Dark Valley Destiny (60 page)

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.

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.

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.