_The following table includes the averages of distinctive stories in
twenty American periodicals published from October, 1924, to September,
1925, inclusive. One, two and three asterisks are employed to indicate
relative distinction. “Three-asterisk stories” are considered worth
reprinting in book form. The list excludes reprints._
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| | NO. OF | PERCENTAGE
| NO. OF | DISTINCTIVE | OF DISTINCTIVE
PERIODICALS | STORIES | STORIES | STORIES
|PUBLISHED| PUBLISHED | PUBLISHED
| +-----+----+-----+-----+------+-----
| | * | ** | *** | * | ** | ***
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American Mercury | 17 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 77 | 59 | 35
Atlantic Monthly | 26 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 92 | 77 | 42
Catholic World | 31 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 3
Century | 26 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 100 | 77 | 54
Chicago Tribune | 52 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 4
(Syndicate Service) | | | | | | |
Collier’s Weekly | 163 | 56 | 18 | 11 | 34 | 11 | 7
(except September 19)| | | | | | |
Cosmopolitan | 128 | 46 | 20 | 8 | 36 | 16 | 6
Delineator | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0
Designer | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 3
Dial | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 100 | 100 | 94
Everybody’s Magazine | 74 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 3
Good Housekeeping | 55 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 13
Harper’s Magazine | 36 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 97 | 77 | 42
Ladies’ Home Journal | 52 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 18 | 2
Midland | 23 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 91 | 35 | 0
Pictorial Review | 49 | 33 | 21 | 13 | 66 | 42 | 26
Red Book Magazine | 119 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 4
Saturday Evening Post | 396 | 67 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1
Scribner’s Magazine | 42 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 62 | 29 | 15
Woman’s Home Companion| 63 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 2
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_The following tables indicate the rank, during the period between
October, 1924, and September, 1925, inclusive, by number and percentage
of distinctive short stories published, of twenty periodicals coming
within the scope of my examination which have published an average of
15 per cent or more of distinctive stories. The lists exclude reprints,
but not translations._