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Best Stories of All Time [v2 #5, April 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · April · Alfred Tennyson · pm (r) 6 · The Ladies’ Dictionary · [uncredited] · ms 8 · Fables of Man · [uncredited] · ms 9 · A Lesson for Husbands · Fedor Dostoieffsky · ss (r) 23 · Advice to a Girl · Thomas Campion · pm The Third and Fourth Booke of Ayres by Thomas Campion, T. Snodham, 1617, as “Never Love Unless You Can” 24 · How One Saluted a Lady in the Year 1438 · [uncredited] · ct 25 · The Tenor · H. C. Bunner · ss Short Sixes by H. C. Bunner, Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1890 30 · How Women Love · Max Nordau · ss (r) 34 · To Ellen · Lord Byron · pm The Works of Lord Byron by George Gordon Byron, John Murray, 1833 35 · The Stall · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss (r) 40 · Vanity Fair [Part 4 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 51 · Love’s Farewell · Michael Drayton · pm Idea’s Mirror by Michael Drayton, 1594 52 · Foreign Humor · [uncredited] · hu 54 · The Adventure of a Noble Batchelor [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine April 1892 62 · The Old Familiar Faces · Charles Lamb · pm Blank Verse by Charles Lamb & Charles Lloyd, 1798 63 · A Midnight Elopement · Alexander Pushkin · ss (r) 67 · The Widow · Alexander Pope · pm (r) 68 · The Foster Fathers · Lowell Otus Reese · ss Collier’s September 11 1920; given as by Lowell Otis Reese. 74 · Beware of the Widow! · [uncredited] · ms Bentley’s Miscellany 74 · Spring · Thomas Nashe · pm from Summer’s Last Will and Testament, Walter Burre, 1600 75 · Trials of Love · Anton Chekhov · vi (r) 77 · Advice to a Lover · [uncredited] · pm (r) 78 · Karen · Alexander Kielland; translated by Leonora Teller · ss Short Stories February 1898 translated from the Danish. 80 · The Male Flirt · Edmund Yates · ms (r) 80 · A Picture · [uncredited] · pm (r) 81 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 5 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged.

Best Stories of All Time [v2 #6, May 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · May · Lord Thurlow · pm (r) 7 · The Ladies’ Dictionary · [uncredited] · ms 9 · Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn · Charles Dickens · ss Household Words Christmas 1855, as “The Boots”, uncredited. 13 · Wandering People · Maxim Gorki · ss (r) 18 · To Caroline · Lord Byron · pm The Works of Lord Byron by George Gordon Byron, John Murray, 1833 24 · The Harlot’s House · Oscar Wilde · pm Dramatic Review April 11 1885 25 · The Nine Cent-Girls · H. C. Bunner · ss Short Sixes by H. C. Bunner, Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1890 29 · How Women Love II: Another Way · Max Nordau · ss (r) 32 · Jenny Kiss’d Me · Leigh Hunt · pm Monthly Chronicle November 1838 33 · The Campbells Are Coming · Meredith Nicholson · ss McClure’s Magazine August 1921 38 · Vanity Fair [Part 5 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 46 · The Old, Old Song · Charles Kingsley · pm (r) 49 · On a Fair Spring Morning · Sir Lewis Morris · pm (r) 53 · Foreign Humor · [uncredited] · hu 55 · Rip Van Winkle · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #1, June 23 1819, as by Geoffrey Crayon 61 · A Work of Art · Anton Chekhov; translated by Archibald J. Wolfe · ss Short Stories January 1906 translated from the Russian. 63 · The Boscombe Valley Mystery [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine October 1891 72 · The Man under Thirty-Five · Lilian Bell · ms (r) 73 · The Rendezvous · Ivan Turgéniev · ss (r) 76 · Morning Song · Thomas Randolph · pm (r) 77 · A Diplomatic Mission · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The Windsor Magazine February 1901, as “My First Diplomatic Mission” 80 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 6 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged.

