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Jacobi,
Carl | James,
Henry | James,
Marquis | James,
Montague Rhodes | Johnson,
Burges | Johnson,
Fenton | Johnson,
Samuel | Johnston,
Alexander | Joyce,
P.W.
(1908-1997)
REH to Carl Jacobi, ca. March 1932: "I shall
also look for 'The Curse Pistol' in Strange Tales."
[The story never appeared.
Strange Tales ceased publication, the final issue
dated January 1933.]
REH to Carl Jacobi, 17 March 1933:
"I'm sorry you suffered from the collapse of Strange Tales.
I, too, had a story with the company which was returned
unpublished and unpaid for."
Ghost Stories, December 1931/January 1932.
[Carl Jacobi to REH, 4 March 1932: "...perhaps
you saw my 'The Haunted Ring' (title changed by editor from 'The
Coach on the Ring') in the January GHOST STORIES."]
REH to
Carl Jacobi, ca. March 1932: "It was not my fortune to
read either of the other stories you mentioned [this story and
"Moss Island"]; in fact, I live so far out of
civilization, as it were, that I can't keep track of magazines
very well. It's forty miles to the nearest first-class news-stands, so
my magazine reading is rather desultory."
Weird Tales, January 1932.
REH to The Eyrie, March 1932: "...the stories
by Smith, Long, Hurst and Jacobi could scarcely be excelled.
In the latter's tale especially there are glimpses that
show finely handled imagination almost in perfection – just
enough revealed, just enough concealed."
Carl Jacobi to REH, 4 March 1932: "In the Eyrie
column of the current issue of WEIRD TALES I have noted your kind
comments regarding my very short tale, "Mive," which
appeared in the January number.
Permit me to express my thanks and appreciation."
REH to Carl Jacobi, ca. March 1932: "...if my
comments on your story 'Mive', have helped you with the editors, I
am sincerely glad. I
consider that story as the finest of its kind have ever
read."
Amazing Stories, Winter 1932.
[Carl Jacobi to REH, 4 March 1932: "...I would
be pleased to know you had read my 'Moss Island' now current on
the stands in the Winter issue of AMAZING STORIES
QUARTERLY..."]
REH
to Carl Jacobi, ca. March 1932 (see above, "The Haunted
Ring.")
Weird Tales, April 1933.
REH to Carl Jacobi, 17 March 1933: "I am glad
to write to Wright, commenting favorably on 'Revelations in
Black'. It is an unusual and well written story, reflecting the same
imaginative quality which caught my attention in 'Mive'.
Frankly, you have an imagination of a subtle and poetic
nature rarely met with, and should go far in the writing
profession."
Weird Tales, May 1934.
REH to Carl Jacobi, ca. June 1934: "I enjoyed
'The Satanic Piano' and look forward to reading more of your work
in the near future."
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(1843-1916)
One Who Walked Alone, p. 83: "I said
that sometimes bad things were just below the surface and that
they might determine life or death...as it sometimes does in a
Henry James novel. Bob
said, 'To hell with Henry James.'"
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(1891-1955)
New
York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., 1934.
30709; PQ1; GL; TDB. Still
in HPU holdings.
Contents: The Remarkable Voyage of Captain Thomas
Jones, Pirate; On the King's Errand [Captain William Kidd];
Benjamin Franklin, Electrician; Listen, My Children [Paul Revere];
Thomas Jefferson Goes Shopping [writing of Declaration of
Independence]; The Wrong Road [Benedict Arnold and John André];
Deguelo [The Alamo]; The Plot That Failed [Pinkerton foils plot to
assassinate President-elect Lincoln]; The Stolen Railroad Train
[the "General"]; Jordan's Banks [Private Sam Davis]; A
Crime of Murder [Lincoln assassination]; Pursuit [death of John
Wilkes Booth]; Expiation [trial of Lincoln conspirators]; The
Twain Shall Meet [the "Golden Spike"]; First Prize,
$600,000 [the Louisiana Lottery]; The Life and Death of Dick
Yeager [Oklahoma outlaw].
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(1862-1936)
REH to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. 10 August 1931: "I
note that another book of ghost-lore has blossomed from the pen of
Montague Rhodes James – of whom I had never heard in my life
before I read your fascinating article on horror-literature in The
Recluse [i.e., "Supernatural Horror in Literature"].
I would like to read some of this gentleman's work.
Could you tell me what company handles his stuff, or where
I could obtain it?"
REH
to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. 4 October 1931: "I'll appreciate
the address of M.R. James."
[Probably refers to The Collected Ghost Stories
(London: Edward Arnold Ltd., 1931).]
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(1877-1963)
Bashful Ballads
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1911.
30634; PQ3; GL; TDB.
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(1888-1958)
Robert H. Barlow found a typewritten copy of this poem
among poetry mss. sent to him by Howard's father after REH's
death. The poem is
included in Little Blue Book #298, Today's Poetry, edited
by Nelson Antrim Crawford and David O'Neil.
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(1709-1784)
Mentioned
in "The Rump of Swift," (parody, included in REH
to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. June 1928).
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(1879-
)
The Complete Story of the Prize Ring in America.
New York: Ives Washburn, 1927.
30676; PQ3; GL; TDB.
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(1827-1914)
from the earliest times
to 1608. Dublin and
Cork: The Educational Company of Ireland; London: Longmans, Green,
and Co., 1924. 30688; PQ3; GL; TDB.
REH to Harry Bates, 1 June 1931:
“In gathering material for this story [i.e., “Spears of Clontarf”]
I have drawn on such sources as Joyce’s ‘History of Gaelic
Ireland’, ‘The Saga of Burnt Nial’ Spenser’s ‘View of the State of
Ireland’, ‘The Wars of the Gaels with the Galls’ and other
histories.”
[It appears likely that Joyce was actually Howard’s source for
material from all of these, as he repeats Joyce’s rather
idiosyncratic versions of the titles, and all the names and
incidents in the story are found in Joyce. See entries for
The Saga of
Burnt Njal;
Spenser, Edmund, A View of the Present State of Ireland;
Todd,
James [Henthorn], Cogadh Gaedhel re Gaillabh. The War of the
Gaedhil and the Gaill; or the Invasion of Ireland by the Danes
and Other Norsemen; and
Giraldus Cambrensis.]
London:
Longmans, Green & Co./Dublin: M.H. Gill &
Son, Ltd., 1907.
REH to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. October 1930 [SL 1 #47]:
"I am highly intrigued by the drawings of the images but am
unable to give you any information about them.
It might be possible that the works of P.W. Joyce might
throw some light on them, though Joyce was more of a historian
than an archaeologist. However,
his works are veritable store-houses of knowledge, and it is
possible that his 'The Story of Ancient Irish Civilization' might
contain references to the origin or use of such images. This book is printed by The Talbot Press, Dublin, and
published by Longmans, Green and Co., 39 Paternoster Row,
London."
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