Part 2

Dickson, Harris, On the First Sand Bar (_S. E. P._, Jan. 15); The Sealed Wager (_S. E. P._, May 21); Foresight (_S. E. P._, Aug. 27).

Dobie, Charles Caldwell, Slow Poison (_H._, July).

Douglas, Marjory Stoneman, The Beautiful and Beloved (_S. E. P._, Apr. 2); The Third Woman (_C. T._, May 29); Stepmother (_S. E. P._, June 4); He Man (_S. E. P._, July 30).

Dwyer, James Francis, Dreve of Virginia (_R. B._, Oct., 1926).

Edmonds, Walter D., Who Killed Rutherford? (_Scr._, Mch.).

Eliot, Ethel Cook, Heaven Knows (_Arch._, Mch.).

Ellerbe, Alma and Paul, “Done Got Over” (_Col._, Nov. 27, 1926).

Fairbank, Janet, The Thin Red Line (_W. H. C._, Jan.).

Farnham, Walter, David (_Ad._, Nov. 8, 1926).

Ferber, Edna, Blue Blood (_H. I. and C._, Mch.).

Fisher, Rudolph, Blades of Steel (_Atl._, Aug.).

Flynn, T. T., Twenty Fathoms Under (_S. S._, Apr. 25).

Gale, Zona, A Way of Escape (_W. H. C._, Oct., 1926).

Gilkyson, Phoebe, The Portrait (_H._, Jan.).

Gilson, Charles, Three Thieves (_Ad._, Mch. 15).

Gordon, Eugene, Game (_Op._, Sept.).

Hackett, Francis, The Cinder (_C._, Nov., 1926).

Hartman, Lee Foster, The Reek of Limes (_P. R._, Apr.).

Hemingway, Ernest, The Killers (_Scr._, Mch.); Fifty Grand (_Atl._, July).

Hergesheimer, Joseph, Collector’s Blues (_S. E. P._, Oct. 2, 1926); Trial by Armes (_Scr._, Mch.); Natchez (_S. E. P._, May 21); New Orleans (_S. E. P._, July 23).

Hervey, Harry, The Lover of Madame Guillotine (_McClure_, Jan.).

Heyward, Du Bose, The Half Pint Flask (_Book._, May).

Hopper, James, When It Happens (_H._, May).

Hughes, Rupert, They Were Americans Too (_McCall_, Feb.); The River Pageant (_H. I. and C._, July).

Hume, Cyril, The Count’s China Teeth (_C. H._, Apr. 2).

Jackson, Margaret W., Birds of a Feather (_McCall_, Oct., 1926).

Jaffé, Margaret Davis, Shut In (_C. W._, Oct., 1926).

Jordan, Elizabeth, The Little Red-Haired Girl (_C. T._, Oct. 31, 1926).

Kelly, Eleanor Mercein, Monkey Motions (_P. R._, Oct., 1926); Emiliana (_S. E. P._, Oct. 2, 1926); Fête-Dieu (_S. E. P._, Dec. 18, 1926); Charivari (_S. E. P._, Feb. 12); Interlude (_S. E. P._, June 25); Nostalgia (_S. E. P._, Aug. 13).

Kerr, Sophie, The Bad Little Egg (_L._, Nov. 6, 1926); Mrs. Mather (_C._, June); Mister Youth (_D._, July).

King, Basil, The Supreme Goal (_McCall_, Apr.).

Kirk, R. G., Transfer (_S. E. P._, Oct. 9, 1926).

Krebs, Roland, The Sport of Kings’ County (_C. H._, June).

Kyne, Peter B., The Devil-Dog’s Pup (_G. H._, Nov., 1926); The Tidy Toreador (_H. I. and C._, Apr.); Bread upon the Waters (_H. I. and C._, Aug.).

Lane, Rose Wilder, Yarbwoman (_H._, July).

Logan, James T., Lawrence Avenue (_Op._, Aug.).

MacDougall, Sally, Wild Music (_H._, Sept.).

McFee, William, The Wife of the Dictator (_R. B._, May); The Roving Heart (_R. B._, July).

MacGrath, Harold, The Fiddle String (_R. B._, Jan.).

McLean, Margharite Fisher, The Lonesome Christmas-Tree (_Scr._, Dec., 1926).

Marquand, J. P., Lord Chesterfield (_S. E. P._, June 18).

