MAGAZINE AVERAGES FOR 1917
The following table includes the averages of American periodicals published during 1917. One, two, and three asterisks are employed to indicate relative distinction. "Three-asterisk stories" are of somewhat permanent literary value. The list excludes reprints.
| PERIODICALS | NO. OF STORIES PUBLISHED |
NO. OF DISTINCTIVE STORIES PUBLISHED |
PERCENTAGE OF DISTINCTIVE STORIES PUBLISHED | ||||
| * | * * | * * * | * | * * | * * * | ||
| American Magazine | 54 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 6 | 2 |
| Atlantic Monthly | 20 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 85 | 55 | 25 |
| Bellman | 47 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 72 | 36 | 4 |
| Bookman | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 100 | 80 | 20 |
| Boston Evening Transcript | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 100 | 100 | 33 |
| Century | 50 | 40 | 29 | 17 | 80 | 58 | 34 |
| Collier's Weekly | 108 | 51 | 22 | 3 | 47 | 20 | 3 |
| Delineator | 46 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 11 | 4 |
| Everybody's Magazine | 45 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 15 | 7 |
| Every Week | 87 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 2 |
| Forum | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 17 | 17 |
| Good Housekeeping | 40 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 13 |
| Harper's Magazine | 80 | 64 | 39 | 27 | 80 | 49 | 34 |
| Illustrated Sunday Magazine | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 16 | 4 |
| Ladies' Home Journal | 33 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 3 |
| Masses (except Oct. and Nov.) | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 27 | 0 |
| McClure's Magazine | 45 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 4 |
| Metropolitan | 43 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 12 |
| Midland | 22 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 95 | 77 | 9 |
| New Republic | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 100 | 40 | 20 |
| New York Tribune | 30 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 73 | 23 | 13 |
| Outlook | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 56 | 44 | 6 |
| Pagan | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 72 | 72 | 36 |
| Pictorial Review | 42 | 26 | 18 | 14 | 62 | 43 | 33 |
| Reedy's Mirror | 32 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 56 | 31 | 9 |
| Saturday Evening Post | 235 | 62 | 25 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 3 |
| Scribner's Magazine | 65 | 52 | 31 | 16 | 80 | 48 | 25 |
| Seven Arts | 23 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 96 | 83 | 69 |
| Smart Set | 107 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 3 |
| Stratford Journal | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 100 | 100 | 90 |
| Sunset Magazine | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Touchstone | 15 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 100 | 67 | 13 |
The following tables indicate the rank, during 1917, by number and percentage of distinctive stories published, of the nineteen periodicals coming within the scope of my examination which have published during the past year over twenty-five stories and which have exceeded an average of 15% in stories of distinction. The lists exclude reprints.
| BY PERCENTAGE OF DISTINCTIVE STORIES | ||
| 1. | Harper's Magazine | 80% |
| 2. | Scribner's Magazine | 80% |
| 3. | Century Magazine | 80% |
| 4. | New York Tribune | 73% |
| 5. | Bellman | 72% |
| 6. | Pictorial Review | 62% |
| 7. | Everybody's Magazine | 58% |
| 8. | Reedy's Mirror | 56% |
| 9. | Collier's Weekly | 47% |
| 10. | American Magazine | 46% |
| 11. | Delineator | 39% |
| 12. | Metropolitan Magazine | 37% |
| 13. | Ladies' Home Journal | 33% |
| 14. | Good Housekeeping | 30% |
| 15. | Saturday Evening Post | 21% |
| 16. | Every Week | 21% |
| 17. | Smart Set | 20% |
| 18. | McClure's Magazine | 20% |
| 19. | Sunset Magazine | 19% |
| BY NUMBER OF DISTINCTIVE STORIES | ||
| 1. | Harper's Magazine | 64 |
| 2. | Saturday Evening Post | 62 |
| 3. | Scribner's Magazine | 52 |
| 4. | Collier's Weekly | 51 |
| 5. | Century Magazine | 40 |
| 6. | Bellman | 34 |
| 7. | Everybody's Magazine | 26 |
| 8. | Pictorial Review | 26 |
| 9. | American Magazine | 25 |
| 10. | New York Tribune | 22 |
| 11. | Smart Set | 22 |
| 12. | Reedy's Mirror | 18 |
| 13. | Delineator | 18 |
| 14. | Every Week | 18 |
| 15. | Metropolitan Magazine | 16 |
| 16. | Good Housekeeping | 12 |
| 17. | Ladies' Home Journal | 11 |
| 18. | McClure's Magazine | 9 |
| 19. | Sunset Magazine | 6 |
The following periodicals have published during 1917 ten or more "two-asterisk stories." The list excludes reprints. Periodicals represented in this list during 1915 as well are indicated by an asterisk. Periodicals represented in this list during 1916 are indicated by a dagger.
| 1. | *†Harper's Magazine | 39 |
| 2. | *†Scribner's Magazine | 31 |
| 3. | *†Century Magazine | 29 |
| 4. | *†Saturday Evening Post | 25 |
| 5. | *†Collier's Weekly | 20 |
| 6. | Seven Arts | 19 |
| 7. | †Pictorial Review | 18 |
| 8. | Midland | 17 |
| 9. | *†Bellman | 17 |
| 10. | *†Smart Set | 12 |
| 11. | Atlantic Monthly | 11 |
| 12. | Touchstone | 10 |
The following periodicals have published during 1917 five or more "three-asterisk stories." The list excludes reprints. Periodicals represented in this list during 1915 as well are indicated by an asterisk. Periodicals represented in this list during 1916 are indicated by a dagger.
| 1. | *†Harper's Magazine | 27 |
| 2. | *†Century Magazine | 17 |
| 3. | *†Scribner's Magazine | 16 |
| 4. | Seven Arts | 14 |
| 5. | †Pictorial Review | 14 |
| 6. | Stratford Journal | 9 |
| 7. | *†Saturday Evening Post | 7 |
| 8. | Atlantic Monthly | 5 |
| 9. | *Metropolitan | 5 |
| 10. | Good Housekeeping | 5 |
Ties in the above lists have been decided by taking relative rank in other lists into account.[Pg 543]
