920 23 · The Celestial Editorship · Barry Pain · ss 29 · Son o’ the Soil · Guy Fletcher · ss The Sovereign Magazine August 1924 38 · Signa Behind a Mask [Signa] · Dolf Wyllarde · ss The Sketch August 16 1905 43 · Castle Kilrain [Joe Quinney] · Horace Annesley Vachell · nv The Story-teller January 1924 74 · Arnold’s Laundress · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss 82 · Pierrette · Ann Fay Peters · pm 83 · The Man in the Bell · William Maginn · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine November 1821, uncredited. 87 · A Keen Sense of Rumour · Cosmo Hamilton · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1924 94 · Echoes · T. Moore · pm A Selection of Irish Melodies: Volume 8 by Thomas Moore, J. Power, 1821, as “How Sweet the Answer Echo Makes” 95 · Dies Irae, I: Manoel · John Ressich · ss 102 · Made Absolute · Austin Philips · ss Battles of Life by Austin Philips, Secker, 1915 107 · The Downward Smile · Berta Ruck · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine July 1919 113 · The Lord, Leah, and the Ten Black Rams · A. Marshall Henderson · ss 128 · The Shawl · Mary F. Raphael · ss 132 · The Little Green God · James de Ruda · ss The Sovereign Magazine February 1924 138 · Broke of Covenden [Part 1 of 4] · G. J. Snaith · sl 192 · The Dissembling Lover · M. Prior · pm (r)

Best-Story Magazine [No. 16, November 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · The Gift [Foreign Legion: John Bull] · Percival Christopher Wren · ss Stepsons of France by P. C. Wren, Murray, 1917 9 · The Lovely Hand · Katharine Tynan · ss 17 · Mustard Pot—Huntsman [Mustard-Pot] · Gilbert Frankau · ss The Strand Magazine September 1922 27 · Dies Irae, II: Chills and Fevers · John Ressich · ss 32 · Love’s Messenger · Ed. Waller · pm (r) 33 · “Rabbits!” · Anthony Armstrong · ss 37 · Her Loveliness · Hartley Coleridge · pm The Gem: A Literary Annual 1829, as “Song (“She is not fair to outward view”)” 38 · Ironstone · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Century Magazine March 1917 45 · A Criminal Hero · W. L. George · ss The Story-teller October 1913 52 · Between the Acts [Signa] · Dolf Wyllarde · ss The Story-teller May 1911 55 · Morning and Evening · Molly Wood · pm 56 · Peggy · Henry Holt · ss Hearst’s International September 1922 71 · The Magic of His Excellency · Harold Alen · ss The Sovereign Magazine February 1922 79 · The Fountain · Elinor Mordaunt · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1921 97 · The Martinetti Venus · Colby Borley · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1923 107 · The Jade Bouddha [Joe Quinney] · Horace Annesley Vachell · ss The Chicago Tribune October 3 1920 116 · Public Auction · Lynn Doyle · ss 122 · The Grave of Love · T. L. Peacock · pm Works of Thomas Love Peacock by Thomas Love Peacock, Richard Bentley and Son, 1875 123 · The Gringo · Ruth Alexander · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine December 1924 133 · The Set at Seven · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss 141 · Broke of Covenden [Part 2 of 4] · G. J. Snaith · sl 192 · An Old-Fashioned Belle · Leslie M. Oyler · pm

Best-Story Magazine [No. 17, December 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · A Ship Sails Up to Bideford · Herbert Asquith · pm 6 · Maddalena’s Misadventure · Edmund Snell · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1923 15 · Another Temple Gone · C. E. Montague · ss The London Mercury December 1922 24 · In the Train · J. Thomson · pm 25 · A Granada Christmas · Beatrice Ravenel · ss Ainslee’s January 1924 39 · The Tapestried Room · Rafael Sabatini · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1913 47 · Kitty’s Christmas Brew · Agnes & Egerton Castle · ss The Grand Magazine December 1915 57 · The Ming Vase [Joe Quinney] · Horace Annesley Vachell · ss The Story-teller January 1918 68 · Red Ribbons · Lynn Doyle · ss 75 · Lady Fanshawe and Lucilla · Marjorie Bowen · ss 83 · The Syren’s Isle · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Derelict by Phyllis Bottome, The Century Co., 1917 99 · The Cat Pagoda · Louise Jordan Miln · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1922 111 · A Son of Jezebel · Henry Holt · ss The Red Book Magazine July 1924 125 · Happy Insensibility (“Stanzas (‘In a drear-nighted December’)”] · J. Keats · pm The Literary Gazette and Journal of the Belles Lettres September 19 1829 126 · Broke of Covenden [Part 3 of 4] · G. J. Snaith · sl

