THE BIOGRAPHICAL ROLL OF HONOR OF AMERICAN SHORT STORIES

OCTOBER, 1921, TO SEPTEMBER, 1922

Note. Only stories by American authors are listed. The index figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 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, 1920, and 1921 respectively. The list excludes reprints.

Adams, Bill (Bertram M. Adams). Born at Sevenoaks, England, February 24, 1879, of Anglo-Irish parentage. Educated at elementary schools and Weymouth College. On father’s death went to sea in sail. Ill health brought him ashore. First story “The Bos’un of the Goldenhorn’s Yarn,” Adventure, January 20, 1922. Lives at Lindsay, California.

Sailor’s Way.

Twinkle-Bright.

Aiken, Conrad (Potter). Born at Savannah, Georgia, August 5, 1889. Harvard graduate. Married. Contributing editor to the Dial, 1917. Author of “Earth Triumphant,” 1914; “Turns and Movies,” 1916; “The Jig of Forslin,” 1916; “Nocturne of Remembered Spring,” 1917; “Charnel Rose,” 1918; “Scepticisms,” 1919; “House of Rust,” 1920; “Punch: the Immortal Liar,” 1921; “Priapus and the Pool,” 1921. Editor of “Modern American Poets,” 1922. Lives in England.

Dark City.

(8) Allen, James Lane (for biography, see 1921).

Miss Locke.

(345678) Anderson, Sherwood (for biography, see 1917).

Contract.

I’m a Fool.

(34567) Babcock, Edwina Stanton (for biography, see 1917).

Strange Flower.

(45) Beer, Thomas (for biography, see 1917).

Casual.

Rope.

Bellamy, Francis Rufus. Born at New Rochelle, New York, December 24, 1886. Educated at Williams College and Cornell University. Has been farmer, book salesman and special correspondent. Author of “Balance,” 1917; “Flash of Gold,” 1922. Lives at Holliston, Mass.

Talk.

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

Death of Murdo.

Father and Son.

Ghitza.

Hazi, Wife of Sender Surtuck.

Mincu.

Murdo.

Tanasi.

When a Man Rules.

Biggs, Jr., John. Born at Wilmington, Delaware, October 6, 1895. Educated at Princeton and Harvard. Lawyer. First short story “Corkran of the Clamstretch,” Scribner’s Magazine, December, 1921. Lives at Wilmington, Delaware.

Wind Witch.

Bodenheim, Maxwell.

Insanity.

Boogher, Susan M.

Unknown Warrior.

(3) Booth, Frederick. Born in Hamilton County, Indiana, October 16, 1882. Lived on the farm and was a farmer until 1906. Educated in Indiana public schools and Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana. Has been engaged in book selling, carpentry, concrete and steel construction, newspaper and advertising work coincident with unceasing but slow creative effort, under material and psychic difficulties. Has a novel in preparation. Lives in New York City.

Helpless Ones.

Brown, Bernice. Born at Webster City, Iowa, 1890. Graduate of Wells College. Has been Associate Editor of Every Week and Fiction Editor of Collier’s Weekly. Lives in New York City.

Miracle.

(7) Bryner, Edna Clare (for biography, see 1920).

Forest Cover.

Buck, Oscar MacMillan. Born at Cawnpore, India, February 9, 1885. Educated in India and at Ohio Wesleyan University and Drew Theological Seminary. Has taught in Bareilly Theological Seminary in India. Now professor at Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, New Jersey. First short story, 1917. Joint author of “India Beloved of Heaven,” 1918. Especially interested in history of Asiatic peoples. Lives in Madison, New Jersey.

“Kismet”—a Tale of Rohilkind.

(5678) Cabell, James Branch (for biography, see 1918).

Candid Footprint.

(5) Carver, George. Born at Cincinnati, Ohio, December 19, 1888. Educated at University of Alabama, University of Chicago, and Miami University. College instructor at present, but has been mill worker, student, reporter and soldier. Chief interest: trying to find expression for ideas better suggested than described by the phrase: forlorn minstrels sighing for banished kings. First story “In a Moment of Time,” Stratford Journal, September, 1918. Lives at Harvey, Illinois.

Singer.

Chapman, Frances Norville. Born at Chillicothe, Missouri, December 31, 1876. Educated at Chillicothe Normal School, and has studied music and languages in Chicago, Boston, and abroad. Has travelled extensively. First story “The Quality of Genius,” in the Cavalier, 1908. Lives at Brookline, Massachusetts.

Prisoners of the Dead.

(23458) Cobb, Irvin S. (for biography, see 1917).

Alas, the Poor Whiffletit!

