These errors have been corrected herein. The original edition of this work: listed for the first time the Bret Harte-type London story "A Northland Miracle," (entry 188); noted for the first time that "The Whale Tooth" (entry 126) was published in England, under a different title, before its American appearance; was the first to recognize that "The Captain of the Susan Drew" (entry 172) and "Poppy Cargo" are one and the same story; explained for the first time the complicated matter of the publication of "An Old Soldier's Story" (entry 13) and "Old Baldy" (entry 19); listed the true first appearance of "The Unmasking of the Cad" (entry 162); and was the first to offer any explanation of the confused dating of London's stories that appeared in the periodical Lady's Realm.

     In addition, the original work had several other unique attributes. It was the first London bibliography to concentrate solely on the author's fiction — his most important and lasting work. It was the first full-length annotated London bibliography. It was the first to list unpublished plays drawn from London's fiction and their productions. It was the first source to cite the fees the author received for his writings. And the book, because of its annotations, was the first to attempt to cite important critical works associated with London's fiction.

     London sold his fiction production — 196 short stories and the sixteen novels that were serialized before their hard-cover publication — to an astonishing total of seventy-one different periodicals. Of these, only three published more than eight of his fiction pieces: Cosmopolitan Magazine (leading the list with twenty-nine of London's fiction works published), The Saturday Evening Post (with eighteen), and The Youth's Companion (with seventeen.)

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