| Am. | American |
| Ath. | Athenæum |
| Atl. | Atlantic Monthly |
| Bel. | Bellman |
| B. E. T. | Boston Evening Transcript |
| Book | Bookman |
| Cath. W. | Catholic World |
| Ch. D. News | Chicago Daily News |
| Every | Everyman |
| Lib. | Liberator |
| Liv. Age | Living Age |
| Mir. | Reedy's Mirror |
| Nat. | Nation |
| Nat. (London) | London Nation |
| N. Rep. | New Republic |
| New S. | New Statesman |
| N. Y. Sun | New York Sun |
| N. Y. Times | New York Times |
| N. Y. Trib. | New York Tribune |
| Pag. | Pagan |
| Strat. J. | Stratford Journal |
| Touch. | Touchstone |
Anderson, Sherwood.
Reviews of "Winesburg, Ohio." By H. W. Boynton. Book. Aug. (49:729.)
By Floyd Dell. Lib. Sept. (46.)
By M. A. N. Rep. June 25. (19:257.)
By Hart Crane. Pag. Sept. (60.)
Austin, F. Britten.
Review of "According to Orders." By Dorothy Scarborough. N. Y. Sun. March 2. (2.)
Barbusse, Henri.
Review of "We Others." By Dorothy Scarborough. N. Y. Sun. Dec. 22, '18. (9.)
Belgian Writers, Contemporary.
See Marlow, Georges.
Beresford, J. D.
Dostoievsky Under the Lens. N.Y. Trib. Dec. 1, '18. (pt. 3, p. 3.)
Bierce, Ambrose.
Reviews of "Can Such Things Be?" By Edwin F. Edgett, B. E.T. Feb. 26.
(pt. 2. p. 6.)
By Dorothy Scarborough. N.Y. Sun. March 2. (7.)
See also O'Sullivan, Vincent.
Boccaccio, Triumph of. By L. C.-M. Ath. June 13. (473.)
Boynton, H.W.
Adventures and Riddles. Book. May. (321.)
Anderson's "Winesburg, Ohio." Book. Aug. (49:729.)
Burke, Thomas.
Review of "Out and About London." By Edwin F. Edgett. B. E. T. April 5.
(pt. 3. p. 8.)
Burt, Maxwell Struthers.
Review of "John O'May." By Dorothy Scarborough. N. Y. Sun. Nov. 24, '18.
(5.)
C.-M., L.
Triumph of Boccaccio. Ath. June 13. (437.)
Cable, George W.
Review of "Lovers of Louisiana." By Catherine Postelle. Mir. March 21.
(159.)
Canfield, Dorothy.
Reviews of "Home Fires in France." By Emily Grant Hutchins. Mir.
March 29. (28:178.) By Dorothy Scarborough. N.Y. Sun. Nov. 17, '18. (l)
By Dorothea Lawrance Mann. B. E. T. April 30. (pt. 2. p. 6.)
Carleton, William.
Review of "Stories of Irish Life." Ath. Aug. 15. (750.)
Casseres. Benjamin de.
Moore's "A Story-Teller's Holiday." N. Y. Sun. Jan. 5. (2.)
Clémenceau, Novelist.
By Roy Temple House. Mir. March 14. (151.)
Conrad, Joseph.
By Frank Pease. Nat. Nov. 2, '18. (107:510.)
By Joseph J. Reilly. Cath. W. May. (109:163.)
By M.K. Wisehart. N.Y. Sun. Mar. 2. (4.)
By E. Preston Dargan. Dial. June 28. (66: 638.)
By Edward Moore. New S. Sept. 13. (13:590.)
By John Cowper Powys. Mir. Sept. 4. (28:600.)
Cournos, John.
How to Read the Russian Novelists. Every. Sept. 6. (14:517.)
Crane, Hart.
Review of Anderson's "Winesburg, Ohio." Pag. Sept. (60.)
Dargan, E. Preston.
Voyages of Conrad. Dial. June 28. (66:638.)
Davis, Robert H.
The Late Charles E. Van Loan. Book. May. (280.)
