The Argosy, Vol. 90 No. 1 — page 197: what you’re looking at

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THE LOG-BOOK. give him either an extra long short story or two complete novelettes. Santa Ana, California. Say, suppose you start to read a story the way you are trying to run your serials now and see how you like it. Why, “ gee Clyde,” your instal- ments are getting so short we have to wait until we get at least two magazines ahead before it’s worth while sitting down to start. Why not print, say, one story less each time and make the ones you do print long enough to make it worth while starting ? Personally, I’ve been reading both THE Arcosy and the All-Story Weekly ever since I’ve been old enough to read, and will say this is my first kick, and right now I think you've got the only maga- zine on the market; the way you are getting them out now just strikes me to a T. I never could keep stories enough ahead to furnish me with reading until the next number came out, but now I have THE Arcosy on Wednesday and the AIl- Story Weekly on Saturday, which is just about right. Another thing, ask H. Bedford-Jones if it isn’t possible for him to forget that East India “ Dipo Negoro”’ stuff and give us something up to date. I know he can if he will. Don’t want to tire you out with my first letter, so will close, wishing you the greatest of success with THE Arcosy, issued weekly. B. F. Losnow. WHAT HE WANTS US TO ¢ FORGET With reference to a remark of Mr. Fellows, I would remind him that THe Arcosy is the big- gest weekly magazine in the world. Long Beach, Washington. Enclosed find check for four dollars for an ex- tension for one year to THE Arcosy, as I would not care to do without it. I think the present shape of THE Arcosy is the best, so in case you are contemplating a change to the same style as McClure’s, for instance, I hope you will forget it. JoHN FELLows. LIKES THE WEEKLY FAR BET- TER THAN THE MONTHLY Mr. Reid’s final sentence suggests that even a good thing can be improved upon. Walthill, Nebraska. Will you please change address of my ARGosyY from Canistola to Walthill, Nebraska? I like the weekly far better than I did the monthly issue. It is surely a big improvement on a good maga- zine. CHESTER N. RED. KEEN FOR THE HISTORICAL Mr. Everett will be delighted with “Odds and the Man,” to start next week, as it gives him the railroad atmosphere for which he is longing. Boston, Massachusetts. I have been a reader of THe Arcosy for over twenty years, and have always enjoyed it. The 191 sort of stories I enjoy the most are historical ones, such as “ Playing the Man,” and particularly the Payson Terhune stories. I think Terhune is a very clever writer as well as historian. Please give us some more, such as “A Pilgrimage for Pie.’ Among the serials, I enjoyed reading ‘““Four-Forty at the Fort Penn,” “ Over a Chiff at Point Firmin,” and I am reading with great inter- est “ Wooden Spoil.” Canadian stories are mostly always good reading. While I realize the Rail- road Man’s Magazine is supposed to carry the railroad stories, I think Arcosy readers would enjoy some as well. I agree with you that book- length, serial, and short stories are equally de- sirable. Wishing you continued success, I am, B. M. Everett. LOST WITHOUT HER FAVORITE MAGAZINE For the benefit of any reader who thinks THE ARGOoSY comes too often to be digested, I com- mend the following from Mrs. Baughman, who dotes or both THE Arcosy and the: All-Story Weekly every week. Springfield, Missouri. Please send me THE Arcosy of October 20. I failed to get that number, and was so sorry. I have been reading THE Arcosy a great many years and the Aull-Story Weekly for about six years, when it was the Cavalier, and I like them both so well that I am lost without them, and I do so hate to lose a number. Enclosed find ten cents for the book. I am writing to wish you success with THE Arcosy as a weekly. (Mrs.) May BauGHMAN. WHAT CAME OF A CASUAL PICKING UP I am very glad to have Mr. Collins name the stories he likes best. As to sport tales, it is very difficult to get good ones; but he may rest as- sured that we shall pass by no opportunity to secure such. Fitchburg, Massachusetts. I have been reading THE ArGosy now since June, 1916, and felt I should let you know how I became a reader. When I assumed the position I now hold, I found three old ArGosys, which had evidently belonged to my predecessor. I did not notice them for a week or two, but one afternoon casually picked them up. Ever since I have been an ardent reader. The stories I have liked best are “The Man Hunt on Capitol Hill,” “The Keys to Freedom,” and “Riddle Gawne.” I think the last named will prove popular with all the readers. My only suggestion is a few more baseball or football stories mixed in. Yours for THE Arcosy, EpwarbD COLLINS. DETECTIVE, WESTERN, AND SEA TALES FOR HER Note that “ Fate in the Balance” and “ Ranger No. 7” were both by. Hopkins. We have a corking war serial by Perley Poore Sheehan, au- thor of “ Four-Forty at the Fort Penn” (sched- oO cComicbooe S