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Best Stories of All Time [v4 #4, April 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) []
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

3 · April · William Morris · pm (r)

6 · If I Were You · Austin Dobson · pm (r)

7 · Brunt · Fannie Hurst · ss Metropolitan June 1916

18 · To M. S. G. · Lord Byron · pm The Works of Lord Byron by George Gordon Byron, John Murray, 1833

19 · The Blooding of the Ninth Queen’s Own · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure December 1911

25 · Miracles · Gouverneur Morris · ss Cosmopolitan April 1923

30 · Domestic Asides · Thomas Hood · pm The Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood, Edward Moxon, 1862

31 · Cocky Lewis · William Slavens McNutt · ss Collier’s August 5 1922; given as “Cockey Lewis” in the Table of Contents.

37 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 2 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged.

50 · Like His Mother Used to Make · James Whitcomb Riley · pm (r)

51 · The Angel of the Odd · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Columbian Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine October 1844

55 · Silvershine · Vingie E. Roe · ss Pictorial Review March 1922

61 · I Am Calling the Hand That Is in Your Hat · Buffalo Bill · bg The International 1916

64 · The Yellow Paper · [uncredited] · vi (r)

65 · Deep in the Bushes [James Pepper McHenry] · Holworthy Hall · ss The Popular Magazine August 20 1915

72 · Early Stages of the Bloomer Fever · H. C. Bunner · vi (r)

74 · My Aunt · Oliver Wendell Holmes · pm The New-England Magazine November 1831

75 · The Seventh Disappearance · Arthur Stringer · nv Everybody’s Magazine May 1911

84 · The Sea’s Love · F. E. Weatherly · pm (r)

85 · A Horrible Tale · Arthur Locker · pm (r)

86 · Tarzan of the Apes [Part 8 of 8; Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. A.C. McClurg, 1914

Best Stories of All Time [v4 #5, May 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) []
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

3 · Song—On May Morning · John Milton · pm Poems of Mr. John Milton by John Milton, Humphrey Moseley, 1645

6 · Josh Billings Says— · Henry Wheeler Shaw · ms (r)

7 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review February 23 1887 (+1); abridged.

17 · A White Rose · John Boyle O’Reilly · pm (r)

18 · Trials of a Man about Town · Thomas Haynes Bayly · pm (r)

19 · Without Fear or Favor · William MacLeod Raine · ss Short Stories November 25 1922; given as by William McCloud Raine.

25 · The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County · Mark Twain · ss The Californian December 16 1865
revised from “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” (The New York Saturday Press, November 18, 1865).

28 · Her Letter · Bret Harte · pm Overland Monthly December 1869

29 · His Answer · Bret Harte · pm Overland Monthly December 1870

30 · Last Words of Famous Men and Women · Various · ms

31 · The Writing on the Wall · Richard Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine April 1894

36 · Douglas, Douglas, Tender and True · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · pm Poems of Thirty Years, New and Old by Dinah Maria Mulock, 1881, as by Dinah Maria Mulock

37 · Strictly Vicarious · Henry Kitchell Webster · ss Metropolitan January 1914

43 · The Perfect Day · Eugene Manlove Rhodes · ss McClure’s Magazine April 1916

49 · Daybreak · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · pm The Atlantic Monthly February 1858, uncredited.

50 · The Jester · Horace Smith · pm The Poetical Works of Horace Smith by Horace Smith, H. Colburn, 1846, as “The Jester Condemned to Death”

51 · The Adventures of Scotland Yard [Sergeant Witchem] · Charles Dickens · ss Household Words July 27 1850 (+1), as “A Detective Police Party”, uncredited.

59 · The Nightingale · Richard Washburn Child · ss Cosmopolitan June 1917

64 · A Kiss in the Rain · [uncredited] · pm (r)

65 · The Intruders [Lad] · Albert Payson Terhune · ss The Elks Magazine June 1922

70 · Longing · Matthew Arnold · pm (r)

71 · Faust · Eugene Chirikov · ss (r)

78 · Love’s Logic · [uncredited] · pm Chambers’s Journal

79 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 3 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged.

Best Stories of All Time [v4 #6, June 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) []
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

3 · Green Things Growing · Dinah Maria Mulock · pm Once a Week April 20 1867, as by D. M. C.

