1927/11 -- Contents as follows:

  • The Biology of Superiority by Raymond Pearl
  • Egypt by W.A.S. Douglas
  • Tom Heflin by John W. Owens
  • A German Grandfather by Ruth Suckow
  • Editorial
  • Elegy in a Malty Mood by Benjamin DeCasseres
  • Officers of the Court by Horace A. Davis
  • Americana
  • A Texas Chain-Gang by Ernest Booth

    • The Arts and Sciences:

  • Heat or Heredity? by Emmett Reid Dunn
  • The Yugoslav Speech in America by Louis Adamic
  • Body's Breviary by Joseph Warren Beach
  • The Gods Confused by Oliver H.P. Garrett
  • Deadwood the Dreadful by Duncan Aikman
  • Churches in the Moronic Mode by F.R. Webber
  • Flat Tires on the Farm by W.G. Clugston
  • Days of Wickedness by Herbert Asbury

  • Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan
  • The Theatre by George Jean Nathan
  • The Library by H.L. Mencken
  • The American Mercury Authors
  • Check List of New Books
  • Editorial Notes
  • Lucky Strikes Cigarettes illustrated ad on back cover