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The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Two: 1930-1932

Robert E. Howard

First published 2007
Series Robert E. Howard LettersThe Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard (First Edition)
Publisher The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Jim Keegan & Ruth Keegan
Pages xviii+525
Price $59.00


Edited by Rob Roehm.
Annotations by Rusty Burke.
Limited to 300 numbered copies.
A copy of the postcard on p. 301 laid in. p113, "Surprized" is Howard's spelling.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
3 To Harold Preece, Postmarked January 4, 1930 ("Yes, we fade from youth swiftly...") Robert E. Howard Essay
10 Untitled Poem Fragment ("Before them all King Geraint...") Robert E. Howard Poem
13 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. January 1930 ("Many thanks for the letter you wrote Farnsworth...") Robert E. Howard Essay
15 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. February 1930 ("Well, here is the letter. I haven't much to add...") Robert E. Howard Essay
16 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. February 1930 ("Salaam; Fear Orghruagach; / Life is a cynical...") Robert E. Howard Essay
16 Untitled Poem ("Life is a cynical, romantic pig...") Robert E. Howard Poem
18 To Harold Preece, Ca. February 1930 ("Go manee jeea git, / Your're in Kansas now...") Robert E. Howard Essay
21 To "Weird Tales", Ca. March 1930 ("'Thirsty Blades' is fine. It moves...") Robert E. Howard Essay
21 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. March 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn, tell Cuchullain the Dutchess...") Robert E. Howard Essay
24 The Autumn of the World Robert E. Howard Poem
25 "Aw Come on and Fight!" Robert E. Howard Poem
25 A Tribute to the Sportsmanship of the Fans Robert E. Howard Poem
26 The Song of the Sage Robert E. Howard Poem
26 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. March 1930 ("Well Fear Finn: / I trust you are in good health...") Robert E. Howard Essay
27 Whispers Robert E. Howard Poem
28 To Harold Preece, Postmarked March 24, 1930 ("Thanks for the picture. How much longer...") Robert E. Howard Essay
29 Song Before Clontarf Robert E. Howard Poem
30 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. Early April 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn, you mention being in a lethargic...") Robert E. Howard Essay
31 Ambition Robert E. Howard Poem
31 The Gladiator and the Lady Robert E. Howard Poem
31 Whispers on the Nightwinds Robert E. Howard Poem
32 To Harold Preece, Ca. Early April 1930 ("Thanks for the Saint Padraic's card...") Robert E. Howard Essay
32 Untitled Poem ("Thomas Fitzgerald, Shane O'Neill...") Robert E. Howard Poem
34 The Mutiny of the Hellroarer Robert E. Howard Short Story
34 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. April 1930 ("Salaam: / Well, Fear Finn, I believe in days gone yore...") Robert E. Howard Essay
36 Untitled Poem ("Thorfinn, thorfinn, where have you...") Robert E. Howard Poem
38 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. May 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn, / I hope this letter finds you...") Robert E. Howard Essay
39 A Stirring of Green Leaves Robert E. Howard Poem
39 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. May 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn, I was in Brownwood yesterday...") Robert E. Howard Essay
40 The Rhyme of the Viking Path Robert E. Howard Poem
41 A Marching Song of Connacht Robert E. Howard Poem
42 To Farnsworth Wright, Ca. June 1930 ("Dear Mr. Wright: / I have long looked forward...") Robert E. Howard Essay
44 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. June 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn: / The pictures came at last...") Robert E. Howard Essay
45 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. June 1930 ("Salaam, Fear Finn: / Then Stein the peddler...") Robert E. Howard Essay
45 Untitled Poem ("Then Stein the peddler with rising joy...") Robert E. Howard Poem
46 Untitled Poem ("I was once, I declare, a grog-shop man...") Robert E. Howard Poem
47 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. June 1930 ("Salaam, Fear Finn: / Well, me bauld buccaneer...") Robert E. Howard Essay
47 Untitled Fragment ("I quote from Ruper K. Goofo's...") Robert E. Howard Essay
50 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. July 1, 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I am indeed highly honored...") Robert E. Howard Essay
57 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. July 1930 ("I haven't heard from our story, but that's not...") Robert E. Howard Essay
58 Voyages with Villains Robert E. Howard Short Fiction
61 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. August 1930 ("Let me first thank you for the opportunity...") Robert E. Howard Essay
68 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. Early September 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn: / I hope you'll sell the dueling story...") Robert E. Howard Essay