6 · Terence’s Farewell · Lady Dufferin · pm A Selection of the Songs of Lady Dufferin by Lady Dufferin, John Murray, 1895

7 · The Amber Gods · Harriet Prescott Spofford · na The Atlantic Monthly January 1860 (+1), uncredited.

19 · Nemesis · H. M. Egbert · vi (r)

21 · The Cowards · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure July 1912

28 · The Little Frenchman and His Water Lots · George Pope Morris · vi (r)

30 · The Wanderer · Eugene Field · pm (r)

31 · Potiphar Buss Stays Home · William Dudley Pelley · ss The Elks Magazine May 1923

36 · To a Sea-Bird · Bret Harte · pm Overland Monthly August 1868

37 · Buffalo Bill’s Adventures during the Civil War · Col. William F. Cody · bg The International 1916

42 · Great Men’s Letters to Their Wives · Various · ms

43 · The Comedy King · Albert Payson Terhune · ss The Designer and The Woman’s Magazine October 1923, as “The Comedy Kid”

48 · The Eternal Feminine · [uncredited] · pm Town Topics

49 · Flanagan’s Stool-Pigeon · Frederick R. Bechdolt · ss McClure’s Magazine February 1912

54 · Tragedy of a Trunk · [uncredited] · vi (r)

55 · An Anonymous Letter [Van Bibber] · Richard Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine February 1894

60 · The Loving Couple · Charles Dickens · vi Sketches of Young Couples, Chapman & Hall, 1840, uncredited.

62 · The Song of the Camp · Thomas Haynes Bayly · pm (r)

63 · Fancy Turns · Samuel Merwin · ss The Red Book Magazine August 1924

68 · David Swan · Nathaniel Hawthorne · vi The Token and Atlantic Souvenir 1837, 1836, uncredited.

70 · Any One Will Do · [uncredited] · pm (r)

71 · Putting It Over on the Old Home Town · Lucian Cary · ss Collier’s September 28 1918

78 · Celebrated Last Words · [uncredited] · ms

79 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 4 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged.

Best Stories
Title changed from Best Stories of All Time.

Best Stories [v5 #1, July 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, pulp) []
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

5 · The Education of Billy Stream · Frederick William Wallace · ss Adventure July 1916

23 · The Stroke of the Hour · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss The Strand Magazine January 1906

32 · Fly to the Desert, Fly with Me · Thomas More · pm (r)

33 · Between the Eyes · Albert Payson Terhune · ss The Elks Magazine September 1922

42 · The Nantucket Skipper · James Thomas Fields · pm (r)

43 · Through the Ether [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss Action Stories November 1922

53 · The Little White Feather · [uncredited] · ss (r)
from The London Hawk.

57 · Blow Up with the Brig! · Wilkie Collins · ss Miss or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline by Wilkie Collins, Richard Bentley and Son, 1873
revised from “The Ghost in the Cupboard Room” (All the Year Round, Christmas 1859).

65 · Jack Long, or Shot in the Eye · [uncredited] · ss American Whig Review

81 · Tell It to Sweeney! · John A. Moroso · ss (r)

89 · The Man Who Was Dead · H. C. Wire · ss The Blue Book Magazine February 1925

99 · The Facts of M. Valdemar’s Case · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845, as “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar”

105 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 5 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged.

Best Stories [v5 #2, August 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 128pp+, pulp) []
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson & John Locke.

6 · The Sailor’s Consolation · William Pitt · pm Sea Songs and Ballads by Dibdin and Others, Bell and Daldy, 1863

7 · Adventures of Buffalo Bill · Buffalo Bill · bg 1916

26 · The Height of the Ridiculous · Oliver Wendell Holmes · pm The Collegian 1830, uncredited.

27 · The Jinx of the Shandon Belle · Roy de S. Horn · ss Collier’s September 30 1922

36 · Pack Rat Springs the Trap · Alma & Paul Ellerbe · ss Collier’s October 4 1924

45 · The Payment of Quinn’s Debt · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure August 1912

58 · “Petrel” and “The Black Swan” · John K. Leys, uncredited · ss The Cornhill Magazine December 1890, as “The “Petrel” and the Slaver”

63 · Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1892, as “The Adventure of Silver Blaze”

79 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly August 1868

86 · The Killer [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ts Midnight Mystery Stories #20, January 6 1923

95 · In the House of Suddhoo · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette April 30 1886, as “Section 420, I.P.C.”

