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RITES Arlin C. Jones, of St. Louis: "In my opinion the July issue is one of the best you have ever put out—and I have been reading for several years. I found Outside the Universe a thrilling and stupendous story. I also enjoyed Doctor Pichegru's Discovery, particularly the place where he looked in the mirror and beheld himself. I could readily visualize his feelings at that moment, because I had an experience like that myself once, although far from being as terrible as his was. I actually believe  is speeding up the work of science with its inspiring literature; at least it is real food for thought."

"I wish to commend you for the reprinting of early weird tales," writes N. J. O'Neail, of Toronto, Canada, "and urge that all of Lovecraft's and Seabury Quinn's early works may appear as soon as possible; also some of E. Hoffmann Price, Nictzin Dyalhis' The Eternal Conflict, and Stephen Bagby's Whispering Tunnels. Lovecraft of course is peerless, and Seabury Quinn a good runner-up. But de Grandin, in my opinion, was wasted on such an adventure as that of The House of Golden Masks in the June issue. Keep the little Frenchman in the realm of the supernatural, say I; and I think the majority of readers will agree. One of the most masterful stories of the last year was Frank Belknap Long's The Space-Eaters, in the July issue of 1928. Edmond Hamilton is a veritable wizard of science. I prefer his stories of present-day doom to his interplanetary yarns of the distant future. His first story in W. T.—The Monster-God of Mamurth—was a gem; and in my opinion some of his best since then have been The Atomic Conquerors and Evolution Island. Oh yes, and a word of praise for H. Warner Munn's The City of Spiders, back in August of 1926; that was one of the most thought-compelling stories you have published, as well as a gripping romance."

J. Ernest Wagner, of Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, writes to the Eyrie: "I enjoyed all the stories in the July, but why not tell us something about the writers? I always like to know something about the person whose stories I read. This could be taken care of in the Eyrie or in a special department devoted to W. T. writers. My favorite stories in the July