15.  The Elephant Remembers, by Edison Marshall (Everybody’s, October).

16.  England to America, by Margaret Prescott Montague (Atlantic,
    September).

17.  Five Thousand Dollars Reward, by Melville D. Post (Saturday Evening
    Post, February 15).

18.  The Lubbeny Kiss, by Louise Rice (Ainslee’s, October).

19.  The High Cost of Conscience, by Beatrice Ravenel (Harper’s,
    January).

20.  The Red Mark, by John Russell (Collier’s, April 15).

21.  The Trap, by Myra Sawhill (American, May).

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 (Harpers, 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 author of the best story, and according to a recognized system of counts,[A] the best is “England to America”; the second best, “For They Know not What They Do.”  The first award, therefore, goes to Miss Margaret Prescott Montague; the second to Mr. Wilbur Daniel Steele.

[Footnote A:  Since there were five judges, the system used was the following: