by Unknown
43. Letter from N. R. Chambers, 29 Oct. 1978.
44. Letter from N. R. Chambers, 22 May 1978.
45. Interview with 0. L. Davis, 9 Sep. 1978.
46. Interview with F. M. Adamson, 16 Oct. 1978.
47. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Sep. 1930.
48. REH: The Dark Man and Others, p. 33.
49. Interview with L. L. Morgan, 6 Mar. 1978.
50. Interview with K. Merryman, 18 Oct. 1978; letter from L. Garrett, 13 Nov. 1978.
51. Interviews with E. J. Baker, 2 Apr.
1978; with V. B. Nichols, 8 Mar. 1978; Burns.
52. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 9 Dec. 1931; interview with E. J. Baker, 2 Apr. 1978; letter from A. Newton, Mar. 1978.
53. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Oct. 1930; 9 Dec. 1931; early Jan. 1932; late Feb. 1933.
54. Letter form N. R. Chambers, 22 May 1978.
55. Letter from H. 0. Newton, 9 Jul. 1978.
56. Interview with J. Scott, 19 Jul. 1977.
57. Interview with A. N. Davis, 18 Oct. 1978.
58.1. M. Howard to E. H. Price, op. cit., p. 18.
59. Ibid., loc. cit.
60. Burns.
61. Ibid.
62. REH to A. W. Derleth, c. Sep. 1933.
63. Deed 60, J. M. and S. F. Coffman to I. M. Howard, 2 Jan. 1920, Warranty Deed Record, p. 331, Callahan County Courthouse, Baird, Tex.
Chapter VI, THE VIOLENT LAND.
1. REH: The Grim Land, in The Grim Land and Others, p. 15. A slightly different version appears as Sonora to Del Rio in Echoes from an Iron Harp, p. 84. The sotol is any of several plants of the genus Dasyli-rion, of the yucca family.
2. The name is Spanish for "balconies" (sing, balcon).
3. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 1 May 1932.
4. "Bison" and "buffalo" are both properly names for several species of Old World wild cattle. They are equally correct (or incorrect) when applied to the American animal, Bison bison, which has no distinctive common name.
5. Newcomb, p. 41.
6. Askins, p. 19.
7. Rhymes with "banshees"; from the Ute komats, "enemies." They called themselves Deneme, "the People." Fehren-bach, passim.
8. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 25 Jul. 1935.
9. Linton, p. 238f.
10. William Wordsworth: Rob Roy's Grave.
11. McConnell, pp. 39-43.
12. REH to A. W. Derleth, c. Nov.
1931; in Amra, II, 30 (Sep. 1964), p. 13.
13. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Aut. 1931.
14. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 31 May 1935.
15. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933.
16. Originally pronounced something like TESH-as or TAY-shas; the spellings with x and j were the Spaniards' attempts to represent the sh sound, which Spanish lacks.
17. Carter, p. 256. The name is spelled both "Ana" and "Anna"; the former is more in accord with Spanish usage.
18. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 25 Jul. 1935.
19. Linton, pp. 238f.
20. Wisehart, p. 91.
21. Pike, pp. 134-42.
22. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Sep. 1931.
23. Graves (1960), p. 201.
24. Chrisman, p. 158.
25. Walter P. Webb, quoted in Gillett, p. 26, n.
26. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933; late Sep. 1930; c. Sep. 1931.
27. Wisehart, p. 271.
28. McMurtry, p. 126.
29. Gambrell & Gambrell, pp. 183-93.
30. Phillips, II, p. 183.
31. Phillips, I, pp. 144-75; II, p. 167.
32. Gambrell & Gambrell, p. 187.
33. REH to A. W. Derleth, Aut. 1934; 29 Dec. 1931.
34. REH to A. W. Derleth, Aut. 1934.
35. Askins, p. 100.
36. Hardin, pp. 16f.
37. REH to A. W. Derleth, 29 Dec. 1931.
38. Gillett, p. 126.
39. Askins, p. 144.
40. Day, pp. 263f.
Chapter VII, BARBARIAN IN
1. REH: Fragment, in Always Comes Evening (1977), p. 18.
2. REH to A. W. Derleth, c. Feb. 1931.
3. House, p. 99.
4. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late Feb. 1931; c. Sep. 1931. See also REH to Lovecraft, early Jan. 1932; c. Jan. 1932; 2 Mar. 1932; 25 Jul. 1935.
