Argosy, Vol. 118, No. 2 — page 169: what you’re looking at

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THE LOG-BOOK. And when you have read the story—and I’m certain you won’t want to miss a word of it—you’ll agree that “THE LORD OF THE WINGED DEATH” BY PAUL L. ANDERSON Author of ‘‘The Son of the Red God,’’ etc is even better than that poem of the primitive, ‘‘ The Son of the Red God.” Their bones are dust these many centuries past: hunter and maiden; great chief and traitorous wooer—but their deeds live again in the stirring pages of this realistic romance of the world’s morning. This will be published as a complete novelette in THr ArGosy for March 6. r a 8 Pe, = “THE MAUDS OF MULESFOOT,” by Wolcott LeCléar» Beard, one of next weck’s short stories, is as clever as its title in mixing affairs at a mining-camp in a concoction that will appeal strongly to your appetite for thrills, combined with comedy. In “ THE KEEPER OF MORALS,” Roy W. Hinds gives a wonderfully realistic picture of the inside workings of a big store capped by a climax that fairly brought me up standing when I read it. “ PA’S PANTS,” by Louise Platt Hauck, throws a new sidelight on the Pollyanna cult, incidentally emphasizing the adage “ there’s no “319 fool like an old fool.”’ Next week’s number of THe Arcosy, by the way, marks an important milestone in its career, of which I shall have more to say in the forthcoming Log. 4 je THE ARGOSY’S WIDE RANGKH Sacramento, California. I have just finished reading a letter by Percy E. Morse in the Log-Book for November 29, and want to say I agree with him about Charles Alden Seltzer— Drag Harlan,’ “ Beau Rand,’ ‘“ Square Deal Sanderson,” and the others are all the same. The first one I read was interesting, but by the time I waded through all of them they grew monotonous. He has the right subject, that of the old West; but, for the reader’s sake, get him to change the characters: a little. Enough for criticism. I am glad to hear about the coming of the sequel to the “ Black Wolf of Picardy,” by Stilson, as that, in my opinion, was one of the most interesting stories I have ever read in Tue Arcosy. Stilson, G. W. Ogden, and Achmed Abdullah are, I think, the best writers for Tuer Arcosy. I also enjoyed very much ‘“ The Isle of Drums,” “ Between Worlds,” “ Luck,” “The Mating of the Blades,’ and ‘“ Playing the System.” These are a good sample, I believe, of THE Arcosy’s stories. Let’s have more stories of the old West, the South Seas, and a corking six-part serial of the Northwest Mounted Police. The one big thing about THE Arcosy is that it has a wide range of stories so as to please every- body. Wishing you every success, Bruce MCALLISTER. “THE THIRD ACT” WAS BY FRED JACKSON Dayton, Ohio. I have never as yet written to the Log-Book, but one must sometimes unburden his mind, and J 1 am sure that if more readers, who have followed THE ArGosy as long as I, and who are so perfectly satished as to price and stories}-would write, your Log-Book would have to be tripled in size in order to print the letters of praise. I have to recall that when I was introduced to Tue Arcosy there were running at that time sev- eral serials and complete stories, viz: Smudge,” “The Taking of the Liberator,” “ For the Honor of the Fighting Fifty,” “The Green Triangle,” and the laughable Hawkins stories. I also thought that “The Third Act,” by Edgar Franklin, was fine, but do not like farce-comedy stories that he writes. But the best story of all that I have ever read in THE Arcosy was “ Citadel of Fear,” and I have looked in the Log for more praise of that story, but it seems not to have made such a hit with the other readers as it did with me. The Western stories by Charles Alden Seltzer are fine, but there is too much sameness about them, and it spoils them by running them too often. Well, I have relieved my mind, and am going out to buy the next copy of THr Arcosy as soon as it arrives. Best wishes for its safe voyage. An old reader, W. B. LEE. SANDERS AN ARGOSY CONTRIB- UTOR FOR THREE YEARS Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Have been a constant reader of your magazine for about a year, and must say it is splendid. It is the only magazine I read. I have just finished reading issues for November 8 and ts. I agree with Mr. Dudley about ‘“ The mnichbooks (E@) “The Black”