100 · The Private of the Buffs · Sir Francis Doyle · pm The Return of the Guards, and Other Poems by Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, Macmillan, 1866

101 · Loans [Charles Captain] · May Edginton · ss Pearson’s Magazine (US) December 1913

111 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 6 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878; abridged.

Best Stories [v5 #3, September 1927] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp) []
Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents.

6 · The Widow of Simpson’s Bar · Bret Harte · ar (r)

7 · Narcissus · Horatio Winslow · nv All-Story Weekly October 14 1916

30 · The Ostrich Punching of Arroyo Al · Arthur Chapman, uncredited · pm Out Where the West Begins by Arthur Chapman, Houghton Mifflin, 1917

31 · The Error of the Day · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss Everybody’s Magazine July 1906

40 · The Singing Skipper · James W. Bennett · ss Short Stories February 25 1923

50 · The Old Navy · Captain Marryat · pm from Snarley-Yow, Henry Colburn, 1837

51 · The Price of Greed · H. C. Wire · ss Short Stories September 10 1923

61 · The Whaler · Frederick William Wallace · nv Adventure October 1915

79 · The Sealed Flask [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss Secret Service Smith by R. T. M. Scott, Dutton, 1923

88 · The Rescue of the Plum-Duff · Captain Roland F. Coffin · ss (r); given as by Captain Ronald G. Coffin.
from Collected Sketches.

91 · The Mad Marabout · G. G. Pendarves · ss Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine September 1924

106 · Following the Sea · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Dod Grile, George Routledge and Sons, 1874, as by Dod Grile

109 · The Leavenworth Case [Part 7 of 8; Ebenezer Gryce] · Anna Katharine Green · n. Putnam, 1878

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

Best-Story Magazine (about)

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

Best-Story Magazine [No. 5, December 1926] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 6, January 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 7, February 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [#8, March 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

5 · The Yashmak of Pearls [Abu Tabah] · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine #42, October 1917

15 · The Cabaret de la Liberte [Sir Percy Blakeney (Scarlet Pimpernel)] · Baroness Orczy · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction #81, December 1918

28 · Courage · Dorothea Conyers · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1923

35 · The Lighter Side · Various · hu; a series of anonymous jokes or anecdotes except for the following.

_35 · A Flat Refusal · Leslie M. Oyler · pm (r)

37 · Bab · Stanley J. Weyman · nv The English Illustrated Magazine August 1884

49 · The First Newspaper · Stephen Leacock · ss The Popular Magazine March 1 1914

53 · Things of Yesterday · Margaret Wymer · pm (r)

54 · An Uncle from Australia · Roland Pertwee · ss Hearst’s Magazine December 1920

67 · The Greater Passion · Edward Woodward · ss The Premier Magazine #129, December 13 1921

74 · Rich Uncle Rupert · Mrs. Horace Tremlett · nv The Sovereign Magazine May 1921

100 · A Girl · Ann Fay Peters · pm (r)

101 · Secret Operations · Dorothy Rose · ss The Sovereign Magazine January 1922

106 · To Violets · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648

107 · Beneath Aurora’s Gleam · Jack Ruggles · ss Top-Notch Magazine October 1 1921

111 · Tenore Robusto · Peter Blundell · ss The Sovereign Magazine November 1920

117 · Fool’s Luck · Beatrice Ravenel · ss Ainslee’s December 1923; given as by Beatrice Ravenal in the Table of Contents.

130 · Quest · Felicity Graham · ss (r); given as “The Quest” in the Table of Contents.

132 · The Stars · [uncredited] · pm (r)

133 · Bucking the Buccaneers · Capt. A. P. Corcoran · ss The Sovereign Magazine June 1921

140 · Interlude · V. T. · pm (r)

141 · The Sowers [Part 2 of 3] · H. Seton Merriman · n. Tauchnitz, 1896

Best-Story Magazine [No. 9, April 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 10, May 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [#11, June 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

5 · A Princess of Kent · Marjorie Bowen · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine April 1908

15 · Snake Bite · Robert Hichens · nv Metropolitan September 1917

48 · A Terrible Twenty Minutes · Annie Howell · ts (r)

49 · Too Proud to Fight · Frank Swinnerton · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine August 1920

59 · A Paradox · Maud Michell · vi (r)

