American Magazine
Atlantic Monthly
Bellman
Bookman
Boston Evening Transcript
Century
Collier's Weekly
Current Opinion
Delineator
Everybody's Magazine
Every Week
Forum
Harper's Magazine
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Ladies' Home Journal
Little Review (except Oct.)
Masses (Jan.-Sept.)
McClure's Magazine
Metropolitan
Midland
New Republic
New York Tribune
Outlook
Pictorial Review
Poetry
Pagan
Reedy's Mirror
Russian Review (Jan.-July)
Saturday Evening Post
Scribner's Magazine
Seven Arts
Stratford Journal
Sunset Magazine
Touchstone
Yale Review
The October and November issues of the Masses are not listed, as they were not procurable through ordinary channels. The October issue of the Russian Review was not yet published when this book went to press. The October issue of the Little Review was withdrawn from circulation before it could come to my notice.
Short stories, of distinction only, published in the following magazines and newspapers during 1917 are indexed.
Black Cat
Boston Herald
Colonnade
Cosmopolitan
Good Housekeeping
Harper's Bazar
Hearst's Magazine
Live Stories
McCall's Magazine
Milestones
Munsey's Magazine
Parisienne
Pearson's Magazine
Short Stories
Smart Set
Snappy Stories
Southern Woman's Magazine
To-day's Housewife
Woman's Home Companion
Youth's Companion
Certain stories of distinction published in the following magazines and newspapers during 1917 are indexed, because they have been called to my attention by authors or readers.
All-Story Weekly
Art World
Ainslee's Magazine
Dernier Cri
Detective Story Magazine
Los Angeles Times
Queen's Work
Saucy Stories
Top-Notch Magazine
Woman's World
Young's Magazine
The Red Book Magazine is not represented in these lists, in deference to the wishes of its editor, who sent me the following telegram: "We prefer not to be listed."
One, two, or three asterisks are prefixed to the titles of stories to indicate distinction. Three asterisks prefixed to a title indicate the more or less permanent literary value of a story, and entitle it to a place on the annual "Rolls of Honor." An asterisk before the name of an author indicates that he is not an American.
The following abbreviations are used in the index:—
| Ain. | Ainslee's Magazine |
| All. | All-Story Weekly |
| Am. | American Magazine |
| Atl. | Atlantic Monthly |
| Art W. | Art World |
| B. C. | Black Cat |
| Bel. | Bellman |
| B. E. T. | Boston Evening Transcript |
| B. Her. | Boston Herald |
| Cen. | Century |
| C. O. | Current Opinion |
| Col. | Collier's Weekly |
| Colon. | Colonnade |
| Cos. | Cosmopolitan |
| Del. | Delineator |
| Det. | Detective Story Magazine |
| Ev. | Everybody's Magazine |
| E. W. | Every Week |
| For. | Forum |
| G. H. | Good Housekeeping |
| Harp. B. | Harper's Bazar |
| Harp. M. | Harper's Magazine |
| Hear. | Hearst's Magazine |
| I. S. M. | Illustrated Sunday Magazine |
| L. A. Times. | Los Angeles Times |
| L. H. J. | Ladies' Home Journal |
| Lit. R. | Little Review |
| L. St. | Live Stories |
| McC. | McClure's Magazine |
| McCall | McCall's Magazine |
| Met. | Metropolitan |
| Mid. | Midland |
| Mir. | Reedy's Mirror |
| Mun. | Munsey's Magazine |
| N. Rep. | New Republic |
| N. Y. Trib. | New York Tribune |
| Outl. | Outlook |
| Pag. | Pagan |
| Par. | Parisienne |
| Pear. | Pearson's Magazine |
| Pict. R. | Pictorial Review |
| Q. W. | Queen's Work |
| (R.) | (Reprint) |
| Rus. R. | Russian Review |
| Sau. St. | Saucy Stories |
| Scr. | Scribner's Magazine |
| S. E. P. | Saturday Evening Post |
| Sev. A. | Seven Arts |
| Sh. St. | Short Stories |
| Sn. St. | Snappy Stories |
| So. Wo. M. | Southern Woman's Magazine |
| S. S. | Smart Set |
| Strat. J. | Stratford Journal |
| Sun. | Sunset Magazine |
| To-day | To-day's Housewife |
| Top-Notch | Top-Notch Magazine |
| Touch. | Touchstone |
| W. H. C. | Woman's Home Companion |
| Wom. W. | Woman's World |
| Yale | Yale Review |
| Y. C. | Youth's Companion |
| Young | Young's Magazine |