70 Untitled Poem ("They cast her out of the court...") Robert E. Howard Poem
71 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. September 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn, me bauld braw Hieland bully...") Robert E. Howard Essay
73 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. September 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I envy you your sojourn in...") Robert E. Howard Essay
79 To H. P. Lovecraft, C. September 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I am very glad that you enjoyed...") Robert E. Howard Essay
86 To Harold Preece, Ca. October 1930 ("Well, Harold, how did you like my story...") Robert E. Howard Essay
87 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. October 1930. (Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / It is with greatest delight that...") Robert E. Howard Essay
94 Rueben's Brethren Robert E. Howard Poem
106 To Harold Preece, Ca. October or Early November 1930 ("Well, Harold, I'm sorry to hear your nose...") Robert E. Howard Essay
109 Mihiragula Robert E. Howard Poem
110 Belshazzer Robert E. Howard Poem
110 The Peasant on the Euphrates Robert E. Howard Poem
110 Timur-Lang Robert E. Howard Poem
111 To Harold Preece, Postmarked November 24, 1930 ("I hope you'll pardon my negligence in answering...") Robert E. Howard Essay
111 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. November 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn: / I read your article in the 'Dallas News'...") Robert E. Howard Essay
113 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Probably Ca. December 1930 ("Fear Finn: / I'm not surprized that Byrne turned down...") Robert E. Howard Essay
113 Untitled Poem ("Slow sift the sands of Time; the yellowed leaves...") Robert E. Howard Poem
117 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. December 1930 ("Well, Fear Finn: / I don't know when I'll be able...") Robert E. Howard Essay
118 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. December 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / As always, your letter proved highly enjoyable...") Robert E. Howard Essay
134 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. January 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / As always I found your recent letter...") Robert E. Howard Essay
139 To "Weird Tales", Ca. December 1930 ("I was particularly fascinated by the poem...") Robert E. Howard Essay
161 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. January 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / This is rather a belated letter thanking...") Robert E. Howard Essay
162 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. January 1931 ("Well, Fear Finn: / You owe me a letter, but no matter...") Robert E. Howard Essay
163 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. February 1931 ("Fear Finn: / I've delayed writing you, hoping...") Robert E. Howard Essay
164 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. February 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I highly appreciate your intention for me...") Robert E. Howard Essay
185 To Wilfred Blanch Talman, Ca. February 1931 ("My Dear Mr. Talman: / I can hardly find words to express...") Robert E. Howard Essay
186 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. February 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I'm writing this letter only some two...") Robert E. Howard Essay
188 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. March 1931 ("Well, Fear Finn: / Congratulations on your history book...") Robert E. Howard Essay
190 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. March 1931 ("Fear Finn: / I don't have to tell you how sorry...") Robert E. Howard Essay
192 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. March 14, 1931 ("Well, Fear Finn: / Heigho for sunny San Antonio. It's been...") Robert E. Howard Essay
194 To Wilfred Blanch Talman, Ca. April 1931 ("Dear Mr. Talman: / I'm glad you liked 'Kings of the Night'...") Robert E. Howard Essay
195 To Tevis Clyde Smith, May 9, 1931 ("Fear Finn: / Have youse heard anything more about...") Robert E. Howard Essay
196 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. Mid-May 1931 ("Well Fear Finn: / I got a letter from Bradford saying...") Robert E. Howard Essay
197 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Week of May 18, 1931 ("Fear Finn: / I should have answered your letters before...") Robert E. Howard Essay
198 To Farnsworth Wright, Ca. June-July 1931 ("In your last letter you asked me to give you...") Robert E. Howard Essay
201 To Harry Bates, June 1, 1931 ("Dear Mr. Bates: / You may or may not have noticed my work...") Robert E. Howard Essay
203 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. June 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I didn't take much of a trip after all...") Robert E. Howard Essay
203 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. Early June 1931 ("Fear Finn: / Thanks very much for the 'Frontier Times'...") Robert E. Howard Essay
