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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 (r) 6 · Terence’s Farewell · Lady Dufferin · pm A Selection of the Songs of Lady Dufferin, John Murray 1895 7 · The Amber Gods · Harriet Prescott Spofford · na The Atlantic Monthly Jan 1860 (+1), uncredited 19 · Nemesis · H. M. Egbert · vi (r) 21 · The Cowards · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure Jul 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 Aug 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 Oct 1923, as “The Comedy Kid” 48 · The Eternal Feminine · Anon. · pm (r) 49 · Flanagan’s Stool-Pigeon · Frederick R. Bechdolt · ss McClure’s Feb 1912 54 · Tragedy of a Trunk · Anon. · vi (r) 55 · An Anonymous Letter [Van Bibber] · Richard Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Feb 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 Aug 1924 68 · David Swan · Nathaniel Hawthorne · vi Twice-Told Tales, American Stationers Co. 1837 70 · Any One Will Do · Anon. · pm (r) 71 · Putting It Over on the Old Home Town · Lucian Cary · ss Collier’s Sep 28 1918 78 · Celebrated Last Words · Anon. · 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 Jul 1916 23 · The Stroke of the Hour · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss The Strand Magazine Jan 1906 32 · Fly to the Desert, Fly with Me · Thomas More · pm (r) 33 · Between the Eyes · Albert Payson Terhune · ss The Elks Magazine Sep 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 Nov 1922 53 · The Little White Feather · Anon. · ss (r); from The London Hawk. 57 · Blow Up with the Brig! · Wilkie Collins · ss Miss or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline, 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 · Anon. · 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 Feb 1925 99 · The Facts of M. Valdemar’s Case · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review Dec 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 Sep 30 1922 36 · Pack Rat Springs the Trap · Alma & Paul Ellerbe · ss Collier’s Oct 4 1924 45 · The Payment of Quinn’s Debt · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure Aug 1912 58 · “Petrel” and “The Black Swan” · Anon. (by John K. Leys) · ss The Cornhill Magazine Dec 1890, as “The ‘Petrel’ and the Slaver” 63 · Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine Dec 1892, as “The Adventure of Silver Blaze” 79 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly Aug 1868 86 · The Killer [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ts Midnight Mystery Stories Jan 6 1923 95 · In the House of Suddhoo · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette Apr 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, Macmillan 1866 101 · Loans [Charles Captain] · May Edginton · ss Pearson’s Magazine (US) Dec 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 Oct 14 1916 30 · The Ostrich Punching of Arroyo Al · Anon. (by Arthur Chapman) · pm Out Where the West Begins, Houghton Mifflin 1917 31 · The Error of the Day · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss Everybody’s Magazine Jul 1906 40 · The Singing Skipper · James W. Bennett · ss Short Stories Feb 25 1923 50 · The Old Navy [from Snarley-Yow] · Captain Marryat · pm Henry Colburn 1837 51 · The Price of Greed · H. C. Wire · ss Short Stories Sep 10 1923 61 · The Whaler · Frederick William Wallace · nv Adventure Oct 1915 79 · The Sealed Flask [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss Secret Service Smith, 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 Sep 1924 106 · Following the Sea · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cobwebs from an Empty Skull, 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 · Anon. · 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 Jul 31 1915 41 · The Adventure of the Dying Detective [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss Collier’s Nov 22 1913 51 · The Gentility of Ikey Blumendall · Talbot Mundy · ss Adventure Jun 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 Sep 22 1917 96 · The Flying Norseman · Roy de S. Horn · ss Collier’s Sep 2 1922 105 · The Turtle in the Whirlpool · Alma & Paul Ellerbe · ss (r) 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 · Anon. · ms 11 · General Sheridan’s Indian Campaign · Buffalo Bill · ss (r) 24 · Chiquita · Bret Harte · ar Overland Monthly Mar 1870 25 · The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Magazine Apr 1904 40 · Hard Luck Finnegan · Frederick William Wallace · ss Adventure Feb 1914 49 · The Charmed Life [Part 2 of 2] · Achmed Abdullah · nv All-Story Weekly Sep 22 1917 70 · “When the Swallows Homeward Fly” · Sir Gilbert Parker · ss The Delineator Dec 1905 77 · The Emerald Coffin [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss Detective Tales Apr/May 1923 85 · The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Nov 