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Show Knocking the Magazines Aldous Huxley, novel'lst nnd short story writer, said on bis last visit to New York: "A magazine must come down to the popular taste, or else it must go up. Thurs why most magazines accept the worst and reject the best. "A talented author recently wrote a short story. "'There.' he said to his wife, after he finished rending It out loud to her 'There, that's the best thing I've ever done. It's equal to Foe or Ambrose Bierce.' "'Yes. darling, n is,' his wife agreed. 'And now I'll g0 and make out a list of the 12 likeliest magazines maga-zines for you to submit It to first!" |