Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 May 1928 — Page 32

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TRYING TO FIND THE BEST SHORT STORIES Edward J. O’Brien Makes His Selection of the Fifteen Finest Short Stories That Have Ever Been Given to the Reading Public, BY WALTER D. HICKMAN. TTT'OR some time leaders in the literary world have been trying to name •i the best short stories. Now Edward J. O’Brien, who since 1915 has annually selected the beet short stories of those years, has now definitely named the “fifteen finest short stories in the world.” This he has done in the current issue of Forum Magazine, published in New York, under the article title of “The Fifteen Finest Short Stories.”

John Bakeless, managing editor, in a letter has given me the right to print the selection of O’Brien as it appears in Forum Magazine. O’Brien’s fifteen best list is as follows: “Benito Cereno” by Herman Melville—Because O’Brien regards this as “thefnobiest short story in American literature.

“Ethan Brand” by Nathaniel Hawthorne—Because “here we have Hawthorne at his moment of greatest perception.” “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe —Because “it has faultless integrity, etc.” “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James—Because “of the author’s fidelity to what he knew.” “The Three Strangers” by Thomas Hardy—Because “This is a god’s-eye view of human nature.” “Youth” by Joseph Conrad—Because “There can be no doubt that cur test of substance warrants our choice of this story from all others that Conrad wrote.” “El Ombu” by W. H. Hudson— Because “of its perfect fusion of profound substance with incomparable form.” “The Phantom ‘Rickshaw” by Rudyard Kipling—Because here we have here “Kipling’s incomparable technique, etc.” “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfisld—Because “it has a cry in it

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which has never been stilled from age to age.” “An Episode of the Reign of Terror” by Honore de Balzac—Because “I have found it difficult to select Balzac’s finest story.” ' "Mateo Falcone” by Prosper Merimee—Because “this is the the most primitive story of all those I have selected.” “A Simple Heart” by Gustave Flaubert—Because “this story is the greatest act of faith made by any story teller I knew, etc.” “Two Friends” by Guy de Maupassant—Because “the technical form of the story is, of course, superb, etc.” “The Black Monk” by Anton Chekhov—Because of many reasons, chiefly because of the spiritual tempo. “Lazarus” by Andreyev—Because probably “worldly wisdom is declared bankrupt, etc.” The oldest story from the point of authorship is “Mateo Falcone” which was written in 1829 and the most modern story is “The Fly” which w r as written in 1923. This selection is really mere important when the individual asks himself—How many have I read? So I believe it is time for most of us to get busy-and read the fifteen finest. Indianapolis theaters today offer: j

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PROTEST GRAVEL PIT Park Board Ponders Citizen’s Petition. Park board members today considered a emonstrance against opening of a gravel pit south of White River J3lvd. at Belmont Ave., in the vicinity of School 63. A delegation of parents contended the gravel pit would be unsightly and a hazard to children. Four public hearings will be held next Thursday: Petition for $75,000 auto sales room at Washington St. and Brookville Rd., by A. J. Louth. Amendment of permit to build storeroom at College Ave. and Thir-ty-Eighth St., to allow construction of apartment. Monahan Construction Company, ten story apartment at 3025 N. Meridian St. Vanderbilt Realty Company petition for building to house exclusive shops at Thirty-Eighth and Meridian Sts.

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