The General Fiction Magazine Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 720

Best-Story Magazine [No. 12, July 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. 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) Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · Major Cypress Goes Off the Deep End [Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · ss These Charming People by Michael Arlen, Collins, 1923 11 · Satsuma Lady · Denise Robins · pm 12 · A Nocturnal Visitor [Joe Quinney] · H. A. Vachell · ss The Premier Magazine #120, August 12 1921 21 · Little Games · Agnes & Egerton Castle · ss The Grand Magazine May 1921 33 · By Proxy · J. S. Fletcher · ss Nash’s Magazine January 1911 43 · A Case of Second Sight · Annie Howell · te 44 · The High Ground · Temple Lane · pm 45 · King Pepin and Sweet Clive · Stanley J. Weyman · ss The Cornhill Magazine July 1883, uncredited. 53 · The Lighter Side · [uncredited] · hu 55 · The Strike Breaker · George A. Birmingham · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine October 1919 61 · The Snob Splendid · Alice Rix · nv Munsey’s Magazine June 1924 78 · The Fair Singer · Andrew Marvell · pm Miscellaneous poems by Andrew Marvell, Esq. by Andrew Marvell, Robert Boulter, 1681 79 · Complicated by a Rickshaw [Signa] · Dolf Wyllarde · ss The Sketch August 2 1905 86 · Brother Leo · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Century Magazine June 1913 95 · Ducal Coronets · Dorothea Conyers · ss The Sovereign Magazine March 1922 101 · The Wooing of Mego the Feather · Elizabeth Marc · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1923 110 · Love · Leigh Thompson · ss The Sovereign Magazine September 1921 119 · The Emperor’s Pleasures · Simon Harcourt · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine September 1923 127 · The Obstacle · Richard Elliot · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine April 1922 133 · Good Grain [Part 2 of 3] · Emmeline Morrison · nv John Long, 1921 192 · Love’s Farewell · M. Drayton · pm Idea’s Mirror by Michael Drayton, 1594

Best-Story Magazine [No. 14, September 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. 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] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine March 1902 13 · Violet · W. L. George · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine February 1920 23 · The Celestial Editorship · Barry Pain · ss 29 · Son o’ the Soil · Guy Fletcher · ss The Sovereign Magazine August 1924 38 · Signa Behind a Mask [Signa] · Dolf Wyllarde · ss The Sketch August 16 1905 43 · Castle Kilrain [Joe Quinney] · Horace Annesley Vachell · nv The Story-teller January 1924 74 · Arnold’s Laundress · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss 82 · Pierrette · Ann Fay Peters · pm 83 · The Man in the Bell · William Maginn · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine November 1821, uncredited. 87 · A Keen Sense of Rumour · Cosmo Hamilton · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine March 1924 94 · Echoes · T. Moore · pm A Selection of Irish Melodies: Volume 8 by Thomas Moore, J. Power, 1821, as “How Sweet the Answer Echo Makes” 95 · Dies Irae, I: Manoel · John Ressich · ss 102 · Made Absolute · Austin Philips · ss Battles of Life by Austin Philips, Secker, 1915 107 · The Downward Smile · Berta Ruck · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine July 1919 113 · The Lord, Leah, and the Ten Black Rams · A. Marshall Henderson · ss 128 · The Shawl · Mary F. Raphael · ss 132 · The Little Green God · James de Ruda · ss The Sovereign Magazine February 1924 138 · Broke of Covenden [Part 1 of 4] · G. J. Snaith · sl 192 · The Dissembling Lover · M. Prior · pm (r)

Best-Story Magazine [No. 16, November 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · The Gift [Foreign Legion: John Bull] · Percival Christopher Wren · ss Stepsons of France by P. C. Wren, Murray, December 1917 9 · The Lovely Hand · Katharine Tynan · ss 17 · Mustard Pot—Huntsman [Mustard-Pot] · Gilbert Frankau · ss The Strand Magazine September 1922 27 · Dies Irae, II: Chills and Fevers · John Ressich · ss 32 · Love’s Messenger · Ed. Waller · pm (r) 33 · “Rabbits!” · Anthony Armstrong · ss 37 · Her Loveliness · Hartley Coleridge · pm The Gem: A Literary Annual 1829, as “Song (“She is not fair to outward view”)” 38 · Ironstone · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Century Magazine March 1917 45 · A Criminal Hero · W. L. George · ss The Story-teller October 1913 52 · Between the Acts [Signa] · Dolf Wyllarde · ss The Story-teller May 1911 55 · Morning and Evening · Molly Wood · pm 56 · Peggy · Henry Holt · ss Hearst’s International September 1922 71 · The Magic of His Excellency · Harold Alen · ss The Sovereign Magazine February 1922 79 · The Fountain · Elinor Mordaunt · nv Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1921 97 · The Martinetti Venus · Colby Borley · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine July 1923 107 · The Jade Bouddha [Joe Quinney] · Horace Annesley Vachell · ss The Chicago Tribune October 3 1920 116 · Public Auction · Lynn Doyle · ss 122 · The Grave of Love · T. L. Peacock · pm Works of Thomas Love Peacock by Thomas Love Peacock, Richard Bentley and Son, 1875 123 · The Gringo · Ruth Alexander · ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine December 1924 133 · The Set at Seven · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss 141 · Broke of Covenden [Part 2 of 4] · G. J. Snaith · sl 192 · An Old-Fashioned Belle · Leslie M. Oyler · pm

