All-Story Weekly, March 1, 1919 — page 184: what you’re looking at

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The Western stories are our favorite ones. I think we should have a sequel to “The Un- tamed.” You must not leave Kate Cumberland broken hearted and Whistling Dan tiding off to nowhere. A new writer to the Heart to Heart Talks, Mrs. L. O, GRIFFITH. Seattle, Washington. INSISTS ON SEQUEL TO “THE UNTAMED” To THE EpiTor: I have been a reader of the ALL-Story WEEKLY nearly three years, and I must say that I never read a better magazine. The stories within its ample pages are always highly interesting and deeply entertaining. When I pick up the maga- zine and sit down to read, the hours fly past at a tremendous gallop. | I think that Max Brand, Jackson Gregory, and Frank L. Packard are the leading authors of your invincible, unsurpassable magazine. Ah, yes, I forgot Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of Tarzan. “H.R. H. the Rider,” by him, certainly was literature. “The Untamed,’ Max Brand’s most recent story, surely was an amazing piece of fiction. His style, his vivid portrayal of Western life is unsurpassed; perhaps Jackson Gregory equals him. It was a shame the way the story ended! But now we have the right to expect a sequel—and what’s more, we demand it. By June Mr. Brand had better have the sequel ap- pearing in this magazine. We must allow time for Dan to return with the geese, and time for him to have another adventure. About June, then—if not sooner. May Dan have good luck in the South, where the geese have gone. “After His Own Heart,’ by Ben Ames Williams, is a jewel, though it is not yet com- pleted. But I expect it to be among the others at the top. ‘The Murder Ship” and “ Trapped ” were excellent stories. I have perused other maga- zines in the interim while I patiently wait for the -_ Att-Story Weexkiy to put in an appearance on a and I have discovered that they fall ae far below the horizon of the Att-Story WEEKLY when it comes to Stories. Besides what is within this gem of a magazine there isgthe cover, which is always attractive. When I enter the drug-store, cast my eye upon the rack, I always see it first— because its cover is so conspicuous—always in the limelight, and the other magazines hanging un- obtrusively upon the rack, form a dim back- ground for this unsurpassable book. Being somewhat an artist myself, I admire and appreciate the cover. The most happy moments of my young life have been passed with this magazine, which I hold high above all others. Even my brother, who never favored reading, has become an inveterate reader of the ALt-Story WEEKLY, and until he has finished the week’s program in your magazine he ceases not to read. I have recommended your magazine to all my friends. Those who have taken to reading it are glad that they have done so; and I have been thanked a number of times for advising them. The short stories are of the best; though at times one or two fall beneath the standard. Here is a list of the novelettes which were of the best: “Doris Dances,’ “The Brute-Breaker,” “ His Grace,” “The Voice in the Wall,” “ No Partners,” and many others, too numerous to mention. “The Gun Brand” was great; “Three in a Thousand” also; “ White Tigers,’ by Mr. Shee- han, was grand and I am pleased to see that next week there appears another story by this author. Well, I had best conclude, for I have consumed too much space now. With best wishes to the Aut-Story WEEKLY, the best magazine ever, = NickoLas Macari. L. Box 722, Clinton, Indiana. LIKES HISTORICAL STORIES To THE EprrTor: A few weeks ago as I was coming home from the movies I stepped into the drug-store to get some candy, and as I passed the magazine-stand I noticed the Att-Story WEEKLY of December 14. I purchased it, and now I would not like to miss any number of your fine magazine. The stories I like best are imaginative adven- ture, mystery; and my favorite authors are Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert Ames Bennet. I have read in the Heart to Heart Talks that you would like the readers to write and give their opinion of historical stories, and I must tell you that I like them very much, and would be very pleased to see a historical serial in your splendid maga- zine in the near future. How about it? If you have room in the Heart to Heart Talks I wish you would kindly tell me in what numbers of your magazine the following stories appeared; also the price and whether they are serials, novel- ettes, or short stories, as I would very much like to purchase them: “The Pirate Woman,” “ Palos of the Dog Star Pack,” by J. U. Giesy; “The ¥ — comicbooks:c \ J ae ‘tie ra inley, ye ou . o. ( ut VACA EG rears sve oT ey See er ne Rae ARV Aaa | VLAN a OSB WINER om Mane VON | | La’ Ane a =