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960 ever in Tne Arcosy was “ Loosing the Tempest.” The only bad one was *‘ The Shooting at Big D,” and I have read them all. What has become of Hawkins? Can't you run him in occasionally? Give us more stories of the sea and adventure in out-of- the-way places, but few love stories. THE Arcosy is all right, and by all odds the best fiction magazine published. N. B. SNYDER. North Holston, Virginia. As yoit see, we have cut the serials out. As to the short stories, | am going to make sure that they are the best money can buy. As to Hawkins, | haven’t made up my mind whether to let him come back—I am afraid he is in the discard.—Epiror. * K x xk Praises Lovecrait’s Poetry Iwprror, ArGosy : : The good genius that prompted you to publish Albert Payson Terhune’s story, “The Man Who Shivered,’ deserves the gratitude of every short-story lover. It is truly admirable. I have followed the Jack- son discussion with interest. H. P. Love- _eraft, in his verse @ Ja Dunciad, knows what he is talking about. Pope himself couldn’t have done better. Give us more Skit, ti Fe. Roy M. Grover. 52 Quinby Street, Watertown, Massachusetts. Likes New Policy Eprror, Arcosy: I wish to say that I think your new policy is very good. Give us a book-length novel, a novelette, and a couple of two-part novels and I cannot see why anybody should be dissatisfied. Personally, I don’t like to wait several months to finish a story. 1 think Fred Jackson is a very good writer, but [ enjoy H. Bedford - Jones's stories, as they have more vim in them, es- pecially “ The Waters of Strife.” I hope you stick to the plan of giving us fewer short stories and more large instalments of serials. L. C. AvTEN, Paris, France. I hope you will find the complete maga- zine an improvement over even the two- part novel idea.—Epiror. * *K K XK Can’t Miss Argosy Eprror, Arcosy: My latest copy of Tur Arcosy has failed THE ARGOSY. to arrive, and as J am unwilling to miss a single copy of this splendid magazine, please send me another, Dr. WiitiAM T, HEerrine. lola, Florida. * * x * Here Comes a Sailor Eprror, ARGosy : Ship ahoy. Here is a call from Davy Jones’s Locker. I have been reading THE Arcosy for seven years, and, believe me, it is the only magazine. [I like all the sto- ries, but. * The City of the Unseen” and “Taming Fierce Elton ” I had to read over again just for luck, they were so good. V. B. WoLiaM, Seaman, U. S. S. Dorothea, Cleveland, Ohio. Hope we don’t have any sea stories by authors who don’t know seven bells from a boatswain’s whistle.—Eprror. \ *K *« *k * Seventy-Three Eprror, ArGosy: I’m just a country jake with enough edu- cation to read and hold down a telegraph job on the Pennsy, but I know when I get a good story. The engineers wouldn’t toot their whistles if they knew how much joy I get out of Tur Arcosy. I thought “ The Third Act” was the best I have ever read. 1 take off my hat to Bedford-Jones, whose “Waters of Strife” was great. Some- times I stay at the office until two o’clock in the morning and beat the third trick op- erator out of his Arcosy, “An Enemy Hath Done This” got me going. Let us have less short stories, as I forget them five minutes after I read them, unless it is something humorous like “Sheep and Sang-F roid,” by George Washington Og- den. That hit my funny spot all right. W. A. Ext, R. F. D. No. 6, Winamac, Indiana. * * ko & Wants Argosy Weekly Eprror, Arcosy: Keep the good work up. You are cer- tainly getting out some magazine. I wish it came every week instead of once a month. I like all your authors except Fred Jackson. I like good, red-blooded stories such as “Out of Algiers,” by Bed- ford-Jones. I just finished reading “ The Secret War” and thought it fine. GEORGE WEATHERBY, Salem, New Jersey. EOmic .OO