Cohen, Rose Gollup. Born in a Russian village, April 2, 1880. Came to America, 1892. Sweatshop and factory life, working fourteen hours a day. Health broke down when seventeen. Learned to read English from the Bible in a hospital. Has studied short story writing at Hunter College and Columbia University. Author of “Out of the Shadow,” 1918. First short story “Sifted Earth,” Touchstone, July, 1920. Lives in New York City.

Natalka’s Portion.

(7) Corley, Donald.

Book of Debts.

Craven, Thomas Jewell. Born at Salina, Kansas, age thirty-three. Graduate of Kansas Wesleyan University. First short story “Love in Smoky Hill,” Dial, January, 1922. Author of “Paint,” 1922. Chief interests literature and painting. Critic of æsthetics. Lives at Brookhaven, Long Island, New York.

Love in Smoky Hill.

(4568) Dobie, Charles Caldwell (for biography, see 1917).

Vision.

Ehlert, Fay. Born in New York City of Hungarian stock, April 12, 1886. Married. Educated privately, and at Columbia College of Expression and University of Chicago. Chief interests drama, psycho-pathology, and the human “driftwood.” First story “The Undertow,” Pearson’s Magazine (N. Y.), November, 1921. Lives in Chicago, Illinois,

Vow.

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

Jade Piece.

My Friend Julio.

Shame of Gold.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Born at St. Paul, Minnesota, September 24, 1896. Educated at Princeton. First story “Babes in the Woods,” Smart Set, August, 1919. Author of “This Side of Paradise,” 1920; “Flappers and Philosophers,” 1920; “The Beautiful and Damned,” 1922; “Tales of the Jazz Age,” 1922. Interested in play-writing. Lives in Minnesota.

Two for a Cent.

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

Candy Cigar and Stationery.

John the Baptist.

Murder.

Frederick, John Towner. Born on a farm near Corning, Iowa, February 1, 1893. Public school education. Graduate of State University of Iowa. Instructor in English there, and later head of the English Department of the State Normal School, Moorhead, Minnesota. Two years of farming in Michigan. Now Assistant Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh. Married. Founder and editor of The Midland. Author of “Druida,” 1923. First short story “The Legacy,” Smart Set, October, 1921.

Legacy.

Freedman, David. Born in Roumania, April 26, 1898. Brought to America at the age of two. Graduate of the City College of New York. Has been editor of a weekly journal and superintendent of an orphan asylum. Chief interests bowling, mathematics and metaphysics. First short story “Mendel Marantz—Housewife,” Pictorial Review, April, 1922. Lives in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Mendel Marantz—Housewife.

Mendel Marantz Moves.

Quest of Sarah.

Furman, Lucy. Born in Henderson, Kentucky. Educated privately. Has been settlement worker in Kentucky mountains for over fifteen years. Author of “Stories of a Sanctified Town.” 1897; “Mothering on Perilous,” 1914; “Quare Women,” 1923. Chief interest Hindman Settlement School. Lives at Hindman Kentucky.

Fourth of July.

Quare Women.

Taking the Night.

(12345678) Gerould, Katharine Fullerton (for biography, see 1917).

Belshazzar’s Letter.

Nature of an Oath.

Gilkyson, Walter. Born at Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1880. Educated at Swarthmore College and University of Pennsylvania. Lawyer. First story “The Illumined Moment,” Atlantic Monthly, April, 1921. Lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Spoken in Jest.

(56) Goodman, Henry (for biography, see 1918).

Thomas.

(3) Graeve, Oscar. Born in New York City, 1885. Public school education. First story published in McClure’s Magazine about 1910. Author of “The Keys of the City,” 1914; “Youth Goes Seeking,” 1919; “Brown Moth,” 1921. Lives in New York City.

Headlines.

Harris, Frank. Born in Galway, Ireland, 1854. Emigrated to the United States in 1870. Educated at numerous American and European Universities. Married. Practised law in Kansas. Has been editor of London Evening News, Fortnightly Review, and Saturday Review. Author “Elder Conklin,” 1892; “The Bomb,” 1909; “The Man Shakespeare,” 1909; “Montes the Matador,” 1910; “The Women of Shakespeare,” 1911; “Unpath’d Waters,” 1913; “Vales of Isis,” 1914; “Contemporary Portraits,” (3 series) 1914, 1919, 1921; “Great Days,” 1914; “Love in Youth,” 1914; “England or Germany,” 1915; “The Life and Confessions of Oscar Wilde,” 1916. Editor of Pearson’s Magazine (N. Y.). Lives in New York City.

Mad Love.

(8) Hart, Frances Noyes (for biography, see 1921).

American.

(35) Hawes, Charles Boardman. Born at Clifton Springs, New York. January 24, 1889. Educated at Bowdoin College. Editor of “The Open Road.” Author of “The Mutineer,” 1920; “The Great Quest,” 1921. Lives at Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Out of the Storm.

Peter Ronco.

(2568) Hecht, Ben (for biography, see 1918).

Winkelburg.

(567) Hergesheimer, Joseph (for biography, see 1918).

Token.

(123) Hopper, James Marie. Born in Paris, July 23, 1876. Came to America in 1887. Educated at University of California. Has practised law, been newspaper reporter, college instructor, editor and war correspondent. Author of “Caybigan,” 1906; “Goosie,” 1910; “Freshman,” 1912; “What Happened in the Night,” 1913. Lives at Carmel, California.

Ship in the Bottle.

Hull, Alexander. Born at Columbus, Ohio, September 15, 1887. Educated at Muskingum College and University of Pennsylvania. Head of Music Department, Pacific College. Married. Musical composer. First story “The Lilac Scented Envelope,” All-Story Weekly, November 6, 1915. Lives at Newberg, Oregon.

Bain’s Hole.

Hunt, Lian. Born at Glen Gardner, New Jersey. Spent childhood in Roanoke, Virginia. High school education. Special student at Columbia University. Lives at Port Washington, Long Island, New York.

King of the Reef.

Jitro, William C. G. Born near Lansing, Michigan, December 29, 1890. Education by private study. Has been publishing stories under several signatures since 1910. Lives in Detroit, Michigan.

Resurrection and the Life.

Kilman, Julian. Born at Drummondsville, Canada, March 26, 1878. Studied law at University of Michigan. Practised law at Buffalo. Now engaged in Bureau of Naturalization at Buffalo. First story “Dan Alders’ Revenge,” Short Stories, September, 1914. Lives at Buffalo, New York.

Laugh.

(78) Komroff, Manuel (for biography, see 1921).

Burning Beard.

Lane, Rose Wilder. Born at De Smet, Dakota Territory, December 5, 1877. Public school education. Author of “Henry Ford’s Own Story,” 1917; “Diverging Roads,” 1919; (with Frederick O’Brien) “White Shadows In the South Seas,” 1919; “The Making of Herbert Hoover,” 1920. Lives at Mansfield, Missouri.

Innocence.

Lardner, Ring W. Born at Niles, Michigan, March 6, 1885. Educated in public schools and at Armour Institute of Technology. Married. Sporting writer and editor for American newspapers since 1907. Author of “Bib Ballads,” 1915; “You Know Me, Al,” 1915; “Gullibles Travels,” 1917; “Own Your Own Home,” 1917; “Treat ’Em Rough,” 1918; “The Real Dope,” 1918; “My Four Weeks in France,” 1918; “The Young Immigrants,” 1919; “Symptoms of Being 35,” 1921; “The Big Town,” 1921. Lives at Great Neck, New York.

Golden Honeymoon.

(4) Lee, Jennette (for biography, see 1917).

Man Who Made Poetry Hum.

McPeak, Ival. Born near Fulton, Iowa, May 10, 1889. Educated at State University of Iowa. Engaged in public health publicity and education. First story “Long—Short—and a Long,” Midland, October, 1915. Lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Prairie Symphony.

Mahoney, James. Born at Greeneville, Tennessee, September 7, 1893. Educated at Emory and Henry College, Virginia, and Columbia University. Teacher in Choir School, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City. In French Ambulance Service during the war. Received the Croix de Guerre. Studied art in Paris. First story “The Showing Up of Henry Widdemer,” McCall’s Magazine, August, 1920. Fond of swimming. Has studied play writing with George Pierce Baker at Harvard. Lives at Bristol, Virginia.

Taxis of Fate.

Merwin, Samuel. Born at Evanston, Illinois, October 6, 1874. Educated at Northwestern University. Married. Author (with H. K. Webster) “The Short Line War,” 1899; (with H. K. Webster) “Calumet K.”, 1901; “The Road to Frontenac,” 1901; “The Whip Hand,” 1903; “His Little Hour,” 1903; “The Merry Anne,” 1904; “The Road Builders,” 1905; “Comrade John,” 1907; “Drugging a Nation,” 1908; “The Citadel,” 1912; “The Charmed Life of Miss Austin,” 1914; “Anthony the Absolute,” 1914; “The Honey Bee,” 1915; “The Trufflers,” 1916; “Temperamental Henry,” 1917; “Henry Is Twenty,” 1918; “The Passionate Pilgrim,” 1919; “Hills of Han,” 1920; “In Red and Gold,” 1921; “Goldie Green,” 1922. Editor of Success, 1909-11. Lives at Concord, Massachusetts.

Axiom of Peter Bell Ivor.

Montross, Lynn. Born in Nebraska, October 17, 1895. Educated at University of Nebraska. Journalist. Member of American Expeditionary Force in France. First story “In the Dark,” Adventure, 1920. Author of “Town and Gown,” (with Lois Seyster Montross), 1923. Lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Pagan.

(235) Myers, Walter L. (for biography, see 1918).

Summoned.

