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Best Stories of All Time [v1 #6, November 1925] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by Doris Lane) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 6 · The Path-Master · Robert W. Chambers · nv The Saturday Evening Post July 20 1901 13 · I Love Your Daughter · Edmond About · ss (r) 20 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 27 · Without Desire · Pardo Bazán · vi (r) 28 · Among the College Humorists · [uncredited] · hu 30 · She [Part 5 of 6; Ayesha] · H. Rider Haggard · n. Harper, December 1886; abridged. 46 · A Love Song · Laura Margaret Haley · pm (r) 47 · The Golden Flaw · P. G. Wodehouse · ss McClure’s Magazine March/April 1920 54 · Carmen · Prosper Merimee · ss Everybody’s June 1925; abridged. translated from the French. 66 · The Vagabond · Feodor Dostoievski · ss (r) 72 · Invictus · William Ernest Henley · pm Book of Verses by William Ernest Henley, David Nutt, 1888 73 · What They Laugh At in Europe · Various · hu 74 · The Scarlet Letter [Part 3 of 3] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · n. Ticknor & Fields, 1850; abridged. 91 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms

Best Stories of All Time [v2 #1, December 1925] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by Doris Lane) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 6 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 1 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged. 23 · The Real Santa Claus · Peter B. Kyne · ss Collier’s December 25 1915 31 · Forty-Seven Girls and Sally · Earl Derr Biggers · ss The Red Book Magazine May 1913 36 · How Anson Purdy Got His Start · Roy K. Moulton · vi (r) 37 · The Adoring Ones · Pardo Bazán · vi (r) 38 · The Bargain · Sir Philip Sidney · pm from The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia, 1593 39 · What They Laugh At in Europe · Various · hu 40 · The Jelly-Bean · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss Metropolitan October 1920 47 · The Wolf · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Scrap Book December 1907; given as by dé Maupassant in the Table of Contents. translated from the French (“Le Loup”, Le Gaulois, November 14, 1882). 49 · She [Part 6 of 6; Ayesha] · H. Rider Haggard · n. Harper, December 1886; abridged. 62 · Among the College Humorists · [uncredited] · hu 64 · A Christmas Carol [Christmas Carol] · Charles Dickens · ex Chapman & Hall, December 19 1843 71 · The Unfading Beauty · Thomas Carew · pm Poems by Thomas Carew, 1640 72 · Dorathea · Mrs. Gore · ss (r) 75 · The Vendean Marriage · Jules Janin; translated by Jane G. Cooke · ss Short Stories October 1899 translated from the French. 79 · Cavalleria Rusticana · Giovanni Verga · ss (r) translated from the Italian (Vita dei Campi, 1880). 82 · Addison Spriggs in Pursuit of Happiness · S. E. Kiser · vi (r) 83 · A Scandal in Bohemia [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine July 1891 91 · Sepestia’s Lullaby · Robert Greene · pm (r) 92 · Boum-Boum · Jules Claretie; translated by E. H. Du Bois · ss The Scrap Book June 1907 translated from the French. 94 · Beauty Bathing · Anthony Munday · pm Englands Helicon ed. John Flasket, 1600, as by Shepherd Tony 95 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms

Best Stories of All Time [v2 #2, January 1926] (cover by Doris Lane) [] Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Announcement · The Editor · ed 3 · Impressions of Men and of Women · [uncredited] · ms 6 · Vanity Fair [Part 1 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 23 · I Do Not Love Thee · Caroline Norton · pm The Sorrows of Rosalie by Caroline Norton, 1829 24 · Snake Doctor [Judge William Pitman Priest (Old Judge Priest)] · Irvin S. Cobb · nv Cosmopolitan November 1922 32 · The “Gloria Scott” [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine April 1893, as “The Adventure of the “Gloria Scott”” 39 · Fool Questions · Fred C. Kelly · ms 40 · What They Laugh At in Europe · Various · hu 41 · Zadig · Francois Voltaire · na (r) translated from the French (“Zadig ou la Destinée”, 1747). 53 · Speed + · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1901, as “The New Accelerator” 58 · It Just Occurred to Us · [uncredited] · ms 59 · The Renovated Street · William Hamilton Osborne · ss (r) 67 · My Mary · William Cowper · pm The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, Esq. by William Cowper, J. Johnson, 1803 68 · College Humour · Various · hu 70 · A Shocking Mésalliance · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Windsor Magazine September 1901 74 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 2 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged. 91 · A Coward · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) translated from the French (“Un lâche”, Le Gaulois, January 27, 1884). 96 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms

Best Stories of All Time [v2 #3, February 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by Mara Malliczky) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · St. Valentine’s Day · Charles Lamb · es (r) 6 · The Ladies’ Dictionary · [uncredited] · ms; given as “The Ladies’ Calendar” in the Table of Contents. 8 · The Dummy-Chucker · Arthur Somers Roche · ss Cosmopolitan June 1920 13 · Sweet-and-Twenty · William Shakespeare · pm from Twelfth Night, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 14 · A Regimental Valentine · John Strange Winter · ss Army Tales by John Strange Winter, Lovell, Coryell, 1892 19 · Malva · Maxim Gorky · ss (r) 29 · Rosaline · Thomas Lodge · pm (r) 30 · Vanity Fair [Part 2 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 47 · A Dream · —R · pm (r) 48 · A Gentleman Finds a Watch · Georges Courteline · vi (r) 50 · Among the College Humorists · [uncredited] · hu 52 · Two Little Soldiers · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895 translated from the French (“Petit Soldat”, Le Figaro April 13, 1885). 54 · Cards and Kisses · John Lyly · pm (r) 55 · The Cruise of the “Scandal” · Victor Bridges · ss Ainslee’s May 1913 61 · The Stolen Letter · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words Christmas 1854, as “The Fourth Poor Traveller”, uncredited. 68 · Meg May’s Valentine · [uncredited] · pm (r) 69 · The Student’s Bride · Washington Irving · vi (r) 71 · Song · John Cutts · pm (r) 72 · The Fur Coat · Ludwig Fulda · ss The Masses January 1911 75 · St. Valentine’s Magic Wand · William Waterfield · pm (r) 76 · What They Laugh At in Europe · Various · hu 78 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 3 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged. 95 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms

Best Stories of All Time [v2 #4, March 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · March · William Morris · pm The Earthly Paradise by William Morris, F.S. Ellis, 1868 6 · The Ladies’ Dictionary · [uncredited] · ms 8 · Fables of Man · [uncredited] · ms 9 · The Marquise · George Sand · ss (r) translated from the French (“La Marquise”, La Revue de Paris, 1832). 18 · The Question · Percy Bysshe Shelley · pm (r) 19 · Two Hearts That Beat As One [3 Black Crows] · Frank Norris · ss Ainslee’s Magazine January 1903 23 · Sun and Rain · [uncredited] · pm (r) 25 · Love on a Raft · Maxim Gorky · ss (r) 30 · Woman’s Will · [uncredited] · pm (r) 31 · A Perfect Love Story · Ludovic Halévy · ss (r) 40 · A Village Kiss · [uncredited] · vi (r) 41 · Gifts · James Thomson · pm from “Sunday Up the River”, The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems by James Thomson, Reeves and Turner, 1880 42 · Vanity Fair [Part 3 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 52 · Foreign Humor · [uncredited] · hu 54 · What Would You Do? · Meredith Nicholson · ss McClure’s Magazine January 1921 61 · When Lovely Woman · Phoebe Cary · pm (r) 62 · An Easy Life · [uncredited] · ct 63 · The Telegraph Operator · Alphonse Allais · vi (r) 64 · The Fury · Paul Heyse · ss Four Phases of Love by Paul Heyse, G. Routledge and Co., 1857, as “The Rabbiata” translated from the German (“L’Arrabiata”, 1853). 71 · Do You Remember? · Thomas Haynes Bayly · pm (r) 72 · Home Brew · Sophie Kerr · ss Metropolitan June 1921 78 · The Proposal · Etincelle; translated by Edith Duff · ss Romance July 1893 81 · Song in March · William Gilmore Simms · pm (r) 82 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 4 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged.