61 · Omar of Ispahan [Abu Tabah] · Sax Rohmer · ss The Premier Magazine #45, January 1918

71 · Serenade · Sir William Davenant · pm Cheerful Ayres or Ballads ed. John Wilson, Oxford, 1659, as “The Lark now leaves his watry Nest”

72 · The Ideal Story · Owen Oliver · ss The Sovereign Magazine May 1921

76 · Strings · Lily Dean · pm (r)

77 · The Body-Birds of Court · Stanley Weyman · ss The English Illustrated Magazine December 1885

86 · To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent · John Keats · pm Poems by John Keats, C. & J. Ollier, 1817, as “Sonnet (“To one who has been long in city pent…”)”

87 · It Sometimes Happens · Peter Traill · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1924

97 · The Treacherous Mountain · “Rita” · ss The Millionaire Girl, and Other Stories by Rita, Eveleigh Nash, 1908

106 · The Lighter Side · Various · hu (r); a series of anonymous jokes or anecdotes except for the following.

_106 · The Smiling Beauty · C. Lund · pm (r)

_106 · A Fatal Oversight · A. Midgley Ramsden · hu (r)

_106 · Doubles · Scott Gordon · hu (r)

_106 · It Was the Sunday Following His Ordination… · K. E. Benn · hu (r)

107 · Signa and the Guide [Signa] · Dolf Wyllarde · ss The Sketch July 19 1905

113 · Minnie and Winnie · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · sg St. Nicholas March 1880

114 · A Night of Terror · William Maginn · ss Bentley’s Miscellany January 1838, as by Waylac

123 · The Ashes of Stephanie · Frank Fowell · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1923

130 · The Happy Soul · Mabery Hubbard · pm (r)

131 · The Buddhas of Ma Sein · Frances G. Knowles-Foster · ss The Sovereign Magazine July 1922

135 · Terra-in-Cog-Nighter · Etienne · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922

144 · George Wendern Gave a Party [Part 2 of 2] · John Inglis · n. William Blackwood & Sons, 1912

Best-Story Magazine [#12, July 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

5 · The Man Who Could Not Get Drunk · Sapper · ss The Strand Magazine March 1922

14 · The Key of the Hen-House · Barry Pain · ss Black & White Christmas 1894

21 · Breath of Allah [Abu Tabah; Kernaby] · Sax Rohmer · nv The Premier Magazine #46, February 1918

32 · Not Always the Road · Lily Dean · pm (r)

33 · The Hawkins Affair · Thomas Burke · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine January 1921

40 · Robin’s Rath · Margery Lawrence · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine November 1923

51 · The Big Fence · Arthur Mills · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1921

58 · Signa and the 3rd Officer [Signa] · Dolf Wyllarde · ss The Sketch July 26 1905

64 · The Hills Beyond · F. Farquhar-Smith · pm (r)

65 · The Lighter Side · Various · hu (r); a series of anonymous jokes or anecdotes except for the following.

_65 · Another Disaster · F. Hassall · hu (r)

_65 · “You Have Saved my Life” · A. M. Ramsden · hu (r)

_65 · Light o’ Love · A. J. H. · pm (r)

67 · The Shriving · B. Paul Neuman · nv Crampton’s Magazine December 1900, as “The Shriving of Tony Bidder”

100 · Cherry-Ripe · Thomas Campion · pm The Third and Fourth Booke of Ayres by Thomas Campion, T. Snodham, 1617

101 · The Man Who Won the Grande · Ruth Alexander · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine April 1926

109 · The “Tandstickor” · Anton Chekhov; translated by F. S. Thacker · ss (r)
translated from the Russian.

119 · Behind the Mill · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss Cassell’s Magazine May 1907

126 · Beautiful Things · Victor I. Hilton · pm (r)

127 · The Folly of Guido · Morgan Johnson · ss Romance February 1923

136 · A Light Love · Florence Howard Burleigh · ss The Sovereign Magazine June 1920

144 · Motley Awry · I. S. · pm (r)

145 · Good Grain [Part 1 of 3] · Emmeline Morrison · nv John Long, 1921

192 · The Origin · Leslie M. Oyler · pm (r)

Best-Story Magazine [No. 13, August 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [#14, September 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

5 · “Dorinda Dares” · Marjorie Bowen · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine July 1909

