Manuscript Reading for the Saturday Evening Post 28 Manuscript Market, The, 19, 60, 112, 197, 263, 325, 379, Manuscript Record, A Handy, Burges, 261 Manuscript, When It Gets Lost, Chapman, 292 Manuscript Clubs, The, 108, 195, 306, 367, 413, 549 Manuscripts, Keeping Track of, Waite, 191 Manuscripts, Preparing, Perry, 17 Manuscripts, Should Editors Note Reasons for De- Manuscripts, The Last of the, Chapman, 320 Marquand, John P., The Spitting Cat, 437 Martin, Everett Taylor, The Wall Street Journal of Marshall, Edison, Authors' Doubles, 311 Matney, Mrs. C. B., About Words, 378 Miller, Warwick Barse, A Handy Supply Cabinet, 192 Mitchell, George Winter, The Birth Control Words, 189, Verse and Controversy, 361 Moody, M. E., In Harold Bell Wright's Mail, 341 Necessary Revisions, 356 Necrology, 36, 68, 134, 210, 273, 336, 394, 428, 474, 526, Newspaper Training. What is There in, Trimingham, 122 Oppenheim, James, Why I Gave Up Being a Suc- Oppenheimer, George, What the Young Publisher Originality and Ingenuity, Wheelock, 95, 165 Page, O. F., About the Thumb-Nail Classic Con- Parsons, Kitty, Writing for Children, 225 Payne, Will, Paradise Island, 80 Periodicals, Mortality among, De Bell, 17 Perry, Edward, Preparing Manuscripts, 17, About Photoplay Markets, A California Agent on the, Photostat Copying in Library Research, 29 Poetry, The Technique of Modern, Hillyer, 69, 137, Poole, Ernest, Nat Goodwin and a Publisher, 291 Porter, Harold E., Is It Wise to Use a Pseudonym, Prize Offers and Awards, 23, 62, 116, 200, 266, 328, Proof, Galley, Edith Wharton Corrects, 76 Pseudonym, Is It Wise to Use a, Bosher, 56, Publisher, Nat Goodwin and a, Poole, 291 Publisher Wants, What the Young, Oppenheimer, 219 Quiller Couch, Arthur, On Jargon, 577 Ray, Louis Duncan, Advertising as a Training for Rappan, Robert, Verse and Controversy, 319 "Reader, I Married Him!" Robertshaw, 353 Reviewing, The Morals and Morale of, Canby, 475 Rhymes or Near-Rhymes, Swift, 16 Richardson Eudora Ramsay, In Defence of the Commercialist, 175, The Diamond or the Moun Robertshaw, Anne W., "Reader, I Married Him! 353 Rowland, Helen, Authors' Doubles, 310 St. John, Adela Rogers, The Haunted Lady, 239 The Market, 29 Sherwood, Margaret, The Clearest Voice, 1 Short Story, The, Gallishaw, 542 Short Story, The, Richardson, 399 Sinclair, Upton, Authors' Doubles, 310 Sinclair-Cowan, Bertha M., Is It Wise to Use a Stevens, Beulah Rose, Ab Initio, 464 Story Writer, Why I Gave Up Being a Successful, Style and Vocabulary Test, 584 Swift, Ivan, Rhymes or Near-Rhymes, 16 Print, 375 Thoreau, Henry David, Selection from "On Style," 591 Uzzell, Thomas H., The Novel, 169 van Loon, Henrik Willem, Authors' Doubles, 309 White, Corning, Training for Playwriting, 573 Whitehead, Henry S., Certain Mechanical Aids for Williams, Ben Ames, Solitude, 37, The Function of Willsie, Honoré, 194 Wilson, Leila Weekes, Why "Gesture" for "Sug- Winston, Annie Steger, The Weather Eye, 234 Wright, Harold Bell, In His Mail, Moody, 341 Writer, Certain Mechanical Aids for the, White- Writer's Thumb-Nail Biographies, The, 295, 354, Writer's Thumb-Nail Classic Contest, The, 221, 377 Writing, Make It Pay, Canopy, 294 Writing for the Millions, Farrar, 281 Writing for Children, Parsons, 225 THE WRITER'S DIRECTORY OF PERIODICALS THE fourth printing of this Directory-which is constantly being revised and enlarged began in THE WRITER jor July, 1922. The information for it, showing the manuscript market and the manuscript requirements of the various publications listed, is gathered directly from the editors of the periodicals. Great pains are taken to make the information accurate and the Directory complete. Before submitting manuscripts to any publication, it is advisable to secure a sample copy. (Continued from December WRITER) MAGNIFICAT (M), Manchester, N. H. $2.00; 20c. Sisters of Mercy, editors. Has a regular staff, but is always ready to consider matter of exceptional value. Prefers tales of American life, preferably with Roman Catholic atmosphere. Uses serials, novelettes, short stories, poetry, humorous prose, plays, juvenile matter, and general matter-in short, anything of interest to the Roman Catholic reading public. Sets length limits at from 1,500 to 5,000 words; buys photographs only for special needs; and pays on acceptance. MAGNET: A MAGAZINE OF THE NORTHWEST (M), 212 Marion st., Seattle, Washington. No longer published. MAILBAG (M), 314 Caxton Building, Cleveland, Devoted to mail advertising, and uses only special articles on the subject of direct-mail advertising. Unless writers have had practical experience in this field, or can accurately translate the actual experiences of others, there is little chance of their material being available. Prefers articles of from 1,000 to 2,500 words, and sets 5,000 words as an outside limit. Pays before publication. MAIL ORDER ADVERTISING (M), 15 East Huron st., Using only articles on advertising or selling Publication suspended with the issue of July 26, 1925. MARKET GROWER'S JOURNAL (S-M), Louisville, A publication devoted solely to commercial vegetable growing and marketing, setting length limit at 2,000 words, and paying after publication. MARRIAGE (M), 220 West Jefferson st., Bloomington, Publication discontinued, and mail returned by the post office. MARRIAGE STORIES (M), Dell Publishing Co., 46 West 24th st., New York. Title changed to TRUE MARRIAGE STORIES. MAYFLOWER (W), Pilgrim Press. Boston, Mass. 40c. An illustrated four-page paper for the younger children in the Congregational Sunday School. Uses stories and verse for children of from five to eight years. Sets length limit at 800 words, and pays upon acceptance, or shortly after. All