218 The Grim Lane Robert E. Howard Poem
219 To Wilfred Blanch Talman, Ca. July 1931 ("Dear Mr. Talman: / I should have answered your letter...") Robert E. Howard Essay
220 To H. P. Lovecraft, July 14, 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Just a line to congratulate you...") Robert E. Howard Essay
222 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. August 1931 ("Fear Finn: / Well, I doubt if this missile will be very...") Robert E. Howard Essay
223 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. August 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / You must indeed have had a delightful journey...") Robert E. Howard Essay
244 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. September 1931 ("Fear Finn: / Lizzen my children and you shall...") Robert E. Howard Essay
244 Untitled Poem ("Lizzen my children and you shall be told...") Robert E. Howard Poem
246 To Wilfred Blanch Talman, Ca. September 1931 ("Dear Mr. Talman: / Thank you very much for the letter...") Robert E. Howard Essay
251 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. September 1931 ("Fear Finn: / I've been waiting for a letter from you, but...") Robert E. Howard Essay
251 To Wilfred Blanch Talman, Ca. October 1931 ("Dear Mr. Talman: / I'm returning herewith your stories...") Robert E. Howard Essay
252 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. October 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Thanks for the post-card views...") Robert E. Howard Essay
254 To Tevis Clyde Smith Ca. October 1931 ("Fear Finn: / The reason I haven't written you sooner...") Robert E. Howard Essay
256 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. October 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I intended to answer your very interesting letter sooner...") Robert E. Howard Essay
273 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. October 1931 ("Fear Finn: / I wrote Bradford a coarse rude letter...") Robert E. Howard Essay
273 Who Is Grandpa Theobold? Robert E. Howard Poem
274 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. October 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Many thanks for the opportunity...") Robert E. Howard Essay
275 The Last Day Robert E. Howard Poem
275 To Tevis Clyde Smith, November 1931 ("Fear Finn: / Here are the blasted verses and a few...") Robert E. Howard Essay
276 Moonlight on a Skull Robert E. Howard Poem
277 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. November 1931 ("Fear Finn: / Have you heard anything from the Christopher?...") Robert E. Howard Essay
277 Untitled Poem ("Many fell at the grog-house wall...") Robert E. Howard Poem
278 To H. P. Lovecraft, December 9, 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I would have answered your letter long ago...") Robert E. Howard Essay
280 Arkham Robert E. Howard Poem
287 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. January 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Yes, I enjoyed the postcards very much...") Robert E. Howard Essay
287 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. Early January 1932 ("Dear Clyde: / I only learned of your uncle's death today...") Robert E. Howard Essay
298 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. February 1932 ("Fear Finn: / Well, how runs the world these days?...") Robert E. Howard Essay
301 Postcard to H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. February 1932 ("This isn't to flaunt my homely countenance...") Robert E. Howard Essay
302 To "Weird Tales", Ca. February 1932 ("Congratulations on the appearance...") Robert E. Howard Essay
302 To. H. P. Lovecraft, March 2, 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I'm finally getting around to replying to your letter...") Robert E. Howard Essay
313 To Kirk Mashburn, Ca. March 1932 ("Dear Mr. Mashburn: / I am writing to express my appreciation...") Robert E. Howard Essay
314 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. March 1932 ("Fear Finn: / Sorry to hear you've been carved on again...") Robert E. Howard Essay
316 To "Oriental Stories", Ca. Spring 1932 ("Brundage did a fine job in the cover illustration...") Robert E. Howard Essay
316 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. March 1932 ("Fear Finnel: / When I wzs a kie in East Texas...") Robert E. Howard Essay
318 To Carl Jacobi, PM, March 22, 1932 ("Dear Mr. Jacobi: / I found your recent letter very interesting...") Robert E. Howard Essay
319 To Wilfred Blanch Talman, Ca. March 1932 ("Dear Mr. Talman: / I've finally gotten around to answering...") Robert E. Howard Essay
321 To Carl Swanson, Ca. March 1932 ("Dear Mr. Swanson: / I am sending you, under separate cover...") Robert E. Howard Essay
322 To Carl Swanson, Ca. April 1932 ("Dear Mr. Swanson: / I am interested in your publication, and believe...") Robert E. Howard Essay
322 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. April 1932 ("Fear Finn: / I heard from that bone-crushing man-eater...") Robert E. Howard Essay
