1. Harper's Magazine 56 2. Illustrated Sunday Magazine 46 3. Collier's Weekly 46 4. Scribner's Magazine 37 5. Lippincott's and McBride's Magazines 36 6. Century Magazine 32 7. Saturday Evening Post 29 8. Metropolitan 24 9. American Magazine 23 10. Every Week 23 11. McClure's Magazine 22 12. Bellman 20 13. Pictorial Review 15 14. Sunset Magazine 13 15. Everybody's Magazine 13 16. Associated Sunday Magazine (excluding Every Week) 9 17. Ladies' Home Journal 8 18. Delineator 7 _The following periodicals have published during 1915 ten or more "two-asterisk stories." The list excludes reprints._ 1. Harper's Magazine 28 2. Scribner's Magazine 24 3. Collier's Weekly 21 4. Illustrated Sunday Magazine 15 5. Century Magazine 15 6. Saturday Evening Post 12 7. Smart Set 12 8. Bellman 11 9. American Magazine 11 _The following periodicals have published during 1915 three or more "three-asterisk stories." The list excludes reprints._ 1. Harper's Magazine 12 2. Collier's Weekly 9 3. Scribner's Magazine 7 4. Century Magazine 7 5. Bellman 7 6. Saturday Evening Post 6 7. Little Review 5 8. Metropolitan 5 9. Illustrated Sunday Magazine 5 10. Midland 3 11. Forum 3 12. American Magazine 3 13. Smart Set 3 _The best short story of the year is "Zelig," by Benjamin Rosenblatt, published in The Bellman._ _Ties in the above lists have been decided by taking relative rank in other lists into account._ INDEX OF SHORT STORIES FOR 1914 AND 1915 _All short stones published in the following magazines during 1914 are listed in this index._ Atlantic Monthly. Century Magazine. Collier's Weekly. Forum. Harper's Magazine. Metropolitan Magazine. Saturday Evening Post. Scribner's Magazine. _All short stories published in the following magazines and newspapers during 1915 are indexed._