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    Best Stories of All Time:   (about)
    Throughout its life this was a reprint magazine similar to The Golden Book, publishing a broad spectrum of material with the strongest influence being initially that of adventure stories. When the name changed to Pioneer Tales the emphasis shifted more toward western stories, with a surprising number of fantastic stories as well.

    Clever Truths [v1 #1, June 1925] (cover by Doris Lane) []
    Details taken from Table of Contents.
    • 1 · Announcement · The Editor · ed
    • 6 · Clever Truths · [uncredited] · ms
    • 8 · Camille [Part 1 of ?] · Alexandre Dumas (Fils) · sl (r)
      translated from the French (La Dame aux Camélias, 1848).
    • 24 · A Fair Exchange · [uncredited] · ct
    • 25 · A Few Things About Stories · [uncredited] · ms
    • 26 · The Necklace · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
      translated from the French (“La Parure”, Le Gaulois, Feb 17, 1884).
    • 29 · The Lover’s Resolution · George Wither · pm (r)
    • 30 · What They Laugh At in Europe · Various · hu
    • 32 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842
    • 37 · Love Is a Sickness · Samuel Daniel · pm from Hymen’s Triumph, 1615
    • 37 · Bridal Song · George Chapman · pm (r)
    • 38 · Tracked to Doom · O. Henry · ss The Rolling Stone
    • 41 · A Story Without Words · [uncredited] · ct
    • 42 · Legs · [uncredited] · pm
    • 43 · The Third Circle · Frank Norris · ss The Wave August 28 1897
    • 46 · Proud Maisie · Sir Walter Scott · pm from The Heart of Midlothian, as by Jedediah Cleishbotham, John Murray, 1818, as by Jedediah Cleishbotham
    • 46 · An Experience in Mud · [uncredited] · hu
    • 47 · La Grande Breteche · Honore de Balzac · ss (r)
      translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831).
    • 56 · Among the College Humorists · Various · hu
    • 58 · The Venus of Ille · Prosper Merimee · nv (r)
      translated from the French (“La Vénus d’Ille”, La Revue des Deux Mondes, May 1837).
    • 69 · The Fleece of Gold · Theophile Gautier · ss (r)
      translated from the French (“La toison d’or”, 1838).
    • 85 · Herodias · Gustave Flaubert · ss (r)
      translated from the French (“Hérodias”, Trois contes, 1877).
    • 96 · A Word to the Wise · Various · hu

    Best Stories of All Time [v3 #2, July 1926] []
    Issue partially indexed.
    • · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 8 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged.
    • · Vanity Fair [Part 7 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged.
    • · Farewell [Part 1 of 3] · Honoré de Balzac · na Works of Honoré de Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, George Barrie and Son, 1895
      translated from the French (“Souvenirs Soldatesques—Adieu”, La Mode, May 15, 1830 & Jun 5, 1830).

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