The Best Short Stories of 1920 Part 69

(56) #Hergesheimer, Joseph# (_for biography, see 1918_).

*Blue Ice.

*Ever So Long Ago.

*Meeker Ritual (II).

*"Read Them and Weep."

(25) #Hughes, Rupert# (_for biography, see 1918_).

*Stick-in-the-Muds.

#Hunting, Ema S.# Born at Sioux Rapids, Iowa, Oct. 8, 1885.

Educated at Fort Dodge High School, Ia., and graduate of Grinnell College, 1908. Author of "A d.i.c.kens Revival." Writer of one-act plays and children's stories. First short story: "Dissipation," Midland, May, 1920. Lives at Denver, Col.

Dissipation.

Soul That Sinneth.

#Hussey, L. M.# Born in Philadelphia. Studied medicine and chemistry. Director of a laboratory of biological research.

First story: "The Sorrows of Mr. Harlcomb," published in the Smart Set about 1916. At present occupied with writing a novel. Lives in Philadelphia, Pa.

Lowden Household.

Two Gentlemen of Caracas.

(6) #Irwin, Wallace# (_for biography, see 1919_).

Beauty.

#Johns, Orrick.#

Big Frog.

(256) #Johnson, Arthur# (_for biography, see 1918_).

*Princess of Tork.

(3) #Knight, (Clifford) Reynolds.# Born at Fulton, Kan., 1886.

Educated at Washburn College, Topeka, and University of Michigan. Has been engaged in railroad and newspaper work.

Taught in the Signal Corps Training School at Yale during the war. Now on the editorial staff of the Kansas City Star.

Chief interests: Books and music. First published story: "The Rule of Three," The Railroad Man's Magazine, Oct., 1911. Author: "Tommy of the Voices," 1918. Lives in Kansas City, Mo.

*Melody Jim.

#Komroff, Manuel.#

Thumbs.

"#Kral, Carlos A. V."# Born in a country town in southern Michigan, Dec. 29, 1890, of Czech-Yankee descent. Has lived continuously since three years of age in one of the large cities of the Great Lakes. Graduated from a public high school, but was educated chiefly by thought and private study.

Landscape with Trees, and Colored Twilight with Music.

(6) #La Motte, Ellen Newbold.# Born in Louisville, Ky., of northern parentage. Privately educated. Graduated from the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1902. Since engaged in social work and public health work. Was in charge of the Tuberculosis Division of the Baltimore Health Dept. for several years. Has been living chiefly in Paris since 1913. Was in France with a year's service in a Field Hospital attached to the French Army. Spent a year in China and the Far East, 1916-7. Chief interests: the under dog, either the individual or nation.

First short story: "Heroes," Atlantic Monthly, Aug., 1916.

Author: "The Tuberculosis Nurse," 1914; "The Backwash of War," 1916; "Peking Dust," 1919; "Civilization," 1919.

"The Backwash of War" was suppressed by the British, French and American governments. It went through four printings first, and is now released again.

Golden Stars.

#McCourt, Edna Wahlert.#

*Lichen.

(6) #MacMa.n.u.s, Seumas.#

Conaleen and Donaleen.

Heartbreak of Norah O'Hara.

Lad from Largymore.

#Mann, Jane.# Born near New York City of Knickerbocker ancestry.

After college preparatory school had several years of art education. Chief interest: wandering along coasts, living with the natives, seeing what they do and hearing what they say. First published story: "Men and a Gale o' Wind," Collier's Weekly, Nov. 8, 1913. Lives in Provincetown, Ma.s.s.

Heritage.

#Mason, Grace Sartwell.# Born at Port Allegheny, Pa., Oct. 31, 1877. Educated privately. Married to Redfern Mason, the musical critic, 1902. Author: "The Car and the Lady," 1909; "The G.o.dparents," 1910; "Micky and His Gang," 1912; "The Bear's Claws" (with John Northern Hilliard), 1913; "The Golden Hope," 1915. Lives at Carmel, Cal.

*His Job.

(6) #"Maxwell, Helena"# (_for biography, see 1919_).

Adolescence.

#Mears, Mary M.# Born at Oshkosh, Wis. Educated at State Normal School, Wis. Unmarried. Journalist since 1896. Author: "Emma Lou--Her Book," 1896; "Breath of the Runners," 1906; "The Bird in the Box"; "Rosamond the Second." Lives in New York City.

Forbidden Thing.