5. Lord (1976), p. 26.
6. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late Sep. 1930.
7. Interview with D. Tanner, 11 Jun. 1977; letter from N. R. Chambers, 7 Jan. 1978.
8. McKay and Faulk, p. 75.
9. Shipley, p. 174. For a fuller history of the antievolutionary movement, see L. Sprague de Camp: The Great Monkey Trial (New York: Doubleday, 1968).
10. R. Z. Howard, p. 19.
11. Chrisman, passim; Schott, passim; Settle, passim. Schleicher's given name is also spelled "Gustave" and "Gustavus."
12. T. C. Smith (1977), p. 49. The postman also carried paying passengers.
13. Interview with J. H. Childs, 18 Oct. 1978.
14. Interview with Mrs, A. L. Conlee, 18 Aug. 1979.
15. Deed 60, J. M. and S. F. Coffman to
41. Coffey, p. 72.
42. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late May 1932.
43. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 25 Jul. 1935.
44. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late May 1932.
45. Lewis, pp. 145ff.
46. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 28 Feb. 1931; Idso, pp. 108-14.
47. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late May 1932.
A BOOM TOWN.
I. M. Howard, 2 Jan. 1920, Warranty Deed Record, p. 331, Callahan County Courthouse, Baird, Tex.
16. REH to A. W. Derleth, 9 May 1936.
17. REH to A. W. Derleth, 25 Mar. 1933.
18. Huber, p. 239.
19. Ibid., p. 207.
20. McMurtry, p. 55.
21. Interview with B. L. Martin, 22 Feb. 1980.
22. Interviews with L. and F. Butler, 20 Jul. 1977; N. R. Chambers, 22 Jul. 1977; K. Merryman, 18 Jul. 1977.
23. Interviews with K. Merryman, 18 Jul. 1977; 18 Oct. 1978; 21 Feb. 1980; with B. L. Martin, 22 Feb. 1980.
24. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 26 Sep. 1932.
25. Letter from A. Newton, Apr. 1978.
26. Interview with T. R. Wilson, 13 Aug. 1977.
27. Interview with L. & F. Butler, 20 Jul. 1977.
28. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 7 Aug. 1932.
29. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Oct. 1930.
30. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Jan. 1932; c. Oct. 1930.
31. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 15 Oct. 1932.
32. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 1 May 1932.
33. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 10 Jan. 1932.
34. Ibid,.; Perry, pp. 4f.
35. Essai sur I'inegalite des races hu-maines, vol. I, 1853; vol. II, 1855.
36. Grundlagen des 19ten Jahrhunderts. For Chamberlain's career, see Wm. L. Shirer: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (New York: Fawcett, 1960), pp. 152-59.
37. For a modern treatment of the question, see F. T. Wainwright: The Problem of the Picts (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1970). Howard discussed whether the Picts spoke a Celtic tongue or, instead, a non-Indo-European language antedating the conquest of Britain by the Indo-European speakers, but surviving in a pre-Aryan enclave as Basque has in Spain. The question is not yet settled.
38. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 10 Jan. 1932.
39. Robertson, pp. 88f.
40. REH to F. Wright, 1931.
41. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jul. 1931.
42. REH to A. W. Derleth, 9 May 1936.
43. REH: The Tempter, in Always Comes Evening, p. 81.
44. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933.
45. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Oct. 1930.
