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Rh time I feel that I must write and let you know how much I like it. By passing the copies among my friends, I have gained quite a number of readers for your magazine that heretofore did not know it existed. Have just finished reading your September issue, and think it great. I got a real thrill reading 'The Gorilla' by Horatio Vernon Ellis. It was a dandy. Would like to see him appear again in WEIRD TALES In my opinion, 'The Autobiography of a Blue Ghost' was, instead of being horrible, silly. But it is a wonderful magazine, and I wish it continued prosperity and a wider circulation.—Mrs. F. Wickman, 311 Second Ave., W., Duluth, Minn."

"Dear Mr. Baird: Destiny, I suppose, compelled me to drop in and visit my uncle, who works in a cigar and magazine booth in a hotel here in town. Idly glancing over the magazines in the rack, I saw one with a black front and the words, WEIRD TALES, printed on it in red and white. Not caring much for magazines, I had never noticed this one before. Picking it up, when my uncle's back was turned, the title, 'The People of the Comet,' immediately took my fancy, and, glancing at the titles of all the stories, I very soon made up my mind that I must have this magazine. I took 25 cents from a very nearly empty bank, went to the nearest magazine store and, after buying the magazine, ran all the way home, because I was afraid I might stop to read it on the street. Although I am only thirteen years old, I am crazy over WEIRD TALES. It is the very best magazine I have ever read. Some of the stories I don't like, but I have never yet been disappointed in the Unique Magazine. Here are some of the stories I like best: 'The Room with the Black Velvet Drapes,' 'Doctor X,' 'Shades,' 'The Room in the Tower,' 'The Corpse on the Third Slab,' 'The People of the Comet,' 'The Blood-Stained Parasol,' 'The Autobiography of a Blue Ghost.'—Ralph Fingle, 235 Fifth St., Long Beach, Calif.

"To the Editor of WEIRD TALES: Say, your magazine is GREAT. I have passed mine around among my friends, and they are all unanimous in the declaration that the fantastic tales in it are extremely interesting and unusual. The public DOES like creepy tales. We all like the unusual and we all enjoy letting our imagination take a wild flight occasionally. Your stories are a lot better than these risque stories the average

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