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O'Brien,
John | O'Donovan,
John | O'Flaherty,
Roderic | Olmstead, Florence | O'Neill,
Eugene | O'Reilly,
Edward | Oskison,
John Milton | Owen,
Frank
(
-1767)
REH to Harold Preece, ca. February 1930 [SL 1 #30]:
in presenting the Irish alphabet, Howard says the letter
"A" or "Ailm" means "the palm-tree
(O'Brien) or the fir tree (O'Flaherty)."
REH to H.P.
Lovecraft, ca. 9 August 1930 [SL 1 #39]: "Bishop O'Brien
of Cloyne scoffs at the legends representing the Gaels wandering
from Scythia into Egypt and thence to Ireland, but admits that the
Celtiberians were doubtless among the early settlers of
Ireland."
[Bishop John O'Brien of Cloyne was the compiler of Facolóir
gaodhilge-sax-bhéarla, or, An Irish-English dictionary;
whereof the Irish part hath been compiled not only from various
Irish vocabularies, particularly that of Mr. Edward Lhuyd, but
also from a great variety of the best Irish manuscripts now
extant. Paris, 1768; Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1832.
His "Remarks on the letter A" in O'Reilly and
O'Donovan, An Irish-English Dictionary (q.v.), may have
been the source of Howard's citations. For instance, he wrote (p.
5): "It is distinguished by the appellative of Ailm,
which seems to signify, strictly and properly, the palm-tree...;
although Mr. O'Flaherty, notwithstanding the affinity of the words
Ailm and Palma, interprets it the fir-tree,
Lat. abies." In
the same article, some of his remarks are readily construed as
"scoffing" at the legends Howard cites above.
See also Lhuyd, Edward and
Baxter,
William.)]
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(1809-1861)
[See "O'Reilly,
Edward."]
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(1629-1718)
REH to Harold Preece, ca. February 1930 [SL 1 #30]:
in presenting the Irish alphabet, Howard says the letter
"A" or "Ailm" means "the palm-tree
(O'Brien) or the fir tree (O'Flaherty)."
[O'Flaherty was the
author of Ogygia, or, a chronological account of Irish
events: collected from very ancient documents, faithfully compared
with each other, and supported by the genealogical and
chronological aid of the sacred and prophane writings of the first
nations of the globe. Dublin,
1793. (First published in Latin, 1685).
Howard's probable source for the above is Bishop John
O'Brien's (q.v.) "Remarks on the Letter A," in
O'Reilly
and O'Donovan's Irish-English Dictionary (q.v.)]
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Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., 1912.
30605;
PQ4 (as "Olmsted"); GL ; TDB (as "Olmstead,
Frederick L.").
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(1888-1953)
REH to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. 20 February 1928 [SL 1
#10]: "I have carefully gone over, in my mind, the most
powerful men – that is, in my opinion – in all of the world's
literature and here is my list: Jack London, Leonid Andreyev, Omar
Khayyam, Eugene O'Neill, William Shakespeare."
[Ibid.]: I
had a long mss. with the Argosy-Allstory and last night I dreamed
that I got it back together with a long personal letter from the
editor, written in pen and ink. Sure enough I did.... He says, as
the setting was the Middle Ages, I had too much ‘Eugene O’Neill
jungle stuff’ in the story."
Post Oaks and
Sand Roughs, p. 129, quotes the letter from S.A. McWilliams of
Argosy-All Story, 20 February 1928 (and reproduces the letter in
facsimile, pp. 169-171): "And in one jump you change from the
Middle Ages to Eugene O’Neill jungle stuff."
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(1922)
REH to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. 6 March 1933:
"Getting back to literature, if I included O'Neill in my
aversions, it was unintentional.
I got a big whang out of his 'The Hairy Ape.'"
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(1917)
REH to Harold Preece, ca. March 1929 [SL 1 #23]:
"I also saw one of Eugene O'Neill's dramas, 'The Ile,' put on
by Howard Payne students. They
won first place with it in Lubbock or some such damned place where
they went to have a state-wide dramatic contest.
The drama of course was powerful and the kids did better
than I thought they could."
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(
-1829) [and O'Donovan, John (1809-1861)].
An Irish-English Dictionary
with copious quotations
from the most esteemed ancient and modern writers, to elucidate
the meaning of obscure words, and numerous comparisons of Irish
words with those of similar orthography, sense, or sound in the
Welsh and Hebrew languages. By Edward O'Reilly. A new edition,
carefully revised and corrected, with a supplement, containing
many thousand Irish words, with their interpretations in English,
collected throughout Ireland, and among ancient unpublished
manuscripts. By John O'Donovan, LL.D., M.R.I.A., the profoundly
learned editor of the "Annals of the Four Masters," and
other great works on native Irish history and grammar.
These collections contain many thousand Irish words, with
their interpretations in English, collected by the learned author
during the many years he devoted to this pursuit in unwearied
researches among ancient unpublished manuscripts throughout
Ireland. Dublin: J.
Duffy & Co., 1864. (First published in 1817).
30674; PQ4; GL; TDB.
REH to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. 9 August 1930 [SL 1 #39]:
"O'Donovan and O'Reilly's Irish-English Dictionary shows
clearly the connection of many Gaelic words with Hebrew and Greek
words."
[It is
possible that Howard got his information regarding Edward Lhuyd
(q.v.), Bishop John O'Brien of Cloyne (q.v.), and
Roderic
O'Flaherty (q.v.) from this book.]
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(1874-1947)
The Story of Sam Houston.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. 30815; PQ4; GL; TDB.
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(1893-1968)
REH to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. December 1930 [SL 1 #49]:
"I think Wright's 'Oriental Stories' bids fair to show more
originality than the average magazine dealing with the East,
though the initial issue, was, to me, slightly disappointing --
not in the appearance of the magazine but in the contents.
However, with such writers as Hoffman-Price, Owens and
Kline, I look for better things."
Oriental Stories, October/November 1930.
REH to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. January 1931:
"Speaking of Oriental Stories, I'll admit I was dissappointed
in Owens' story in the first issue.
He seemed to have written it hurriedly and without making
much attempt at realistic portrayal."
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