Robert E. Howard to Donald Wandrei, c. Feb 21, 1933

Dear Mr. Wandrei:

I've been meaning to write to you for some time, but somehow didn't get around to it.

I appreciate your kind comments regarding my Weird Tales stories; though I'm afraid "The Tower of the Elephant" won't stack up very highly against Smith's magnificent "Isle of Tortures."

I have long admired your work in that magazine, as I have indicated in the letters both to the editors and to Lovecraft. Your poetry is absolutely splendid, and your "Lives of Alfred Kramer" is as fine a work of its kind as I have ever read.

I am glad to hear you are enjoying your visit to New York so well. In reply to your question regarding possible East-faring on my part, I'm afraid the matter is very indefinite. If I go anywhere, I'm more likely to take the other direction.

Hoping to hear from you at your convenience, I am,

Cordially,

[REH]