you should publish only reprints, no new stories. Far
from it. Instead, I'd suggest that you give us a classic,
say, every six months. This arrangement ought to be okay
with everyone. That's that for reprints.

About the stories and the authors, they're all right.
There's one thing that I like about you that I don't find in
the other Science Fiction magazines. With the very first
issue you started off with the authors that are wanted by
everyone who reads this type of literature. You began with
Cummings, Rousseau, Meek and Leinster. Hm-m, let's see. And
you're keeping up the good system by having added Vincent,
Starzl, Burks, Curry, Miss Lorraine, Hamilton, etc. But you
don't escape entirely unscathed, for the other magazines
give us stories from authors which haven't as yet written a
story which appeared in your columns. Let's see; besides the
stars above, let's add to the galaxy Keller (three cheers),
Breuer, Smith (his story, "The Skylark of Space," ought to
have about six sequels), the late Mr. Serviss, Verrill, Poe,
Wells, Verne, Flint (o-o-oh, for that "Blind Spot"), Hall,
England, Hasta (one story by him is all I've read, but it
only whetted my appetite), and Simmons. Oh, yes, the two
Taines, the detective of Dr. Keller's and the author. But
there's something missing. Hm-m--ah, A. Merritt! What a
writer! How could I have forgotten him? Which reminds me of
Burroughs who has been left out in the rain for quite a
while. He belongs back in the fold.

Mr. Editor, do you remember way back when you said we should
write in to you to tell you of the stories we want and that
you would get them for us? Of course, you do. Stories and
authors cannot be parted, so get those authors I've listed
above and forget about the stories, for they'll all be good.

I do not kick about any particular author for the reason
that if I tried to write on the same subject they picked out
and are picking, my work would be pretty different from what
they'd produce, and their works would be the ones that would
be published. Please don't read that twice; I hope to be a
contributor very soon.

In my opinion you should enlarge the size of the magazine,
but for heaven's sake don't increase the departments. Every
day that we read a paper we learn of what