Editors' Preamble:

To further our continued attempts to appeal to the literati of Boston and beyond, we editors present the first in a serious of endorsements of our magazine by famous dead writers:

"The editor smiled and said, 'Yes.' It was a good weekly arts magazine in that it was a magazine and it was good. The page numbered sixteen, of which there were six added to the Roman numerical standard of ten. There were words on the pages. And still more words. An occasional picture, but mostly words. Except for the ads, of course. Scanning the deserted newspaper office which had no people in it, the editor reflected that these were indeed good words. 'Yes,' a voice somewhere said in a voicelike manner. 'Isn't it pretty to think so?'