46. Interviews with T. R. Wilson, 13 Aug. 1977; 4 Mar. 1978.
47. Searles, p. 99.
48. Interview with J. Scott, 18 Jul. 1977; Preece: "The Last Celt," in Lord (1976), p. 101.
49. Preece (1975), pp. 20f.
50. Price (1945), p. 44.
51. REH to R. H. Barlow, 14 Jun. 1934;
to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Sep. 1931.
52. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933.
53. Perry, p. 5.
54. Interview with J. H. Childs, 18 Oct. 1978; T. C. Smith (1963), p. 11.
55. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933; interview with A. B. King, 12 Sep. 1978.
56. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933.
57. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Sep. 1931; Jan. 1932; Jun. 1932.
58. REH to H. Preece, 24 Nov. 1930; to H. P. Lovecraft, Jan. 1932; Jan. 1934; REH: "The Children of the Night," in The Dark Man and Others, p. 167.
59. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Sep. 1931; 9 Dec. 1931; c. 10 Jan. 1933; 15 Oct. 1932; c. Jan. 1934.
60. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933. The final grade was supposed to be the average of the marks for the two parts.
61. Interview with R. Whitehead, 19 Oct. 1978.
62. The Howard Collector, No. 3, Aut. 1962, p. 3.
63. Lord: Costigan, No. 13, May 1976, p. 1.
64. Lord (1976), p. 1.
65. Letter from T. Vinson, 20 Nov. 1979; T. C. Smith (1977), p. 48.
66. T. C. Smith (1977), p. 49; letter from K. Merryman, 8 Jan. 1980; interviews with C. Laughlin, 23 Aug. 1978; with K. Merryman, 7 Mar. 1978. The identity of this suicide is uncertain. Lee Roy Guthrie killed himself in 1923, and Grady M. Anderson in 1928; but neither fits Smith's account.
67. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 10 Dec. 1978.
68. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 6 Mar. 1933.
69. Ibid.
Chapter VIII, APPRENTICE PULPSTER.
1. REH: Hymn of Hatred, in Always 2. T. C. Smith (1963), p. 9. Comes Evening (1977), p. 76. 3. Post Oaks and Sand Roughs (ms.,
hereafter called POASR), p. 151.
4. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 7 Aug. 1932.
5. POASR, pp. 148f.
6. REH to Preece, 5 Sep. 1928.
7. POASR, pp. 60, 70.
8. REH to W. B. Talman, c. Jan.
1931.
9. The Howard Collector, no. 5, Sum.
1964, pp. 22-29.
10. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 15 Oct.
1932.
11. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 10 Jan.
1933.
12. Letter from N. P. Ellis, 5 Aug. 1979; REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late Sep. 1930; c. Jan. 1932.
13. "A Story of the Stone Age" and "The Grisly Folk and Their War with Men." The first story completed by the senior author, when he began writing professionally, was a tale of this kind ("The Hairless Ones Come," in Golden Fleece, Jan. 1939).
14. The Howard Collector, No. 7, Win.
1965, p. 7.
15. POASR, pp. 7If.
16. Ibid., pp. 41f.
17. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933.
18. POASR, p. 1.
19. Ibid., pp. If.
20. POASR, p. 9.
21. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 24 Nov. 1977; H. Preece to L. Preece, 16 Jan. 1965; in The Howard Collector, no. 11, Spr. 1969, p.13.
22. REH to H. Preece, 20 Oct. 1928; T. C. Smith (1963), No. 4, p. 6.
23. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 1 Jun. 1932; c. 13 Jul. 1932.
24. REH to H. Preece, 20 Oct. 1928; S. T. Russell to REH, 6 Jul. 1928.
25. Weird Tales, vol. 19, no. 3, Mar. 1932, p. 372.
26. REH to W. B. Talman, c. Mar. 1932.
27. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 9 Dec. 1931.
28. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 7 Aug. 1932; c. 26 Sep. 1932.
29. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 13 Jul. 1932.