15 · At the Mercy of Tiberius [Donovan Pasha et al.] · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss Collier’s Weekly December 30 1899

21 · No-Man’s-Land · John Buchan · na Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine January 1899

47 · The Laying of Josiah Spragg · Anthony Armstrong · ss Waikato Times December 13 1924

52 · The Chop-Suey Mystery · Edmund Snell · ss The Sovereign Magazine February 1922

63 · Tears, Idle Tears · W. B. Maxwell · ss Children of the Night by W. B. Maxwell, Butterworth, 1925

70 · The Tip of the Scale · Ruby M. Ayres · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine September 1919

81 · A Tug of War [Joe Quinney] · Horace Annesley Vachell · ss The Premier Magazine #8, October 1923

91 · The Dangers of Exile [Signa] · Dolf Wyllarde · ss The Sketch August 9 1905

97 · The Emergency Bridegroom · Mrs. Baillie Reynolds · ss Romance January 1925

104 · The Closed Door · Ella Erskine · pm (r)

105 · The Missed Opportunity · Peter Traill · ss Memory’s Geese by Peter Traill, Hutchinson, 1924

111 · Bored · Ann Fay Peters · pm (r)

112 · Superior Information · Basil MacDonald Hastings · ss The London Magazine November 1924

116 · An Autumn Love Song · Evelyn Davey · pm (r)

117 · What Happened in the Office · Jennette Lee · ss Good Housekeeping October 1916

125 · Triangle · Austin Parker · ss Collier’s January 6 1923

139 · His Secret · C. K. Darcy-Lever · ss (r)

144 · Rondeau · Leigh Hunt · pm Monthly Chronicle November 1838

145 · Lady Crusoe · Temple Bailey · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine April 1924

158 · Anguish · Anton Chekhov; translated by F. S. Thacker · ss (r)
translated from the Russian (Peterburgskaya Gazeta, November 25, 1885).

161 · Good Grain [Part 3 of 3] · Emmeline Morrison · nv John Long, 1921

Best-Story Magazine [No. 15, October 1927] []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 16, November 1927] []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 17, December 1927] []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 18, January 1928] []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 19, February 1928] []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 20, March 1928] []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 21, April 1928] []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 22, May 1928] []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 23, June 1928] []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 24, July 1928] []
Issue partially indexed.

· Saddle and Steel [Part 1 of 2] · Lord Dunalley, D.S.O. · n. Jarrolds, 1928

Best-Story Magazine [No. 25, August 1928] (Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1/-) []
Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories; also Sovereign, Regent and Jolly magazines.
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

4 · Ah! How Sweet It Is to Love · John Dryden · pm The Works of John Dryden by John Dryden, William Miller, 1808

5 · The Huntingtowers · Oliver Onions · ss Tales from a Far Riding by Oliver Onions, Murray, 1902

18 · Philistrina Listens · L. J. Beeston · ss Munsey’s Magazine September 1920

25 · Saddle and Steel [Part 2 of 2] · Lord Dunalley, D.S.O. · n. Jarrolds, 1928

71 · The Lady of the Lalang · Edmund Snell · ss The Blue Magazine #51, September 1923

79 · The Stamp of Approval · Alice Rix · ss

83 · Mrs. Porter and Miss Allen · Hugh Walpole · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine February 1921

90 · The End of Her Honeymoon · Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · nv Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine April 1926, as “The End of His Honeymoon”

111 · Who Had the Laugh? · Owen Oliver · ss The Red Magazine October 26 1923

119 · The Lady of Innisfree · William Butler Yeats · pm

120 · Eating Cake · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss

134 · “He Made a Woman…” · Marjorie Bowen · ss Seeing Life! and Other Stories by Marjorie Bowen, Hurst & Blackett, 1923

138 · White Spots · Herman Petersen · ss Metropolitan Magazine August 1924

Best-Story Magazine [No. 26, September 1928] []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 27, October 1928] []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 28, November 1928] []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [#29, December 1928] (Hutchinson, 1/6d, 192pp, pulp, cover: Christmas Fare by Blanch) []
Special Xmas Double Number, though still same size.
Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

4 · What Are We to Do with Our Sons? · Various · ct

5 · The Life of Francesca Nugent · G. B. Stern · ss The Illustrated London News June 16 1923

11 · Toujours Perdrix · John Ressich · ss Oddly Enough by John Ressich, Grant Richards, 1922

15 · Ann Mellor’s Lover · Marjorie Bowen · ss The Sketch December 25 1922

23 · A Sprig of Myrrh · W. R. Calvert · ss The Graphic Christmas 1921

25 · The Spin of the Wheel · F. Britten Austin · ss The Strand Magazine October 1923

36 · Sleep She Must · Anton Chekhov · ss (r)
translated from the Russian (“Spat khochetsya”, St. Petersburg Gazette, January 25, 1888).

