The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story
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The best short stories of 1920, 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
#Wheelwright, John T.# Born at Roxbury, Mass., Feb. 26, 1856.
Educated at Roxbury Latin School and Harvard University.
Profession: Lawyer. Has been interested in public affairs, and
has held appointive offices under the State of Massachusetts
and the City of Boston. Was one of the founders of the Harvard
Lampoon. On editorial staff of Boston Advertiser, 1882-3.
Author: "Rollo's Journey to Cambridge" (with F. J. Stimson),
1880; "The King's Men" (with John Boyle O'Reilly, F. J.
Stimson, and Robert Grant), 1884; "A Child of the Century,"
1886; "A Bad Penny," 1896; "War Children," 1907. Lives in
Boston, Mass.
*Roman Bath.
#Whitman, Stephen French.#
*Amazement.
*Lost Waltz.
*To a Venetian Tune.
(56) #Williams, Ben Ames# (_for biography, see_ 1918).
*Sheener.
#Wilson, John Fleming.# Born at Erie, Pa., Feb. 22, 1877. Educated
at Parsons College and Princeton University. Teacher, 1900-2;
journalist, 1902-5; editor San Francisco Argonaut, 1906.
Married, 1906. Author: "The Land Claimers," 1910; "Across
the Latitudes," 1911; "The Man Who Came Back," 1912; "The
Princess of Sorry Valley," 1913; "Tad Sheldon and His Boy
Scouts," 1913; "The Master Key," 1915.
Uncharted Reefs.
(6) #Wilson, Margaret Adelaide.# Educated at Portland Academy,
Portland, Oregon, and at an eastern college. Since then
she has lived chiefly on her father's ranch in the San Jacinto
Valley, California. First published story: "Towata and His
Brother Wind," The Bellman, about 1907. Lives at Hemet,
Cal.
Drums.
(5) #Wood, Frances Gilchrist# (_for biography, see 1918_).
*Spoiling of Pharaoh.
*Turkey Red.
(6) #Yezierska, Anzia# (_for biography, see 1919_).
*Hunger.
THE ROLL OF HONOR OF FOREIGN SHORT STORIES IN AMERICAN MAGAZINES
OCTOBER, 1919, TO SEPTEMBER, 1920
#Note.# _Stories of special excellence are indicated by an asterisk. The
index figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 prefixed to the name of the author
indicate that his work has been included in the Rolls of Honor for 1914,
1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1919 respectively. The list excludes
reprints._
I. #English and Irish Authors#
(123456) #Aumonier, Stacy.#
*Good Action.
*Golden Windmill.
*Great Unimpressionable.
*Just the Same.
*Landlord of "The-Love-a-Duck."
#Barker, Granville.#
Bigamist.
#Beck, L. Adams.#
Fire of Beauty.
Incomparable Lady.
(12356) #Blackwood, Algernon.#
*First Hate.
*Running Wolf.
#Buchan, John.#
Fullcircle.
(6) #Burke, Thomas.#
*Scarlet Shoes.
#Dobrée, Bonamy.#
Surfeit.
(456) #Dudeney, Mrs. Henry E.#
Wild Raspberries.
(46) #Dunsany, Lord.#
*Cheng Hi and the Window Framer.
*East and West.
*How the Lost Causes Were Removed from Valhalla.
*Pretty Quarrel.
#Ervine, St. John G.#
Dramatist and the Leading Lady.
(2) #Gibbon, Perceval.#
*Connoisseur.
Knave of Diamonds.
Lieutenant.
#Holding, Elizabeth Sanxay.#
Problem that Perplexed Nicholson.
(4) #Lawrence, D. H.#
*Adolf.
#MacManus, L.#
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