1. Harper’s Magazine .....47
2. Saturday Evening Post .....44
3. New York Tribune (translations only) .....37
4. Collier’s Weekly .....36
5. Century Magazine .....34
6. Scribner’s Magazine .....33
7. Stratford Journal (including translations) .....27
8. Bellman .....21
9. Cosmopolitan .....18
10. American Magazine .....17
11. Every Week .....17
12. Metropolitan .....16
13. Pictorial Review .....16
14. Ladies’ Home Journal .....14
15. Delineator .....10
16. Everybody’s Magazine .....9
17. Harper’s Bazar .....7
18. Sunset Magazine .....6
19. Good Housekeeping .....6
_The following periodicals have published during the same period eight
or more “two-asterisk stories” The list excludes reprints, but not
translations. Periodicals represented in this list during 1915 as well
are indicated by an asterisk. Periodicals represented in this list
during 1916 are indicated by a dagger, and during 1917 by the sign §._
1. *†§ Century Magazine .....27
2. *†§ Harper’s Magazine .....26
3. *†§ Scribner’s Magazine .....22
4. Stratford Journal (including translations) .....18
5. † New York Tribune (translations only) .....18
6. *†§ Collier’s Weekly .....18
7. § Atlantic Monthly .....13
8. All-Story Weekly .....10
9. †§ Pictorial Review ..... 9
10. *†§ Smart Set .....9
11. *†§ Saturday Evening Post .....9
12. Youth’s Companion ..... 9
_The following periodicals have published during the same period four or
more “three-asterisk stories.” The list excludes reprints, but not
translations. Periodicals represented in this list during 1915 as well
are indicated by an asterisk. Periodicals represented in this list
during 1916 are indicated by a dagger, and during 1917 by the sign §._
1. *†§ Harper’s Magazine .....20
2. *†§ Century Magazine .....16
3. *†§ Scribner’s Magazine .....14
4. § Stratford Journal (including translations).....14
5. § Atlantic Monthly .....9
6. †§ Pictorial Review ..... 8
7. New York Tribune (translations only) .....7
8. Smart Set .....7
9. *† Collier’s Weekly .....6
10. All-Story Weekly .....5
11. Little Review .....4
_Ties in the above lists have been decided by taking relative rank in
other lists into account._ The New York Tribune _and_ The Stratford
Journal _gain their high place chiefly through translations of foreign
stories, and allowance should be made for this in any qualitative
estimate._
_Looking back over a period of four years it is interesting to see what
magazines have maintained a steady lead during this period. Of the eight
magazines whose percentage of distinctive stories has led,_ Scribner’s
Magazine _has maintained the highest average of distinction. Below
follow the percentages of these eight magazines:_
1. Scribner’s Magazine .....76.5%
2. Century Magazine .....74.8
3. Harper’s Magazine .....70.3
4. Bellman .....70.0
5. Metropolitan Magazine .....48.5
6. American Magazine .....45.0
7. Everybody’s Magazine .....44.3
8. Pictorial Review .....43.8
_Five magazines during this four-year period far surpass all others in
the number of distinctive stories published during that time, and_
Harper’s Magazine _leads its nearest competitor by forty-nine stories.
The list follows:_
1. Harper’s Magazine .....232
2. Saturday Evening Post .....183
3. Collier’s Weekly .....178
4. Scribner’s Magazine .....166
5. Century Magazine .....151
_Reprints have not been taken into account in the last two lists._