INTRODUCTION
THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1918
A SIMPLE ACT OF PIETY
CRUELTIES
BUSTER
THE OPEN WINDOW
BLIND VISION
IMAGINATION
IN MAULMAIN FEVER-WARD
THE FATHER’S HAND
THE VISIT OF THE MASTER
IN THE OPEN CODE
THE WILLOW WALK
THE STORY VINTON HEARD AT MALLORIE
THE TOAST TO FORTY-FIVE
EXTRA MEN
SOLITAIRE
THE DARK HOUR
THE BIRD OF SERBIA
AT ISHAM’S
DE VILMARTE’S LUCK
THE WHITE BATTALION
THE YEARBOOK OF THE AMERICAN SHORT STORY, JANUARY TO OCTOBER, 1918
ADDRESSES OF AMERICAN MAGAZINES PUBLISHING SHORT STORIES
THE BIOGRAPHICAL ROLL OF HONOR OF AMERICAN SHORT STORIES
THE ROLL OF HONOR OF FOREIGN SHORT STORIES IN AMERICAN MAGAZINES
THE BEST BOOKS OF SHORT STORIES OF 1918: A CRITICAL SUMMARY
VOLUMES OF SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED, JANUARY TO OCTOBER, 1918: AN
INDEX
THE BEST SIXTY AMERICAN SHORT STORIES
ARTICLES ON THE SHORT STORY, JANUARY TO OCTOBER, 1918
MAGAZINE AVERAGES, JANUARY TO OCTOBER, 1918
INDEX OF SHORT STORIES IN BOOKS, JANUARY TO OCTOBER, 1918
INDEX OF SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN MAGAZINES, JANUARY TO
OCTOBER, 1918
_Note._ The order in which the stories in this volume are printed is not
intended as an indication of their comparative excellence; the
arrangement is alphabetical by authors.