THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1925
Reading edition
BY EDWARD J. O’BRIEN
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The Advance of the American Short Story. (Dodd, Mead.) 1923.
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The Best Short Stories of 1916. (Small, Maynard.) 1917.
The Best Short Stories of 1917. (Small, Maynard.) 1918.
The Best Short Stories of 1918. (Small, Maynard.) 1919.
The Best Short Stories of 1919. (Small, Maynard.) 1920.
The Best Short Stories of 1920. (Small, Maynard.) 1921.
The Best Short Stories of 1921. (Small, Maynard.) 1922.
The Best Short Stories of 1922. (Small, Maynard.) 1923.
The Best Short Stories of 1923. (Small, Maynard.) 1924.
The Best Short Stories of 1924. (Small, Maynard.) 1925.
The Masque of Poets. (Dodd, Mead.) 1918.
The Great Modern English Stories. (Boni and Liveright.) 1919.
BY EDWARD J. O’BRIEN AND JOHN COURNOS
The Best British Short Stories of 1922. (Small, Maynard.) 1922.
The Best British Short Stories of 1923. (Small, Maynard.) 1923.
The Best British Short Stories of 1924. (Small, Maynard.) 1924.
The Best British Short Stories of 1925. (Small, Maynard.) 1925.
THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1925
AND THE
YEARBOOK OF THE AMERICAN SHORT STORY
EDITED BY EDWARD J. O’BRIEN
BOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1924, by The Atlantic Monthly Company.
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