The FictionMags Index

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The New Yorker [December 23, 1939] (quarto) A Fine Turkey Dinner · Brendan Gill · ss Memoirs of a Master · E. B. White · ss Occurence on the Six-Seventeen · George Shepherd · ss Joey on the Cake Line · John O’Hara · ss

The New Yorker [December 30, 1939] (quarto) Lemkau, Pogran & Blaufox · Irwin Shaw · ss Broken Heart · Sally Benson · ss Honors for New Year’s Day · W. E. Farbstein & Joseph P. Pollard · hu Eva’s Deathbed Revisited · Wolcott Gibbs · ss

The New Yorker [January 6, 1940] (quarto) A Minute with Father · Frank O’Brien · ss The Pelican’s Shadow · Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · ss Meeting at the Pringles’ · Mollie Panter-Downes · ss Slighted Obituaries of 1939 · W. E. Farbstein · hu

The New Yorker [January 13, 1940] (quarto) Shakespeare Here’s Your Hat · Wolcott Gibbs · ss

The New Yorker [January 20, 1940] (quarto) Letter from Paris · A. J. Liebling · ss Poor Monsieur Panalitus · Kay Boyle · ss Captain Future, Block That Kick! · S. J. Perelman · ss

The New Yorker [January 27, 1940] (quarto) Mrs. Ramsay’s War · Mollie Panter-Downes · ss The Net · Robert M. Coates · ss The Loved One at Home · Russell Maloney · ss

The New Yorker [February 3, 1940] (quarto) Southern Tour · Emily Hahn · ss The Erloff [Pal Joey] · John O’Hara · ss Inflexible Logic · Russell Maloney · ss

The New Yorker [February 10, 1940] (quarto) Whither Are We Puffing? · Frank Sullivan · ss Ides of February · Ruth McKenney · ss International Plot · Sally Benson · ss Bleak Moment · Wolcott Gibbs · ss

The New Yorker [February 17, 1940] (quarto) Punch with Care · Angelica Gibbs · ss Fables for Our Time: VIII · James Thurber · gp _ · The Seal Who Became Famous · James Thurber · vi _ · The Green Isle in the Sea · James Thurber · vi _ · The Patient Bloodhound · James Thurber · vi

The New Yorker [February 24, 1940] (quarto) The Sad Case of Mr. Poppolardo’s Pants · Jane Douglas · ss Sometimes It Relaxes You · Sally Benson · ss

The New Yorker [March 2, 1940] (quarto) Mother Taft’s Chickens · Geoffrey T. Hellman · fa A Mean Streak · John C. Mosher · ss Even the Greeks · John O’Hara · ss Counter-Revolution · S. J. Perelman · ss

The New Yorker [March 9, 1940] (quarto) Some People Are Just Plumb Crazy · Arthur Kober · ss Heh-Ven, Pawnbroker · Emily Hahn · ss Burden of Wealth · Marjorie Cane Harkness · ss The Paragon · Sally Benson · ss

The New Yorker [March 16, 1940] (quarto) 93 · Answers to Hard Questions · Anon. · fa Company North · Agnes Burke Hale · ss The Knife · Brendan Gill · ss My Last Duchess · Clarissa Lorenz · ss The Man Who Hated Moonbaum · James Thurber · ss

The New Yorker [March 23, 1940] (quarto) Somebody Always Grabs the Purple · Henry Roth · ss Mr. Skidmore’s Gift · Oliver LaFarge · ss

The New Yorker [March 30, 1940] (quarto) The Wilsons; Step by Step · Christopher La Farge · ss Brother in Japan · Emily Hahn · ss Joey and the Calcutta Club [Pal Joey] · John O’Hara · ss Gloria Swanson Defends Her Title · Frank Sullivan · ss Busman’s Working Day · Fred Packard · ss

The New Yorker [April 6, 1940] (quarto) Vive La Guerre! · Rose C. Feld · ss An Awful Bore · Russell Maloney · ss

The New Yorker [April 13, 1940] (quarto) A Day with Ezra Pound · Elizabeth Delehanty · ss Is the Horse Coming Back? · Geoffrey T. Hellman · ss Salome · Mary F. Watkins · ss In Clover · Mollie Panter-Downes · ss How One Man Succeeded in Banking · Morris Bishop · ss

The New Yorker [April 20, 1940] (quarto) The House Next Door · Adeline Rumsey · ss No Sugar Thanks · Miriam Battista · ss A Matter of Pride · Christopher LaFarge · ss

The New Yorker [April 27, 1940] (quarto) Valse Oubliee · Dorothy Gulick · ss Yarooh Rof a Driht Mret · Fred Packard · ss Riding Stable · John Cheever · ss In the Dead of the Night, or How to Read a Fashion Magazine · Russell Maloney · ss The Patriot of Salt Cay · William Krauss · ss

The New Yorker [May 4, 1940] (quarto) Oh, to Be in England! · Carlton Brown · ss Can’t We Cry a Little? · Dawn Powell · ss A Countless for Ernesto · E. J. Kahn, Jr. · ss Joey and Mavis · John O’Hara · ss Virtue and the Tiger · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss

The New Yorker [May 11, 1940] (quarto) The Wilsons; Mother’s Day · Christopher La Farge · ss Mespoulets of the Splendide · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Dog’s Best Friend · Oren Arnold · ss Nice News if You Can Get It · Russell Maloney · ss Antidote for Megalomania: A Scientific Proposal · Tracy York · ss

The New Yorker [May 18, 1940] (quarto) The Man with the Red Order · Cora MacAlbert · ss 5 to 7 · Nathan Asch · ss Spring’s a Nice Time · Robert M. Coates · ss

The New Yorker [May 25, 1940] (quarto) My Plan · Clifford Orr · ss A Hot Time in the Old Town · Edward Newhouse · ss

The New Yorker [June 1, 1940] (quarto) Dealer in Death · Allen Lekus · ss Not Lonely but Alone · Edward Newhouse · ss Another American Tragedy · John Collier · ss Froken Hofberg · Katherine Lyon · ss Art at the Hotel Splendide · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss

The New Yorker [June 8, 1940] (quarto) End of Exile · Agnes Burke Hale · ss Intimations of Neutrality · Russell Maloney · ss Torment in Babel · Wolcott Gibbs · ss

The New Yorker [June 15, 1940] (quarto) The Test · Angelica Gibbs · ss Where Is the Moral Tone of Yesteryear? · Geoffrey T. Hellman · ss Footnote on the Future · James Thurber · ss A Furtive Tear · Sally Benson · ss

The New Yorker [June 22, 1940] (quarto) The Wilsons; The Other Side · Christopher La Farge · ss Where Is Florence Crane? · Frances Crane · ss Beauty on Rails · Howard Whitman · ss A Nice Little House with a Cistern · Robert M. Coates · ss

The New Yorker [June 29, 1940] (quarto) Why I Don’t Believe in Superman · E. J. Kahn · ss Guide, Philosopher, and Friend · James Reid Parker · ss .Ooo · Russell Maloney · ss No News Is Good News · Sally Benson · ss

The New Yorker [July 6, 1940] (quarto) My Unrequited Passion · Geoffrey T. Hellman · ss The Ballet Visits the Splendide’s Magician · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss The Bear · Paul Osborn · ss Haunted House · Sally Benson · ss

The New Yorker [July 13, 1940] (quarto) Cure in Saratoga · Caroline Slade · ss Eleven Years with the Wendell Willkies · Geoffrey T. Hellman · ss New Career · John O’Hara · ss

The New Yorker [July 20, 1940] (quarto) Marella · Angelica Gibbs · ss Lavender · Frances Crane · ss Prelude to Bridge · Howard Whitman · ss Houdini · Jerome Weidman · ss Woodman, Don’t Spare That Tree! · S. J. Perelman · ss

The New Yorker [July 27, 1940] (quarto) Water Shortage · A. C. Spectorsky · ss Readers of Marcel Proust, Please Note · Geoffrey T. Hellman · ss Free Conscience, Void of Offence · Irwin Shaw · ss Splendide’s Magician Does a New Trick · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Our Own Business Directory · Anon. · ss The Works · Nathan Asch · ss

The New Yorker [August 3, 1940] (quarto) The Wilsons; Open Them Yourself · Christopher La Farge · ss Tomorrow Is a Beautiful Day · John Cheever · ss Mr. North Gets the Iodine [Mr. & Mrs. (Pam and Jerry) North] · Richard Lockridge · ss Maloney’s English Usage · Russell Maloney · ss

The New Yorker [August 10, 1940] (quarto) Two Weeks Without Gold · Fred Packard · ss The Most Outrageous Consequences · James Reid Parker · ss

The New Yorker [August 17, 1940] (quarto) Whither Hollywood? · E. J. Kahn · ss Select Clientele · Irwin Shaw · ss Herr Lindstrom · Katherine Lyon · ss Though It Breaks My Heart to Go · Nancy Hale · ss Elvire Was Practical · Victoria Lincoln · ss

The New Yorker [August 24, 1940] (quarto) The View from the Terrace · James Reid Parker · ss Summer Theatre · John Cheever · ss Caution-Soft Prose Ahead! · S. J. Perelman · ss The Magpie Charity · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss

The New Yorker [August 31, 1940] (quarto) Healer from the Bronx · Arthur Kober · ss As the Fruitful Vine · Mollie Panter-Downes · ss Rcc · Russell Maloney · ss Grandma Gets a Reprieve · Ruth McKenney · ss Ambulance · Theodore Pratt · ss

The New Yorker [September 7, 1940] (quarto) The Wilsons; Over the Bumps · Christopher La Farge · ss All Right, I Heard You the First Time · E. J. Kahn · ss Adieu, Dear Coccyx · John C. Mosher · ss It’s an Ill Wind · Ruth McKenney · ss Something Else to Think About · W. A. Powers · ss Beaux Gestes · W. E. Farbstein · hu

The New Yorker [September 14, 1940] (quarto) The Sun Goes Down · Daniel Fuchs · ss A Likable Young Man · James Reid Parker · ss Mr. Hodgekins Shows His Rockery · Katherine Lyon · ss Easy Money at the Splendide · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss Dickens Was a Perfectly Lovely Historian · Ruth McKenney · ss Swing Out, Sweet Chariot · S. J. Perelman · ss It Happened This Way— · W. E. Farbstein · hu

The New Yorker [September 21, 1940] (quarto) The Wilsons; Let Them Find Out · Christopher La Farge · ss The Super · Eleanor Gilchrist · ss Calling Fanny Farmer...Come in, Fanny! · Russell Maloney · ss Plutarco Roo · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss

The New Yorker [September 28, 1940] (quarto) Introduction to a War · Emily Hahn · ss How Much Money Do You Make? · Geoffrey T. Hellman · ss Creepy-Time Gal · S. J. Perelman · ss

The New Yorker [October 5, 1940] (quarto) 43 · How Long Has This Been Going On? Oh, Quite Long · Ogden Nash · pm The Jukes Family · Frank Sullivan · ss The Law and Mr. Li · James Reid Parker · ss The Women (Rep.) · Russell Maloney · ss The Water and the Wine · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss