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22. Evening Primroses, by Anne D. Sedgwick (Atlantic, July).

23. Autumn Crocuses, by Anne D. Sedgwick (Atlantic, August).

24. The Blood of the Dragon, by Thomas Grant Springer (Live Stories, May).

25. Contact, by Wilbur Daniel Steele (Harper’s, March).

26. For They Know not What They Do, by Wilbur Daniel Steele (Pictorial Review, July).

27. La Guiablesse, by Wilbur Daniel Steele (Harper’s, September).

28. On Strike, by Albert Payson Terhune (The Popular Magazine, October).

29. The Other Room, by Mary Heaton Vorse (McCall’s, April).

30. They Grind Exceeding Small, by Ben Ames Williams (Saturday Evening Post, September 13).

31. On the Field of Honour, by Ben Ames Williams (American, March).

32. Turkey Red, by Frances Gilchrist Wood (Pictorial Review, November).

Although the exiguity of the vessel forbids inclusion of all these stories, yet the Committee wish to record them as worthy of preservation under covers. Publishing by title, therefore, carries all the honour attached to publishing the complete story.

Awarding the prizes proved difficult. No title stood first on all the lists: rated best by one judge, any story lost rank through lower rating by another. But the following held from first place to fifth place on the separate final lists: “La Guiablesse,” “England to America,” “For They Know not What They Do,” “ Evening Primroses,” “Autumn Crocuses,” “Humoresque,” “The Red Mark,” “They Grind Exceeding Small,” “On Strike,” “The Elephant Remembers,” “Contact,” and “Five Thousand Dollars Reward.” It will be observed that three of Wilbur Daniel Steele’s narratives appear. If the prize had been announced as going to the author of more stories rated first, he would have received it. But by the predetermined conditions, it must fall to the