Best-Story Magazine [No. 18, January 1928] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories; also Sovereign, Regent and Jolly magazines.” Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · A Job for Mr. Print · Basil MacDonald Hastings · ss The Strand Magazine March 1924 9 · The Wife That Wasn’t · Alice Rix · nv Munsey’s Magazine July 1923 33 · The King’s Psalter · Agnes & Egerton Castle · ss The Story-teller June 1922 45 · Whitebrow · A. P. Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss The Cook’s Wedding and Other Stories by Anton Tchehov, tr. Constance Garnett, Chatto & Windus, 1922 translated from the Russian. 48 · Circumstantial Evidence · Robert Blatchford · ss 62 · Duds [Joe Quinney] · Horace Annesley Vachell · ss The London Magazine April 1924 69 · Copra · Jacland Marmur · ss Adventure January 1 1927 74 · A Birthday · Christina Rossetti · pm Macmillan’s Magazine April 1861 75 · One of Those Glorious Women · Ruth Alexander · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction #151, October 1924 82 · The Flaw · Diana Patrick · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1923 96 · A Matter of Faith · Horace Newte · ss 102 · The Green Gourd · Katherine Harrington · ss 110 · The Wild Bird · Maud Stepney Rawson · ss The Sovereign Magazine December 1921 118 · Signa Makes Her Bow [Signa] · Dolf Wyllarde · ss The Sketch August 23 1905 122 · Leading a Life · Daphne Audrey Wills · ss 125 · New Year’s Eve · Eden Phillpotts · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1921 133 · Broke of Covenden [Part 4 of 4] · G. J. Snaith · sl

Best-Story Magazine [No. 19, February 1928] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories; also Sovereign, Regent and Jolly magazines.” Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · Remember Lot’s Wife · Cosmo Hamilton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 22 1924 13 · The Tiger Lily · J. S. Fletcher · ss Many Engagements by J. S. Fletcher, Long, 1923 19 · Family Portraits · Stanley J. Weyman · ss The English Illustrated Magazine August 1888 29 · The Glass Balls · Ruth Alexander · ss 38 · The Fatal Circle · Horace W. C. Newte · ss Sidelights by Horace W. C. Newte, Mills, 1916 44 · The Apple Dumplings · Guy de Maupassant · ss 49 · The Shoe Pinches · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine February 1924 57 · John Challoner’s Wife · Margery Lawrence · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1923 67 · The Ivory Angel · Agnes & Egerton Castle · ss The Chicago Tribune January 2 1921 79 · The Coroner’s Tale · John Ressich · ss 85 · The Wages of Sin · Marjorie Bowen · ss Cassell’s Winter Annual #3, 1921/22 92 · Caution · Mary F. Raphael · ss 96 · A Sense of Scarlet · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine February 1907 105 · The Puritan · Gerald Bullett · ss The Sovereign Magazine June 1924 109 · Drinking · Abraham Cowley · pm Poems by Abraham Cowley, Humphrey Moseley, 1656 110 · Sally · Lynn Doyle · ss 113 · Woman · Oliver Goldsmith · pm from The Vicar of Wakefield, R. Collins, 1766 114 · The Brightener [Princess de Miramare, “The Brightener”] · C. N. & A. M. Williamson · nv Hutchinson’s Story Magazine August 1919 150 · The Man Who Gave His Name to a Horse · Basil MacDonald Hastings · ss 157 · The Silent Highway · Douglas Gordon · ss Short Stories January 10 1925 162 · Garden of Promise · Ursula Bloom · ss 166 · Opportunity · Ben Ames Williams · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 8 1927 174 · By the Side of the Road · A. Marshall Harbinson · ss 184 · The Brown Mongrel · Dahlia Gordon · ss

