Posted: July 15, 1999 at 02:28:11: by Michael Martinez
: But when the story was reprinted in Weird Tales in 1930,
: someone did notice. Robert E. Howard wrote the editor,
: Farnsworth Wright and said, "...I note from the fact that Mr.
: Lovecraft has his charcter speaking Gaelic instead of Cymric,
: in denoting the Age of the Druids, that he holds to Lluyd's
: theory as to the settling of Britain by the Celts." [And this
: is published in "Selected Letters" A 5 volume edition by Arkham
: House. I'm not sure if it's currently being published or
: not...]Using the Amazon.Com search box at the bottom of the message board, I found the following listings: Your Book Search Results for: the keywords include "selected letters robert e howard" 2 items are shown below. Robert E. Howard : Selected Letters, 1931-1936 ~ Usually ships
in 24 hours Robert Ervin Howard, Glenn Lord (Editor) /
Paperback / Published 1991
Our Price: $9.95 + $0.85 special surcharge Robert E. Howard Selected Letters 1923-1930
Lord / Paperback / Published 1989
Our Price: $9.95 + $0.85 special surcharge (Special Order) These don't look like a five-volume collection, so I'm not sure of what the connection is. BTW -- although I'd heard about your trip before, you did include some new details this time. :) Thanks for sharing that with us.
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