Dell, Floyd.
Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio," and Dreiser's "Twelve Men." Lib. Sept. (46.)
Dostoievsky Under the Lens.
By J. B. Beresford. N. Y. Trib. Dec. 1, '18. (pt. 3. p. 3.)
Doyle, A. Conan.
Review of "Danger!" By Edward N. Teall. N. Y. Sun. March 9. (12.)
Dreiser, Theodore.
Reviews of "Twelve Men." By Floyd Dell. Lib. Sept. (46.) By Edwin F.
Edgett. B. E. T. Apr. 30. (pt. 2. p. 6.)
Duhamel, Georges, Historian of Ambulance Heroism.
By Alvan F. Sanborn. B. E. T. March 12. (pt. 2. p. 5.)
Duncan, Norman.
By C. K. Trueblood. Dial. Dec. 28, '18. (65:615.)
Dunne, Finlay Peter.
Reviews of "Mr. Dooley: On Making a Will." By Edmund Lester Pearson.
B. E. T. Sept. 10. (pt. 2. p. 8.) By Francis Hackett. N. Rep. Sept. 24.
(20:235.)
Dunster, H.
Henry James: A Personal Memoir. Ath. June 27. (518.)
Edgett, Edwin F.
Bierce's "Can Such Things Be?" B. E. T. Feb. 26. (pt. 2. p. 6.)
Burke's "Out and About London." B. E. T. Apr. 5. (pt. 3. p. 8.)
Dreiser's "Twelve Men." B. E. T. Apr. 30. (pt. 2. p. 6.)
James's "Travelling Companions." B. E. T. May 7. (pt. 3. p. 4.)
Locke's "Far-Away Stories." B. E. T. July 19. (pt. 3, p. 6.)
Marshall's "The Clinton's." B. E. T. May 10. (pt. 3. p. 10.)
Merrick's "While Paris Laughed." B. E. T. Feb. 1. (pt. 3. p. 8.)
Noyes's "Walking Shadows." B. E. T. Dec. 14, '18. (pt. 3. p. 6.)
Van Dyke's "Valley of Vision." B. E. T. Mar. 19. (pt. 3. p. 4.)
Wharton's "The Marne." B. E. T. Dec. 21, '18. (pt. 3. p. 8.)
White's "Song of the Sirens." B. E. T. Mar. 15. (pt. 3. p. 8.)
Egan, Maurice Francis.
Van Dyke's "The Valley of Vision." Book. Sept. (50:71.)
Evans, Caradoc.
Review of "My People," and "Capel Sion," by Constance Mayfield Rourke.
N. Rep. Feb. 1. (18:30.)
Fox, Jr., Novelist of the South, John.
By R. M. B. E. T. July 23. (pt. 2. p. 8.)
Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins.
Review of "Edgewater People." By Dorothy Scarborough. N. Y. Sun. Feb. 2.
(12.)
Fuessle, Newton A.
Review of "Flesh and Phantasy." By Dorothea Lawrance Mann. B. E. T. July
16. (pt. 2. p. 6.)
Gerould, Katharine Fullerton.
Remarkable Rightness of Rudyard Kipling. Atl. Jan. (123:12.)
Goldberg, Isaac.
Blasco Ibáñez. B. E. T. March 26. (pt. 2. p. 5.)
Blasco Ibáñez. Strat. J. May. (4:235.)
South American Tales. B. E. T. Sept. 17. (pt. 2. p. 6.)
Gorky, Maxim.
"Maxim the Bitter." Nat. (London). Aug. 23. (25:611.)
Hackett, Francis.
Review of Dunne's "Mr. Dooley: On Making a Will." N. Rep. Sept. 24.
(20:235.)
Harker, L. Allen.
Review of "Children of the Dear Cotswolds." By Dorothy Scarborough. N. Y.
Sun. Dec. 15, '18. (5.)
Harris, Joel Chandler.
Review of "Uncle Remus Returns." By Elsie Clews Parsons. Dial. May 17.
(491.)
"Henry, O."