Best-Story Magazine [No. 20, March 1928] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories; also Sovereign, Regent and Jolly magazines.” Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · Prudence and the Bishop · Anthony Hope · ss Metropolitan Magazine October 1906 9 · Sleeping Beauty · Gerald Bullett · ss The Street of the Eye by Gerald Bullett, John Lane, 1923 13 · The World’s Worst · Basil MacDonald Hastings · ss 17 · One Murder and Two Confessions · Edward Turner · ss 23 · Peter Westcott · Hugh Walpole · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine October 1920 31 · The Little People of the Big House · Peter Traill · ss Outlook (London) September 29 1923 35 · Joanna’s Bracelet · Stanley J. Weyman · ss The Cornhill Magazine February 1890, uncredited. 43 · The Man Who Loved His Wife · Horace Newte · ss Sidelights by Horace W. C. Newte, Mills, 1916 52 · The Triumph of Thomasine · J. S. Fletcher · ss Many Engagements by J. S. Fletcher, Long, 1923 58 · The Courtship of Prince Max · Mrs. Baillie Reynolds · ss The Story-teller March 1914 68 · Nuns at Luncheon · Aldous Huxley · ss Mortal Coils by Aldous Huxley, Chatto, 1922 77 · Au Quartier · John Ressich · ss Oddly Enough by John Ressich, Grant Richards, 1922 82 · The Ghost of Aurora · Agnes & Egerton Castle · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1923 92 · The Grey Eyes of Vengeance · Edward Woodward · ss 99 · The Brightener: The House with the Twisted Chimney [Princess de Miramare, “The Brightener”] · C. N. & A. M. Williamson · nv Hutchinson’s Story Magazine April 1920 129 · A Propos Des Bottes · C. E. Montague · ss 136 · Siege Perilous · Maud Diver · nv The Sovereign Magazine February 1920 159 · The Papuan Paddle · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss The Popular Magazine January 7 1923 166 · The ’Eighty-Seven · Barry Pain · ss The Windsor Magazine #179, November 1909 170 · Light o’ Love · Douglas Gordon · ss Pan: The Fiction Magazine October 1923 175 · Seth · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss 183 · O. Cheever · Florence Reynolds Fuller · ss 190 · The Virago · D. G. · ss The 20-Story Magazine #38, August 1925, as by Douglas Gordon

Best-Story Magazine [No. 21, April 1928] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories; also Sovereign, Regent and Jolly magazines.” Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 2 · Perdition to Women · Peter Traill · ss Memory’s Geese by Peter Traill, Hutchinson, 1924 5 · A Very Good Thing for the Girl · Leonard Merrick · ss Ainslee’s Magazine October 1903 11 · The Mercy of Men · F. A. M. Webster · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1921 23 · Gambier · Oliver Onions · nv Tales from a Far Riding by Oliver Onions, Murray, 1902 49 · Forget Not Yet · Sir Thomas Wyatt · pm Songes and Sonettes ed. Richard Tottel, Richard Tottel, 1557 50 · The Widow’s Way · J. S. Fletcher · ss 59 · The Story of Dakea and the Charm · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine April 1924 66 · An Egoist · W. L. George · ss The Smart Set December 1913 77 · An Indian Summer Night · Pamela Gray · ss 85 · “A Peculiar Financial Situation” · Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · ss Why They Married by Marie Belloc Lowndes, Heinemann, 1923 100 · The Egg on the Step · Basil MacDonald Hastings · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1924 107 · Worry in the Wheat · Douglas Gordon · ss The 20-Story Magazine #40, October 1925 113 · The Man Who Couldn’t Do Wrong: The Seven Stones of Christendom · Bruce James · ss 123 · The Brightener: The Dark Veil [Princess de Miramare, “The Brightener”] · C. N. & A. M. Williamson · nv Hutchinson’s Story Magazine July 1920 154 · Momoko · Dorothy B. Upson · ss 161 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921 178 · The Last Trump · Horace Newte · ss Sidelights by Horace W. C. Newte, Mills, 1916 187 · “Halves, Partner!” · Mrs. Baillie Reynolds · ss