Marquis, Don, When the Turtles Sing (_Scr._, Apr.); A Keeper of Tradition (_Scr._, Aug.).

Mumford, Ethel Watts, The Ghosts of China Gardens (_P. R._, Nov., 1926).

O’Reilly, Edward S., In Our Midst (_P. R._, Oct., 1926).

Paul, L., Heat (_Ad._, Mch. 1).

Popowska, Leokadya, The Living Sand (_H._, June).

Rhodes, Eugene Manlove, The Bad Man and the Darling of the Gods (_H. I. and C._, July).

Roe, Vingie, Doc Virginia (_McCall_, Aug.).

Saunders, Louise, Formula (_H._, Oct., 1926).

Sawyer, Ruth, Four Dreams of Gram Perkins (_Am. Merc._, Oct., 1926).

Scobee, Barry, Monotony (_Ad._, Nov. 8).

Scoggins, C. E., White Fox (_S. E. P._, Sept. 17).

Shay, Frank, Little Dombey (_Scr._, Jan.).

Singmaster, Elsie, The Fiery Cross (_Atl._, Oct., 1926); Pomp an’ Glory (_S. E. P._, Oct. 9, 1926); Aged One Hundred and Twenty (_S. E. P._, Mch. 12).

Smith, Garret, Sitting Pretty for Life (_L._, Feb. 5).

Spears, Raymond S., On Getting Acquainted (_Ad._, Feb. 15).

Springer, Fleta Campbell, Severson (_H._, June).

Starrett, Vincent, The Incomplete Angler (_S. S._, Aug. 10).

Steele, Wilbur Daniel, Autumn Bloom (_P. R._, Nov., 1926); A Drink of Water (_H._, Jan.); Sailor! Sailor! (_P. R._, July); New Deal (_Scr._, Aug); Sooth (_H._, Aug.); Speed (_P. R._, Aug.).

Stone, Elinore Cowan, An Hour Before Dinner (_Col._, Dec. 18, 1926).

Suckow, Ruth, Eminence (_Am. Merc._, Mch.); The Little Girl from Town (_H._, Aug.).

Synon, Mary, Amy Brooks (_G. H._, Mch.).

Tarkington, Booth, Mr. White (_S. E. P._, Mch. 12); Hell (_S. E. P._, July 16).

Tarleton, Fiswoode, Eloquence (_Ad._, Oct. 8, 1926).

Taylor, Ellen du Pois, Nostalgia (_H._, Feb.); Shades of George Sand! (_H._, Mch.).

Torrey, Grace B., One Medium-Sized Dog (_W. H. C._, Oct., 1926); Bartley, B. A. (_S. E. P._, Oct. 30, 1926).

Tupper, Tristram, Three Episodes in the Life of Timothy Osborn (_S. E. P._, Apr. 9).

Welles, Harriet, The Stranger Woman (_Scr._, Dec., 1926); Her Highness’ Hat (_W. H. C._, Aug).

Wetjen, Albert Richard, Shingles out of Bandon (_Ad._, Oct. 8, 1926); The Covenant of the Craddocks (_Ad._, Feb. 1); The Strange Adventure of Tommy Lawn (_Ad._, Mch. 15).

Wiley, Hugh, The _Patriot_ (_R. B._, June).

Williams, Ben Ames, Coconuts (_S. E. P._, Oct. 9, 1926); Opportunity (_S. E. P._, Jan. 8); Altitude (_S. E. P._, Jan. 15); A Needful Fitness (_C. T._, Jan. 23).

Williams, Jesse Lynch, A Man’s Castle (_R. B._, Feb.).

Wister, Owen, The Right Honorable the Strawberries (_H. I. and C._, Nov., 1926); Lone Fountain (_H. I. and C._, Apr.).

Wylie, Elinor, King’s Pity (_W. H. C._, Sept.).

LIST II

Stories ranking second:

Adams, Frank R., Love’s Pair o’ Dice (_L._, Feb. 26); Oysters in Season (_L._, Apr. 2).

Addington, Sarah, Mr. Dickens’ Little Boy (_D._, Dec., 1926); Tornado (_D._, July); Clodhopper (_D._, Sept.).

Aldrich, Bess Streeter, “He Whom a Dream Hath Possest” (_Am._, June).

Aley, Maxwell, Mr. Petty’s Garden (_W. H. C._, Apr.).

Anderson, Frederick Irving, Finger Prints (_S. E. P._, Oct. 23, 1926).