323 A Weird Ballad Robert E. Howard Poem
324 Untitled Poem ("Little brown man of Nippon...") Robert E. Howard Poem
327 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. April 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / At last I've gotten around to answering...") Robert E. Howard Essay
336 To Tevis Clyde Smith (Handwritten), Ca. May 1932 ("Fear Finn: / Just a bit of press-agenting...") Robert E. Howard Essay
336 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. May 1932 ("Fear Finn: / Well, here I am back at the old home town...") Robert E. Howard Essay
338 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. May 1932 ("Fear Finn: / Thank you very much for going to all...") Robert E. Howard Essay
340 The Toy Rattle Murder Case Robert E. Howard Short Story
343 John Brown Robert E. Howard Poem
343 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. May 1932 ("Fear Finn: / Lo, friend, I approach thee with a liver dripping...") Robert E. Howard Essay
344 Abe Lincoln Robert E. Howard Poem
345 John Kelley Robert E. Howard Poem
346 The Tom Thumb Moider Mystery Robert E. Howard Short Story
346 Untitled Poem ("'Harry the Fourth was a godly king...'") Robert E. Howard Poem
352 Untitled Poem ("When I was a little lad...") Robert E. Howard Poem
353 To H. P. Lovecraft, May 24, 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Glad you liked the Oriental story...") Robert E. Howard Essay
367 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. Very Late May 1932. ("Fear Finn: / Let us tool forth to Australia...") Robert E. Howard Essay
370 To Carl Swanson, Ca. Late May 1932 ("Dear Mr. Swanson: / I'm sorry you had to give up...") Robert E. Howard Essay
370 To Wilfred Blanch Talman, Ca. July 1932 ("Dear Mr. Talman: / Thanks very much for 'De Halve Maen'...") Robert E. Howard Essay
372 To H. P. Lovecraft, July 13, 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / It is with the utmost humiliation that I begin...") Robert E. Howard Essay
390 To H. P. Lovecraft, August 9, 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I am very sorry to hear of your recent...") Robert E. Howard Essay
416 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. August 1932 ("Fear Finn: / I don't know when I've enjoyed a pome...") Robert E. Howard Essay
417 Dreaming in Israel Robert E. Howard Poem
419 Samson's Broodings Robert E. Howard Poem
420 To Kirk Mashburn, Ca. September 1932 ("Dear Mr. Mashburn: / Just a line (and rather belated...") Robert E. Howard Essay
420 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. September 1932 ("Fear Finn: / You owe me a letter, you louse...") Robert E. Howard Essay
422 A Glass of Vodka Robert E. Howard Short Story
423 One Blood Stain Robert E. Howard Poem
424 To H. P. Lovecraft, September 22, 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I read, as always, your comments...") Robert E. Howard Essay
451 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. October 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I hope you decide to collaborate...") Robert E. Howard Essay
453 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. Mid-October 1932 ("Here is the emblem of a lethal form of life...") Robert E. Howard Essay
454 To H. P. Lovecraft, November 2, 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I want to begin this letter by an apology...") Robert E. Howard Essay
483 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. November 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Here's a clipping that might be of some interest...") Robert E. Howard Essay
484 Lines to G. B. Shaw Robert E. Howard Poem
484 To Tevis Clyde Smith, Ca. November 1932 ("Fear Finn: / Well, I finally got around to answering your letter...") Robert E. Howard Essay
485 A Mick in Israel Robert E. Howard Poem
486 Envoy Robert E. Howard Poem
486 Musings ("To every man his trade...") Robert E. Howard Poem
487 To "Magic Carpet", Ca. November 1932 ("Thanks very much for the remarks and quotations...") Robert E. Howard Essay
487 To August Derleth, Ca. December (15?) 1932 ("Dear Mr. Derleth: / I had intended answering your letter...") Robert E. Howard Essay
489 To H. P. Lovecraft, Ca. December 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Having read your latest letter with the...") Robert E. Howard Essay
519 To Robert H. Barlow, Ca. December 1932 ("Dear Mr. Barlow: / I'll be glad to sign the title pages of the stories...") Robert E. Howard Essay
519 To Robert H. Barlow, Ca. December 1932 ("Dear Mr. Barlow: / Price tells me that you are interested...") Robert E. Howard Essay
520 To August Derleth, Ca. December (29?) 1932 ("Dear Mr. Derleth: / I read your recent letter with the greatest...") Robert E. Howard Essay
xi Introduction (The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Two: 1930-1931) Rusty Burke Essay
xv Acknowledgements (The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Two: 1930-1931) uncredited Essay
xvii Notes on the Text (The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Two: 1930-1931) uncredited Essay