before they began reading the magazine. Others have been forgotten by them. It is only fair to suppose that the magazine is gaining new readers steadily. Give them a chance."
Miss L. Selingson, of New York City, writes to The Eyrie: "Regarding the 'Weird Tale Reprint' I wish to say that I am sure those who did not read your magazine when The Wind That Tramps the World was printed would very much like to do so. I know that I would appreciate a reprint of same immensely. Your November reprint, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, has been read by every boy and girl who ever attended grammar school, so the reason of it being unfair to the other readers who have already read this story is really no reason at all. The name fascinates me. It gives me a melancholy feeling, and makes me think of the wind howling down a chimney and rattling the windows and moaning through the tree tops. So please reprint this story."
"The best criticism of your magazine," writes LeRoy E. Fess, of Crittenden, New York, "is that it contains good yarns consistently. So many magazines keep their high quality until they have won their reputation and then seem to get careless and begin using inferior stuff. I hope the time will come when you can see your way clear to issuing the magazine twice a month, as it is rather tough on the fans to have to wait a whole month for their favorite reading."
Lester Anderson, of Hayward, California, writes to The Eyrie: "I say yes, by all means, reprint the cream of your earlier stories. But, better still, I wish you would try an experiment. I am sure it will be a success. That is, to put out a 'Weird Tales Supplement,' the same size as the monthly, but having a black cover to distinguish it. In this supplement you could have a long novel (cover illustration), novelette, and short stories from the early issues of Weird Tales. And then you will have to publish that very short tale—the most mysterious thing I ever read—which appears in September, 1926: The Night Wire, by H. F. Arnold."
"By all means, reprint some of your best stories," writes J. Ernest Wagner, of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. "The majority of your present readers can not get copies containing the first of your best."
Writes Wilford Allen, from Santa Rosa, California: "I can't overlook the chance to add my plea to the others for more stories from the author of The Night Wire. He must have a lot of other good yarns in his system. When I read it I turned to the wife and said, 'Here's a story that ought to be brought to O'Brien's notice. It belongs in his collection of the best stories of the year.'"
Norman H. Moore, of Vancouver, British Columbia, writes to The Eyrie: "Weird Tales is one of the very few publications that is worth the price asked. In fact, were a higher price demanded I would gladly pay it, because your publication is exactly what you term it: 'The Unique Magazine.' Don't ever spoil it by diluting the quality of the stories printed, or by cutting down the magazine. As to the authors, in my mind Seabury Quinn stands on the
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