manuscripts should be sent to the editor. MEASURE (M), 223 West 15th st., New York. $2.50; 25c. E. Merrill Root, editor; L. W. Hubbell, business manager. Prints poetry and articles on poetry; does not pay for unsolicited manuscripts. MELODY (M), 120 Boylston st., Boston. $1.50; 15c. Lloyd Loar, editor; C. V. Buttelman, managing editor. A magazine for photoplay musicians and the musical home, catering largely to photoplay organists and pianists and to lay music lovers. Material largely furnished by staff writers, but occasionally buys articles dealing with subjects mentioned. Pays on publication. MENORAH JOURNAL (B-M), 167 West 13th st., New Uses short stories, essays, and one-act plays, The Mentor is not a regular magazine, but a course in popular education, and does not accept general contributions. Schedules are made out a year in advance on topics in the departments of art, history, literature, travel, nature, etc., and articles are prepared by authorities on these subjects. METRONOME (M), 42 Cooper Square, New York. $4.00; 25c. Gustav Saenger, editor; D. K. Antrim, assistant editor. Uses educational, instructive articles on the orchestra and band, both general and juvenile, for the music teacher, student, and music lover. Sets length limit at from 500 to 2,000 words. Pays on publication. MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER (B-W), Mt. Clemens, Devoted to agriculture mostly in Michigan and of interest to the farmers in this state. Uses articles on economics and occasional general articles, short stories, and serials, setting length limit for single stories at 2,000 words. Buys radio department matter, and all kinds of matter regarding farming, buys photographs; prefers rural fiction, and pays at the rate of onehalf cent a word. CONTINUED ON INSIDE BACK COVER "THE CLEAREST VOICE" A story by MARGARET SHERWOOD analyzed IN the October number appeared the first of a series of BY PERMISSION OF MISS SHERWOOD AND THE EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC MONTHIY 17 63 beauty; and, as he climbed the hill, the 15 | 61 Then came the comforting glimpse of the red brick house through the encompassing green, with its white daintiness of porch, fan-window, and window facings. It all looked like her; in its serene and simple distinction it seemed to embody her; her creative touch was everywhere. The bay window, about which they had disagreed when the house was planned, had, surprisingly, turned out to the liking of both; as he fumbled at the latch of the gate, and pinched his finger as he always did, a vexed sense of triumph came to him, for it surely would have worked better if he had insisted on having his own way! Everywhere were traces of little worries and little triumphs, the latter predominating. It was the very soul of home, from the threshold to the branches of the tall elm that touched the roof protectingly; it was wholly desirable, and it might have to go. he As he followed the brick walk, in bitterness he closed his eyes that he might not see, and so ran into a porch pillar, the one on which Alice's red roses were blossoming; the queer little groan that he gave in some strange way took on the sound of 'Railroads!' and again 'railroads!' as beat his head against the pillar once or twice purposely; and his voice had a note of contempt. He had not felt that way about railroads when he had invested his savings, partly in the stock of a new railroad in the West, partly in the stock of an old railroad in the East that was doing wild things in the way of improvements. Then there had been nothing too good for him to say about the earning power of railroads, the wise management of rail 18 64 19 65 20 66 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 28 74 29 30 31 75 76 77 32 78 33 34 35 35 36 37 38 79 80 81 82 83 84 39 85 roads, the net profits of railroads. Now, both railroads were in trouble; dividends were cut, and the stock which he had hoped to sell at a profit had dropped almost to zero; the mortgage loan on his house was due in a month; and he, a man earning only a moderate salary in a realestate office, had nothing in the world wherewith to meet the emergency. Even the savings-bank deposit had gone into railroad stock, in order that the mortgage might be paid off more quickly. But his face lighted up with a smile both sad and bright that made quite a different face of it as he crossed the threshold, that threshold on which Alice had stopped to kiss him the day he had married her and brought her home. There was something here that shut out all the trouble in the universe: about the doorway his wife's laughter seemed to be always floating,that laughter, merry, touched with tenderness, made up of mirth and sorrow, as all wise laughter is. Just then came little Jack to meet him, speeding madly down the 40 86 baluster; and John, as he picked up his boy, kissed him, and reproved him for 88 coming downstairs that way, had nothing to answer, when his son averred that it was lots better than a railroad, save 'That 45 91 might well be.' 'There's ice cream for dinner,' the boy exploded; and the father, roughly smoothing Jack's tousled hair, started as he caught a sound of chatter from the livingroom, and stood still in dismay. That today of all days should be the time of the family gathering which brought two uncles, two aunts, and three cousins to the house! 100 How completely he had forgotten! He 55 101 hung up his hat and grasped little Jack's 56 102 hand; he would tell them nothing about 103 his troubles, nothing; he would be the ideal 58 104 host, concealing his personal vexations 59 105 under a cordial smile. 53 99 54 57 60 106 But hardly had he opened the door, with |