Best Stories of All Time [v3 #1, June 1926] ed. Samuel Bierman (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · June · James Russell Lowell · pm The Vision of Sir Launfal by James Russell Lowell, George Nichols, 1848 6 · Love Letters of Famous Men · Various · ms 9 · Captain Kidd of the Underground [Falkner of the Inland Seas] · James Oliver Curwood · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine June 1907 14 · The Undrowned Hornets · Strickland W. Gillilan · vi (r) 15 · The Red Seal · Alfred de Vigny · ss (r) 24 · Delight and Disorder · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648, as “Delight in Disorder” 25 · An Old, Old Story · H. C. Bunner · ss Short Sixes by H. C. Bunner, Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1890 29 · Rab and His Friends · Dr. John Brown · ss Ticknor & Fields, 1859 34 · Why Don’t the Men Propose? · Theodore Hook · ms (r) 34 · Song · Sir John Suckling · pm (r) 35 · Made in Mazooma · Meredith Nicholson · ss Metropolitan February 1917 43 · The Brook-Side · Lord Houghton · pm Appleton’s Journal May 21 1870 44 · Vanity Fair [Part 6 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 56 · Lovers, Make It Short · An Unmarried Cynic · ms 57 · Foreign Humor · [uncredited] · hu 59 · Thou Art the Man · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1844 65 · A Young Girl’s Diary · Marcel Prévost · ss (r) 67 · To Celia · Ben Jonson · pm The Workes of Beniamin Ionson by Ben Jonson, William Stansby, 1616 68 · Hints on Proposals · An Experienced Chaperon · ms 68 · What Is Love? · John Fletcher · pm The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher by Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher, J. Tonson, 1711 69 · The Freshwater Fisherman · Mary Russell Mitford · ss (r) 75 · Two Men and a Woman · Grazia Deledda; translated by Florence MacIntyre Tyson · ss Short Stories July 1903 82 · The Professional Lover · [uncredited] · ms Household Words 83 · Tess of the d’Urbervilles [Part 7 of 8] · Thomas Hardy · n. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891; abridged.

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).

Best Stories of All Time [v3 #3, August/September 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] 1 · Summer · William C. Taylor · pm (r) 4 · Casey at the Bat · Phineas Thayer · pm San Francisco Examiner June 3 1888, as by Phin 5 · Tarzan of the Apes [Part 1 of 8; Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. A.C. McClurg, 1914 8 · Beauty Bathing · Anthony Munday · pm Englands Helicon ed. John Flasket, 1600, as by Shepherd Tony 11 · To His Coy Love · Michael Drayton · pm Poems by Michael Drayton, 1619 15 · The Passionate Shepherd to His Love · Christopher Marlowe · pm The Passionate Pilgrim, W. Jaggard, 1599 15 · Her Reply · Sir Walter Raleigh · pm Englands Helicon ed. John Flasket, I.R., 1600, as “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”, uncredited. 16 · Famous Fads · [uncredited] · ms 17 · “Ice Water, Pl—se!” · Fannie Hurst · nv Collier’s October 21 1916 27 · I Love a Lass · George Wither · pm (r) 28 · Old Age—Before and After · Oliver Wendell Holmes · ar (r) 29 · Her First Appearance [Van Bibber] · Richard Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1891 35 · The Maid, the Moon, and the Winged Shoes · Rex Beach · ss Collier’s October 14 1905, as “The Moon, the Maid, and the Winged Shoes” 41 · To Emma · Lord Byron · pm The Works of Lord Byron by George Gordon Byron, John Murray, 1833 42 · Chops the Dwarf · Charles Dickens · ss Household Words Christmas 1858, as “Going Into Society”, uncredited. 46 · The Bargain · Sir Philip Sidney · pm from The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia, 1593 47 · Alex the Great · Harry Charles Witwer · ss The American Magazine November 1917 55 · I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart · Sir John Suckling · pm (r) 56 · Romance of the Quaker Poet (John G. Whittier) · [uncredited] · ar (r) [Ref. John Greenleaf Whittier] 57 · The “Mysterious Stranger” Defense [Captain Walker] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Everybody’s Magazine June 1921 61 · Music, When Soft Voices Die · Percy B. Shelley · pm Posthumous Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824 62 · Farewell [Part 2 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). 68 · It Is Not Flattery—’Tis Truth · Lord Byron · pm The Works of Lord Byron by George Gordon Byron, John Murray, 1833 69 · Green Row · William Hamilton Osborne · ss The Cosmopolitan April 1904 76 · Epigrams on Women · Various · ms 77 · The Class in Fiction · Paul Oskar Hocker · ss (r) 82 · Vanity Fair [Part 8 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 96 · There Is a Lady Sweet and Kind · [uncredited] · pm (r)

