h the story, a truly
remarkable one by R. F. Starzl, "The Earthman's Burden" is
on, my eye is caught by--yes! a drawing by Paul, good old
reliable Mr. Paul, the king of Science Fiction illustrators.
Now that you have him on your artist's staff I wouldn't feel
at all bad seeing a painting of his on the cover.

The June issue was a dazzler. "Manape the Mighty" held me
spellbound. The others were all excellent stories. The cover
painting by Wesso was good, but I have already seen one of
that sort in a previous issue. Why not give us more
interplanetary illustrations of space ships and the like as
in "Brigands of the Moon"?

Another thing, it is nine-thirty. I must be asleep by
eleven-thirty in order to start for school early the next
morning. I allow myself two hours in which to read
Astounding Stories. I turn to the contents section; I see a
story there which I wish to read. It is on page 604. I turn
the pages: 599, 601, 607 come in rapid succession, all but
the page I look for. This goes on for some time until at
last the roughened edge of 604 comes into view. By then my
nerves are on edge and I find it is almost eleven-thirty!

But I cannot say that you do not stand up with the foremost
of all magazines, and the way you are improving now you'll
soon forge far in front.--Arthur Berkowitz, 763 Beck St.,
New York City.

_Some Goal!_

Dear Editor:

Permit me to congratulate Mr. Diffin on his latest
masterpiece, "Holocaust."

Every once in a while Mr. Diffin produces a story that bids
fair to eclipse all its contemporaries. His former story,
"The Power and the Glory," could also be placed in that
category. Somehow, that story has become indelibly written
on my memory. The philosophy expressed in it was
overwhelming. It would have done justice to a Shakespeare.

And now, you can imagine how delighted I am to learn that
Mr. Diffin has once again graced us with a yarn of the same
class.

Man, if you continue to publish such stories as these
frequently, you'll have the public terming Astounding
Stories literature of the highest grade! However, I won't
entreat Mr. Diffin to write these stories spasmodically, as
the long wait between tales adds lure to the stories.

And now for Mr. Burks. Ah--here is an ext