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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 and 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