Best Stories of All Time [v3 #4, October 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Steve Miller from Table of Contents. 1 · To Autumn · John Keats · pm Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems by John Keats, Taylor and Hessey, 1820 4 · Bedouin Love Song · Bayard Taylor · pm Poems of the Orient by Bayard Taylor, Ticknor & Fields, 1854, as “Bedouin Song” 5 · Mother [Part 1 of 2] · Kathleen Norris · na Macmillan US, 1911; abridged. 13 · Counsel to Girls · Robert Herrick · pm Hesperides by Robert Herrick, 1648, as “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” 16 · We’ll Go No More a Roving · Lord Byron · pm Letters and Journals of Lord Byron ed. Thomas Moore, J. & J. Harper, 1830 20 · The Tiger · William Blake · pm Songs of Experience by William Blake, 1794 21 · The Romance in the Life of Hefty Burke · Richard Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine January 1893 27 · The Name and the Game · Fannie Hurst · ss Metropolitan December 1915 36 · Lord Byron’s Riddle · Lord Byron · ms (r) 37 · The Yellow Dog · J. S. Fletcher · ss The Red Magazine June 15 1915 43 · Tarzan of the Apes [Part 2 of 8; Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. A.C. McClurg, 1914 55 · Don’t Give Up the Tip! [Alexander Hanley, Success Developer] · Harry Charles Witwer · ss The American Magazine September 1918 62 · Letters Famous for Brevity · Various · ms 63 · Farewell [Part 3 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). 68 · Sayings of Napoleon · Napoleon Bonaparte · ms (r) 69 · The North Wind’s Malice · Rex Beach · ss Hearst’s Magazine December 1916 77 · Vanity Fair [Part 9 of 9] · William M. Thackeray · n. Bradbury & Evans, 1848; abridged. 92 · Paradox Proverbs · Various · ms

Best Stories of All Time [v3 #5, November 1926] (Clever Truths Publishing Company, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, bedsheet, cover by W. T. Benda) [] Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 1 · Old Companions · Harry Lee · pm (r) 4 · Fate · Susan Marr Spalding · pm The New York Graphic 1876; given as by Susan Marr Spaulding. 5 · The Amazing Adventures of Tartarin of Tarascon [Part 1 of 3] · Alphone Daudet · n. William F. Gill, 1875, as “The New Don Quixote or The Wonderful Adventures of Tartarin of Tarascon”; abridged. 12 · Antony and Cleopatra · William Haines Lytle · pm Cincinnati Commercial July 29 1858 13 · The Trader of Apavak · Henry C. Rowland · ss The Popular Magazine January 7 1917 20 · Not Ours the Vows · Thomas Love Peacock · pm (r) 21 · Buffalo Bill Shoots His First Indian · Col. William F. Cody · bg The International 1916 25 · The Despised · W. A. Fraser · ss The Red Book Magazine October 1907 29 · My Loves · John Stuart Blackie · pm (r) 30 · Famous Line of Famous Lovers _30 · How Do I Love Thee? · Elizabeth Browning · pm Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Chapman & Hall, 1850 _30 · All That I Know of a Certain Star · Robert Browning · pm Men and Women by Robert Browning, 1855, as “My Star” 31 · A Pellet of Death · Richard Washburn Child · ss The Grand Magazine March 1922 36 · The Diary of an Old Maid · [uncredited] · ms (r) 37 · The Nice People · H. C. Bunner · ss Puck July 30 1890 40 · When Stars Are in the Quiet Skies · Bulwer-Lytton · pm from Ernest Maltravers, Routledge, 1837 41 · Mother [Part 2 of 2] · Kathleen Norris · na Macmillan US, 1911; abridged. 46 · Song · Sir Samuel Ferguson · pm (r) 49 · On a Certain Lady at Court · Alexander Pope · pm Pope-Swift Miscellanies, IV by Alexander Pope & Jonathan Swift, 1732 54 · Let Those Love Now Who Never Loved · Coventry Patmore · pm (r) 55 · Miss Casabianca · Fanny Heaslip Lea · ss The Delineator March 1920 63 · To an Inconstant One · Sir Robert Ayton · pm (r) 64 · Famous Fads · [uncredited] · ms 65 · Play Your Ace! · H. C. Witwer · ss The American Magazine May 1918 72 · Go, Lovely Rose · Edmund Waller · pm (r) 73 · The Miracle Baby · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss The American Magazine November 1922 78 · The Ostrich Punching of Arroyo Al · Arthur Chapman, uncredited · pm Out Where the West Begins by Arthur Chapman, Houghton Mifflin, 1917 79 · Mrs. Bullfrog · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Token and Atlantic Souvenir 1837, 1836, as by The Author of “Wives of the Dead” 82 · Via Solitaria · O. M. Conover · pm New York Independent July 2 1863 83 · Tarzan of the Apes [Part 3 of 8; Tarzan] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. A.C. McClurg, 1914 94 · Of Three Girls and Their Talk · Boccaccio · pm (r)