39 · The Berçeuse · Rita · ss (r)

43 · The Royal Way · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss Harper’s Magazine July 1915

53 · A Hunt for an Heiress · George Robey · ss Bits and Pieces by George Robey, Jarrolds, 1928

59 · The Raising of Jairus · Horace Newte · ss Sidelights by Horace W. C. Newte, Mills, 1916

66 · Queen Victoria · W. L. George · ar Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1926 [Ref. Queen Victoria]

75 · The High Priest’s Mummy · Arthur Collis · ss (r); supernatural.

81 · Incompatibility · Elizabeth Sanxay Holding · ss Munsey’s Magazine December 1927

90 · Letty at Large · Henry J. Fidler · ss The Premier Magazine #150, October 3 1922

99 · The Long Journey · Hector Bolitho · ss The Triad July 10 1923

102 · Leprechaun · Edward Woodward · ss The Premier Magazine #15, May 1924

111 · Regrets · Eric N. Simons · ss (r)

114 · The Man Who Couldn’t Do Wrong · Bruce James · ss (r)

123 · The Christmas Rose · J. S. Fletcher · ss Birmingham Daily Gazette Christmas Budget Christmas 1922

129 · The Woman of the Horizon [Part ? of ?] · Gilbert Frankau · n. Chatto & Windus, 1917

169 · Sunday at the Zoo · M. N. Hassalby · cs (r)

170 · The Haunted Flat · Mrs. Belloc Lowndes · ss The Grand Magazine August 1920

177 · A Pot of Pansies · Leonard Merrick · ss Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine December 1921

188 · The Light of Other Days · Thomas Moore · pm A Selection of Popular National Airs by Thomas Moore, J. Power, 1818, as “Oft in the Stilly Night”

189 · Tadra of the Lagoon · Ralph Stock · ss The Popular Magazine May 15 1914

Best-Story Magazine [No. 30, January 1929] []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 31, February 1929] []
Issue not indexed.

Best-Story Magazine [No. 32, March 1929] (Hutchinson & Co.) []
Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories, also Sovereign, Regent and Jolly magazines”.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Glass Bowl · P. H. · ss

5 · A Breton Love Story · Horace Annesley Vachell · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1906

14 · Saoni Makes Good · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Tropic Love by H. de Vere Stacpoole, Readers Library, 1928

21 · Chips of One Block · L. J. Beeston · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine April 1922

27 · Mary Stuart · W. L. George · ar Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1926

35 · “God Has Made Men So” · Marie Belloc Lowndes · ss Metropolitan Magazine July 1924

46 · The Privy Councillor · A. P. Chekhov · ss

56 · The Great Man and the Small Room · Owen Oliver · ss The Yellow Magazine August 25 1922

67 · Soliloquy · Stephen McKenna · nv

112 · A Safety Match · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss Traveller’s Samples by Mrs. Henry Dudeney, Mills, 1916

115 · An “Arresting” Story · George Robey · ss Bits and Pieces by George Robey, Jarrolds, 1928

117 · Suttee · Edward Woodward · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1924

125 · The Terror by Night · Douglas Gordon · ss The 20-Story Magazine #37, July 1925

131 · The Death Bogle of the Cross Roads · Elliott O’Donnell · ts Scottish Ghost Stories by Elliott O'Donnell, Kegan Paul, 1911

138 · A Married Bachelor · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Canadian Magazine January 1920

Best-Story Magazine [No. 33, April 1929] []
Issue not indexed.

Best Western Magazine: (about)

Best Western Magazine

Publishers:

Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc. (Red Circle): Best Western Magazine.