Best-Story Magazine [No. 17, December 1927] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories”. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · A Ship Sails Up to Bideford · Herbert Asquith · pm 6 · Maddalena’s Misadventure · Edmund Snell · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1923 15 · Another Temple Gone · C. E. Montague · ss The London Mercury December 1922 24 · In the Train · J. Thomson · pm 25 · A Granada Christmas · Beatrice Ravenel · ss Ainslee’s January 1924 39 · The Tapestried Room · Rafael Sabatini · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1913 47 · Kitty’s Christmas Brew · Agnes & Egerton Castle · ss The Grand Magazine December 1915 57 · The Ming Vase [Joe Quinney] · Horace Annesley Vachell · ss The Story-teller January 1918 68 · Red Ribbons · Lynn Doyle · ss 75 · Lady Fanshawe and Lucilla · Marjorie Bowen · ss 83 · The Syren’s Isle · Phyllis Bottome · ss The Derelict by Phyllis Bottome, The Century Co., 1917 99 · The Cat Pagoda · Louise Jordan Miln · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1922 111 · A Son of Jezebel · Henry Holt · ss The Red Book Magazine July 1924 125 · Happy Insensibility (“Stanzas (‘In a drear-nighted December’)”] · J. Keats · pm The Literary Gazette and Journal of the Belles Lettres September 19 1829 126 · Broke of Covenden [Part 3 of 4] · G. J. Snaith · sl

Best-Story Magazine [No. 18, January 1928] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories; also Sovereign, Regent and Jolly magazines.” Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · A Job for Mr. Print · Basil MacDonald Hastings · ss The Strand Magazine March 1924 9 · The Wife That Wasn’t · Alice Rix · nv Munsey’s Magazine July 1923 33 · The King’s Psalter · Agnes & Egerton Castle · ss The Story-teller June 1922 45 · Whitebrow · A. P. Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss The Cook’s Wedding and Other Stories by Anton Tchehov, tr. Constance Garnett, Chatto & Windus, 1922 translated from the Russian. 48 · Circumstantial Evidence · Robert Blatchford · ss 62 · Duds [Joe Quinney] · Horace Annesley Vachell · ss The London Magazine April 1924 69 · Copra · Jacland Marmur · ss Adventure January 1 1927 74 · A Birthday · Christina Rossetti · pm Macmillan’s Magazine April 1861 75 · One of Those Glorious Women · Ruth Alexander · ss Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction #151, October 1924 82 · The Flaw · Diana Patrick · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1923 96 · A Matter of Faith · Horace Newte · ss 102 · The Green Gourd · Katherine Harrington · ss 110 · The Wild Bird · Maud Stepney Rawson · ss The Sovereign Magazine December 1921 118 · Signa Makes Her Bow [Signa] · Dolf Wyllarde · ss The Sketch August 23 1905 122 · Leading a Life · Daphne Audrey Wills · ss 125 · New Year’s Eve · Eden Phillpotts · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine December 1921 133 · Broke of Covenden [Part 4 of 4] · G. J. Snaith · sl

Best-Story Magazine [No. 19, February 1928] (Hutchinson, 1/-, 192pp, pulp) Subtitled “Incorporating The Smart Set and Standard Stories; also Sovereign, Regent and Jolly magazines.” Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 5 · Remember Lot’s Wife · Cosmo Hamilton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 22 1924 13 · The Tiger Lily · J. S. Fletcher · ss Many Engagements by J. S. Fletcher, Long, 1923 19 · Family Portraits · Stanley J. Weyman · ss The English Illustrated Magazine August 1888 29 · The Glass Balls · Ruth Alexander · ss 38 · The Fatal Circle · Horace W. C. Newte · ss Sidelights by Horace W. C. Newte, Mills, 1916 44 · The Apple Dumplings · Guy de Maupassant · ss 49 · The Shoe Pinches · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine February 1924 57 · John Challoner’s Wife · Margery Lawrence · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine October 1923 67 · The Ivory Angel · Agnes & Egerton Castle · ss The Chicago Tribune January 2 1921 79 · The Coroner’s Tale · John Ressich · ss 85 · The Wages of Sin · Marjorie Bowen · ss Cassell’s Winter Annual #3, 1921/22 92 · Caution · Mary F. Raphael · ss 96 · A Sense of Scarlet · Mrs. Henry Dudeney · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine February 1907 105 · The Puritan · Gerald Bullett · ss The Sovereign Magazine June 1924 109 · Drinking · Abraham Cowley · pm Poems by Abraham Cowley, Humphrey Moseley, 1656 110 · Sally · Lynn Doyle · ss 113 · Woman · Oliver Goldsmith · pm from The Vicar of Wakefield, R. Collins, 1766 114 · The Brightener [Princess de Miramare, “The Brightener”] · C. N. & A. M. Williamson · nv Hutchinson’s Story Magazine August 1919 150 · The Man Who Gave His Name to a Horse · Basil MacDonald Hastings · ss 157 · The Silent Highway · Douglas Gordon · ss Short Stories January 10 1925 162 · Garden of Promise · Ursula Bloom · ss 166 · Opportunity · Ben Ames Williams · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 8 1927 174 · By the Side of the Road · A. Marshall Harbinson · ss 184 · The Brown Mongrel · Dahlia Gordon · ss