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Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#47, 1949] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, digest) Reprints 8 of the 9 stories from Love in Greenwich Village by Floyd Dell (George H. Doran, 1926). Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. · The Ex-Villager’s Confession · Floyd Dell · ss (r) · The Kitten and the Masterpiece · Floyd Dell · ss The Century Magazine February 1924 · Phantom Adventure · Floyd Dell · ss The Century Magazine December 1923 · The Button · Floyd Dell · ss (r) · The Gifts of the Fourth Goddess · Floyd Dell · ss The Century Magazine October 1923 · “Hallelujah, I’m a Bum!” · Floyd Dell · ss The Century Magazine June 1925 · A Piece of Slag · Floyd Dell · ss (r) · Green Houses · Floyd Dell · ss (r)

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#48, 1949] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, digest) Reprints 9 of the 11 stories from Night Club by Katharine Brush (Minton, Balch & Co., 1929). Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. · Night Club · Katharine Brush · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1927 · The Long Young Dreams · Katharine Brush · ss Cosmopolitan November 1927 · “The Mother Has the Custody—” · Katharine Brush · ss (r) · Fumble · Katharine Brush · ss Cosmopolitan March 1928 · Gaudy Lady · Katharine Brush · ss College Humor February 1929 · Eye-Opener · Katharine Brush · ss (r) · 7 Blocks Apart · Katharine Brush · ss Cosmopolitan January 1928 · Débutante · Katharine Brush · ss College Humor July 1928 · “All the King’s Horses” · Katharine Brush · ss College Humor October 1927

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#49, 1949] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, digest) Subtitled “A Modern Lover and Other Stories by D.H. Lawrence”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. · A Modern Lover · D. H. Lawrence · nv Life and Letters September 1933 · New Eve and Old Adam · D. H. Lawrence · ss A Modern Lover by D. H. Lawrence, Martin Secker, 1934 · Wintry Peacock · D. H. Lawrence · ss Metropolitan August 1921 · You Touched Me · D. H. Lawrence · ss Land & Water April 29 1920 · Samson and Delilah · D. H. Lawrence · ss The English Review March 1917 · The Primrose Path · D. H. Lawrence · ss England, My England and Other Stories by D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Seltzer, 1922 · Her Turn · D. H. Lawrence · ss The Westminster Gazette September 6 1913 · The Prussian Officer · D. H. Lawrence · nv The English Review August 1914, as “Honour and Arms”

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#50, 1949] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, digest) Subtitled “All the Girls He Wanted and Other Stories by John O’Hara”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. · All the Girls He Wanted · John O’Hara · ss Harper’s Bazaar October 1934 · Never a Dull Moment · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker July 8 1933 · The Gentleman in the Tan Suit · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker 1935 · I Could Have Had a Yacht · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 6 1935 · Peggy · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 17 1937 · Days · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 30 1938 · Are We Leaving Tomorrow? · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 19 1938 · Portistan on the Portis · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker November 23 1935 · Lunch Tuesday · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 3 1937 · Shave · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 20 1937 · Price’s—Always Open · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker August 14 1937 · Mary · John O’Hara · ss (r) · I Never Seen Anything Like It · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker September 3 1932 · Frankie · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker October 8 1932 · Sportsmanship · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker May 12 1934 · Good-by, Herman · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker September 4 1937 · New Day · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker August 23 1930 · It Wouldn’t Break Your Arm · John O’Hara · ss Harper’s Bazaar January 1935 · Pleasure · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 10 1934 · Saffercisco · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 11 1936 · Ice Cream · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker July 20 1935 · Screen Test · John O’Hara · ss (r) · Sidesaddle · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker November 5 1938 · Most Gorgeous Thing · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker March 7 1936 · A Day Like Today · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker August 6 1938 · Brother · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker July 18 1936 · Hotel Kid · John O’Hara · ss (r) · Except in My Memory · John O’Hara · ss (r) · My Girls · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker May 29 1937 · The Ideal Man · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker April 29 1939 · On His Hands · John O’Hara · ss (r) · Of Thee I Sing, Baby · John O’Hara · ss The New Yorker October 15 1932

