MAGAZINE AVERAGES FOR 1915

The following table includes the averages of all American magazines published during 1915 of which complete files for the period covered were placed at my disposal. One, two, and three asterisks are employed to indicate relative distinction. “Three-asterisk stories” are of somewhat permanent literary value.

MAGAZINES	NO OF STORIES PUBLISHED	NO OF DISTINCTIVE STORIES PUBLISHED			PERCENTAGE OF DISTINCTIVE STORIES PUBLISHED
		*	**	***	*	**	***
American Magazine	53	23	11	3	43	21	6
Associated Sunday Magazines (Jan-May See also Every Week)	39	9	2	1	24	5	3
Atlantic Monthly	24	16	8	2	67	33	8
Bellman	39	20	11	7	51	28	18
Black Cat	108	8	0	0	7	0	0
Bruno Chap Books	7	3	0	0	43	0	0
Century Magazine	53	32	15	7	60	28	13
Collier’s Weekly	142	46	21	9	32	15	6
Delineator	30	7	3	1	23	7	3
Everybody’s Magazine	46	13	3	1	28	6	2
Every Week (See also Associated Sunday Magazines)	77	23	2	1	30	3	2
Forum	13	12	6	3	92	46	23
Good Housekeeping	42	4	1	1	10	2	2
Harper’s Bazar	23	6	4	0	26	17	0
Harper’s Magazine	101	56	28	12	56	28	12
Harper’s Weekly	25	18	4	0	72	16	0
Illustrated Sunday Magazine	182	59	27	16	32	15	9
Or excluding reprints	169	46	15	5	27	9	3
International	17	10	5	2	59	29	12
Ladies’ Home Journal	42	8	3	1	19	7	3
Life	68	10	0	0	15	0	0
Lippincott’s and McBride’s Magazines	98	36	6	1	36	6	1
Little Review	9	9	5	5	100	56	56
McClure’s Magazine	63	22	9	0	35	14	0
Masses	10	7	3	1	70	30	10
Metropolitan	47	24	7	5	51	15	11
Midland	10	10	7	3	100	70	30
Munsey’s Magazine	48	4	1	0	8	2	0
National Sunday Magazine	22	9	5	0	41	23	0
New Republic	9	7	3	1	78	33	11
Outlook	9	6	4	1	67	44	11
Pictorial Review	68	15	4	1	22	6	1
Saturday Evening Post	162	29	12	6	18	7	4
Scribner’s Magazine	52	37	24	7	71	46	13
Smart Set	242	34	12	3	14	5	1
Sunset Magazine	42	13	3	0	31	7	0
Woman’s Home Companion	49	4	0	0	8	0	0

The following tables indicate the rank, during 1915, by number and percentage of distinctive stories published, of the eighteen periodicals coming within the scope of my examination which have published during the past year over twenty-five stories and which have exceeded an average of 15% in stories of distinction. The lists exclude reprints.

BY PERCENTAGE OF DISTINCTIVE STORIES
1.	Scribner’s Magazine	71%
2.	Century Magazine	60%
3.	Harper’s Magazine	56%
4.	Metropolitan	51%
5.	Bellman	51%
6.	American Magazine	43%
7.	Lippincott’s and McBride’s Magazines	36%
8.	McClure’s Magazine	35%
9.	Collier’s Weekly	32%
10.	Sunset Magazine	31%
11.	Every Week	30%
12.	Everybody’s Magazine	28%
13.	Illustrated Sunday Magazine	27%
14.	Associated Sunday Magazine (excluding Every Week)	24%
15.	Delineator	23%
16.	Pictorial Review	22%
17.	Ladies’ Home Journal	19%
18.	Saturday Evening Post	18%

BY NUMBER OF DISTINCTIVE STORIES
1.	Harper’s Magazine	56
2.	Illustrated Sunday Magazine	46
3.	Collier’s Weekly	46
4.	Scribner’s Magazine	37
5.	Lippincott’s and McBride’s Magazines	36
6.	Century Magazine	32
7.	Saturday Evening Post	29
8.	Metropolitan	24
9.	American Magazine	23
10.	Every Week	23
11.	McClure’s Magazine	22
12.	Bellman	20
13.	Pictorial Review	15
14.	Sunset Magazine	13
15.	Everybody’s Magazine	13
16.	Associated Sunday Magazine (excluding Every Week)	9
17.	Ladies’ Home Journal	8
18.	Delineator	7

The following periodicals have published during 1915 ten or more “two-asterisk stories.” The list excludes reprints.

1.	Harper’s Magazine	28
2.	Scribner’s Magazine	24
3.	Collier’s Weekly	21
4.	Illustrated Sunday Magazine	15
5.	Century Magazine	15
6.	Saturday Evening Post	12
7.	Smart Set	12
8.	Bellman	11
9.	American Magazine	11

The following periodicals have published during 1915 three or more “three-asterisk stories.” The list excludes reprints.

1.	Harper’s Magazine	12
2.	Collier’s Weekly	9
3.	Scribner’s Magazine	7
4.	Century Magazine	7
5.	Bellman	7
6.	Saturday Evening Post	6
7.	Little Review	5
8.	Metropolitan	5
9.	Illustrated Sunday Magazine	5
10.	Midland	3
11.	Forum	3
12.	American Magazine	3
13.	Smart Set	3

The best short story of the year is “Zelig,” by Benjamin Rosenblatt, published in The Bellman.

Ties in the above lists have been decided by taking relative rank in other lists into account.