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Clever Truths [v1 #3, August 1925] (cover by Doris Lane) Issue partially indexed. 1 · Announcement · The Editor · ed · She [Part 2 of 6; Ayesha] · H. Rider Haggard · n. Harper, December 1886; abridged. · Camille [Part 3 of ?] · Alexandre Dumas (Fils) · sl (r) translated from the French (La Dame aux Camélias, 1848). · The Gold Bug · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper June 21 1843 (+1) · [unknown story] · Frank Norris · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Frederick O’Brien · ss (r) · [unknown story] · Stephen French Whitman · ss (r) · Among the College Humorists · [uncredited] · hu · What They Laugh at in Europe · [uncredited] · hu · [unknown poem] · Earl of Rochester · pm (r)

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Best Stories of All Time [v1 #4, September 1925] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by Doris Lane) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 6 · The Scarlet Letter [Part 1 of 3] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · n. Ticknor & Fields, 1850; abridged. 21 · The Reconcelement · John Sheffield, Duke of Buckinghamshire · pm (r) 21 · The Flowers · William Brighty Rands · pm (r) 22 · The Accursed House · Émile Gaboriau; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss Short Stories February 1893 translated from the French. 24 · Life · Anna Laetitia Barbauld · pm The Works of Anna Letitia Barbauld by Anna Letitia Barbauld, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825 25 · The Pragmatic Sanction · Samuel Merwin · ss McClure’s Magazine September 1920 31 · Do Tell a Story · Richard H. Little · ms (r) 32 · Among the College Humorists · [uncredited] · hu (r) 34 · The Broken Cup · Heinrich Zschokke; translated by Parke Godwin · ss (r) from Tales from the German of Heinrich Zschokke, 1845. 41 · Love · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · pm The Morning Post December 21 1799 42 · She [Part 3 of 6; Ayesha] · H. Rider Haggard · n. Harper, December 1886; abridged. 57 · The Wonders of Training · [uncredited] · ct (r) 58 · The Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892, as “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” 67 · I Loved a Lass · George Wither · pm (r) 68 · What They Laugh At in Europe · Various · hu 70 · A Carolina Night’s Entertainment · Gouverneur Morris · ss Metropolitan Magazine February 1913 75 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake 1829, 1828 80 · Ah, How Sweet It Is to Love · John Dryden · pm The Works of John Dryden by John Dryden, William Miller, 1808 81 · A Snapshot at the President · O. Henry · ss The Rolling Stone 1894 82 · Kubla Khan · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · pm Christabel/Kubla Khan/The Pains of Sleep by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Murray, 1816 83 · The Ghost · Guy de Maupassant · ss Allouma and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant, Holland Pub. Co., 1895, as “The Spectre” translated from the French (“Apparition”, Le Gaulois, April 4, 1883). 86 · Radio Be Derned · [uncredited] · hu (r) 87 · Son of a Sheik · Frank Norris · vi (r) 90 · A Pair of Red Stockings · Pedro Bazan · vi (r) 92 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Best Stories of All Time [v1 #5, October 1925] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by Doris Lane) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 6 · Peter God · James Oliver Curwood · ss Doubleday, Page & Co., 1914 14 · Love · William Shakespeare · pm (r) 15 · The Spectacles · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Dollar Newspaper March 27 1844 24 · The Avenger · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss The Popular Magazine November 1908 28 · The Sirens’ Song · William Browne · pm from The Inner Temple Masque, The Works of William Browne by William Browne, T. Davies, 1772 29 · Miss Claiborne Foster, Success · The Inquirer · iv 32 · Among the College Humorists · [uncredited] · hu 34 · The Scarlet Letter [Part 2 of 3] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · n. Ticknor & Fields, 1850; abridged. 50 · The Grand Marriage · Ludovic Halévy · nv (r) 58 · What the Bullet Sang · Bret Harte · pm Harper’s Weekly August 26 1876 59 · Lost by a Laugh · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890 translated from the French (Autre Étude de Femme, Conard, 1842). 61 · Phillida and Coridon · Nicholas Breton · pm Englands Helicon ed. John Flasket, 1600 62 · What They Laugh At in Europe · Various · hu 64 · The Love Quarrel · Agnes Strickland · ss (r) 71 · To His Coy Love · Michael Drayton · pm Poems by Michael Drayton, 1619 72 · The Wedding of Jenny Distaff · Richard Steele · vi (r) 73 · Margarite Sofori · William Ernest Henley · pm (r) 74 · The Item Wasn’t Worth While · Ed Mott · vi (r) 75 · What Three Men Say of Three Women · Various · ms 76 · She [Part 4 of 6; Ayesha] · H. Rider Haggard · n. Harper, December 1886; abridged. 91 · Last Days of a Condemned Man · Victor Hugo · ex (r) 96 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms

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.