ason 169
(From _Scribner's Magazine_)

#The Rending.# By James Oppenheim 187
(From _The Dial_)

#The Dummy-Chucker.# By Arthur Somers Roche 198
(From _The Cosmopolitan_)

#Butterflies.# By Rose Sidney 214
(From _The Pictorial Review_)

#The Rotter.# By Fleta Campbell Springer 236
(From _Harper's Magazine_)

#Out of Exile.# By Wilbur Daniel Steele 266
(From _The Pictorial Review_)

#The Three Telegrams.# By Ethel Storm 293
(From _The Ladies' Home Journal_)

#The Roman Bath.# By John T. Wheelwright 312
(From _Scribner's Magazine_)

#Amazement.# By Stephen French Whitman 320
(From _Harper's Magazine_)

#Sheener.# By Ben Ames Williams 348
(From _Collier's Weekly_)

#Turkey Red.# By Frances Gilchrist Wood 359
(From _The Pictorial Review_)

#The Yearbook of the American Short Story,
October, 1919, To September, 1920# 375

Addresses of American Magazines Publishing
Short Stories 377

The Bibliographical Roll of Honor of American
Short Stories 379

The Roll of Honor of Foreign Short Stories in
American Magazines 390

The Best Books of Short Stories of 1920: A
Critical Summary 392

Volumes of Short Stories Published, October,
1919, to September, 1920: A Index 414

Articles on the Short Stories: An Index 421

Index of Short Stories in Books, November,
1918, to September, 1920 434

Index of Short Stories Published in American
Magazines, October, 1919, to September, 1920 456

FOOTNOTE:

[1] 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.

INTRODUCTION

I suppose there is no one of us who can honestly deny that he is
interested in one way or another in the American short story. Indeed, it
is hard to find a man anywhere who does not enjoy telling a good story.
But