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Best Stories [v5 #4, October 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 144pp+, pulp) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson & John Locke. 10 · When Golf Struck Cactus Center · [uncredited] · pm (r) 11 · The Devil’s Violin [Part 1 of 4] · Ben Ames Williams · na All-Story Weekly May 11 1918 33 · All in the Game · George Weston · ss All-Story Weekly July 31 1915 41 · The Adventure of the Dying Detective [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Collier’s November 22 1913 51 · The Gentility of Ikey Blumendall · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure June 1914 67 · 3 Collar Buttons [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss (r) 75 · The Charmed Life [Part 1 of 2] · Achmed Abdullah · nv All-Story Weekly September 22 1917 96 · The Flying Norseman · Roy de S. Horn · ss Collier’s September 2 1922 105 · The Turtle in the Whirlpool · Alma & Paul Ellerbe · ss The Novel Magazine February 1924 115 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 8 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged.

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 [#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 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 [#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 The Atlantic Monthly 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) [] Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [#4, November 1926] ed. M. Vibart Dixon (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) [] 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 · Blind Alley · E. W. Savi · nv Digby & Long, 1911