Story search, actually....

[j d worthington]

Okay, for some reason, I'm having the dickens of a time finding out some specific information on this. I need to know (for research purposes) the exact dates of publication of some of A. Merritt's work. I know the years, but I need to be more specific than that. At the moment, I'm most concerned with the following:

"Through the Dragon Glass" (his first story, published in All-Story magazine for 1917... which month?)

"The People of the Pit" (second, same, 1918 -- which month?)

"Three Lines of Old French" (again, same specific information needed)

"The Face in the Abyss" -- original novelette version, specific first publication date needed.

I may be overlooking an obvious source, but all I'm getting are general year, not specific month (or months) of publication....

Thanks for all the help in advance!

 

[Carolyn Hill]

If online sources ( Stories, Listed by Author ) can be trusted . . .


"Through the Dragon Glass" = Nov. 24, 1917, All-Story Weekly

"The People of the Pit" = Jan. 5, 1918, All-Story Weekly

"Three Lines of Old French" = Aug. 9, 1919, All-Story Weekly

"The Face in the Abyss" = Sept. 8, 1923, Argosy All-Story Weekly


If you want to check in person, UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library has issues of All-Story:

v.70:3-v.83:3, v.84:2-v.90:4, v.91:3-v.94:1, v.95:2-v.101:1, v.102:-v.104:3, v.105:3-v.110:4 Bound 70:3(Apr 28, 1917), 77:1(Oct 27, 1917), 81:2-81:4(Feb 23, 1918-Mar 9, 1918), 82:1-82:3(Mar 16, 1918-Mar 30, 1918), 83:3(Apr 27, 1918), 84:2(May 18, 1918), 85:1(Jun 8, 1918), 86:2-86:3(Jul 13, 1918-Jul 20, 1918), 88:1 (Aug 31, 1918), 88:3(Sep 14, 1918), 90:1(Oct 26, 1918), 90:4(Nov 16, 1918), 91:3-91:4(Dec 7, 1918-Dec 14, 1918), 92:3-92:4(Jan 4, 1919-Jan 11, 1919), 93:3(Feb 1, 1919), 94:1(Feb 15, 1919), 95:2-95:4(Mar 22, 1919-Apr 5, 1919), 96:1-96:2(Apr 12, 1919-Apr 19, 1919), 96:4(May 3, 1919), 98:2(Jun 14, 1919), 98:4(Jun 28, 1919), 101:1(Aug 30, 1919), 102:3(Oct 11, 1919), 103:2-103:4(Nov 1, 1919-Nov 15, 1919), 104:1-104:3(Nov 22, 1919-Dec 6, 1919), 105:3(Jan 3, 1920), 108:1(Mar 13, 1920), 109:2-109:4(Apr 17, 1920), 110:1-110:2(May 8, 1920-May 15, 1920), 110:4(May 29, 1920), 111:1-111:2(Jun 5, 1920-Jun 12, 1920), 111:4 (Jun 26, 1920)

And there are pretty covers of many of the issues at All-Story (Cavalier) Weekly/Magazine

 

[j d worthington]

Ah, many thanks, Carolyn! Wonder how on earth I missed that? At any rate, that's exactly what I was needing... I'll see if I can find a backup for them, just in case, but I'd be willing to wager those are correct. Again, thanks for the help!