THE WRISTS ON THE DOOR. By Horace Fish 123
(From _Everybody's Magazine_)

"GOVERNMENT GOAT." By Susan Glaspell 147
(From _The Pictorial Review_)

THE STONE. By Henry Goodman 167
(From _The Pictorial Review_)

TO THE BITTER END. By Richard Matthews Hallet 178
(From _The Saturday Evening Post_)

THE MEEKER RITUAL. By Joseph Hergesheimer 200
(From _The Century_)

THE CENTENARIAN. By Will E. Ingersoll 225
(From _Harper's Magazine_)

MESSENGERS. By Calvin Johnston 237
(From _The Saturday Evening Post_)

MRS. DRAINGER'S VEIL. By Howard Mumford Jones 269
(From _The Smart Set_)

UNDER A WINE-GLASS. By Ellen N. La Motte 297
(From _The Century_)

A THING OF BEAUTY. By Elias Lieberman 305
(From _The American Hebrew_)

THE OTHER ROOM. By Mary Heaton Vorse 312
(From _McCall's Magazine_)

"THE FAT OF THE LAND." By Anzia Yezierska 326
(From _The Century_)

THE YEARBOOK OF THE AMERICAN SHORT STORY, NOVEMBER,
1918, TO SEPTEMBER, 1919 351

Addresses of American Magazines Publishing Short
Stories 353

The Biographical Roll of Honor of American Short
Stories 355

The Roll of Honor of Foreign Short Stories in
American Magazines 364

Volumes of Short Stories Published, November,
1918, to September, 1919: An Index 366

Articles on the Short Story, October, 1918, to
September, 1919 372

Magazine Averages, November, 1918, to September,
1919 381

Index of Short Stories Published in American Magazines,
November, 1918, to September, 1919 384

INTRODUCTION

I should like to take the text for my remarks this year on the American
Short Story from that notable volume of criticism, "Our America" by
Waldo Frank. For the past year, it has been a