_The following table includes the averages of American periodicals
published from November, 1918, to September, 1919, inclusive. One, two,
and three asterisks are employed to indicate relative distinction.
"Three-asterisk stories" are of somewhat permanent literary value. The
list excludes reprints_.
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| | |
| No. | No. of | Percentage
| of | Distinctive | of Distinctive
| Sto- | Stories | Stories
Periodicals | Ries | Published | Published
| Pub- | |
|lished|______________|_______________
| | | | | | |
| | * | ** | ***| * | ** |***
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American Magazine (except September) | 43 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 2
Atlantic Monthly | 19 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 89 | 63 | 37
Bellman (Nov.-June) | 31 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 58 | 19 | 10
Catholic World | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 22 | 0
Century | 35 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 80 | 57 | 32
Collier's Weekly | 114 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 0
Cosmopolitan | 66 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 3
Delineator | 40 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0
Everybody's Magazine | 46 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 4
Good Housekeeping | 30 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 10
Harper's Bazar | 33 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 12
Harper's Magazine | 60 | 50 | 36 | 19 | 83 | 60 | 32
Hearst's Magazine | 71 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4
Little Review (except July and | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 100 | 100 | 72
September) | | | | | | |
Metropolitan | 53 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 11
Midland | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 92 | 46 | 31
New York Tribune | 70 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 47 | 23 | 11
Pagan | 46 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 44 | 30 | 11
Pictoral Review | 44 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 57 | 45 | 30
Reedy's Mirror | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 8
Saturday Evening Post | 308 | 51 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 3
Scribner's Magazine | 49 | 36 | 21 | 8 | 74 | 43 | 16
Smart Set | 135 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 3
Stratford Journal | 32 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 88 | 63 | 44
To-day's Housewife | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0
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_The following tables indicate the rank, during the period between
November, 1918, and September, 1919, inclusive, by number and percentage
of distinctive stories published, of the twenty-one periodicals coming
within the scope of my examination which have published an average of 15
per cent in stories of distinction. The lists exclude reprints, but not
translations._