George Horace Lorimer, the editor-in-chief of _The Saturday Evening Post_, said quite frankly when asked to write briefly his attitude and point of view in the selecting of fiction for his magazine that neither he nor his staff were willing to regard the _Post_ as a training school for young writers. He went on to say that he and his associates felt that the circulation of the magazine, the fact that it bought more fiction than any other American periodical, paid well and quickly, and published without great delay, made it inevitable that most writers who entered the profession would in the course of events submit material to the _Post_. Should a story by an unknown writer please one of the staff readers it would then be submitted to him and to his immediate associates for acceptance or rejection. Should this same writer succeed equally with subsequent stories, the _Post’s_ editors would then personally consult with this author as to the magazine’s immediate needs and help by suggestion and advice to make his or her material more available from the _Post_ viewpoint. In this connection it is interesting to note that while their list of writers includes many of the best-known names among American short story writers, the magazine has also accepted and published the stories of many writers who had had no previous audience and whose names were until the time of their appearance in the _Post_ wholly unknown. While it is perhaps impossible to state tersely what the _Post_ wants, and while Mr. Lorimer may hesitate to speak didactically as to what is and what is not a good short story, the earnest student can easily discern certain of the _Post_ requirements by a study of the magazine. That the stories are inclined to run to a certain more or less definite length; that the majority are American in both setting and characters; that they conform to a certain standard of writing and method of treatment is at once apparent, and certain errors of judgment in submission may easily be avoided. _The Saturday Evening Post_, CURTIS PUBLISHING CO., Independence Square, Philadelphia, Pa. SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE Robert Bridges, the editor of _Scribner’s Magazine_, felt that he would do injustice to his periodical were he to attempt to say in a few short paragraphs the type of stories they preferred. He went on to say that the magazine had been in existence for so long that its reputation for good art and good craftsmanship in everything that appeared in its pages was so well established that nothing he could say would either add to or make more definitely practical from the neophyte’s approach the type of fiction wanted. _Scribner’s Magazine._ 599 Fifth Avenue, New York City. SHORT STORIES The best, indeed the only reply to the question as to the needs of a magazine that I can think of is--read it. That is the answer for _Short Stories_.