Andrews, G. G., Fire (_C. T._, Mch. 6).

Avery, Stephen Morehouse, Where Angels Fear to Tread (_Col._, Sept. 25, 1926); “Circle Wide, We’ll Meet above the Clouds” (_McCall_, May).

Bailey, Temple, So This Is Christmas! (_McCall_, Dec., 1926).

Balmer, Edwin, The Round Bullet (_L._, Jan. 29); Double Exposure (_L._, Sept. 3).

Banning, Margaret Culkin, Amateur (_H._, Dec., 1926); Not in Politics (_S. E. P._, Dec. 25, 1926); The Favorite Daughter (_Col._, May 28).

Barker, Elsa, The Jade Earring (_R. B._, Nov., 1926).

Bechdolt, Frederick, For the Girl Back Home (_H. I. and C._, May).

Bellah, James Warner, Boppo and the Awful Whiffs (_Col._, Mch. 12); The Silly Major (_Col._, Apr. 9); The Gods of Yesterday (_S. E. P._, Apr. 30); Boppo Refuses (_Col._, June 11).

Benét, Stephen Vincent, The Amateur of Crime (_Am._, Apr.).

Blochman, L. G., Ways That Are Dark (_Ev._, Mch.).

Borden, Mary, An Accident on the Quai Voltaire (_F._, Mch.).

Borland, Hal, The Heifers (_Book._, Oct., 1926).

Boyd, Thomas, The Fickle Jade (_C. H._, Dec., 1926); The Fighting Face (_S. S._, Dec. 25, 1926); Old Timers (_C. G._, Mch.); Grandfather’s Dog (_Scr._, July).

Brackett, Charles, The Monster’s Child (_S. E. P._, Oct. 23, 1926); As Suggested (_S. E. P._, Jan. 22).

Brady, Mariel, Georgia Washington (_G. H._, Feb.).

Brown, Bernice, Marie Celeste (_D._, Aug.).

Brown, Royal, The Sixth Hat (_L._, Mch., 19).

Buckley, F. R., Peg Leg Retires (_W. S._, Apr. 2).

Burt, Katharine Newlin, Heartbreak Homestead (_L._, Apr. 23).

Burt, Struthers, Masquerade (_C. T._, Oct. 3, 1926).

Butler, Ellis Parker, I Beg Your Pardon (_W. H. C._, June); Happy Harry (_Mun._, June); Mad Marix (_Mun._, July).

Canfield, Dorothy, A Basque Windfall (_W. H. C._, Apr.).

Carman, Dorothy Walworth, Every Thursday (_H._, Jan.).

Chamberlain, George Agnew, The Red, Red Tree (_S. E. P._, Nov. 13, 1926).

Child, Maude Parker, Diamonds in the Rough (_S. E. P._, Dec. 4, 1926).

Child, Richard Washburn, When I’m Rich Enough (_Col._, Apr. 2).

Clearing, Robert, Mother Cuts Loose (_W. H. C._, Mch.).

Cockrell, Stephena, Lafayette’s Sheets (_G. H._, Sept.).

Connell, Catharine, Life Isn’t Like That, Father! (_W. H. C._, Aug.).

Connell, Richard, Room at the Top (_Col._, Feb. 19).

Cooper, Mary Lispenard, Moth-Mullein (_H._, Nov., 1926).

Cross, Ruth, Mr. Tightwad Meets His Match (_P. R._, Jan.)

Croy, Homer, Wilkie’s Unforgivable Sin (_P. R._, Apr.).

Davenport, Walter, Dr. Lysander (_Col._, Nov. 6, 1926).

Davis, Aaron, The Armored Heart (_W. H. C._, Sept.).

Davis, Elmer, The $125,000 Marriage License (_McClure_, Nov., 1926).

Davron, Mary Clare, Icebergs (_R. B._, Feb.).

Delano, Edith Barnard, Enough Is Enough (_S. E. P._, July 16).

Delmar, Vina, The Belle of Barnesville (_L._, Aug. 6).

Detzer, Karl, A Call for the Doctor (_S. S._, Sept. 25).

Dickson, Harris, Two of a Trade (_S. E. P._, Nov. 20, 1926).

Douglas, Marjory Stoneman, Guinevere (_S. E. P._, Jan. 1); You Can Have Three Wishes (_W. H. C._, June).

