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"Foreword"
by Jeffrey Shanks |
Additional Letters by Robert E. Howard
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To
Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. June, 1925,
"Know all men …"
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To Farnsworth Wright, August 21, 1925,
"I am preparing a mss. …"
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To Merlin Wand, date stamped May 26, 1928,
"CONTACTS …"
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To John Wasso, undated,
unsent,
"There is a good deal of justice …"
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To unknown recipient,
undated, unsent,
"Seems that you owe me …"
Contains:
"The Road to Hell" (poem, lines 1-4 only)
"Long Ago" (2, last line is "Ah, the rose in your
dark hair.") (poem)
"The Men That Walk with Satan" (poem)
"Flight" (poem, lines 1-16, 29-32, 45-48)
Untitled ("Favored child of a lucky star
…") (poem)
"The Dust Dance" (2, poem, lines 1-80 only)
"Destiny" (1, poem)
"The Song of Horsa’s Galley" (poem, variant version with the lines
rearranged)
"The Gods I Worshipped" (poem)
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To unknown recipient, undated,
unsent,
"'The real reason,' said John L. Sullivan …"
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To Harold Preece, postcard from
Piedras Negras, ca. June 1928,
(no text) [The front and back sides of the postcard are reproduced]
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To Tevis Clyde Smith,
undated, unsent,
"Show this to Truett …"
Contains:
"To An Earth Bound Soul" (poem)
"To All Lords of Commerce" (poem)
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To unknown recipient,
undated, unsent,
"I’m writing mainly …"
Contains:
"Altars and Jesters" (1, poem, first 11 quatrains only, the
rest of the poem was inadvertently omitted)
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To unknown recipient,
undated, unsent,
"I do not remember who …"
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To Alvin P. Bradford,
ca. January 1930, unsent,
"You’ll have to pardon …"
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To H. P. Lovecraft,
draft, ca. July 1, 1930,
"Admittedly, your theories …"
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To Fort Worth Bank,
carbon, June 17, 1933,
"I enclose deposits slips …"
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To H. P. Lovecraft,
early draft, ca. July 1933,
"You have frequently warned …"
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To H. P. Lovecraft, later draft, ca. July 1933,
"[. . .] The writer intimated …"
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To H. P. Lovecraft, draft, ca. January 1935,
"[. . .] As for my alleged …"
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To Dime Sports Magazine,
published June 1936,
"Name: Robert Ervin Howard …"
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Address List 1: Truett
Vinson Brownwood Texas . . .
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Address List 2: Bernie
Willbanks . . .
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Address List 3: Wilfred
Talman . . .
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Address List 4: H. P. Lovecraft
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Author’s Note on Index
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Index to The Collected Letters
of Robert E. Howard
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List of Howard’s Correspondents
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Lists of Howard’s Plays and Poetry
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About the Contributors
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Notes
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Compiled by Bobby Derie
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Annotations by Jeffrey Shanks
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