Best Stories of All Time [v2 #5, April 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · April · Alfred Tennyson · pm (r) 6 · The Ladies’ Dictionary · [uncredited] · ms 8 · Fables of Man · [uncredited] · ms 9 · A Lesson for Husbands · Fedor Dostoieffsky · ss (r) 23 · Advice to a Girl · Thomas Campion · pm The Third and Fourth Booke of Ayres by Thomas Campion, T. Snodham, 1617, as “Never Love Unless You Can” 24 · How One Saluted a Lady in the Year 1438 · [uncredited] · ct 25 · The Tenor · H. C. Bunner · ss Short Sixes by H. C. Bunner, Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1890 30 · How Women Love · Max Nordau · ss (r) 34 · To Ellen · Lord Byron · pm The Works of Lord Byron by George Gordon Byron, John Murray, 1833 35 · The Stall · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss (r) 40 · Vanity Fair [Part 4 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 51 · Love’s Farewell · Michael Drayton · pm Idea’s Mirror by Michael Drayton, 1594 52 · Foreign Humor · [uncredited] · hu 54 · The Adventure of a Noble Batchelor [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine April 1892 62 · The Old Familiar Faces · Charles Lamb · pm Blank Verse by Charles Lamb & Charles Lloyd, 1798 63 · A Midnight Elopement · Alexander Pushkin · ss (r) 67 · The Widow · Alexander Pope · pm (r) 68 · The Foster Fathers · Lowell Otus Reese · ss Collier’s September 11 1920; given as by Lowell Otis Reese. 74 · Beware of the Widow! · [uncredited] · ms Bentley’s Miscellany 74 · Spring · Thomas Nashe · pm from Summer’s Last Will and Testament, Walter Burre, 1600 75 · Trials of Love · Anton Chekhov · vi (r) 77 · Advice to a Lover · [uncredited] · pm (r) 78 · Karen · Alexander Kielland; translated by Leonora Teller · ss Short Stories February 1898 translated from the Danish. 80 · The Male Flirt · Edmund Yates · ms (r) 80 · A Picture · [uncredited] · pm (r) 81 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 5 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged.

Best Stories of All Time [v2 #6, May 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · May · Lord Thurlow · pm (r) 7 · The Ladies’ Dictionary · [uncredited] · ms 9 · Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn · Charles Dickens · ss Household Words Christmas 1855, as “The Boots”, uncredited. 13 · Wandering People · Maxim Gorki · ss (r) 18 · To Caroline · Lord Byron · pm The Works of Lord Byron by George Gordon Byron, John Murray, 1833 24 · The Harlot’s House · Oscar Wilde · pm Dramatic Review April 11 1885 25 · The Nine Cent-Girls · H. C. Bunner · ss Short Sixes by H. C. Bunner, Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1890 29 · How Women Love II: Another Way · Max Nordau · ss (r) 32 · Jenny Kiss’d Me · Leigh Hunt · pm Monthly Chronicle November 1838 33 · The Campbells Are Coming · Meredith Nicholson · ss McClure’s Magazine August 1921 38 · Vanity Fair [Part 5 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 46 · The Old, Old Song · Charles Kingsley · pm (r) 49 · On a Fair Spring Morning · Sir Lewis Morris · pm (r) 53 · Foreign Humor · [uncredited] · hu 55 · Rip Van Winkle · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #1, June 23 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon 61 · A Work of Art · Anton Chekhov; translated by Archibald J. Wolfe · ss Short Stories January 1906 translated from the Russian. 63 · The Boscombe Valley Mystery [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine October 1891 72 · The Man under Thirty-Five · Lilian Bell · ms (r) 73 · The Rendezvous · Ivan Turgéniev · ss (r) 76 · Morning Song · Thomas Randolph · pm (r) 77 · A Diplomatic Mission · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Windsor Magazine February 1901, as “My First Diplomatic Mission” 80 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 6 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged.