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Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v6 #11, November 1928] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Buzzards · Eugene Gordon · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v6 #12, December 1928] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Overcoat · John P. Davis · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v7 #1, January 1929] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Ruth Trent Cries · John P. Davis · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v7 #2, February 1929] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Shadows to the Stars · Robert Breea · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v7 #4, April 1929] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Safe in the Arms of Jesus · Arthur Huff Fauset · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v7 #5, May 1929] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Nothin’—F.O.B. · James T. Logan · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v7 #6, June 1929] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Slave for Life · Coralie Franklin Cook · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v7 #7, July 1929] ed. Elmer Anderson Carter (15¢, standard, cover by Elmer S. Campbell) Listing fiction, poetry, and selected articles. 206 · White Barbarians · A. S. McPeek · pm 214 · Coke · Charles W. Cranford · ss 218 · Two Poems · Frank Horne · pm 219 · My Attempt to Interpret Some of the Negro Poets to My Class · Mary W. Heffernan · ar 220 · A Poem · Gladys Casely Hayford · pm

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [August 1929] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Dark Laughter · Ethel Riley · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [September 1929] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Mistake · James A. Pierce · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [October 1929] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Beyond the Years · Mary Etta Spencer · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [November 1929] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Defiance · James E. Young · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [December 1929] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Coulev’ Endormi · John F. Matheus · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [January 1930] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Crusader · Emile G. Thomas · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [February 1930] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Recompense · Lilith Shell · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [March 1930] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Escape · John P. Davis · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [April 1930] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Susu—Child of the Bush · Yosefa Ya Mulena · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v8, May 1930] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents 146 · Jubilee Hall · Antonio Jarvis · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v8, October 1930] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents 300 · Cass Against God · Henry B. Jones · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v8, December 1930] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents 364 · Prodigal · Laura D. Nichols · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v9, February 1931] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents 46 · Dust · Rudolph Fisher · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v9, April 1931] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents 109 · Virginia Idyll · John Aubrey · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v9, July 1931] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents 214 · Nomah · John F. Matheus · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v9, September 1931] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents 278 · Root Deena · Henry B. Jones · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v9, October 1931] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents 312 · Ebony · Isabel M. Thompson · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v9, December 1931] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents 369 · Noose · Octavia B. Wynbush · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [January 11, 1932] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Lame Dogs Over Stiles · Louis Golding · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [February 1, 1932] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents We Take Mama Out · Moe Bragin · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [March 14, 1932] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Holy Land · Meyer Levin · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v10, April 1932] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents 108 · Day Off · Henry B. Jones · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [April 4, 1932] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Kvutzah People · Edward Robbin · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [April 11, 1932] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Village by the Sea · Daniel Fuchs · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [April 25, 1932] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Desert Burial · Herbert I. Bloom · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [May 16, 1932] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents Invitation · Sarada Murlin Scollay · ss

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v10, September 1932] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents 276 · Theme, with Variations [Part 1 of 2] · Roy DeCoverley · sl

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v10, October 1932] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents 309 · Theme, with Variations [Part 2 of 2] · Roy DeCoverley · sl

Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life [v10, December 1932] (standard) Incomplete details taken from The Standard Index of Short Stories by Francis J. Hannigan. Need Contents 348 · Don’t Sweep Under the Bed · Ephraim Berry · ss

The Optimist    (about)

The Optimist [v1 #1, September 1900] ed. H. S. Kneedler (The Nevernod Press, 10¢, 60pp+) (Full Text) Subtitled “A Little Journal of Criticism, Review and Inspiration”. Details supplied by Denny Lien from an online copy at HathiTrust. 1 · The Yellow-Throat’s Garden · Ernest Ingersoll · ar 4 · Time’s Ocean · Lee Fairchild · pm 5 · The Republic · Lee Fairchild · ar 6 · The Mendacity of Obituaries · L. W. Reynolds · ar 7 · For but a Time · Ella Wheeler Wilcox · pm 8 · A Chance for Diplomats · S. H. M. Byers · ar 14 · Art and Nature · Louis J. Block · ar 18 · The Book · Post Wheeler · pm 18 · The Appeal of the Socialist · A. W. Ricker · ar 24 · Life’s Sweetest Hope · Nathan C. Morse · pm 25 · Kipling as a World-Prophet · Johnson Brigham · ar [Rudyard Kipling] 29 · A Sprig of Lavender · Ella Kingsbury Vincent · pm 30 · Types of Environment · J. S. Trigg · ar 32 · Retrospect · George R. Brill · pm 33 · When Wordsworth Walked · A. T. Schuman · pm 34 · The Generous Optimist of Walt Whitman in His Salute to the World · W. M. Beardshear · ar [Walt Whitman] 37 · Woman and Citizenship · Caroline F. Corbin · ar 39 · Hugo and His Times [Part 1 of 3] · Frances A. Shaw · ar [Victor Hugo] 44 · The Danger of Unionism · N. F. Thompson · ar 47 · At Mink Fisher’s Grocery · R. C. Brewsaugh · vi 49 · Twilight Talks · [The Editor] · cl

The Optimist [v1 #2, October 1900] ed. H. S. Kneedler (The Nevernod Press, 10¢, 60pp+) (Full Text) Subtitled “A Little Journal of Criticism, Review and Inspiration”. Details supplied by Denny Lien from an online copy at HathiTrust. 61 · The Home of the Belgian Hare · Fred H. Dewey · ar 68 · A Nursery Reputation · W. L. Indicott · pm 70 · The Ethics of Marriage · Seth M. Wilcox · ar 72 · Philosophy of Buying Money · William Cooke Daniels · ar 75 · The Diplomatic Corps · Smith D. Fry · ar 78 · The Glad Morn · Lee Fairchild · pm 79 · A Conception of Optimism · Anna E. Satterlee · ar 82 · What Matters It? · Lee Fairchild · ar 83 · Our Wayside Flowers · L. H. Pammel · ar 87 · Smokin’ Cornsilk · Truman Roberts Andrews · pm 88 · Corn is—Indian · Howard A. Burrell · ar 91 · Victor Hugo [Part 2 of 3] · Frances A. Shaw · ar [Victor Hugo]; part 1 was titled “Hugo and His Times”—this, and part 3, just “Victor Hugo”. 94 · The Optimist · Will Reed Dunroy · pm 95 · Diamonds · Lewis Worthington Smith · pm; “in Fac Similie” (e.g., of handwritten copy). 96 · The Art of the Greeks · Louis J. Block · ar 99 · At Mink Fisher’s Grocery · R. C. Brewsaugh · vi 100 · The Brook and Itself—a Fable · Barton G. Aylesworth · vi 102 · The Birds About My Home · Carl Fritz Henning · ar 108 · The Universality of Shakespear—A Study for the Hour · Lewis Worthington Smith · ar [William Shakespeare] 112 · Twilight Talks · [The Editor] · cl

The Optimist [v1 #3, November 1900] ed. H. S. Kneedler (The Nevernod Press, 10¢, 63pp+, cover by Jay Chambers) (Full Text) Subtitled “A Little Journal of Criticism, Review and Inspiration”. Details supplied by Denny Lien from an online copy at HathiTrust. 124 · Hope—A Fable · Barton G. Aylesworth · ss 128 · Before Midnight · Lewis Worthington Smith · pm 135 · The Law of Variability · Eugene Secor · ar 138 · Prayer · Ella Kingsbury Vincent · pm 138 · A Dear Dead Dog · Lee Fairchild · ar; “(Including a Tribute to the Buzzard)”. 142 · My Horizon—And Beyond · Barton G. Aylesworth · pm 143 · Victor Hugo [Part 3 of 3] · Frances A. Shaw · ar [Victor Hugo] 146 · Looking Off from London Bridge · J. W. Weddell, D.D. · ar 150 · Two Schools · Marjorie Benton Cooke · pm 151 · Why Are We Going Insane? · Frank C. Hoyt, M.D. · ar 155 · Mexican Lullaby · Truman Roberts Andrews · pm 156 · Robert Browning · Lewis Worthington Smith · ar [Robert Browning] 162 · Man and the Chemistry of Soil · Julius Buel Weems, Ph.D. · ar 166 · The Bird’s Mission · Elinor Hardin · vi 168 · Reveries of an Optimist · Carlton Taylor Ellbury · ar 169 · The November Sea · Ernest Ingersoll · pm 171 · The Prophet of Hope · Harriet C. Towner · ar 172 · A Trip-Hammer Song · Thomas Wood Stevens · pm 173 · Love’s Child · Robert W. Fowler · ss 179 · Twilight Talks · [The Editor] · cl

The Optimist [v1 #4, December 1900] ed. H. S. Kneedler (The Nevernod Press, 10¢, 60pp+) (Full Text) Subtitled “A Little Journal of Criticism, Review and Inspiration”. Details supplied by Denny Lien from an online copy at HathiTrust. 187 · On a Certain Odor of Fried Ham · Peters Reeves · ar 192 · The Oldest Time Is Now · Mary V. Littell · pm 193 · The Oracle of the Seventh Generation · Edmund March Vittum · ss 199 · Tommy and Grizzel, by James Barrie · Johnson Bingham · br 201 · Alfred Tennyson · Lewis Worthington Smith · ar [Alfred, Lord Tennyson] 207 · The Little Old Spinet · Mary Small Wagner · pm 208 · The Country of Melusine · Andre Thuerist; translated by William J. Haines · ss 214 · The Common Mistake in American Education · Homer H. Seerley · ar 217 · Optimism and a Song Heard Long Ago · S. Alsing Halsey · ar 219 · Art and Mammon · W. I. Lampton · ss 222 · Graveyard Fruit · Bolton Hall · ss; fantasy; a vegetarian is scolded in his dream by the billions of animals nonetheless slain by the way he lives. 225 · Christmas Comes · Truman Roberts Andrews · pm 226 · The Late Francisque Sarcey · Louis Vallot-Duval · bg 231 · The Morning Star · Robert Mosley Benton · pm 232 · A Prayer · Frank C. Evans · pm 233 · Canzon—Provencsal · Messer Jordi; translated by George O. Holyoke · pm 235 · In a Garden Old · Lucy Van Tress · vi 237 · The Primrose and the Moon Moth · Louie R. Heller · vi 239 · Twilight Talks · [The Editor] · cl

The Optimist [v1 #5, January 1901] ed. H. S. Kneedler (The Nevernod Press, 10¢, 61pp+) (Full Text) Subtitled “A Little Journal of Criticism, Review and Inspiration”. Details supplied by Denny Lien from an online copy at HathiTrust. 247 · A Toast to the Windmills · J. P. Pollard · ar 253 · Inspiration · Aloysius Coll · pm The Smart Set Dec 1900 254 · A Man and a Woman · Frank C. Evans · vi; allegorical fantasy of sorts. 257 · Geoffrey Chaucer · Lewis Worthington Smith · ar [Geoffrey Chaucer] 264 · That Message to Garcia · David Yeoman · ar 269 · The Modern Novel · Carlton Taylor Ellbury · ar 271 · Omega · Leroy McMakin · pm 272 · Anent Book-Plates, Being a Thumbnail History · Jay Chambers · ar 282 · A Fortunate One · Mary A. Kirkup · pm 282 · “Freckles” · Elinor Wickersham · ss 287 · Faith · Mary V. Littell · pm 288 · Love’s Death · Isadore Baker · pm 289 · The Man on the Fence · Edna Worthley Underwood · ar 291 · Aphorism from the Greek · Callimachus, Theogonis; translated by George O. Holyoke · ms 293 · An Optimistic After-Thought · W. R. Cattelle · ar 296 · A Magic Sleeve-Pattern · Mary V. Littell · pm 297 · Twilight Tales · [The Editor] · cl