wis, Sinclair, Number Seven (_American_, May).

Mahoney, James, Taxis of Fate (_Century_, November).

Mason, Grace Sartwell, Glory (_Harper's_, April).

Moore, Frederick, The Picture (_Adventure_, September 10).

Mouat, Helen, Aftermath (_Good Housekeeping_, September).

Natteford, J. F., A Glimpse of the Heights (_Photoplay_, April).

Neidig, William F, The Firebug (_Everybody's_, April).

Pitt, Chart, Debt of the Snows (_Sunset_, April).

Post, Melville Davisson, The Mottled Butterfly (_Red Book_, August);
The Great Cipher (_Red Book_, November).

Read, Marion Pugh, Everlasting Grace (_Atlantic Monthly_, March).

Rhodes, Harrison, Night Life and Thomas Robinson (_Saturday Evening
Post_, June 4).

Rouse, William Merriam, Arms of Judgment (_Argosy-All-Story Weekly_,
March 12).

Shore, Viola Brothers, The Heritage (_Saturday Evening Post_, February
5).

Singmaster, Elsie, The Magic Mirror (_Pictorial Review_, November).

Springer, Fleta Campbell, The Mountain of Jehovah (_Harper's_, March).

Tarkington, Booth, Jeannette (_Red Book_, May).

Titus, Harold, The Courage of Number Two (_Metropolitan_, June).

Train, Arthur, The Crooked Fairy (_McCall's_, July).

Watson, Marion Elizabeth, Bottle Stoppers (_Pictorial Review_, June).

Wormser, G. Ranger, Gossamer (_Pictorial Review_, March).

The following stories are regarded the best of the year by the judges
whose names are respectively indicated:

1. The Marriage in Kairwan, by Wilbur Daniel Steele (_Harper's_,
December). Ethel Watts Mumford.

2. A Life, by Wilbur Daniel Steele (_Pictorial Review_, August).
Edward J. Wheeler.

3. Wisdom Buildeth Her House, by Donn Byrne (_Century_, December).
Blanche Colton Williams.

4. Waiting, by Helen R. Hull (_Touchstone_, February). Grove E.
Wilson.

5. The Poppies of Wu Fong, by Lee Foster Hartman (_Harper's_,
November). Frances Gilchrist Wood.

Out of the first list sixteen stories were requested for republication
in this volume. The significance of the third list lies in the fact
that only one story was selected from it, the others meeting
objections from the remainder of the Committee.

Since no first choice story won the prize, the Committee resorted, as
in former years, to the point system, according to which the leader is
"The Heart of Little Shikara," by Edison Marshall. To Mr. Marshall,
therefore, goes the first prize of $500. In like manner, the second
prize, of $250, i