By Robert Cortes Holliday. Ch. D. News. March 19.
See also O'Sullivan, Vincent.
Holliday, Robert Cortes.
Amazing Failure of O. Henry. Ch. D. News. March 19.
Hooker, Brian.
Concerning Yarns. Book. May. (308.)
House, Roy Temple.
Clémenceau, Novelist. Mir. March 14. (151.)
Hull, Helen R.
Literary Drug Traffic. Dial. Sept. 6. (67:190.)
Hutchings, Emily Grant.
Canfield's "Home Fires in France." Mir. March 29. (28:178.)
Ibáñez, Blasco.
By Isaac Goldberg. Strat. J. May. (4:235.)
By Isaac Goldberg. B. E. T. Mar. 26. (pt. 2. p. 5.)
James, Henry.
By H. Dunster. Ath. June 27. (518.)
Reviews of "Travelling Companions." By Edwin F. Edgett. B. E. T. May 7.
(pt. 3. p. 4.) By Edna Kenton. Book. Aug. (49:706.) By Philip Littell.
N. Rep. July 30. (19:422.) By William Lyon Phelps. N. Y. Times Apr. 20.
(24:209.)
"Keith, Katharine." (Mrs. David Adler.)
Feodor Sologub. Dial. June 28. (66:648.)
Kennon, Harry B.
Marshall's "The Clintons." Mir. June 5. (28:372.)
Kenton, Edna.
James's "Travelling Companions." Book. Aug. (49:706.)
Kipling, Rudyard.
By Katharine Fullerton Gerould. Atl. Jan. (123:12.)
By Joseph J. Reilly. Cath. W. Aug. (109:588.)
Lait, Jack (Jacquin L.)
Charlie Van Loan—as Jack Lait Knows Him. Am. Dec. '18. (39.)
Latzko, Andreas.
Review of "Men in Battle." ("Men in War.") Nat. (London.) Jan. 4.
(24:410.)
Le Gallienne, Richard.
Oscar Wilde: Poet and Teller of Children's Tales. Touch.
Dec., '18. (4:212.)
Littell, Philip.
James's "Travelling Companions." N. Rep. July 30. (19:422.)
Locke, William J.
Review of "Far-Away Stories." By Edwin F. Edgett. B. E. T. July 19.
(pt. 3. p. 6.)
M. A.
Anderson's "Winesburg, Ohio." N. Rep. June 25. (19:257.)
M. R.
John Fox, Jr. B. E. T. July 23. (pt. 2. p. 8.)
McFee, William.
Idea. Book. Aug. (49:647.)
Mann, Dorothea Lawrance.
Canfield's "The Day of Glory." B. E. T. April 30. (pt. 2. p. 6.)
Fuessle's "Flesh and Phantasy." B. E. T. July 16. (pt. 2. p. 6.)
Marlow, Georges.
Chronique de Belgique. Mercure de France. 1er juillet. (134:134.)
Marshall, Archibald.
Reviews of "The Clintons and Others." By Edwin F. Edgett. B. E. T. May
10. (pt. 3. p. 10.) By Harry B. Kennon. Mir. June 5. (28:372.)
Masson, Thomas L.
How to Read Short Stories. Mir. May 15. (28:305.)
Masterman, C. F. G.
Stephen Reynolds. Nat. (London). Feb. 22. (24:609.)
Maupassant's Paris, Guy de.
By Arthur Bartlett Maurice. Book. Aug. (49:652.)
Maurice, Arthur Bartlett.
Guy de Maupassant's Paris. Book. Aug. (49:652.)
Merrick, Leonard.
Reviews of "While Paris Laughs." By Edwin F. Edgett. B. E. T. Feb. 1.
(pt. 3. p. 8.)
By Dorothy Scarborough. N. Y. Sun. Feb. 9. (1.)
Michener, Carroll K.
White's "The Song of the Sirens." Bel. March 29. (26:357.)
Moore, Edward.
Note on Mr. Conrad. New S. Sept. 13. (13:590.)
Moore, George.
