1. *†§ Harper’s Magazine .....20 2. *†§ Century Magazine .....16 3. *†§ Scribner’s Magazine .....14 4. § Stratford Journal (including translations).....14 5. § Atlantic Monthly .....9 6. †§ Pictorial Review ..... 8 7. New York Tribune (translations only) .....7 8. Smart Set .....7 9. *† Collier’s Weekly .....6 10. All-Story Weekly .....5 11. Little Review .....4 _Ties in the above lists have been decided by taking relative rank in other lists into account._ The New York Tribune _and_ The Stratford Journal _gain their high place chiefly through translations of foreign stories, and allowance should be made for this in any qualitative estimate._ _Looking back over a period of four years it is interesting to see what magazines have maintained a steady lead during this period. Of the eight magazines whose percentage of distinctive stories has led,_ Scribner’s Magazine _has maintained the highest average of distinction. Below follow the percentages of these eight magazines:_ 1. Scribner’s Magazine .....76.5% 2. Century Magazine .....74.8 3. Harper’s Magazine .....70.3 4. Bellman .....70.0 5. Metropolitan Magazine .....48.5 6. American Magazine .....45.0 7. Everybody’s Magazine .....44.3 8. Pictorial Review .....43.8 _Five magazines during this four-year period far surpass all others in the number of distinctive stories published during that time, and_ Harper’s Magazine _leads its nearest competitor by forty-nine stories. The list follows:_ 1. Harper’s Magazine .....232 2. Saturday Evening Post .....183 3. Collier’s Weekly .....178 4. Scribner’s Magazine .....166 5. Century Magazine .....151 _Reprints have not been taken into account in the last two lists._ INDEX OF SHORT STORIES IN BOOKS, JANUARY TO OCTOBER, 1918 ABBREVIATIONS