s eld om ▁att ain [ ed ] ▁Wright ' s ▁high points , ▁they ▁also ▁omitted ▁the ▁l ows ". ▁ ▁L . ▁Sp rag ue ▁de ▁Camp , ▁towards ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁Mc Il w ra ith ' s ▁time ▁as ▁editor , ▁agreed ▁that ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁were ▁the ▁magazine ' s ▁he yd ay , ▁cit ing ▁Wright ' s ▁death ▁and ▁the ▁departure ▁for ▁other , ▁better - pay ing , ▁mark ets ▁of ▁several ▁of ▁its ▁contrib utors ▁as ▁factors ▁in ▁the ▁magazine ' s ▁decl ine . ▁ ▁The ▁quality ▁of ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁art work ▁suffered ▁when ▁Del an ey ▁cut ▁the ▁rates . ▁ ▁B ok , ▁whose ▁first ▁cover ▁had ▁appeared ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁moved ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁joined ▁the ▁office ▁art ▁staff ▁for ▁a ▁while ; ▁he ▁eventually ▁left ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁low ▁pay . ▁ ▁Bor is ▁Dol gov ▁began ▁contrib uting ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ; ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁friend ▁of ▁B ok ' s ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁occasionally ▁collabor ated , ▁signing ▁the ▁result ▁" D ol b ok gov ". ▁ ▁Wein berg ▁regards ▁Dol gov ' s ▁illustr ation ▁for ▁Robert ▁Blo ch ' s ▁" Y ours ▁Tr uly , ▁Jack ▁the ▁Ri pper " ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁best ▁works . ▁ ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁paper ▁was ▁of ▁very ▁poor ▁quality , ▁which ▁meant ▁that ▁the ▁reprodu ctions ▁were