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AN APOLOGY
On page 143 of our May issue, we published an article entitled "AboutH. G. Wells." According to the byline, it was written by DanielMcPhail. The author was R. H. Barlow. We wish to apologize to R. H.Barlow, Daniel McPhail, and our readers, for this mistake, and suggestthat contributors always sign their articles in the future to avoidthese mixups.
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"Some will perhaps wonder what I precisely meant, in my dialog in theMay issue, when my character, Sidney, exclaimed, "And if scribes couldonly emulate Smith or Lovecraft or Howard!" I meant, of course, thatwriters should strive to these three in greatness—but a greatnessof a different sort. For there can only be one Clark Ashton Smith,one H. P. Lovecraft, one Robert E. Howard. But the aspiring writercan always form himself on a good model; and in time, he will findhis own individuality. I wish to see another tale by Eando Binder,as well as a story by J. Harvey Haggard, and more poetry by WilliamLumley."—Robert Nelson
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"I note in 'Weird Whisperings' that Seabury Quinn gets most of hisplots while shaving. According to the looks of things in 'WeirdTales,' Mr. Quinn is sporting a long, long beard. Also in 'WeirdWhisperings' the nassysnoopers are revealing the real names of authors.Now—febbensake—why do writers use nom-de-plumes if they let thereaders know their real names? What can be the use o