Edgar, Day, The Last Patrician (_S. E. P._, May 14); Sic Semper (_S. E. P._, Aug. 13).

Egan, Cyril B., Passion Play (_C. W._, Sept.).

England, George Allan, Johnny Moaner (_Ev._, June).

Erskine, John, Nausicaa Receives (_Col._, July 16).

Evans, Ida M., Mrs. Galahad (_C. T._, Nov. 7, 1926).

Falkner, Leonard, Corpus Delicti (_D. S. M._, Oct. 30, 1926).

Ferber, Edna, Perfectly Independent (_H. I. and C._, Dec., 1926).

Fitzgerald, F. Scott, Jacob’s Ladder (_S. E. P._, Aug. 20).

Flynn, T. T., Mountain Top Mystery (_Clues_, Mch.); Through the Red Death (_S. S._, July 10); Peg Leg (_C. T._, Aug. 14).

Ford, Sewell, The Woman Who Never Forgot (_H. I. and C._, Dec., 1926).

Fowler, Richard B., Practicality in Practice (_Scr._, Feb.); Elmer’s Imperfect Day (_W. H. C._, Sept.).

Frost, Meigs, O., They’s Always Thoroughbreds (_Ev._, Jan.).

Gale, Zona, A Winter’s Tale (_H. I. and C._, June).

Gelzer, Jay, Man’s Size (_G. H._, Feb.).

Gilbert, Kenneth, Strength of the Hills (_Sun._, Sept.).

Gould, Bruce, Sky Scrapes (_B. B._, Oct., 1926).

Hallet, Richard Matthews, Theed Harlow’s Cadenza (_S. E. P._, Apr. 2).

Hergesheimer, Joseph, A Further Study of Plants (_S. E. P._, Oct. 16, 1926); Albany (_S. E. P._, May 7); Washington (_S. E. P._, June 4); Lexington (_S. E. P._, June 18); Charleston (_S. E. P._, July 9).

Hopper, James, Stilts and a Complex (_R. B._, Nov., 1926); The Derringer (_L._, May 7).

Hughes, James Perley, The Glass Stalker (_Mun._, May).

Hughes, Rupert, The Big Boob (_L._, May 14).

Humphreys, Ray, In All His Glory (_W. S. M._, Apr. 2).

Huse, Harry G., Red Symbols (_Ad._, June 11).

Huston, McCready, The Lamp (_Scr._, Dec., 1926).

Irwin, Wallace, American Beauty (_S. E. P._, Jan. 8); Thanks for the Buggy Ride (_S. E. P._, Jan. 15).

Irwin, Will, Through a Loophole in the Law (_L._, Feb. 12).

Jackson, Charles Tenney, Big Timber (_S. S._, Feb. 25); Fingers (_S. S._, Sept. 25).

James, Will, The Young Cowboy (_Scr._, Jan.).

Jerard, Elise Jean, The Treat (_Col._, May 14).

Johnson, Nunnally, A Portrait of the Writer (_S. E. P._, Oct. 16, 1926).

Johnston, Isabel, The Lavender-Flowered Crime (_McCall_, Oct., 1926).

Jordan, Elizabeth, John Henry’s Inferiority Complex (_C. T._, July 10).

Kahler, Hugh MacNair, The Puppet (_S. E. P._, Oct. 16); Elbowroom (_S. E. P._, Aug. 20).

Kelly, Eleanor Mercein, Las Señoritas (_S. E. P._, Mch. 26); Sky Pastures (_S. E. P._, Apr. 23).

Kerr, Sophie, The Sloane Temper (_Am._, Mch.); Hush-Me-Dear (_L._, Feb. 19); Mimi-Mary (_Col._, Nov. 13, 1926); They Told Her Everything (_D._, May).

Kilbourne, Fannie, If We Have Each Other (_S. E. P._, Dec. 11, 1926); Red Hair (_McCall_, Jan.); With a Modern Leading Lady (_S. E. P._, July 9); A Married Man’s Job (_S. E. P._, Aug. 20).

Lardner, Ring, Fun Cured (_H. I. and C._, Jan.); Hurry-Kane (_H. I. and C._, May); Then and Now (_H. I. and C._, June); The Spinning Wheel (_H. I. and C._, July).

Lea, Fannie Heaslip, That’s Life (_G. H._, Feb.); On the Air (_G. H._, Apr.); Caprice Itself (_McCall_, June).

Leach, Paul R., Miscellany (_L._, Dec., 1926).

Lincoln, Joseph C., An Honest Man’s Business (_S. E. P._, July 23).

Lloyd, Beatrix Demarest, Villa Beata (_S. E. P._, Apr. 30); Alimentation’s Artful Aid (_S. E. P._, June 11); A Tidiness in the Affairs of Mr. Tracy (_S. E. P._, Aug. 27).

Looms, George, The Lights of the Harbour (_E._, Aug.).

McBlair, Robert, One Christmas Morning (_Elks_, Dec., 1926); Twisted Gun Gap (_Elks_, Mch.).

McCarter, Margaret Hill, The Guardian of the Jack Oaks (_McCall_, Dec., 1926).

McCulloch, F. H., The Code of Boys and Dogs (_McCall_, Nov., 1926).

McKenna, Edward L., Hardware (_Ad._, Apr. 1).

McMorrow, Will, Battle Honors (_Pop._, Feb. 7).

Marmur, Jacland, Copra (_Ad._, Jan. 1).

Marquand, J. P., Good Morning, Major (_S. E. P._, Dec. 11, 1926); The Cinderella Motif (_S. E. P._, Mch. 5).

Mason, Grace Sartwell, The Way to Heaven (_H._, Dec., 1926).

Means, E. K., A Farewell Tour (_Mun._, Dec., 1926).

Merrill, Kenneth Griggs, The Cross (_Scr._, Dec., 1926).

Merwin, Samuel, The Million-Dollar Buckwheats (_McCall_, Oct., 1926); The Cat Jumps Quick (_McCall_, July); The Morning Star (_Col._, Aug. 27).

Mitchell, Ruth Comfort, Of the Fittest (_R. B._, Oct., 1926); Dangerous but Passable (_W. H. C._, Nov., 1926).

Montague, Margaret Prescott, The Golden Moment (_Atl._, Oct., 1926); The Last Tenth (_H._, Nov., 1926).

Montross, Lois Seyster, Iron Dogs (_L. H. J._, Nov., 1926).

Montross, Lynn, The Vulgar Boatman (_Col._, Aug. 13).

Morton, Leigh, A Poor Man’s Cottage (_McCall_, May).

Mumford, Ethel Watts, The Scales of Justice (_Mun._, July).

Nason, Leonard H., The General’s Aide (_S. E. P._, Nov. 6, 1926).

Neidig, William J., Rubies of Mogok (_S. E. P._, Oct. 9, 1926); The Dagga Smokers (_S. E. P._, Dec. 11, 1926).

Norris, Kathleen, The Irish Song Bird (_H. I. and C._, Dec., 1926).

Osborne, William Hamilton, A Rum Proposal (_R. B._, Oct., 1926).

Pangborn, Georgia Wood, The North Wind (_C. T._, Dec. 19, 1926).

Parker, Maude, Raise or Quit (_S. E. P._, Mch. 5); Exploration (_S. E. P._, June 11).

Patterson, Norma, Ships That Pass (_G. H._, Jan.).

Pattullo, George, Eels (_S. E. P._, Mch. 12).

Pelley, William Dudley, The Prodigal Angel (_L._, June 18).

Perry, Peter, the State’s Witness (_Fl._, Oct. 23, 1926).

Post, Melville Davisson, The Leading Case (_Am._, June).

Pulver, Mary Brecht, They Knew What They Wanted (_S. E. P._, Dec. 4, 1926).

Reese, Lowell Otus, Fool Ridge (_S. E. P._, Nov. 6, 1926).

Ritchie, Robert Welles, Rapahoe Bob (_C. G._, Jan.).

Roche, Arthur Somers, Love Was Different Then (_H. I. and C._, Feb.).

Roe, Vingie E., Smoke in the Gulch (_McCall_, Jan.).

Rose, Will, Splurgin’ (_Scr._, Jan.).

Ross, Mary Lowry, The Real Mrs. Alward (_S. E. P._, Nov. 20, 1926); Three Husbands in Paris (_S. E. P._, May 21).

Russell, John, The Bright Reversion (_Col._, May 14).

Rutledge, Maryse, Skyscrapers (_S. E. P._, Apr. 16).

Sangster, Margaret E., Mountains (_G. H._, May); Loveliness (_G. H._, Aug.).

Savell, Morton, The Wings of a Lark (_S. S._, Feb. 25); Bird in Hand (_C. T._, Sept. 18).

