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Here it is in order: *‘The Revolt of the Pedestrians,” ‘Pollock and the Porroh Man,” ‘Baron Miinchhausen's Scientific Adven- tures,” “Pour Dimensional Surgery,” “The lighting Heart,” “The Disintegrating Ruy,” “The Fourteenth Earth,” “Smoke Rings.” I do not wish to forget the poems by Leland S. Copeland. They are very interesting and serve as food for thought. In regard to Baron Minchhausen, I find in the Strattord edition of his travels published by the *, M, Lupton Publishing Co., New York (no date ae the following: “In fact, recent investigation has rendered it almost a certainty that the original author of ‘Munchhausen’s Travels’ was 2 learned but un- principled scholar, of the name of R. E, Raspe, who had taken refuge in this country from the pursuit of justice (vide Gentleman's Magasine, Jan- uary, 1857), and that many of his stories are of ancient date, and current in various countries. Many are to be found under the title of ‘Men- dacia Ridicula,’ in volume 3 of ‘Deliciae Aca- demicae,’ Heilbron, 1665; that of. ‘sound being frozen in a post-horn’ is from Rabelais, appears to have been known also in Spain and Italy, and ig said by a writer in ‘Notes and Queries’ (No. 61, 1850) to he traceable to one of the later Greek” writers, from whom Jeremy Taylor, in one of his sermons, borrows it as an illustration; while the story of ‘the horse cut in two by the por- cullis’ is translated by Lady C. Guest, in ‘The Mabinogion,’ from an ancient Welsh manuscript.” In line with Mr, Ostrander’s suggestion, I would like to see Edgar Allan Poe’s story, ‘The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade,” printed in AMazInG Stortes. I am not in favor of having a semi-monthly magazine, but think the “Quarterly’’ is excellent. Earle VFloathe, 611 Walnut St., Pendleton, Ore. [We are glad to get the list of the stories which you prefer, tn the order of preference, We are very glad to note that Pollock and the Porroh Man is in a high position, because the story im- pressed us very vividly with a sense of horror, as_ it might be expressed, and it certainly de- velops a fine line of hypnotic effects and impressions. The temperature of the tropie world is very well given. and it is in the production of at- mosphere that Mr. Wells particularly excéls. It will be of interest to note that he is a gradu- ate with honor, in Zoology. Your notes on Baron Miinchhausen are very interesting and go to carry out the proverb that there is nothing new under the sun, ~ We're glad to tell vou that Edgar Allan Poe’s story The Thousand and-Second Tale of Schehera- sade,” is to have an early publication in AMAZING Srortes.-EDITOR.] THE ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY— WELLS AND VERNE Editor, AMAzING StTorIes: February number just here today, What is the matter with the magazine lately? Have noticed during the last few months that it seems to be coming later and later, Congratulate you on. your decision to publish a QvarTEeRLY in addition to the monthly. Only kick I have refers to the reprints. The ANNUAL was about half spoiled by reprints; at least give us the Quanrerty of new stuff. I like H. G. Wells, and “When the Sleeper Wakes” is a good story but I can’t-get nearly as much kick out of reading it again, as I could out of some story I had never seen. Another suggestion that incidentally backs up one which T read some months ago in the section used for digeusstons. If the present conditions do not permit publishing much but reprints, why not scatter your. stories a trifle more and not Rare us so much of Wells, Verne and others. ules Verne and Wells’ edition after edition. I like Wells fairly well but Verne is. terrible, Undoubtedly he has an imagination and_prophe- cied amazingly for his time and period, but outside of his ability to describe well and his gift of imagination he is a very dim bulb. His "Frycollin” in that last atrocity “Robur the Conqueror” would make a horse laugh. You can’t expect a_dyed-in-the-wool Frenchman to have an Anglo-Saxon sense. of humor and “Car- rolesque”’ Anglo Saxon attitude. The characters strike me as pathetic. Almost as bad as the slapstick humor in the funny (?) stories you have been running. Almost missed the second instalment of that particular tale—passed it up until I had to buy it because I wanted something to read and couldn’t seem to see anything else. The rest of it was very good even if had read Wells’ “The Stolen Body” umpteen times in various magazines and books. 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