Midland | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 92 | 46 | 31 New York Tribune | 70 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 47 | 23 | 11 Pagan | 46 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 44 | 30 | 11 Pictoral Review | 44 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 57 | 45 | 30 Reedy's Mirror | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 8 Saturday Evening Post | 308 | 51 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 3 Scribner's Magazine | 49 | 36 | 21 | 8 | 74 | 43 | 16 Smart Set | 135 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 3 Stratford Journal | 32 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 88 | 63 | 44 To-day's Housewife | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 =========================================================================== _The following tables indicate the rank, during the period between November, 1918, and September, 1919, inclusive, by number and percentage of distinctive stories published, of the twenty-one periodicals coming within the scope of my examination which have published an average of 15 per cent in stories of distinction. The lists exclude reprints, but not translations._ BY PERCENTAGE OF DISTINCTIVE STORIES 1. Stratford Journal (including translations) 88% 2. Harper's Magazine 83% 3. Century 80% 4. Scribner's Magazine 74% 5. Bellman (January-June) 58% 6. Pictorial Review 57% 7. New York Tribune (including translations) 47% 8. Pagan (including translations) 44% 9. Harper's Bazar 33% 10. Metropolitan 32% 11. Reedy's Mirror 32% 12. Good Housekeeping 30% 13. Collier's Weekly 25% 14. Delineator 23% 15. Everybody's Magazine 20% 16. Smart Set 19% 17. American Magazine (except September) 19% 18. Hearst's Magazine 18% 19. Saturday Evening Post 17% 20. Cosmopolitan 17% 21. To-day's Housewife 17% BY NUMBER OF DISTINCTIVE STORIES