Chapter I · Chapter 1

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

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From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

plural of “acknowledgment” — the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

From this reading Acknowledgments are specially due to _The Boston Evening Transcript_ for permission to reprint the large body of material previously published in its pages.

(of mail) marked with a destination

From this reading Such communications may be addressed to me at _Forest Hill, Oxfordshire, England_.

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

completing its life cycle within a year

From this reading I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Acknowledgments are specially due to _The Boston Evening Transcript_ for permission to reprint the large body of material previously published in its pages.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Such communications may be addressed to me at _Forest Hill, Oxfordshire, England_.

plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

From this reading Acknowledgments are specially due to _The Boston Evening Transcript_ for permission to reprint the large body of material previously published in its pages.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

From this reading Acknowledgments are specially due to _The Boston Evening Transcript_ for permission to reprint the large body of material previously published in its pages.

English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971)

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

a period of 100 years

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)

From this reading Such communications may be addressed to me at _Forest Hill, Oxfordshire, England_.

the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders

From this reading I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume.

growing or occurring in many parts of the world

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

(Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

owed and payable immediately or on demand

From this reading Acknowledgments are specially due to _The Boston Evening Transcript_ for permission to reprint the large body of material previously published in its pages.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

plural of “editor” — a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading Such communications may be addressed to me at _Forest Hill, Oxfordshire, England_.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

decreasing in amount or degree

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

feel or handle with the fingers

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Acknowledgments are specially due to _The Boston Evening Transcript_ for permission to reprint the large body of material previously published in its pages.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading Such communications may be addressed to me at _Forest Hill, Oxfordshire, England_.

plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

feeling or showing gratitude

From this reading I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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possessive form of “harper” — someone who plays the harp

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United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)

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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

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a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading Such communications may be addressed to me at _Forest Hill, Oxfordshire, England_.

the work of cleaning and running a house

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

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a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government

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including much or everything; and especially including stated limits

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

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belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

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a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

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indicating the most important performer or role

From this reading I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume.

16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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German theologian who led the Reformation; believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds (1483-1546)

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a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

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plural of “matthew” — (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Such communications may be addressed to me at _Forest Hill, Oxfordshire, England_.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Such communications may be addressed to me at _Forest Hill, Oxfordshire, England_.

a town in west central Texas

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

United States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880)

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

an announcement containing information about an event

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

English poet (1880-1958)

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

the month following September and preceding November

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Such communications may be addressed to me at _Forest Hill, Oxfordshire, England_.

one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading Acknowledgments are specially due to _The Boston Evening Transcript_ for permission to reprint the large body of material previously published in its pages.

unique or specific to a person or thing or category

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

From this reading I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume.

an amount of time

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

plural of “periodical” — a publication that appears at fixed intervals

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

approval to do something

From this reading Acknowledgments are specially due to _The Boston Evening Transcript_ for permission to reprint the large body of material previously published in its pages.

pertaining to or consisting of pictures

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

affix in a public place or for public notice

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

at an earlier time or formerly

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past form of “print” — put into print

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

prepared and printed for distribution and sale

From this reading Acknowledgments are specially due to _The Boston Evening Transcript_ for permission to reprint the large body of material previously published in its pages.

plural of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

plural of “quality” — an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

plural of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading

From this reading I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume.

the act of receiving

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale

From this reading Acknowledgments are specially due to _The Boston Evening Transcript_ for permission to reprint the large body of material previously published in its pages.

a new appraisal or evaluation

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

the month following August and preceding October

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume.

United States playwright (1896-1955)

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

in a special manner

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English writer (1672-1729)

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Such communications may be addressed to me at _Forest Hill, Oxfordshire, England_.

plural of “suggestion” — an idea that is suggested

From this reading I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech

From this reading Acknowledgments are specially due to _The Boston Evening Transcript_ for permission to reprint the large body of material previously published in its pages.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

the quality of being of practical use

From this reading I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

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From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

accept gladly

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.

comparative of “wide” — having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading I shall be grateful to my readers for corrections, and particularly for suggestions leading to the wider usefulness of this annual volume.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Editor of "The Best Short Stories of 1915" "The Best Short Stories of 1916" "The Best Short Stories of 1917" "The Best Short Stories of 1918" "The Best Short Stories of 1919" "The Best Short Stories of 1920" "The Great Modern English Stories," Etc To the Editor of _The Century Magazine_, the Editor of _The Bookman_, the Editor of _The Dial_, the Editor of _The Pictorial Review_, the Editor of _The Saturday Evening Post_, the Editor of _The American Magazine_, the Editor of _Scribner's Magazine_, the Editor of _Good Housekeeping_, the Editor of _Harper's Magazine_, the Editor of _The Cosmopolitan_, the Editors of _The Smart Set_, The Editor of _The Midland_, Boni & Liveright, Inc., George H. Doran Co., B.W. Huebsch, Doubleday, Page & Co., Sherwood Anderson, Konrad Bercovici, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Irvin S. Cobb, Lincoln Colcord, Charles J. Finger, Waldo Frank, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Ellen Glasgow, Susan Glaspell, Richard Matthews Hallet, Frances Noyes Hart, Fannie Hurst, Manuel Komroff, Frank Luther Mott, Vincent O'Sullivan, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Harriet Maxon Thayer, Charles Hanson Towne, and Mary Heaton Vorse.

but in spite of that

From this reading In particular, I shall welcome the receipt, from authors, editors, and publishers, of stories printed during the period between October, 1921 and September, 1922 inclusive, which have qualities of distinction and yet are not printed in periodicals falling under my regular notice.