Wharton, Edith.
- Coming Home.
White, William Allen.
- *The Gods Arrive.
Winslow, Horatio.
- The Wonderful City.
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.