The Argosy, Vol. 75, No. 4 — page 255: what you’re looking at

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~ THE LOG-BOOK, he has in the December issue. Success from an Arcosy friend and reader. E. G. HAMEL. 623 St. John Street, Quebec, Canada. * * x * Renews His Subscription Eprror, Arcosy: Please send me Tue Arcosy for one year. Members of this family have taken one or more of your publications since THE ArGosy was a young-folks paper—and the best ever. Henry M. Smirtu, 57 Cherry Street, Northampton, Massachusetts. * * * ok Commends Recent Changes Eprror, ARGOSY: I have been a reader of Tur Arcosy for the last three years, and the only fault [ have to find with it is that there is not enough of it. I like it much better since you have made the recent changes. Of course I like some stories better than others, but the good ones make up for the poor ones. Mrs. Nancy EF. Kirk. jee Oe LaCrosse, Washington. * * * * Wants Short Stories Eprror, Arcosy : I see the long-story side is doing the most writing, so [ am going to: add my vote for the short stories. I[ can’t threaten you with not buying it if you don’t publish what I want, for my husband takes it, and J would continue to read it as long as it is Tue Arcosy, but I don’t read it much, ex- cept the Log-Book, since you make the stories so long. It is all right to cut out the continued stories, but I like a lot of short stories and one or two long ones. I don’t like Fred Jackson very well. I don’t expect my vote for short stories will matter much, but you have it. Mrs. R. S. JOHNSON. Yorkville, Michigan. I assure you that your vote does count, but there seems to be a general idea that in testing the value of the short story I adoped the policy of no short stories. For several months I have been read- justing the serials and paving the way for this complete magazine. From three seri- als run in small instalments, [ brought the serials to an end in the February number, and in order to increase the size of the in- 957 stalments [ cut down the short story space. At the same time I thought it a good chance to test the value of short stories with the readers. Instead of running eight to twelve short stories, | gave the space to serials, and there were a great many read- ers who were satisfied to let the short sto- ries go. By actual count the letters have been even in voting on the question, but out of half a million readers a hundred letters could hardly be used as a basis to decide the question. Now that the serials have been dispensed with, you shall have your full book-length novels, long novelettes, and short stories. Under this arrangement everybody should be able to find in each number the sort of stories preferred.—Eprror. * * * * Protest from Texas Kprror, ArGcosy: [ have been reading Tur Arcosy for a number of years, and there seems to be a great many unfair people, but I wish to state that I have never read a story in THE Arcosy which [ have not enjoyed very - much. My favorites are Edgar Franklin, H. Bedford-Jones, W. EK. Schutt, and W. R. Foran, and any one who cannot appre- clate stories by these authors must have an unbalanced mind. Thanking you for more stories by the above-named authors, and assuring you that [ like THe Arcosy as it now stands, I am, K. D. Garver. 2804 ‘Turney Avenue, Dallas, Texas. With the exception of Franklin, the au- thors named are newcomers to the staff of Tue Arcosy, and I like to know that old readers find them satisfactory. However, those who do not like the work of some of these writers are certainly entitled to their opinions. And the best way to get more stories by your favorite authors is to write to me about them.—Eprror, * * * * Criticizes Fishing Story Eprror, Arcosy: { have been reading THr Arcosy for a long time, and in my estimation it is one of the best fiction publications on the mar- ket. I find your Log-Book very interesting indeed, and like to read the opinions of other readers. I think the worst story I ever read was Frank Williams’s “ Scud o’ the Banks.” Living as I do in the “ Glou- cester of Canada,” a story of this nature cS Eomicboo (Xo)