THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ROLL OF HONOR OF AMERICAN SHORT STORIES

OCTOBER, 1920, TO SEPTEMBER, 1921

Note. Only stories by American authors are listed. The best stories are indicated by an asterisk before the title of the story. The index figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 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, 1919, and 1920 respectively. The list excludes reprints. "Oscar" by Djuna Barnes should be added to the Roll of Honor in "The Best Short Stories of 1920."

(567) Abdullah, Achmed (for biography, see 1918).

Dutiful Grief. Lute of Jade.

Allen, James Lane. Born in Lexington, Kentucky, 1849. Educated at Transylvania University. Taught in the secondary schools and at Kentucky University and Bethany College. Author of "Flute and Violin," 1891; "Blue Grass Region," 1892; "John Gray," 1893; "Kentucky Cardinal," 1895; "Aftermath," 1896; "Summer in Arcady," 1896; "Choir Invisible," 1897; "Reign of Law"; "Mettle of the Pasture;" "Bride of the Mistletoe," 1909; "Doctor's Christmas Eve," 1910; "Heroine in Bronze," 1912; "Last Christmas Tree," 1914; "Sword of Youth," 1915; "Cathedral Singer," 1916; "Kentucky Warbler," 1918. Lives in New York City.

*Ash-Can.

(34567) Anderson, Sherwood (for biography, see 1917).

*Brothers. *New Englander. *Unlighted Lamps.

(7) Bercovici, Konrad (for biography, see 1920).

*Fanutza.

(14567) Burt, Maxwell Struthers (for biography, see 1917).

Buchanan Hears the Wind. *Experiment.

(567) Cabell, James Branch (for biography, see 1918).

*Image of Sesphra.

(23) Child, Richard Washburn. Born at Worcester, Massachusetts, August 5, 1881. Graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School. Admitted to the Bar in 1906. Appointed United States Ambassador to Italy, 1921. Author of "Jim Hands," 1910; "Man In The Shadow," 1911; "Blue Wall" 1912; "Potential Russia," 1916; "Bodbank," 1916; "Velvet Black," 1921. Lives in Rome, Italy.

Screen.

(2345) Cobb, Irvin S. (for biography, see 1917).

*Darkness. Short Natural History.

(2) Colcord, Lincoln. Born at sea, off Cape Horn, August 14, 1883. Educated at Searsport, Maine, High School and University of Maine. Spent first fourteen years of his life at sea on the China coast. Civil Engineer 1906-9. Author of "The Drifting Diamond," 1912; "Game of Life and Death," 1914; "Vision of War," 1915. Washington correspondent of Philadelphia Ledger, 1917 to 1919. Lives at Searsport, Maine.

*Instrument of the Gods.

(456) Crabbe, Bertha Helen (for biography, see 1917).

On Riverside Drive.

(7) Finger, Charles J. (for biography, see 1920).

Derailment of Train No. 16. *Lizard God.

(4) Frank, Waldo (for biography, see 1917).

*Under the Dome.

(123457) Gerould, Katharine Fullerton (for biography, see 1917).

*French Eva.

(4) Glasgow, Ellen (for biography, see 1917).

*Past.

(456) Glaspell, Susan (Mrs. George Cram Cook) (for biography, see 1917).

*His Smile.

(346) Hallet, Richard Matthews (for biography, see 1917).

*Harbor Master.

Hart, Frances Noyes. Born at Silver Spring, Maryland, August 10, 1890. Educated at Chicago Latin School, privately in Connecticut and abroad, and at the Sorbonne in the Collège de France. Interested in anything from baseball to Bach. First short story, "Contact," published in the Pictorial Review, December, 1920, and awarded second prize by O. Henry Memorial Committee Society of Arts and Sciences. Published "Mark" 1913, and "My A.E.F.," 1920, under name of Frances Newbold Noyes. Lives in New York City.

*Green Gardens.

(256) Hecht, Ben (for biography, see 1918).

Bomb-Thrower.

(23456) Hurst, Fannie (for biography, see 1917).

*She Walks in Beauty.

(6) Imrie, Walter McLaren (for biography, see 1919).

Remembrance.

(7) Komroff, Manuel. Born in New York City. Educated in New York public schools, and special courses at Yale University. Journalist. First short story published in Reedy's Mirror two years ago. Lives in New York City.

*Little Master of the Sky.

Mott, Frank Luther.

*Man With the Good Face.

(457) O'Higgins, Harvey J. (for biography, see 1917).

*Peter Quayle.

(3457) O'Sullivan, Vincent (for biography, see 1917).

*Master of Fallen Years.

(4) Portor, Laura Spencer.

Sightseers.

(1237) Post, Melville Davisson (for biography, see 1920).

Unknown Disciple.

(5) Rhodes, Harrison (Garfield) (for biography, see 1918).

Miss Sunshine.

Robbins, Tod. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 25, 1888. Educated at Polytechnic Preparatory School, Mercersburg Academy, and Washington and Lee University. Well-known amateur athlete. First short story "Married," published in The Parisienne, February, 1917. Author of "The Unholy Three," 1917; "Red of Surley," 1919; "Silent, White and Beautiful," 1920. Lives in New York City.

Toys of Fate.

Scobee, Barry. Born at Pollock, Missouri, May 2, 1885. Educated at Missouri State Normal School. Journalist and printer. Chief interests metaphysics and mountains. Was in regular army 1907-10, including Philippine campaign. First story "The Whip In the Thatch," Young's Magazine, March. 1915. Lives in Bellingham, Washington.

*The Wind.

(3457) Springer, Fleta Campbell (for biography, see 1917).

*Role of Madame Ravelles.

(234567) Steele, Wilbur Daniel (for biography, see 1917).

*At-Two-in-the-Bush. *Footfalls. *Life. *Shame Dance. 'Toinette of Maisonnoir.

Thayer, Harriet Maxon (Mrs. Gilbert Thayer). Born at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, 1889. Attended University of Wisconsin and School of Journalism, Columbia University. Fairy tales in Philadelphia North American and in the Guide, Milwaukee, 1921. Married Gilbert Thayer, September 5, 1921. Served in France with American Red Cross Canteen, 1918 and 1919.

*Kindred.

Towne, Charles Hanson. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, February 2, 1877. Educated in New York public schools and College of the City of New York. Author of "Quiet Singer"; "Manhattan"; "Youth"; "Beyond the Stars"; "To-day and To-morrow"; "The Tumble Man"; and "Autumn Loiterers." Has been editor of The Designer, Smart Set, and McClure's Magazine. Lives in New York City.

*Shelby.

(56) Venable, Edward C. Born at Petersburg, Virginia, July 4, 1884. Graduate of Princeton University, 1906. Served in France in Field Ambulance Service and Flying Corps, 1917-19. Author of "Pierre Vinton," 1914; "Short Stories," 1915; "Wife of the Junior Partner," 1915; "Lasca," 1916; "Ali Babette," 1917; and "At Isham's," 1918. Lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

*Madame Tichepin.

(34567) Vorse, Mary Heaton (for biography, see 1917).

*Wallow of the Sea.

(567) Williams, Ben Ames (for biography, see 1918).

*Man Who Looked Like Edison.

(6) Wormser, G. Ranger. Born in New York City, February 24, 1893. Educated privately. First short story "Tragedy's Fool," published in English edition of the Smart Set, 1910. Author of "The Scarecrow," 1918. Lives in New York City.

Gossamer. Second-Hand.

(67) Yezierska, Anzia (for biography, see 1919).

My Own People.