Reviews of "A Story-Teller's Holiday." By Benjamin de Casseres. N. Y.
Sun. Jan. 5. (2.) By J. S. Watson, Jr. Dial. Dec. 14, '18. (65:534.)
Moravsky, Maria.
Greenhorn in America. Atl. Nov., '18. (122:663.)
Morley, Christopher.
Review of "The Haunted Bookshop." By Edmund Lester Pearson. Book. Sept.
(50:78.)
Murry, J. Middleton.
Tchehov's "The Bishop." Ath. Aug. 22. (777.)
Myers, Walter L.
On Mediocrity and Its Excellences. Dial. Sept. 6. (67:193.)
Nodier, Charles.
By George Saintsbury. Ath. Sept. 5. (857.)
Noyes, Alfred.
Review of "Walking Shadows." By Edwin F. Edgett. B. E. T. Dec. 14, '18.
(pt. 3. p. 6.)
O'Brien, Edward J.
Review of "The Best Short Stories of 1918." By Dorothy Scarborough.
N. Y. Sun. Feb. 23. (6.)
O'Brien, FitzJames.
See O'Sullivan, Vincent.
O'Sullivan, Vincent.
En Marge de la Littérature américaine. Mercure de France. 1er juillet.
(134:5.)
La Littérature américaine. Mercure de France. 16 janvier. (131:246.)
Parsons, Elsie Clews.
Harris's "Uncle Remus Returns." Dial. May 17. (491.)
Pearson, Edmund Lester.
Morley's "Haunted Bookshop." Book. Sept. (50:78.)
Dunne's "Mr. Dooley: On Making a Will." B. E. T. Sept. 10. (pt. 2. p. 8.)
Pease, Frank.
Joseph Conrad. Nat. Nov. 2, '18. (107:510.)
Phelps, William Lyon.
James's "Travelling Companions." N. Y. Times. Apr. 20. (24:209.)
Postelle, Catherine.
Cable's "Lovers of Louisiana." Mir. March 21. (159.)
Wharton's "The Marne." Mir. March 14. (152.)
Powys, John Cowper.
Real Romance. (Joseph Conrad.) Mir. Sept. 4. (28:600.)
Reilly, Joseph J.
Passing of Kipling. Cath. W. Aug. (109:588.)
Short Stories of Joseph Conrad. Cath. W. May. (109:163.)
Reynolds, Stephen.
By C. F. G. Masterman. Nat. (London). Feb. 22. (24:609.)
Roberts, R. Ellis.
Mr. Booth Tarkington Through British Eyes. Liv. Age. March 1. (300:541.)
Rourke, Constance Mayfield.
Evans's "My People," and "Capel Sion." N. Rep. Feb. 1. (18:30.)
Ruggiero, Guido de.
Giovanni Verga and the Realists. Ath. July 11. (600.)
Saintsbury, George.
Charles Nodier. Ath. Sept. 5. (857.)
Sanborn, Alvan F.
Georges Duhamel. B. E. T. March 12. (pt. 2. p. 5.)
Sawyer, Ruth.
Review of "Doctor Danny." By Dorothy Scarborough. N. Y. Sun. March 9.
(11.)
Scarborough, Dorothy.
Austin's "According to Orders." N. Y. Sun. March 2. (2.)
Barbusse's "We Others." N. Y. Sun. Dec. 22, '18. (9.)
Bierce's "Can Such Things Be?" N. Y. Sun. March 2. (7.)
Burt's "John O'May." N. Y. Sun. Nov. 24, '18. (5.)
Canfield's "Home Fires in France." N. Y. Sun. Nov. 17, '18. (1.)
Freeman's "Edgewater People." N. Y. Sun. Feb. 2. (12.)
Harker's "Children of the Dear Cotswolds." N. Y. Sun. Dec. 15, '18. (5.)
Merrick's "While Paris Laughed." N. Y. Sun. Feb. 9. (1.)
O'Brien's "Best Short Stories of 1918." N. Y. Sun. Feb. 23. (6.)
Sawyer's "Doctor Danny." N. Y. Sun. March 9. (11.)
Some Stories in the Christmas Magazines. N. Y. Sun. Dec. 8, '18. (7.)
Some Stories in the February Magazines. N. Y. Sun. Feb. 2. (5.)
Some Stories in the March Magazines. N. Y. Sun. March 2. (8.)
Some Stories for the New Year. N. Y. Sun. Jan. 5. (12.)
Van Dyke's "Valley of Vision." N. Y. Sun. Mar. 16. (12.)
Welles's "Anchors Aweigh." N. Y. Sun. Mar. 16. (8.)
Wharton's "The Marne." N. Y. Sun. Jan. 5. (1.)
White's "Song of the Sirens." N. Y. Sun. Mar. 16. (11.)
Wormser's "The Scarecrow." N. Y. Sun. Dec. 29, '18. (9.)
Sologub, Feodor.
By "Katharine Keith." (Mrs. David Adler.) Dial. June 28. (66:648.)
South American Tales.
By Isaac Goldberg. B. E. T. Sept. 17. (pt. 2. p. 6.)
Tarkington, Booth.
By R. Ellis Roberts. Liv. Age. March 1. (300:541.)
Tchehov, Anton.
Letters. I. Ath. April 4. (149.)
II. Ath. April 18. (215.)
III. Ath. April 25. (249.)
IV. Ath. May 2. (282.)
V. Ath. May 23. (378.)
VI. Ath. June 6. (441.)
VII. Ath. June 27. (538.)
VIII. Ath. July 11. (602.)
IX. Ath. July 25. (667.)
X. Ath. Aug. 8. (731.)
XI. Ath. Sept. 5. (858.)
Tchehov, Anton.
Review of "The Bishop." By J. Middleton Murry. Ath. Aug. 22. (777.)
Teall, Edward N.
Doyle's "Danger!" N. Y. Sun. March 9. (12.)
Trueblood, C. K.
Norman Duncan. Dial. Dec. 28, '18. (65:615.)
Van Dyke, Henry.
Reviews of "The Valley of Vision." By Edwin F. Edgett B. E. T. March 19.
(pt. 3. p. 4.)
By Dorothy Scarborough. N. Y. Sun. March 16. (12.)
By Maurice Francis Egan. Book. Sept. (50:71.)
Van Loan, Charles E.
By Robert B. Davis. Book. May. (280.) By Jack Lait.
Am. Dec., '18. (39.)
Verga, Giovanni, and the Realists.
By Guido de Ruggiero. Ath. July 11. (600.)
Watson, J. S., Jr.
Moore's "A Story-Teller's Holiday." Dial. Dec. 14, '18. (65:534.)
Welles, Harriet.
Review of "Anchors Aweigh." By Dorothy Scarborough.
N. Y. Sun. March 16. (8.)
Wharton, Edith.
Reviews of "The Marne." By Edwin F. Edgett. B. E. T. Dec. 21, '18.
(pt. 3. p. 8.)
By Catherine Postelle. Mir. March 14. (152.)
By Dorothy Scarborough. N. Y. Sun. Jan. 5. (1.)
White, Edward Lucas.
Reviews of "The Song of the Sirens." By Edwin F.
Edgett. B. E. T. March 15. (pt. 3. p. 8.)
By Caroll K. Michener. Bel. March 29. (26:837.)
By Dorothy Scarborough. N. Y. Sun. March 16. (11.)
Wilde, Oscar: Poet and Teller of Children's Tales.
By Richard Le Gallienne. Touch. Dec. '18. (4:212.)
Wisehart, M. K.
Joseph Conrad Described by Jo Davidson. N. Y. Sun. March 2. (4.)
Wormser, G. Ranger.
Review of "The Scarecrow." By Dorothy Scarborough. N. Y. Sun. Dec. 29,
'18. (9.)
