The FictionMags Index

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The New Yorker [March 18, 1939] (quarto) 21 · More Like Sisters · Thyra Samter Winslow · ss Oh, Those Triple Nights! · Benedict Thielen · ss Please Omit Flowers · Elizabeth Dickens · ss The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss Ye Olde Ivory Tower · S. J. Perelman · ss Trip Home · Shirley Clark · ss The Importance of Being Happy · Winifred Willis · ss

The New Yorker [March 25, 1939] (quarto) Break of Day · Dan Wickenden · ss The Door · E. B. White · ss Western New York’s Debt to Me · Richard Lockridge · ss For Want of a Better Word · Robert M. Coates · ss

The New Yorker [April 1, 1939] (quarto) Look Out for the Warelians! · James Thurber · ss Death in the Family · Jerome Weidman · ss How I Am Now in Chi [Pal Joey] · John O’Hara · ss Women Without Men · Mollie Panter-Downes · ss

The New Yorker [April 8, 1939] (quarto) Burgess Meredith, Tyrone Power, and I · Dan Wickenden · ss Man from Mars · Daniel Fuchs · ss You’ll Love It Up There · R. E. S. Thompson · ss Good Friday · William Maxwell · ss

The New Yorker [April 15, 1939] (quarto) Everything for the Garden · Eleanor Gilchrist · ss Scrambled Eggs · Homer McCoy · ss Pony Ride · Jerome Weidman · ss An Old Love · Mark Schorer · ss Prelude to Reunion · Oliver LaFarge · ss Luck Charm · Paul Jones · ss Mr. North Is Rapt [Mr. & Mrs. (Pam and Jerry) North] · Richard Lockridge · ss Fabulous Figures · W. E. Farbstein · hu

The New Yorker [April 22, 1939] (quarto) Happy Birthday · Benedict Thielen · ss Foresight · John A. Holmes · ss Berlin Wedding · Miriam Beck · ss Red-Ink Day · Richard Lockridge · ss Whiskey Rebellion, 1939 · S. J. Perelman · ss America: It’s a Funny Place · Ward Morehouse · ss

The New Yorker [April 29, 1939] (quarto) Pnyxie of Pnyx Hill · Cora MacAlbert · ss Real Romance · Hope Hale · ss The Ideal Man · John O’Hara · ss Mr. North’s Good Crack [Mr. & Mrs. (Pam and Jerry) North] · Richard Lockridge · ss Documents in the Case · Russell Maloney · ss The Cave-Dweller · William C. White · ss Fables for Our Time: IV · James Thurber · gp _ · The Bear Who Let It Alone · James Thurber · vi _ · The Owl Who Thought He Was God · James Thurber · vi _ · The Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing · James Thurber · vi

The New Yorker [May 6, 1939] (quarto) 74 · Judiciary Problems · Joseph P. Pollard · hu The Mentocrats · Edward Newhouse · ss Witch’s Money · John Collier · ss Souvenir of Malta · Oriana Atkinson · ss 6939 and All That · Russell Maloney · ss

The New Yorker [May 13, 1939] (quarto) How to Appeal in Germany · Barbara Heggie · ss Brezonek Off Broadway · Fred Packard · ss Uncle Dockery and the Independent Bull · Joseph Mitchell · ss Miss Lanatree · Moyne Rice · ss Boy Meets Girl Meets Foot · S. J. Perelman · ss Bow Wow [Pal Joey] · John O’Hara · ss

The New Yorker [May 20, 1939] (quarto) Candles for Grace · Brendan Gill · ss The Getaway · Dorothy Thomas · ss Pariah · Winifred Willis · ss

The New Yorker [May 27, 1939] (quarto) Beach Combers · John C. Mosher · ss The Hospital Was All Right · Joseph Mitchell · ss How to Become a Contestar · Marion Sturges-Jones · ss Science Marches On · W. E. Farbstein · hu

The New Yorker [June 3, 1939] (quarto) You Never Used to Be Like This · Edward Newhouse · ss Memoirs of Deceased Pedagogues · H. L. Mencken · ss Can You Carry Me? · John O’Hara · ss The Well-Trained Maid · Marion Sturges-Jones · ss Pep Talk · Morris Markey · ss Hello Operator? I Don’t Want a Policeman · S. J. Perelman · ss

The New Yorker [June 10, 1939] (quarto) Emigrants at the Zoo · Barbara Heggie · ss The Church of Africa · Eleanor Gilchrist · ss Attention Dies Committee · Geoffrey T. Hellman · ss Vengeance of 3902090 · James Thurber · ss Patron of Letters · Sally Benson · ss

The New Yorker [June 17, 1939] (quarto) A Slight Case of Woe in the Bronx · Arthur Kober · ss Rhapsody in Cochineal-Pink · Geoffrey T. Hellman · ss Anything Suitable · Richard Armour · ss So Then Mutt Says to Jute... · Russell Maloney · ss

The New Yorker [June 24, 1939] (quarto) A Special Session in the Bronx · Arthur Kober · ss Such a Pretty Day · Dawn Powell · ss Does Whalen Own the Whelan Drugstores? · Geoffrey T. Hellman · ss Words of Good Cheer · W. E. Farbstein · hu

The New Yorker [July 1, 1939] (quarto) Discomfort and the Novel · Louise Field Cooper · ss

The New Yorker [July 8, 1939] (quarto) Don’t Men Know Anything? · Robert M. Coates · ss

The New Yorker [July 15, 1939] (quarto) Return to Kansas City · Irwin Shaw · ss A Footnote to a Footnote · Russell Maloney · ss

The New Yorker [July 22, 1939] (quarto) Tant Augusta · Beverly L. Clarke · ss What’s in a Name? · Julian R. Meade · ss Counter-Irritant · Sally Benson · ss

The New Yorker [July 29, 1939] (quarto) Pastoral · Louise Owen · ss Reunion Over Lightly · John O’Hara · ss Fables for Our Time: V · James Thurber · gp _ · The Stork Who Married a Dumb Wife · James Thurber · ms _ · The Crow and the Oriole · James Thurber · vi _ · The Elephant Who Challenged the World · James Thurber · ms

The New Yorker [August 5, 1939] (quarto) Main Currents of American Thought · Irwin Shaw · ss Brief Gust of Glory · H. L. Mencken · ss The Pessimist · Katherine Mansfield · ss How I Left the Navy · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss

The New Yorker [August 12, 1939] (quarto) Morton · Louise Field Cooper · ss The Public Utilities and Me · Margaret Case Harriman · ss

The New Yorker [August 19, 1939] (quarto) They Have to Be Careful · Angelica Gibbs · ss The Big Inflammables · Cornelia Otis Skinner · ss Listen, Munich · Kay Boyle · ss Gum Across the Sea · Mollie Panter-Downes · ss

The New Yorker [August 26, 1939] (quarto) Comeback · Dawn Powell · ss I Dream of Mary with the Golden Hair · Philip W. Wrenn · ss Fables for Our Time: VI · James Thurber · gp _ · The Courtship of Arthur and Al · James Thurber · vi _ · The Hen Who Wouldn’t Fly · James Thurber · vi _ · The Glass in the Field · James Thurber · vi _ · The Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble · James Thurber · vi

The New Yorker [September 2, 1939] (quarto) Confiteor · Brendan Gill · ss

The New Yorker [September 9, 1939] (quarto) Stop-Off at Essen · Mollie Craig · ss Helen · Winifred Willis · ss Too Young · John O’Hara · ss

The New Yorker [September 16, 1939] (quarto) Reprise · A. J. Liebling · ss Waiting for Luce · E. J. Kahn · ss Out in the Sun · John Mosher · ss Goodbye, Shirley Temple · Joseph Mitchell · ss Batlike Lizard Thou Ever Wert, Bird · St. Clair McKelway · ss Come to the Fair · Walter Bernstein · ss

The New Yorker [September 23, 1939] (quarto) Key to English Letter Writing · Geoffrey T. Hellman · ss Bread Alone · John O’Hara · ss The Bride of Berchtesgaden · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Comeuppance for an Infidel · Margaret Case Harriman · ss

The New Yorker [September 30, 1939] (quarto) 61 · Answers to Hard Questions · Anon. · fa A Toast to Captain Jerk · Russell Maloney · ss You Should Live So, Walden Pond · S. J. Perelman · ss Guest of Honor · Sally Benson · ss

The New Yorker [October 7, 1939] (quarto) Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss Avast and Belay · John O’Hara · ss Great Dane in Summer · Louise Field Cooper · ss

The New Yorker [October 14, 1939] (quarto) The Morose Policeman · Daniel Fuchs · ss In the Footsteps of Gutenberg · H. L. Mencken · ss Date with Romance · Mollie Panter-Downes · ss

The New Yorker [October 21, 1939] (quarto) I Am Waiting · Christopher Isherwood · ss Fables for Our Time: VII · James Thurber · gp _ · The Bird and the Foxes · James Thurber · vi _ · The Tortoise and the Hare · James Thurber · vi _ · The Unicorn in the Garden · James Thurber · vi September the Third · Kay Boyle · ss Madame Houdin · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss

The New Yorker [October 28, 1939] (quarto) 17 · Junior Miss · Sally Benson · ss Nan · Barbara Heggie · ss An Actor Prepares · J. J. O’Malley · ss Old Country Advice to the American Traveller · William Saroyan · ss

The New Yorker [November 4, 1939] (quarto) Front-Page News · Donald Marshall · ss Recreations of a Reactionary · H. L. Mencken · ss Kitchen Bouquet · S. J. Perelman · ar Ash Blonde · Sally Benson · ss

The New Yorker [November 11, 1939] (quarto) The Kline Technique · James Reid Parker · ss Tallyho! · Theodore Pratt · ss

The New Yorker [November 18, 1939] (quarto) Evacues · Elizabeth Delahanty · ss Rope Enough · John Collier · ss

The New Yorker [November 25, 1939] (quarto) All Most Comical · Anthony Armstrong · ss Joey on Herta · John O’Hara · ss Mrs. North Leads On [Mr. & Mrs. (Pam and Jerry) North] · Richard Lockridge · ss Personal Appearance · Winifred Willis · ss

The New Yorker [December 2, 1939] (quarto) The Compleat Martyr · Brendan Gill · ss Honey Boy · Frances Eisenberg · ss Ah! Sweet Mystery... · Helen Mears · ss In the Honor of Their Daughter · John C. Mosher · ss Sunday Night Was a Dangerous Night · Joseph Mitchell · ss

The New Yorker [December 9, 1939] (quarto) The Sky Is Falling · Adeline Rumsey · ss George · Donald Moffat · ss Russian-Child’s Size · Emily Hahn · ss Courtship Through the Ages · James Thurber · ar Herr Scheffel’s Deadly Weapon · Montgomery Wright · ss The Norths and the Drunk [Mr. & Mrs. (Pam and Jerry) North] · Richard Lockridge · ss

The New Yorker [December 16, 1939] (quarto) God Rest You Merry · Cornelia Otis Skinner · ss Hollywood Horticulture · Julian R. Meade · ss