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 1 No. 1, September 1935] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp, pulp) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Range Feud · Max Brand · na

85 · The Bull Whip Sheriff · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss

93 · Robber’s Cache · J. Allan Dunn · ss

104 · The Bar 20 Drives On [Hopalong Cassidy] · Clarence E. Mulford · ss

112 · Dead Man’s Pass · Paul Evan Lehman · ss

Best Western Magazine [v1 #2, November 1935] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, pulp) []
Issue partially indexed.

· Texas Breed · Ernest Haycox · ss

Best Western Magazine [v1 #3, January 1936] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) []
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

6 · Texas Warrior · James Corson · nv

36 · Devil-Ride · Rollin Brown · ss MacLean’s September 1 1929

46 · Riders of Hazard · Arthur Hawthorne Carhart · nv

74 · The Iron Trail · Jack Bertin · nv

117 · The Big Springs Train Robbery · G. E. Lemmon · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 1 No. 4, March 1936] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) []
Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents.

· [illustrations] · L. F. Bjorklund · il

6 · The Fighting Arizonian · William MacLeod Raine · nv

56 · The Looting of Golconda · Harry Sinclair Drago · ss

66 · The Texas Kid · Hugh Pendexter · nv

89 · Iron Paws · Alan LeMay · ss

102 · The Ranger Loop · Eugene Cunningham · ss

111 · Bushwhack · Rollin Brown · ss

Best Western Magazine [v1 #5, May 1936] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) []
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

6 · “Pardners” · W. C. Tuttle · nv

38 · The Troubleshooter · Eugene Cunningham · ss
not the same as the story with a very similar title in the May 1934 issue of All Western Magazine.

49 · Dynamite · Raymond S. Spears · ss

60 · “Raided” · Wilbur Hall · na

104 · Outlaw’s Error · Frank C. Robertson · ss

112 · The Six-Gun Gauntlet · James Hall · ss

Best Western Magazine [v1 #6, July 1936] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) []
The cover gives the title as “Best Western” but the spine and contents page give it as “Best Western Magazine”.
Details supplied by Tom Daniels.

· [illustrations] · L. F. Bjorklund · il

6 · The Black Canyon Outlaws · Raymond Berry · na

50 · Bullets Sweep the Range · Peter Field · na

108 · The Bandit Buster · Eugene Cunningham · ss

118 · Stacked Cards · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine April 7 1934

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 2 No. 1, August 1936] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) []
Details supplied by David Lee Smith.

6 · The Badlands Kid · Raymond S. Spears · nv

41 · Crossing Trails · John Carlisle · ss

48 · The Gentle Thief · Harry Sinclair Drago · ss

58 · The Sherriff Sweeps Clean · William Corcoran · ss

71 · Brand of a Gunman · Eugene Cunningham · ss

84 · Death in the Saddle · John Cannon · nv

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 2 No. 2, October 1936] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, pulp) []
Details supplied by John Locke.

6 · Flaming Guns · Wilbur Hall · na

34 · Keno Smith’s Last Ride · Harry S. Drago · ss

38 · Wild Horse Range · Rollin Brown · ss

47 · The Renovation of Hell-Hole · John Cannon · na

101 · Grass War · Samuel Taylor · nv

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 2 No. 3, January 1937] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by H. W. Scott) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

8 · Southwest of the Law · Clem Yore · na

50 · Pistol Poison · Mojave Lloyd · ss

60 · Phantom Rustlers · J. E. Grinstead · na

116 · Birth of San Antonio · James Hall · vi

118 · Bullet Bluff · Eugene Cunningham · ss

Best Western Magazine [v2 #4, March 1937] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) []
Details supplied by John Locke.

· [illustrations] · L. F. Bjorklund · il

8 · Gun Held Range · Carmony Gove · nv

46 · Border Rider · Eugene Cunningham · ss

53 · Brand of Hunted Men · Ken Jason · na

109 · Thieves’ Frame Up · Rex Evans · ss

121 · Snake Bites Snake! · [uncredited] · ms

121 · A Determined Bear · Eugene Cunningham · ar Adventure June 10 1924

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 2 No. 5, June 1937] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by H. W. Scott) []
Details supplied by David Lee Smith.

· [illustrations] · L. F. Bjorklund · il

8 · Tophand Pistoleer · Wilbur Hall · na

49 · Water War · Carmony Gove · ss

57 · Crossing Trails · Colliers Rollins · ss

66 · Lead in Their Teeth · Ken Jason · na

107 · “Here’s to Your Death!” · Rex Evans · ss

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