MAGAZINE AVERAGES
Reading edition
OCTOBER, 1919, TO SEPTEMBER, 1920
The following table includes the averages of American periodicals published from October, 1919, to September, 1920, inclusive. One, two, and three asterisks are employed to indicate relative distinction. "Three-asterisk stories" are of somewhat permanent literary value. The list excludes reprints.
Periodicals (Oct.-Sept.) No. of Stories Published No. of Distinctive Stories Published Percentage of Distinctive Stories Published
* ** *** * ** ***
Atlantic Monthly 19 18 15 11 95 78 58
Century 43 36 25 12 84 56 28
Collier's Weekly 97 24 8 4 25 8 4
Cosmopolitan 75 17 7 3 23 9 4
Dial (including translations) 19 19 15 11 100 78 58
Everybody's Magazine (including translations) 75 23 7 0 31 9 0
Harper's Magazine 57 43 32 15 75 56 26
Hearst's Magazine (including translations) 76 17 6 4 22 8 5
McCall's Magazine (including translations) 41 15 7 3 37 17 7
McClure's Magazine (including translations) 53 24 16 13 45 30 25
Metropolitan 78 20 12 6 26 15 8
Midland 13 11 11 8 85 85 62
Munsey's Magazine 83 14 5 2 17 6 2
New York Tribune (including translations) 48 31 5 1 63 11 2
Pagan (including translations) 21 10 8 6 50 40 30
Pictorial Review 46 30 28 25 65 61 54
Red Book Magazine 117 17 4 2 15 4 2
Reedy's Mirror (including translations) 30 16 8 4 53 2713
Romance 89 23 6 1 26 7 1
Scribner's Magazine 51 36 23 10 72 46 20
Smart Set (including translations) 127 51 25 14 40 20 11
The following tables indicate the rank, during the period between October, 1919, and September, 1920, 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. Dial (including translations)100%
2. Atlantic Monthly95%
3. Midland85%
4. Century84%
5. Harper's Magazine75%
6. Scribner's Magazine72%
7. Pictorial Review65%
8. New York Tribune (including translations)63%
9. Reedy's Mirror (including translations)53%
10. Pagan (including translations)50%
11. McClure's Magazine (including translations)45%
12. Smart Set (including translations)40%
13. McCall's Magazine (including translations)37%
14. Everybody's Magazine (including translations)31%
15. Romance26%
16. Metropolitan26%
17. Collier's Weekly25%
18. Cosmopolitan23%
19. Hearst's Magazine (including translations)22%
20. Munsey's Magazine17%
21. Red Book Magazine15%
By Number of Distinctive Stories
1. Smart Set (including translations)51
2. Harper's Magazine43
3. Century36
4. Scribner's Magazine36
5. New York Tribune (including translations)31
6. Pictorial Review30
7. McClure's Magazine (including translations)24
8. Collier's Weekly24
9. Everybody's Magazine (including translations)23
10. Romance 23
11. Metropolitan 20
12. Dial (including translations)19
13. Atlantic Monthly 18
14. Cosmopolitan 17
15. Hearst's Magazine (including translations) 17
16. Red Book Magazine 17
17. Reedy's Mirror (including translations)16
18. McCall's Magazine (including translations) 15
19. Munsey's Magazine 14
20. Midland 11
21. Pagan (including translations) 10
The following periodicals have published during the same period ten or more "two-asterisk stories." The list excludes reprints, but not translations. Periodicals represented in this list during 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919 are represented by the prefixed letters a, b, c, d, and e respectively.
1.abcdeHarper's Magazine32
2.bcdePictorial Review28
3.abcdeCentury25
4.abcdeSmart Set (including translations)25
5.abcdeScribner's Magazine23
6.McClure's Magazine (including translations)16
7.Dial (including translations)15
8.cdeAtlantic Monthly15
9.beMetropolitan12
10.cMidland11
The following periodicals have published during the same period five or more "three-asterisk stories." The list excludes reprints, but not translations. The same signs are used as prefixes as in the previous list.
1.acdePictorial Review25
2.abcdeHarper's Magazine15
3.deSmart Set (including translations)14
4.McClure's Magazine (including translations)13
5.abcdeCentury12
6.Dial (including translations)11
7.cdeAtlantic Monthly11
8.abcdeScribner's Magazine10
9.aeMidland8
10.aceMetropolitan6
11.bePagan (including translations)6
Ties in the above lists have been decided by taking relative rank in other lists into account.