1845 96 · The Lost Camel · Anon. · 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 Oct 20 1916 111 · A Blessed Lie · Vingie E. Roe · ss The All-Story Magazine Nov 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 Nov 11 1916 35 · El Dorado · Anon. · ms 36 · A Ballad of Being Broke · Frank Lillie Pollock · pm The Smart Set Oct/Nov 1900 37 · The Quest of the Golden Fleece · Hugh Clifford · nv Malayan Monochromes, J. Murray 1913 50 · The Hunting Leopard · Anon. · ms 51 · The Outcasts of Poker Flats [John Oakhurst] · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly Jan 1869 58 · Three Card Monte’s Christmas Carol · Sam Davis · ss (r) 62 · A Luscious Repast · Anon. · 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 Jun 1897 76 · An Australian Stick-Up · Anon. · ms 77 · When the Desert Laughed · H. C. Wire · ss Short Stories Feb 25 1923 87 · His Last Shot [Aurelius “Secret Service” Smith] · Major R. T. M. Scott · ss (r) 96 · The Thugs · Anon. · ms 97 · Ship Shape · R. de S. Horn · ss Short Stories Jun 10 1922; given as by R. de S. Horne. 106 · A Tiger Story · Anon. · ms 107 · Yerut the Dwarf · Max Pemberton · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine Jul 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 Jan 3 1914 11 · Bulldog Carney [Bulldog Carney] · W. A. Fraser · nv Bulldog Carney, McClelland & Stewart 1919 30 · An Unusual Whaling Incident · Anon. · ms 31 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer Jul 12 1890 (+1) 39 · The Spider of Guyana · Erckmann-Chatrian · ss The Strand Magazine Jan 1899; translated from the French (“L’araignée-crabe”, Les Contes Fantastiques, Hachette, 1860). 45 · A Fearful Fifteen Minutes · Anon. · 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 · Anon. · ms 63 · The Madness of Mr. Lister · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine Dec 1898 69 · Stories of Monte Carlo: 1. The Man with the Claws · William Le Queux · ss Cassell’s Magazine Dec 1898 76 · Flying-Fish · Anon. · ms 77 · That Receding Brow · Max Brand · nv All-Story Weekly Feb 15 1919 99 · The Bushrangers · Anon. · ms 100 · The Flowering of the Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget Aug 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 Jul 1897 115 · A Typical Buccaneer Raid · Anon. · ms 116 · The Looting of the Convoy · Walter Wood · ss The Strand Magazine Dec 1898 122 · An Australian Episode · Anon. · ms 123 · The Devil’s Violin [Part 4 of 4] · Ben Ames Williams · na All-Story Weekly Jun 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 Dec 1894, as “The Medal of Brigadier Gerard” 27 · The Sure Thing · Ben Ames Williams · ss All-Story Weekly Sep 9 1916 35 · Stories of Monte Carlo: 2. The Vengeance of Mother Viau · William Le Queux · ss Cassell’s Magazine Jan 1899 43 · Knockout Nolan · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss The Argosy Nov 1915 51 · The Lake of Long Dreams · H. A. Lamb · nv All-Story Weekly Dec 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, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 1843 88 · False Colors · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine Jan 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 Aug 1897 105 · In the Avu Observatory · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget Aug 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 Apr 20 1919 33 · A Man and Some Others · Stephen Crane · ss The Century Magazine Feb 1897 40 · The Strange Case of the Montana Grizzly [Matthew Quin, Wild Beast Agent] · William Murray Graydon · ss The Argosy Mar 1898 47 · A Nightmare of the Doldrums · W. Clark Russell · ss The Strand Magazine Aug 1892 56 · Jim Brownell · Francis E. Hamilton · ss Munsey’s Magazine Feb 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 Apr 1895 75 · The Vagrant’s Chum · Burt Arnold · pm Munsey’s Magazine Mar 1893 76 · A Canadian Episode · Hinton McMillan · vi Munsey’s Magazine Oct 1892 79 · Stories of Monte Carlo: 3. An Entirely New “System” · William Le Queux · ss Cassell’s Magazine Feb 1899 84 · A Question of Habit · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Magazine Apr 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 Cosmopolitan May 1893 107 · The Empire of the Ants · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine Dec 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 Cosmopolitan Oct 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 Cosmopolitan Mar 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 Jun 20 1919 66 · Like Soldiers All · Tom Hall · ss Munsey’s Magazine Jun 1898 71 · The Fight at the Yellow Dog · John D. Swain · ss The Cavalier Jul 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 Jun 15 1918 94 · A Drift from Redwood Camp · Bret Harte · ss Scribner’s Magazine Dec 1887 105 · “Alabama” Joe · A. C. Doyle · ss London Society Christmas 1880, as “The American’s Tale”