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Caroline Ferber writes from Chicago: "Finlay's Israfel is most startling with the blue—and the 'giddy stars' radiate like 4th of July sparklers. Most unusual to me—it calls for further study and more study. The title As 'Twas Told to Me is really intriguing—and Quinn's name, coupled with the drawing of that cavalier, are enough to make one want to dig into the yarn. Boy, did I ever feel I was Mary Popham being tried for witchcraft! Brrr—and grrr—such ignorance of a pioneering people! Blackwood's Magic Mirror evidently does not deal with The Man Who Broke the Bank'–Poor feller—aren't the best of us prone to gamble deeply at times? Sorta liked Tooke's verse, The Wreck. Scientifically, The White Rat was good reading—but rat tales get me down. Better—much better—I liked A Thunder of Trumpets—this tale of a Hindoo—a Yogi—and the dazzling heights his mind traverses—as a matter of fact, it's beautiful and fascinating, as was the handsome Ranjit. Tusk—tusk—Robert Bloch has almost a C. A. Smith quality in his—Mandarin's Canaries—such subtle torture! Woo—The Fire Princess, she is either very brave, or very foolish—but what exciting fun it is to read! Like an old-time movie serial, we would be kept in suspense as to the outcome of the visit into the bowels of the earth to seek the Place of Power. Passively I wait for the next issue Your short tales are all mighty fine—making up an excellent issue. Wellman's The Cavern had an amusing note even though it brought about the end of a daring explorer and adventurer—and how true it is!—a hippo really has a cavernous orifice in its head Paul Ernst's reprint of A Witch's Curse fits in a bit with the front cover. It's more intense than some of Ernst's recent attempts. I'd like to see him do something real good again—something that won't make one feel flat in the end. Glad to read that New Zealanders enjoy my monthly nonsense. B. A. Dwyer's suggestion of a de Grandin film meets with my approval—but I can't see Menjou as the friendly Jules. Have no particular one in

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