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And, next, the following from Lee Torpie, of 1204 Mason Street, San Francisco:

Mr. Torpie, we are happy to say, has since read our July-August issue, and, we hope, the September number, too.

ERE is one that we’re not quite sure about. Maybe it belongs in that first batch. Maybe not. At any rate, here goes:

The foregoing was written by Dr. Henry C. Murphy of Brooklyn; and, before we comment upon it, we rise to remark that WEIRD TALES seems to offer a special appeal to physicians and surgeons. They like to read our sort of stories, and they like to write 'em. There is scarcely a day that we don't get at least one weird story written by a doctor. Doctors, it seems, encounter some weird adventures.

With regard to the argument against reprinting weird classics, so ably presented by Dr. Murphy, we'll say there's an even greater division of opinion on this than there is on the matter of serials. Since the publication of Miss Burchard's letter we've received at least two dozen communications informing us that "The Upper Berth" was written by F. Marion Crawford and earnestly requesting us to reprint this story and others like it. Opposed to these, we have some eight or ten letters telling us bluntly to lay off the old stuff. What to do? Well, since Dr. Murphy says he will bow to the majority, I suppose we'd best do the same thing—and give "The Upper Berth" another run. (The Pullman Company should thank us, anyway.)