| Compiler | Wick, Jean | 
| LoC No. | 21015641 | 
| Title | The stories editors buy and why | 
| Original Publication | Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1921. | 
| Contents | Prefatory note -- The week-end guest, by Marie Van Vorst -- The terrible charge against Jeff Potter, by Samuel A. Derieux -- "A source of irritation," by Stacy Aumonier -- "Momma," by Rupert Hughes -- Back pay, by Fannie Hurst -- "Cab, Sir?" by Samuel Hopkins Adams -- You've got to be selfish, by Edna Ferber -- "Clothes make the man," by Booth Tarkington -- The bell of Saint Gregoire, by Agnes Ross White -- The evening rice, by Achmed Abdullah -- The taking of Billy Rand, by Gordon Young -- According to Ruskin, by Harriet Welles -- The crystal flask, by Paul Rosenwey -- Why the editors buy. | 
| Credits | Terry Jeffress and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) | 
| Language | English | 
| LoC Class | PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections | 
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature | 
| Subject | Short stories, American | 
| Subject | Short story | 
| Category | Text | 
| EBook-No. | 76740 | 
| Release Date | Aug 27, 2025 | 
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. | 
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