and it carries an appeal to every reader of fiction who has a drop of red blood in his veins. The first chapters of this serial begin in the next issue, and depict Western life in a manner that has made Shea famous as a writer of stories dealing with stirring doings on the borderland.
In the opinion of many, Leslie W. Quirk is the best writer of sport stories in this country. Certainly it is true that he is an authority on all sports, and you feel when you read his description of a contest of any kind that the author knows what he is writing about, that he has been right down there himself, and has not just sat up in the grand stand, or read about it the next day in the morning paper. Not only does Quirk know all sports, but he knows how to tell about them in a most interesting manner. His plot is always a good one, and he draws his characters so well that they “stick.”
THE YELLOW MORNING-GLORY
which you will find in the next issue, is, in my humble opinion, the best running story that Quirk has ever written. It is quite a long story, but, take my word for it, you will wish that he had made it twice as long.
There is a particularly well-assorted and well-written collection of short stories in the next issue. Let me hear what you think of my selection, and which of the stories you like best, and, what is of more importance, why?
FROM OUR HONORARY EDITORS
For the Editor: I have read Tiptop for many years, and, though the name has grown to mean more to me and my whole family than I can tell, I agree with you in that the name “Tiptop Semi-Monthly” is too unwieldy and suggests too much the old five-cent-weekly form of publication, which is now obsolete. So let us all cry long live Wide-Awake!
Barton Hedges.
Buffalo, N. Y.