Avon Modern Short Story Monthly [#51, 1950] (Avon Book Company, 25¢, 126pp, digest) Subtitled “The Romantic Young Lady and Other Intriguing People from Creatures of Circumstance”. Reprints 7 of the 15 stories from Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham (Heinemann, 1947). Details supplied by Denny Lien. · The Romantic Young Lady · W. Somerset Maugham · ss The New Yorker June 21 1947 · Winter Cruise · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Nash’s Annual Christmas 1940 · The Happy Couple · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cassell’s Magazine May 1908 · The Kite · W. Somerset Maugham · ss The Strand Magazine November 1946 · Sanatorium [Ashenden] · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan December 1938 · The Colonel’s Lady · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Good Housekeeping March 1946 · Episode · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Creatures of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham, Heinemann, June 1947

The Best of Argosy Annual   (about)

The Best of Argosy Annual [(#1) 1976] ed. Joanne Schmidt (Popular Publications, $1.95, 132pp, quarto) Special Bicentennial Issue. Details supplied by Steve Miller. 6 · From the Publisher · Harry Egner · ed (r) 10 · In Search of a Mermaid · Art Buchwald · ar Argosy February 1960, as “Man in Search of a Mermaid: Copenhagen” 16 · The Hazards of Horace Bewstridge [The Oldest Member] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss Argosy July 1948 20 · Gentlemen, Be Seated · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Argosy May 1948 24 · Victory Unintentional [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories August 1942 28 · Souvenir · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Argosy December 1952 30 · Berlin Escape [James Bond] · Ian Fleming · nv The Sunday Times February 4 1962, as “The Living Daylights” 32 · Nightmare Town · Dashiell Hammett · nv Argosy Allstory Weekly December 27 1924 46 · At the Crossroads [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss Flynn’s Weekly October 30 1926 54 · The Heels of Fate · Rex Stout · ss All-Story Weekly November 17 1917 59 · Phantoms of Peace · Zane Grey · ss Munsey’s Magazine January 1913 66 · Zorro Deals with Treason [Zorro] · Johnston McCulley · nv Argosy August 18 1934 78 · The Bells of San Carlos · Max Brand · ss Argosy April 30 1938 88 · Uncle Ned’s Teeth · James Norman Hall · ss Adventure December 1946 92 · Packet of Death · MacKinlay Kantor · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 17 1932 98 · Captain Hornblower’s Charitable Offering [Horatio Hornblower] · C. S. Forester · ss 1941 103 · The Hand · Theodore Dreiser · nv Munsey’s Magazine May 1919 112 · The Time Professor [Tubby] · Ray Cummings · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly January 8 1921 124 · The Best Seller · O. Henry · ss Munsey’s Magazine April 1909

The Best of Argosy Annual [(#2) 1976] ed. Andrew Sugar (Popular Publications, $1.95, 132pp, quarto) Special Commemorative Issue. Details supplied by Steve Miller. 8 · A Technical Error · O. Henry · ss Munsey’s Magazine February 1910 11 · Man-Stalk · John D. MacDonald · ss Argosy March 1950 15 · Spirit Rapping at Ristyville · Damon Runyon · ss The Cavalier May 24 1913 20 · Murder on Ice [87th Precinct] · Ed McBain · nv Argosy November 1961 37 · The Horror of the Heights · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine November 1913 43 · Warner & Wife · Rex T. Stout · nv All-Story Cavalier Weekly February 27 1915 48 · It Happened Tomorrow · Robert Bloch · nv Astonishing Stories February 1943 59 · The Sacking of El Dorado · Max Brand · nv All-Story Weekly October 11 1919 72 · The Harmonica Mystery · P. G. Wodehouse · nv All-Story Cavalier Weekly March 13 1915 revised from “The Education of Detective Oakes” (Pearson’s, December 1914). 82 · The Greatest Adventures of the 20th Century · Lowell Thomas · ar Argosy June 1974 85 · The Shadow and the Flash · Jack London · ss The Bookman June 1903 89 · The Higher Court [Sidney Zoom] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Detective Fiction Weekly March 8 1930 96 · Earthman, Beware! · Poul Anderson · nv Super Science Stories June 1951 103 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887). 107 · The Horses of Bostil’s Ford · Zane Grey · ss Munsey’s Magazine June 1912 114 · Guardian Angel · Arthur C. Clarke; edited by James Blish · nv Famous Fantastic Mysteries April 1950

Best Stories of All Time   (about) --- see under Two Gun Western Stories.

Best-Story Magazine   (about)

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 · nv 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, March 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