Best-Story Magazine [No. 22, May 1928] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 144pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories; also Sovereign, Regent and Jolly magazines.” Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 2 · The Lace Scarf · Mrs. Belloc-Lowndes · ss Why They Married by Marie Belloc Lowndes, Heinemann, 1923 10 · Domino · Horace Newte · ss Sidelights by Horace W. C. Newte, Mills, 1916 20 · “Greater Love Than This” · Oliver Onions · ss Tales from a Far Riding by Oliver Onions, Murray, 1902 31 · The Haunt · Basil MacDonald Hastings · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine July/August 1926 38 · Mademoiselle Maria Gloria · Marjorie Bowen · ss The Story-teller May 1907 45 · The Hon. Clive Torby · Hugh Walpole · ss Pictorial Review June 1920, as “The Honorable Clive Torby” 52 · The Three Commandments · Gilbert Parker · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1894, as “Three Commandments in the Vulgar Tongue” 61 · The Brightener: The Mystery of Mrs. Brandreth [Princess de Miramare, “The Brightener”] · C. N. & A. M. Williamson · nv Hutchinson’s Story Magazine January 1921 94 · Lady Betty’s Indiscretion · Stanley J. Weyman · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1889, uncredited. 104 · The Parrot · Gilbert Frankau · pm The Royal Magazine April 1921 113 · The Man Who Couldn’t Do Wrong: The Beard in the Red Umbrella · Bruce James · ss 123 · Hot Water · Lynn Doyle · ss 129 · The Kiss · A. P. Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss The Party and Other Stories by Anton Tchehov, tr. Constance Garnett, Macmillan, 1917 translated from the Russian. 139 · Je M’En Fiche · John Ressich · ss Oddly Enough by John Ressich, Grant Richards, 1922

Best-Story Magazine [No. 23, June 1928] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 144pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories; also Sovereign, Regent and Jolly magazines.” Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 2 · Beauty Bathing · Anthony Munday · pm Englands Helicon ed. John Flasket, 1600, as by Shepherd Tony 3 · The End of Her Honeymoon [Part 1 of 4] · Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · nv Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine April 1926, as “The End of His Honeymoon” 23 · A Change of Opinion · J. S. Fletcher · ss 29 · The Coffin Stone · Eden Phillpotts · ss The Novel Magazine May 1921 36 · Galloway’s Last Role · Donovan Bayley · ss 45 · Kecksies · Marjorie Bowen · ss Seeing Life! and Other Stories by Marjorie Bowen, Hurst & Blackett, 1923 53 · The Man Who Couldn’t Do Wrong: The Tragic Telegram · Bruce James · ss 62 · The May-Stang · Oliver Onions · nv Tales from a Far Riding by Oliver Onions, Murray, 1902 91 · Yellow Peril · Horace Newte · ss Sidelights by Horace W. C. Newte, Mills, 1916 99 · The Unlearnt Lesson · Paul Feakes · ss 103 · Dirge · Hector Bolitho · ss 107 · Plum Pudding Dog · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1916 117 · The Best-Laid Schemes · John Ressich · ss Oddly Enough by John Ressich, Grant Richards, 1922 120 · The Parson’s Daughter · Jay Watts · ss 128 · Absalom Jay · Hugh Walpole · ss The Thirteen Travellers by Hugh Walpole, Hutchinson, 1921 136 · The Letter · Peter Traill · ss Outlook (London) May 3 1924 139 · Sap and Fish · Roland Krebs · ss Western Story Magazine May 19 1928 144 · Verse · Walter Savage Landor · pm (r)

Best-Story Magazine [No. 24, July 1928] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 144pp, pulp) [] Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories; also Sovereign, Regent and Jolly magazines.” Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 4 · When, Dearest, I but Think of Thee · Sir John Suckling · pm (r) 5 · Hatteras · A. E. W. Mason · nv Ensign Knightley by A. E. W. Mason, Constable, 1901 19 · Great Grandfather’s Landscape · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1916 28 · Saddle and Steel [Part 1 of 2] · Lord Dunalley, D.S.O. · n. Jarrolds, 1928 49 · The Retirement of Mr. Gregory · Margaret Pedler · ss The Red Magazine August 15 1916 55 · Three Roses · L. A. M. Jones · pm 56 · The Confessions of Floris Heenvliet · Marjorie Bowen · ss The Windsor Magazine #183, March 1910 61 · The End of Her Honeymoon [Part 2 of 4] · Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · nv Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine April 1926, as “The End of His Honeymoon” 81 · The Siamese Cat · Reginald Campbell · ss Everybody’s November 1927 86 · The Sportsman’s Chance · W. Douglas Newton · ss 95 · The Man Who Couldn’t Do Wrong: The Terror of the Third Degree · Bruce James · ss 104 · Chance · F. M. H. Vowles · ss 109 · The Stolen Intaglio · J. S. Fletcher · ss Many Engagements by J. S. Fletcher, Long, 1923 117 · The Ghost Herb · Seton Cross · ss 129 · Kismet · Dudley Hoys · ss The Red Magazine July 16 1926 135 · In the House of the Dragon · Dale Collins · ss The Royal Magazine March 1924 140 · Matter of Luck · Katherine Harrington · ss Leslie’s Weekly November 5 1921 144 · In England Now · Michael Pevensey · pm