Saxby, Charles, The Little Mercy of Men (_Col._, Feb. 19).

Schisgall, Oscar, Come On, Row! (_D. S. M._, Oct. 30, 1926); In Kashla’s Garden (_W. T._, May).

Scott, R. T. M., Peter’s Tower (_Am._, Mch.).

Scoville, Samuel Jr., The Mouse and the Lion (_Col._, Oct. 30, 1926).

Seifert, Shirley, Dumb Bunnies (_Col._, Nov. 27, 1926).

Sheehan, Perley Poore, A Feud of the High Sierras (_S. S._, June 25).

Shenton, Edward, All the Boats to Build (_Scr._, Oct., 1926).

Singmaster, Elsie, There Was Joan of Arc (_L. H. J._, Mch.).

Skerry, Frederick, Touched in Passing (_Col._, Feb. 12).

Squier, Emma-Lindsay, The Room of the Golden Lovers (_Col._, Mch. 19); The Bells of Culiacán (_G. H._, May); The Gipsy Road (_D._, May).

Starrett, Vincent, The Woman in Black (_S. S._, Dec. 10, 1926); The Murder on the Ace’s Trick (_S. S._, June 10).

Stone, Elinore Cowan, Be My Valentine (_W. H. C._, Feb.).

Storm, Marian, Discovery (_F._, Nov., 1926).

Stribling, T. S., It Don’t Mean Nothin’ to Men (_P. R._, Oct., 1926).

Synon, Mary, You Meet Such Nice People (_G. H._, July).

Tarleton, Fiswoode, Miracles (_Ad._, Mch.).

Terhune, Albert Payson, Early Birds (_Col._, Oct. 16, 1926); The True Romance (_D._, Nov., 1926); The Battle of the Gods (_Col._, Dec. 4, 1926); Loot (_Col._, Aug. 13); The Short Cutters (_L._, Aug. 27).

Terrill, Lucy Stone, Sidewalks? Yes (_S. E. P._, Oct. 16, 1926).

Thomas, Elizabeth Wilkins, Deer (_W. H. C._, June).

Tisdale, Frederick, Down to Babylon (_P. R._, Dec., 1926).

Train, Arthur, The Viking’s Daughter (_S. E. P._, Feb. 5).

Triem, Paul Ellsworth, Will Morning Never Come? (_D. S. M._, Nov. 13, 1926).

Turnbull, Agnes Sligh, Flood-Gates (_McCall_, Nov., 1926); Holly at the Door (_McCall_, Dec., 1926).

Valensi, Marion Poschman, The Girl Who Set Out to Marry Money (_Am._, Nov., 1926); Roseleaves and Moonlight (_McCall_, Mch.).

Van de Water, Virginia Terhune, How It Worked (_Mun._, Dec., 1926).

Waldron, Webb, Jim Comes Home (_W. H. C._, Mch.).

Wallace, S. E., Kenyon Stands by (_S. S. M._, Aug.)

Warren, Lella, The Wrong Twin (_H. I. and C._, July).

Watkins, Maurine, Alimony (_H. I. and C._, July).

Watkins, Richard Howells, The Ace of Aerobats (_Mun._, Sept.); Conover Crashes in (_S. S._, Sept. 10); Fly-by-Night (_Ad._, Sept. 15).

Weiman, Rita, Dinner Is Served (_R. B._, Dec., 1926); Slow Torture (_L._, Apr. 16).

Wetjen, Albert Richard, The First Law of Nature (_Col._, June 11); The Mate Stands by (_Col._, July 23).

White, Stewart Edward, “Free, Wide, and Handsome” (_Am._, May).

Wiley, Hugh, The Power of the Press (_S. E. P._, Oct. 9, 1926).

Williams, Ben Ames, Skins (_S. E. P._, Oct. 23, 1926); Aside after Lucre (_S. E. P._, Dec. 4, 1926).

Williams, Valentine, The Thumb of Fat’ma (_C. T._, Aug. 7).

Williams, Wythe, En Garde (_S. E. P._, Oct. 30, 1926); Destiny (_S. E. P._, Nov. 20, 1926).

Wilson, Mary Badger, Dust Behind the Sofa (_S. E. P._, Dec. 4, 1926).

Worts, George F., The Nimble Snail (_Mun._, Oct., 1926).

LIST III

Stories ranking third.

Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell, The Steps That Went up into the Sky (_G. H._, Nov., 1926); Turkey in the Oven (_W. H. C._, Nov., 1926).

Banning, Margaret Culkin, Rich Man, Poor Man (_S. E. P._, Oct. 9, 1926); Delicatessen Love (_C. T._, Apr. 24).

Bari, Valeska, the Goddess of Liberty (_F._, July).

Barnard, Leslie Gordon, The Guest of Honor (_L. H. J._, July).

Barretto, Larry, The Phantom Major (_Ad._, Nov. 23, 1926).

Bellah, James Warner, Boppo Takes a Bird’s-Eye View (_Col._, May 7); Old Waffle Ear (_Col._, July 2).

Benét, Stephen Vincent, Miss Willie Lou and the Swan (_C. G._, Nov., 1926).

Benson, Stuart, Ramadin’s Daughter (_Col._, Oct. 9, 1926).

Boyd, Thomas, Dark in a Shell Hole (_S. S._, Feb. 10); Two Lean and Hungry Looks (_S. S._, Apr. 10); Shootin’ Keno (_C. G._, June).

Bretherton, Vivien R., Trinket (_McCall_, May).

Caffrey, Andrew A., Aerial Blue (_Ad._, Nov. 23, 1926).

Clausen, Carl, On the Midnight Tide (_B. B._, Nov., 1926); Around the Horn (_C. T._, June 12); The Shining Door (_R. B._, July); The Father of His Son (_C. T._, Aug. 21); The Three of Us (_P. R._, Sept.).

Douglas, Marjory Stoneman, Too Much Class (_S. E. P._, Oct. 9, 1926).

Edward, Cecil A., The Russian (_Atl._, June).

Elliott, Stuart E., Whom the Gods Love (_L. H. J._, June).

Franken, Rose L., The Lady in the Back (_C. T._, July 31).

Gale, Zona, Heart of Youth (_L. H. J._, Oct., 1926).

Goodman, Blanche, Nocturne (_Book._, Feb.).

Hamilton, H. M., Liberty (_A. A._, Oct. 23, 1926).

Jones, Vara Macbeth, Danny Goes Druid (_C. W._, Mch.).

Kroll, Harry Harrison, Good to the Last Drop (_Ev._, Jan.).

Lea, Fannie Heaslip, The Brute (_G. H._, Oct., 1926).

Lovelace, Delos, Toe of the Stocking (_C. G._, Dec., 1926).

McMorrow, Thomas, Hinkle against Fayne (_S. E. P._, Oct. 30, 1926).

Marquis, Don, The High Pitch (_Col._, May 28).

Mason, Grace Sartwell, Sweet Tooth (_W. H. C._, May).

Miller, Helen Topping, A Bird Flies Over (_G. H._, Oct., 1926).

Montague, Margaret Prescott, Hog’s Eye and Human (_F._, Aug.).

Montross, Lois Seyster, The Golden Legend (_L. H. J._, Apr.).

Moravsky, Maria, The Ode to Pegasus (_W. T._, Nov., 1926).

Nebel, Frederick L., Grain to Grain (_B. M._, Nov., 1926).

Parmenter, Christine Whiting, David’s Star of Bethlehem (_Am._, Jan.).

Pelley, William Dudley, Martin’s Tree (_Am._, Apr.).

Perry, Lawrence, Barbed Wire (_Col._, Oct. 16, 1926).

Portor, Laura Spencer, One Night (_W. H. C._, May).

Post, Melville Davisson, The Survivor (_Am._, Oct., 1926).

Pruden, Oliver, Black Salve (_S. S._, July 10).

Ritchie, Robert Welles, You Take ’Em as They Flies (_S. S._, Jan. 25).

Sears, Zelda, Out of the Fourth Dimension (_Mun._, Oct., 1926).

Shore, Viola Brothers, A Handy Manuel (_S. E. P._, Oct. 2, 1926).

Shore, Viola Brothers and Fort, Garrett, The Prince of Headwaiters (_L._, Apr. 9).

Singer, Mary, Fathers (_G. H._, Aug.).

Singmaster, Elsie, Finis (_Book._, Aug.).

Speare, Dorothy, Sweet but Dumb (_P. R._, Apr.).

Steele, Harwood, An Affair of Courage (_S. S._, Mch., 25).

Synon, Mary, A Girl Called Stella (_P. R._, Nov., 1926).

