Tarkington, Booth, Jeannette (Red Book, May).

Titus, Harold, The Courage of Number Two (Metropolitan, June).

Train, Arthur, The Crooked Fairy (McCall's, July).

Watson, Marion Elizabeth, Bottle Stoppers (Pictorial Review, June).

Wormser, G. Ranger, Gossamer (Pictorial Review, March).

The following stories are regarded the best of the year by the judges whose names are respectively indicated:

1. The Marriage in Kairwan, by Wilbur Daniel Steele (Harper's,
December). Ethel Watts Mumford.

2. A Life, by Wilbur Daniel Steele (Pictorial Review, August).
Edward J. Wheeler.

3. Wisdom Buildeth Her House, by Donn Byrne (Century, December).
Blanche Colton Williams.

4. Waiting, by Helen R. Hull (Touchstone, February). Grove E.
Wilson.