30. POASR, p. 42.
31. REH to C. A. Smith, 14 Dec. 1933; c. Feb. 1934.
32. The Fort Worth Record, 20 Jul. 1928; "Fantastic Fancies" column in "Sports."
33. Interview with N. R. Chambers, 22 Jul. 1977.
34. London (1915), pp. 3,159, 205-39, 285-88.
35. POASR, p. 99.
36. Ibid., p. 22.
37. E. H. Price to H. P. Lovecraft, 25 Jun. 1936; in The Howard Collector, no. 3, Aut. 1962, p. 7; POASR, p. 65.
38. REH: The Dark Man and Others, p. 229.
39. Ibid., p. 231.
40. POASR, pp. 23f.
41. Ibid., p. 26.
42. Ibid., pp. 26f.
43. Ibid., p. 36.
44. POASR, p. 146.
45. Ibid., p. 61.
46. REH: Skull-Face and Others, pp. 13f.
47. Blavatsky (1888), III, pp. 28f, 32. Wording differs slightly in different editions. "Dzyan" is probably meant to be pronounced something like "John." Letter from W. Fulwiler, 9 Apr. 1977.
48. POASR, p. 65. In his letter to Lovecraft of late May 1932, REH speaks of having worked in an automobile agency; but we have no further information about this job.
49. POASR, pp. 65f.
50. Ibid., p. 66.
51. Ibid., p. 71.
52. For Churchward and Mu, see L. Sprague de Camp: Lost Continents, Gnome Press, 1954; Dover Publications, Inc., 1970; Ballantine Books, 1975.
53. POASR, p. 72.
54. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 23
Sep. 1928; c. early Jun. 1931; c. 13 Jul. 1932; to Derleth, c. Sep. 1933; POASR, pp. 78-83. Jack Scott believes the fourth youth was not Klatt but Winfred Brigner.
55. REH to W. B. Talman, c. Jan. 1931; to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 7 Aug. 1932.
56. POASR, p. 97.
57. POASR, p. 107; REH to H. Preece, 20 Oct. 1928; to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 6 Mar. 1933.
58. POASR, p. 129.
59. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 7 Aug. 1932; 15 Oct. 1932.
60. REH to W. B. Talman, Jan. 1931.
61. REH: Echoes from an Iron Harp, pp. 66f; also The Cross Plains Review, 29 Jun. 1923.
62. REH: "The Galveston Affair"; Galveston Daily News, 29 May 1927, p. 6.
63. Interview with L. and F. Butler, 20
Chapter IX, SINGER IN THE
1. REH: Slumber, in Echoes from an Iron Harp, p. 75.
2. Interview with Mrs. N. Oliver, 26 Aug. 1979.
3. Interview with K. Merryman, 19 Jul. 1977.
4. REH to H. Preece, c. Aug. 1928.
5. Burton, p. 134.
6. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 13 Jul. 1932; McCracken, p. 23.
7. Perry, p. 5.
8. REH: Red Shadows, p. 52.
9. Ibid. p. 254.
10. The Howard Collector, no. 17, p. 9.
11. REH: "Sketches," p. 22; orig. pub. in The Junto for Sep. 1929. This vignette may be the source of the story of REH's having written a letter in which he spoke of beating up Negroes.
12. Cabell, p. xv.
Jul. 1977; REH: Always Comes Evening, p. 41.
64. T. C. Smith (1963), pp. lOf; letters from T. Vinson, 11 Feb. 1980 and 20 Feb. 1980.
65. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 6 Mar. 1933.
66. Ko-Ko in The Mikado, Act I.
67. POASR, p. 146.
68. Ibid., p. 134.
69. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 6 Mar. 1933; to A. W. Derleth, 9 May 1936.
70. POASR, p. 92.
71. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jul. 1931; c. 10 Jan. 1933.