Taggard, Genevieve, The Shirt (_Book._, Nov., 1926).

Tilden, Freeman, The Two-Browning Man (_L. H. J._, May).

Topham, Thomas, In All His Glory (_D. S. M._, Oct. 16, 1926).

Treleaven, Owen Clarke, Vengeance (_S. S._, May 25).

Van de Water, Frederic F., Angels and Yellowjackets (_L. H. J._, Oct., 1926); He Sendeth His Rain (_C. G._, Apr.).

Vance, Louis Joseph, Base Metal (_Col._, Oct. 30, 1926).

Ware, Edmund, The Boy and the Wind (_Am._, Aug.); So-Long, Old Timer (_L. H. J._, Aug.).

Weadock, Louis, Bottles and Stoppers (_Clues_, Nov., 1926).

White, Ared, The Watch on the Rhine (_Ev._, Mch.).

White, Nelia Gardner, “Treasures” (_Am._, Jan.); Helga (_Am._, Aug.).

Whitehead, Henry S., The Left Eye (_W. T._, June).

Wolff, William Almon, A Lady of Leisure (_L._, June 18).

LIST IV

Of short short stories the following rank highest:

Anderson, Nels, Old Whitey (_Am._ Merc., Jan.).

Benson, Stuart, A Soldier (_Col._, July 2).

Bromfield, Louis, The Scarlet Woman (_McClure_, Jan.).

Child, Richard Washburn, The Man at the Bottom (_Col._, Aug. 13).

Cohen, Octavus Roy, Stamped Out (_Col._, Oct. 9, 1926); Sunset (_Col._, Oct. 23, 1926).

Crawford, Nelson Antrim, Frock Coats (_H. J. Q._, January).

Davenport, Walter, All Aboard (_Col._, Sept. 17).

Davis, Bob, The Hard-Boiled Egg (_Col._, Aug. 6).

Dell, Floyd, The Blanket (_Col._, Oct. 16, 1926).

Doyle, Lynn, Smoke (_Mun._, Dec., 1926).

Edholm, Charlton Lawrence, The Fame of Usskar (_C._, Oct., 1926).

Fagin, N. Bryllion, The Queerness of Kate (_E._, Feb.).

Farrar, John, Primrose Pavilion (_Col._, Jan. 15).

Gale, Zona, Another Lady Bountiful (_H. I. and C._, Feb.); Blue Velvet (_P. R._, June); Tommy Taylor (_R. B._, June).

Hare, Amory, Three Lumps of Sugar (_H. I. and C._, May).

Hecht, Ben, The Lifer (_R. B._, Feb.); Don Juan’s Rainy Day (_C. H._, May).

Hoyt, Nancy, Things Like That Happen Only in Dreams (_C. H._, Dec., 1926).

Kniffin, Harry A., Aftermath (_C. W._, July).

Kyne, Peter B., The Devil Drives (_Col._, Dec. 18, 1926).

Martin, Helen R., The Wooing of Weesie (_L. H. J._, Jan.).

Merwin, Samuel, The Old Blood (_Col._, Jan. 22).

Mish, Charlotte, A Woman Like That (_Y._, Apr.); Pretenders (_Y._, June); The Moment of Triumph (_D. S._, June).

Nelson, Gaylord, Moonshine (_C._, Oct., 1926).

Norris, Kathleen, The Ring (_H. B._, Oct., 1926).

O’Donnell, Jack, The Killer (_L._, Jan. 1).

Phillips, Michael J., Back to Apple Harbor (_R. B._, Oct., 1926).

Powel, Harford, Jr., The Finest Lie in the World (_Col._, Mch. 19).

Singmaster, Elsie, Sandoe’s Pocket (_W. H. C._, Oct., 1926); Miss Glynn (_Col._, Oct. 9, 1926); The Christmas Guest (_P. R._, Dec., 1926); The Legacy (_D._, May).

Toohey, John Peter, The Trouper (_Col._, Apr. 23).

Way, Isabella, Sachet (_E._, July).

Wetjen, Albert Richard, A Loyal Man (_Col._, Jan. 15).

White, Owen P., The Simpleton (_Col._, Nov. 27, 1926).

Williams, Ben Ames, Victory (_Col._, Apr. 30); Red Hair (_Col._, July 2).

Worts, George F., Woman’s Work Is Never Done (_Col._, Mch. 19).