| The following periodicals have published during the same period eightor more "two-asterisk stories." The list excludes reprints, but nottranslations. Periodicals represented in this list during 1915, 1916,1917, and 1918 are represented by the prefixed letters a, b, c, and drespectively. | |||
| 1. | abcd | Harper's Magazine | 36 |
| 2. | abcd | Scribner's Magazine | 21 |
| 3. | d | Stratford Journal (including translations) | 20 |
| 4. | abcd | Century | 20 |
| 5. | bcd | Pictorial Review | 20 |
| 6. | abcd | Saturday Evening Post | 19 |
| 7. | bd | New York Tribune (including translations) | 16 |
| 8. | b | Pagan (including translations) | 14 |
| 9. | cd | Atlantic Monthly | 12 |
| 10. | b | Metropolitan | 12 |
| 11. | abcd | Smart Set | 12 |
| 12. | abcd | Collier's Weekly | 10 |
| 13. | Little Review | 9 | |
| The following periodicals have published during the same period four ormore "three-asterisk stories." The list excludes reprints, but nottranslations. The same signs are used as prefixes as in the previouslist. | |||
| 1. | abcd | Harper's Magazine | 19 |
| 2. | cd | Stratford Journal (including translations) | 14 |
| 3. | acd | Pictorial Review | 13 |
| 4. | abcd | Century | 11 |
| 5. | abcd | Scribner's Magazine; | 8 |
| 6. | d | New York Tribune (including translations) | 8 |
| 7. | abc | Evening Post | 8 |
| 8. | d | Little Review | 7 |
| 9. | cd | Atlantic Monthly | 7 |
| 10. | ac | Metropolitan | 6 |
| 11. | b | Pagan (including translations) | 5 |
| 12. | a | Midland | 4 |
| 13. | Harper's Bazar | 4 | |
| 14. | d | Smart Set | 4 |
| Ties in the above lists have been decided by taking relative rank inother lists into account. The New York Tribune, The Pagan, and TheStratford Journal gain their rank chiefly through translations offoreign stories, and allowance should be made for this in anyqualitative estimate. | |||
INDEX OF SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN MAGAZINES
OCTOBER, 1918, TO SEPTEMBER, 1919
All short stories published in the following magazines and newspapers, October, 1918, to September, 1919, inclusive, are indexed.
| American Magazine (except Sept.) | Living Age (Jan. 1-Sept. 6) |
| Atlantic Monthly | Metropolitan |
| Bellman (Jan.-June) | Midland (except Sept.) |
| Catholic World | New Republic |
| Century | New York Tribune |
| Collier's Weekly | Pagan (except Sept.) |
| Delineator | Pictorial Review |
| Everybody's Magazine | Reedy's Mirror |
| Good Housekeeping | Saturday Evening Post |
| Harper's Magazine | Scribner's Magazine |
| Ladies' Home Journal | Stratford Journal |
| Liberator | Sunset Magazine |
| Little Review (except Sept.) | Touchstone (Nov.-Jan.) |
| Short stories of distinction only, published in the following magazinesand newspapers during the same period, are indexed. | |
| Adventure | Magnificat |
| Ainslee's Magazine | Munsey's Magazine |
| All-Story Weekly | Parisienne |
| American Boy | Queen's Work |
| Argosy | Red Book Magazine |
| Black Cat (except Sept.) | Short Stories |
| Christian Herald | Smart Set |
| Cosmopolitan | Snappy Stories |
| Harper's Bazar | To-day's Housewife |
| Hearst's Magazine | Woman's Home Companion (except Sept.) |
| Live Stories | Woman's World |
| McCall's Magazine | |
| McClure's Magazine | |
| Certain stories of distinction published in the following magazinesduring this period are indexed, because they have been specially calledto my attention. | |
| American Hebrew | Rod and Gun in Canada |
| American Jewish Chronicle | |
| One, two, or three asterisks are prefixed to the titles of stories toindicate distinction. Three asterisks prefixed to a title indicate themore or less permanent literary value of the story, and entitle it to aplace on the annual "Rolls of Honor." An asterisk before the name of anauthor indicates that he is not an American. Cross references after anauthor's name refer to previous volumes of this series. (H) after thename of an author indicates that other stories by this author, publishedin American magazines between 1900 and 1914, are to be found indexed in"The Standard Index of Short Stories," by Francis J. Hannigan, publishedby Small, Maynard & Company, 1918. The figures in parenthesis after thetitle of a story refer to the volume and page number of the magazine. Incases where successive numbers of a magazine are not pagedconsecutively, the page number only is given in this index. | |
| The following abbreviations are used in the index:— | |
| Adv. | Adventure |
| Ain. | Ainslee's Magazine |
| All. | All-Story Weekly |
| Am. | American Magazine |
| Am. B. | American Boy |
| Am. Heb. | American Hebrew |
| Am. J. Ch. | American Jewish Chronicle |
| Arg. | Argosy |
| Atl. | Atlantic Monthly |
| B. C. | Black Cat |
| Bel. | Bellman |
| Book. | Bookman |
| Cath. W. | Catholic World |
| Cen. | Century |
| C. Her. | Christian Herald |
| Col. | Collier's Weekly |
| Cos. | Cosmopolitan |
| Del. | Delineator |
| Ev. | Everybody's Magazine |
| G. H. | Good Housekeeping |
| Harp. B. | Harper's Bazar |
| Harp. M. | Harper's Magazine |
| Hear. | Hearst's Magazine |
| L. H. J. | Ladies' Home Journal |
| Lib. | Liberator |
| Lit. R. | Little Review |
| Liv. Age | Living Age |
| L. St. | Live Stories |
| Mag. | Magnificat |
| Mc. C. | 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 |
| Pag. | Pagan |
| Par. | Parisienne |
| Pict. R. | Pictorial Review |
| Q. W. | Queen's Work |
| (R) | Reprint |
| Red Bk. | Red Book Magazine |
| R. G. C. | Rod and Gun in Canada |
| Scr. | Scribner's Magazine |
| S. E. P. | Saturday Evening Post |
| Sh. St. | Short Stories |
| Sn. St. | Snappy Stories |
| S. S. | Smart Set |
| Strat. J. | Stratford Journal |
| Sun. | Sunset Magazine |
| Tod. | To-day's Housewife |
| Touch. | Touchstone |
| W. H. C. | Woman's Home Companion |
| Wom. W. | Woman's World |
| (161) | Page 161 |
| (II. 161) | Volume II, page 161 |
| (See 1915) | See "Best Short Stories of 1915" |