72. POASR, pp. 36, 16.
73. Ibid., p. 129.
74. Ibid., p. 48.
75. Ibid., pp. 2f, 47-50, 68, 152.
76. Ibid., pp. 34, 47, 77f, 102.
77. Ibid., pp. 11, 7Off, 78, 107, 131.
SHADOWS.
13. REH: "Sketches," pp. 23f: Cabell, pp. lOOff; Amra, II, 47 (Aug. 1968), p. 5. The date of publication of the original is unknown because of the disappearance of several issues of The Junto.
14. This is the first of five stanzas, unpublished; ms. furnished by Glenn Lord.
15. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, early Jun. 1934; letter from N. P. Ellis, 13 Dec. 1981.
16. REH: The Coming of Conan, p. 62.
17. Edward Fitzgerald: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, lvii.
18. REH, op. cit., p. 67.
19. REH to H. Preece, c. 1928; c. Sep. 1928; 20 Oct. 1928.
20. REH to H. Preece, 5 Sep. 1928.
21. Ibid.
22. REH to H. Preece, c. Aug. 1928.
&nbs
p; 23. REH to H. Preece, 20 Oct. 1928.
24. The Howard Collector, no. 7, Win. 1965, frontispiece.
25. Preece (1968), pp. lOf.
26. REH to H. Preece, 4 Jan. 1930; late 1929.
27. REH to H. Preece, n.d., c. 1930.
28. REH to H. Preece, 4 Jan. 1930; c. Nov. 1930; 24 Nov. 1930.
29. H. Preece to L. Preece, 16 Jan. 1965; in The Howard Collector, no. 11, p. 14.
30. REH: Skull-Face and Others, p. xxii.
31. Argosy All-Story Weekly, 20 Jul. 1929, p. 249.
32. Interview with F. Butler, 20 Jul. 1977.
33. Interview with J. Scott, 21 Feb. 1980; letter from Rev. T. Irwin, 25 Aug. 1977.
34. Letter from G. Lord, 5 Apr. 1981.
35. REH to H. Preece, c. Sep. 1928. 36.1. M. Howard to E. H. Price, 21 Jun.
1944; in The Howard Collector, no. 14, Spr. 1971, p. 19.
37. Letters from T. Vinson, 20 Nov. 1979; 20 Feb. 1980.
38. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jul. 1931; Feb. 1933.
39. REH: Always Comes Evening (1977), p. 35.
40. Bacon (1976), p. 27.
41. REH: op. cit., p. 39.
42. Ibid., p. 69.
43. Ibid., p. 76.
44. Ibid., p. 78.
45. REH: Singers in the Shadows, pp. 19f.
46. REH: Always Comes Evening (1977), p. 18.
47. Ibid., p. 37. This poem imitates one of the same title by Lexie Dean Robertson (Robertson, p. 61).
48. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jul. 1931.
49. REH: Always Comes Evening (1977), p. 74.
50. Ibid., p. 49.
51. Ibid., p. 52.
Chapter X, SERPENTS, SWORDS, AND SUPERMEN.
1. REH: The Heart of the Sea's Desire, in Always Comes Evening (1977), p. 99.
2. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933.
3. Locally pronounced DELL-high.
4. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 6 May 1979.
5. Rudyard Kipling: The Winners.
6. Interview with R. B. Browning, 16 Apr. 1978.
7. REH to H. Preece, c. 1930; Preece (1975), p. 21.
8. REH: Etchings in Ivory, p. 5.
9. Dr. J. S. F. to I. M. Howard, 23 Oct. 1930.
10. Interview with P. Bond, 13 Aug. 1977.
11. A. W. Derleth to G. Lord, 25 Sep. 1961; in The Howard Collector, No. 15, Aut. 1971, p. 20.
12. Letter from E. H. Price, 20 Nov. 1979.
13. Letter from T. Vinson, 20 Nov. 1979.
14. Interview with F. T. Torbett, 9 Mar. 1978.
15. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 28 Feb. 1935.
16. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 6 Aug. 1930.