MAGAZINE AVERAGES FOR 1919
The following table includes the averages of American periodicals published from November, 1918, to September, 1919, inclusive. One, two, and three asterisks are employed to indicate relative distinction. "Three-asterisk stories" are of somewhat permanent literary value. The list excludes reprints.
| Periodicals | No. of Stories Published | No. of Distictive Stories Published | Percentage of Distinctive Stories Published | ||||
| * | ** | *** | * | ** | *** | ||
| American Magazine (except September) | 43 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 2 |
| Atlantic Monthly | 19 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 89 | 63 | 37 |
| Bellman (Nov.-June) | 31 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 58 | 19 | 10 |
| Catholic World | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 22 | 0 |
| Century | 35 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 80 | 57 | 32 |
| Collier's Weekly | 114 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 0 |
| Cosmopolitan | 66 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 3 |
| Delineator | 40 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| Everybody's Magazine | 46 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 4 |
| Good Housekeeping | 30 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 10 |
| Harper's Bazar | 33 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 12 |
| Harper's Magazine | 60 | 50 | 36 | 19 | 83 | 60 | 32 |
| Hearst's Magazine | 71 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 |
| Little Review (except July and September) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 100 | 100 | 72 |
| Metropolitan | 53 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 11 |
| Midland | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 92 | 46 | 31 |
| New York Tribune | 70 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 47 | 23 | 11 |
| Pagan | 46 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 44 | 30 | 11 |
| Pictoral Review | 44 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 57 | 45 | 30 |
| Reedy's Mirror | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 8 |
| Saturday Evening Post | 308 | 51 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 3 |
| Scribner's Magazine | 49 | 36 | 21 | 8 | 74 | 43 | 16 |
| Smart Set | 135 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 3 |
| Stratford Journal | 32 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 88 | 63 | 44 |
| To-day's Housewife | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
The following tables indicate the rank, during the period between November, 1918, and September, 1919, inclusive, by number and percentage of distinctive stories published, of the twenty-one periodicals coming within the scope of my examination which have published an average of 15 per cent in stories of distinction. The lists exclude reprints, but not translations.
| BY PERCENTAGE OF DISTINCTIVE STORIES | ||
| 1. | Stratford Journal (including translations) | 88% |
| 2. | Harper's Magazine | 83% |
| 3. | Century | 80% |
| 4. | Scribner's Magazine | 74% |
| 5. | Bellman (January-June) | 58% |
| 6. | Pictorial Review | 57% |
| 7. | New York Tribune (including translations) | 47% |
| 8. | Pagan (including translations) | 44% |
| 9. | Harper's Bazar | 33% |
| 10. | Metropolitan | 32% |
| 11. | Reedy's Mirror | 32% |
| 12. | Good Housekeeping | 30% |
| 13. | Collier's Weekly | 25% |
| 14. | Delineator | 23% |
| 15. | Everybody's Magazine | 20% |
| 16. | Smart Set | 19% |
| 17. | American Magazine (except September) | 19% |
| 18. | Hearst's Magazine | 18% |
| 19. | Saturday Evening Post | 17% |
| 20. | Cosmopolitan | 17% |
| 21. | To-day's Housewife | 17% |
| BY NUMBER OF DISTINCTIVE STORIES | ||
| 1. | Saturday Evening Post | 51 |
| 2. | Harper's Magazine | 50 |
| 3. | Scribner's Magazine | 36 |
| 4. | New York Tribune (including translations) | 33 |
| 5. | Collier's Weekly | 29 |
| 6. | Stratford Journal (including translations) | 28 |
| 7. | Century | 28 |
| 8. | Pictorial Review | 25 |
| 9. | Smart Set | 25 |
| 10. | Pagan (including translations) | 20 |
| 11. | Bellman (January-June) | 18 |
| 12. | Metropolitan | 17 |
| 13. | Hearst's Magazine | 13 |
| 14. | Cosmopolitan | 11 |
| 15. | Harper's Bazar | 10 |
| 16. | Good Housekeeping | 9 |
| 17. | Delineator | 9 |
| 18. | Everybody's Magazine | 9 |
| 19. | Reedy's Mirror | 8 |
| 20. | American Magazine (excluding September) | 8 |
| 21. | To-day's Housewife | 6 |