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 it and with sincerity. I would buy if it were a dollar a copy, much as it would strain my pocketbook. I have no faults to find other than the desire that Brundage would give us an occasional brunette on the cover of the mag, and I would personally like to see one cover in black and white merely for the striking effect it would give."

Like Rare Old Wine

Natalie Rockwell, of Syracuse, New York, writes: "How does an ungrateful little wench like myself express her gratitude for the really great pleasure you've given her in your incomparable magazine, WT? I've been reading your mag. for years (tho' I'm only 18), but I've never screwed up enough courage to tell you about it. Just finished your October issue to the accompaniment of a luscious thunderstorm. I always try to keep from reading it 'till I have the proper atmosphere. (It's a darned hard job tho' not to take a little peek at the intriguing book waiting my pleasure on the table.) The Lake of Life and Pledged to the Dead are tops in that issue. I've always liked Jules anyway. He seems to be so human and lovable. Now, even if this is my first letter, may I please make one little criticism? Brundage's gals are really delightful in form and coloring, and I love to copy them to see how nearly I can approximate her figures—but—her expressions are so terribly monotonous. I always know just what the faces will look like before I see the cover. It's the eyes that do the dirty work. No horror, no nothing in them. They look as tho' they were all poured from the same mold. Please, please for the sake of those who like to see really expressive features, put some life in the eyes. Now I've finished my ranting and raving and can only sit and wistfully chink of the next WT that's so far away. Give us more and more weird, woeful tales of the same excellent quality of the past. Your mag. is like good wine that mellows with age and leaves a better taste every time it's quaffed.

 

Trudy, Beware of Oliver!

Henry Kuttner writes from Beverly Hills, California: "My vote for the best story in the October WT goes to Here Lies, a