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_He is H. W. Wessolowski_

Dear Editor:

Since I have read every copy of Astounding Stories since it was
inaugurated I feel well qualified to contribute a few bouquets and
also some criticism. The cover illustrations are wonderful but I
cannot find the artist's name on it. So good an artist should put
his "moniker" on his productions. I am glad to see that the words
"Super-Science" are on the top of the cover in bright red letters;
some other Science Fiction magazines seem desirous of disguising
the contents of their magazines for some obscure and mysterious
reason.

And now a brickbat. It is my humble opinion that the science should
be examined more carefully before the stories are printed in this
excellent magazine. The stories should be not only astounding, but
should contain some science information that will be remembered
after the fiction is forgotten. "The Man Who Was Dead" is an
excellent ghost story or weird tale, but is out of place in "our"
magazine. (I take the liberty to call it "our" magazine since a
department is given over to the readers and we express our choice
of the kind of stories that are printed.) However, taken all
together, our magazine is steadily improving; each issue up to now
has been distinctly better than the one before.

I have graded the stories in the April and May copies as follows:
Excellent--"Vampires of Venus," "The Ray of Madness," "Brigands
of the Moon," "Murder Madness," "Into the Ocean's Depths" and "The
Jovian Jest." Good--"Monsters of Moyen," "The Atom Smasher" and
"The Soul Searcher." Poor--"The Man Who Was Dead."

My favorite authors are Dr. David H. Keller, Harl Vincent, Lillith
Lorraine, Anthony Pelcher, Capt. S. P. Meek, Dr. Miles J. Breuer
and Ray Cummings. I can hardly wait a month for my next
copy.--Wayne D. Bray, Campbell, Missouri.

_Story Says Cro-Magnons Fled to Europe_

Dear Editor:

Ever since I was first introduced to Astounding Stories by a cousin
I have been a steady reader. I have not missed a single issue so
far.

I hope you will have stories by Hyatt Verril, Edgar Rice Burroughs,
Edmond Hamilton, Leslie Stone, Stanton A. Coblentz and Francis
Flagg.

The stories I like best in each issue (not counting serials) are:
"Phantoms of Reality," "