The best short stories of 1919, and the yearbook of the American short story

American fiction -- 20th century; Short stories -- 20th century -- Bibliography; Short stories -- 20th century -- Indexes; Short stories, American

I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for
suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume. In
particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and
publishers, of stories published during 1920 which have qualities of
distinction, and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my
regular notice. Such communications may be addressed to me at _Bass
River, Cape Cod, Massachusetts_.

E. J. O.




CONTENTS[1]


[Note 1: The order in which the stories in this volume are printed
is not intended as an indication of their comparative excellence; the
arrangement is alphabetical by authors.]

                                                                    PAGE
INTRODUCTION. By the Editor                                         xiii

THE KITCHEN GODS. By G. F. Alsop                                       3
  (From _The Century_)

AN AWAKENING. By Sherwood Anderson                                    24
  (From _The Little Review_)

WILLUM'S VANILLA. By Edwina Stanton Babcock                           34
  (From _Harper's Magazine_)

A NIGHT AMONG THE HORSES. By Djuna Barnes                             65
  (From _The Little Review_)

LONG, LONG AGO. By Frederick Orin Bartlett                            74
  (From _The Bellman_)

DISHES. By Agnes Mary Brownell                                        82
  (From _The Pictorial Review_)

THE BLOOD-RED ONE. By Maxwell Struthers Burt                          96
  (From _Scribner's Magazine_)

THE WEDDING-JEST. By James Branch Cabell                             108
  (From _The Century_)

THE WRISTS ON THE DOOR. By Horace Fish                               123
  (From _Everybody's Magazine_)

"GOVERNMENT GOAT." By Susan Glaspell                                 147
  (From _The Pictorial Review_)

THE STONE. By Henry Goodman                                          167
  (From _The Pictorial Review_)

TO THE BITTER END. By Richard Matthews Hallet                        178
  (From _The Saturday Evening Post_)

THE MEEKER RITUAL. By Joseph Hergesheimer                            200
  (From _The Century_)

THE CENTENARIAN. By Will E. Ingersoll                                225
  (From _Harper's Magazine_)

MESSENGERS. By Calvin Johnston                                       237
  (From _The Saturday Evening Post_)

MRS. DRAINGER'S VEIL. By Howard Mumford Jones                        269
  (From _The Smart Set_)

UNDER A WINE-GLASS. By Ellen N. La Motte                             297
  (From _The Century_)

A THING OF BEAUTY. By Elias Lieberman                                305
  (From _The American Hebrew_)

THE OTHER ROOM. By Mary Heaton Vorse                                 312
  (From _McCall's Magazine_)

"THE FAT OF THE LAND." By Anzia Yezierska                            326
  (From _The Century_)

THE YEARBOOK OF THE AMERICAN SHORT STORY, NOVEMBER,
1918, TO SEPTEMBER, 1919                                             351

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The best short stories of 1919, and the yearbook of the American short story

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