Nordhoff, Charles B. Born of American parents in London, February 1, 1887. Graduate of Harvard. Free lance. First story “Savagery,” Harper’s Magazine, April, 1922. Author of “The Fledgling,” 1919; (with James Norman Hall) “The Lafayette Flying Corps,” 1920; (with James Norman Hall) “Faery Lands of the South Seas,” 1921. Now in Tahiti.

Savagery.

(57) Oppenheim, James (for biography, see 1918).

He That Laughed at the Gods.

(27) Pickthall, M. L. C.

Black Hand.

Luck.

Man They Pitied.

Men Who Climbed.

(12378) Post, Melville Davisson (for biography, see 1920).

Mountain School Teacher.

(6) Rabenel, Beatrice (for biography, see 1919).

Great-Granduncle Sebastian.

Roseboro, Viola. Born in Pulaski, Tennessee, 1857. Education by desultory reading. Writer, editor, critic and guide. Author of “Old Ways and New,” 1898; “The Joyous Heart,” 1903; “Players and Vagabonds,” 1904; “The Storms of Youth,” 1920. Fiction editor of McClure’s Magazine. Lives in New York City.

Aaron Westcott’s Funeral.

(2347) Rosenblatt, Benjamin (for biography, see 1917).

In the Metropolis.

(57) Russell, John (for biography, see 1918).

Adversary.

Samuel, Maurice. Born in Roumania, February 8, 1895. Went to Manchester, England, in 1901. Educated at Manchester University. Emigrated to America, 1914. In the American army in France, during the war. Attached to the Morgenthau Commission to Poland 1919. Public stenographer in Paris, Berlin and Vienna. Returned to America in 1920. Author of “The Outsider,” 1920; “The Masquerader,” 1922. Lives in New York City.

Masquerader.

Seifert, Shirley L. Born in St. Peter’s, Missouri. Graduate of Washington University. Did secretarial work for the Red Cross and War Loan Organizations during the war. First story “The Girl Who Was Too Good Looking,” American Magazine, July, 1919. Lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

Lady of Sorrows.

(1234567) Singmaster, Elsie (for biography, see 1917).

Magic Mirror.

Spears, Raymond S. Born at Bellevue, Ohio, August 2, 1876. Public school education. Married. Has been reporter, special article writer and forester. On staff of Adventure. Author, “Camping on the Great River,” 1912; “Camping on the Great Lakes,” 1913; “The Cabin Boat Primer,” 1913; “Trip on the Great Lakes,” 1913; “The River Prophet,” 1920; “Diamond Tolls,” 1920; “Driftwood,” 1921. Lives at Little Falls, New York.

Ripe Peach.

(34578) Springer, Fleta Campbell (for biography, see 1917).

Realities.

(2345678) Steele, Wilbur Daniel (for biography, see 1917).

Anglo-Saxon.

From the Other Side of the South.

“He That Hideth His Secret.”

Mad.

Man Who Sat.

Marriage in Kairwan.

(345678) Venable, Edward Carrington (for biography, see 1921).

Reverend James E. Markison.

(345678) Vorse, Mary Heaton (for biography, see 1917).

Halfway House.

Waldo, Sidney. Born in Boston, December 14, 1883. Graduate of Harvard. Engaged in the building material business. First story “Footprints in Water,” Detective Story Magazine, March 30, 1920. Lives at Brookline, Massachusetts.

Sons and Brothers.

Warren, Maude (Lavinia) Radford. Born at Wolfe Island, Canada. Educated at University of Chicago. Author “King Arthur and His Knights,” 1907; “The Land of the Living,” 1908; “Peter Peter,” 1909; “The Main Road,” 1913; “Barbara’s Marriages,” 1915; “Robin Hood,” 1915; “Little Pioneers,” 1916; “The White Flame of France,” 1918. Lives at Ithaca, New York.

On the Run.

Watts, Mary Stanbery. Born in Delaware County, Ohio, November 6, 1868. Convent education. Married. Author of “The Tenants,” 1908; “Nathan Burke,” 1910; “The Legacy,” 1911; “Van Cleve,” 1913; “The Rise of Jennie Cushing,” 1914; “The Rudder,” 1916; “The Boardman Family,” 1918; “From Father to Son,” 1919. Has also written plays. Lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Reward of Virtue.

(5678) Williams, Ben Ames (for biography, see 1918).

Likeness of a Form.

Wood, Clement. Born at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, September 1, 1888. Educated at University of Alabama and Yale. Married. Practised law, has been assistant city attorney and recorder of Birmingham, Alabama, and taught at several private schools. Vice-Principal Dwight School, New York, 1920-22. Author “Glad of Earth,” 1917; “The Earth Turns South,” 1919; “Jehovah,” 1920; “Mountain,” 1920; “Nigger,” 1922. Lives at Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

Coffin.