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• 7 • Introduction (A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard) • essay by The Editors
• 12 • A Note on This Edition (A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard) • essay by uncredited
• 15 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [July 1, 1930] ("I am indeed highly honored to have received...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, August 9, 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I am indeed highly honored...") 1989)
• 23 •  Letter to Robert E. Howard, July 20, 1930 ("I was greatly interested in your letter...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 31 • Postcard to Robert E. Howard, no postmark ("Old Salem with its special memories...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 32 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [August 9, 1930] ("Let me first thank you for the opportunity...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, ca. August 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Let me first thank you for the opportunity...") 1989)
• 38 •  Letter to Robert E. Howard, August 14, 1930 ("...Concerning early Europe and the 'little people'...:) • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 41 • Postcard to Robert E. Howard, September 1, 1930 ("This place surpasses all my expectations...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 41 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [ca. September 1930] ("I envy you your sojourn in Quebec...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, ca. September 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I envy you your sojourn in Quebec...") 1989)
• 46 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. September 1930] ("I am very glad that you enjoyed your visit to Quebec...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • (2002) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, ca. September 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I am very glad that you enjoyed...") 1989)
• 52 •  Letter to Robert E. Howard, October 4, 1930 ("...I agree with what you say about suggestion...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 80 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. October 1930] ("It is with greatest delight that I learn Mr. Wright...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, ca. October 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / It is with greatest delight that I learn...") 1989)
• 86 • Reuben's Brethren • (1969) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 97 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. December 1930] ("As always, your letter proved highly enjoyable...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • (2002) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, ca. December 1930 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / As always, your letter proved highly enjoyable...") 1989)
• 117 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. January 1931] ("As always, I found your recent letter most interesting...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • (2002) • essay by Robert E. Howard
• 132 •  Letter to Robert E. Howard, January 30, 1931 ("...Your rattlesnake anecdotes are surely interesting...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 146 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. January 1931?] ("This is rather a belated letter thanking you...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. January 1931?] ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / This is rather a belated letter thanking you...") 2002)
• 147 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. February 1931] ("I highly appreciate your intention for me to retain...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [ca. February 1931] ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I highly appreciate your intention for me to retain...") 2002)
• 164 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. March 1, 1931] ("I'm writing this letter only some two hundred thirty-odd...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. February 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I'm writing this letter only some two...") 2007)
• 165 • Postcard to Robert E. Howard, [c. May 1931] ("Well- I've struck your ancient Spanish country at last...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 166 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. June 1931] ("I didn't take much of a trip after all...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, circa June 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I didn't take much of a trip...") 1991)
• 178 • The Grim Land • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 180 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [July 14, 1931] ("Just a line to congratulate you on...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • (2002) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, July 14, 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Just a line to congratulate you...") 2007)
• 181 •  Letter to Robert E. Howard, August 6, 1931 ("I trust you have not wholly given me up for lost...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 189 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. week of August 10, 1931] ("You must indeed have had a delightful journey...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. August 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / You must indeed have had a delightful journey...") 2007)
• 207 • Postcard to Robert E. Howard, August 24, 1931 ("New England's oldest!...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 207 •  Letter to Robert E. Howard, September 12, 1931 ("...As for atavism and racial memory...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 215 • Postcard to Robert E. Howard, [c. mid-October 1931] ("Here's a new tale which Talman asked me...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 215 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [October 1931] ("Thanks for the post-card views...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • (2002) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. October 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Thanks for the post-card views...") 2007)
• 217 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [mid-October 1931] ("I intended to answer your very interesting letter...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • (2002) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. October 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I intended to answer your very interesting letter sooner...") 2007)
• 231 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. October 1931] ("Many thanks for the opportunity of reading your magnificent...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, ca. October 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Many thanks for the opportunity of reading...") 2007)
• 231 •  Letter to Robert E. Howard, October 30, 1931 ("...As usual, your Texas reminiscences proved...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 236 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [December 9, 1931] ("I would have answered your letter...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • (2002) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, December 9, 1931 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I would have answered your letter long ago...") 2007)
• 238 • Arkham • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard
• 240 •  Letter to Robert E. Howard, December 26, 1931 ("Your interesting letter duly arrived...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 251 • Postcard to Robert E. Howard, [c. January 2, 1932] ("Behold the neo-Georgian splendors...") • essay by W. Paul Cook and H. P. Lovecraft
• 251 • Postcard to Robert E. Howard, January 9, 1932 ("Thanks tremendously for the varied material...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 252 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. early January 1932] ("Yes, I enjoyed the postcards very much...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • (2002) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. January 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Yes, I enjoyed the postcards very much...") 2007)
• 260 •  Letter to Robert E. Howard, January 16, 1932 ("I'm glad my discourse on High and Low German...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 268 • Postcard to Robert E. Howard, January 26, 1932 ("Thanks for the final Thevenin article...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 268 • Postcard to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. February 1932] ("This isn't to flaunt my homely countenance...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Postcard to H. P. Lovecraft, ca. February 1932 ("This isn't to flaunt my homely countenance...") 2007)
• 269 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [March 2, 1932] ("I'm finally getting around to replying to your letter...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To. H. P. Lovecraft, March 2, 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I'm finally getting around to replying to your letter...") 2007)
• 278 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. April 1932] ("At last I've gotten around to answering...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • (2002) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. April 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / At last I've gotten around to answering...") 2007)
• 285 •  Letter to Robert E. Howard, May 7, 1932 ("Your interesting letter, the note, the postcard...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 291 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [24 May 1932?] ("Glad you liked the Oriental story...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, May 24, 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Glad you liked the Oriental story...") 2007)
• 303 •  
  Letter to Robert E. Howard, June 8, 1932 ("Well—I'm writing you from a considerably lesser distance...")^?Letter to Robert E. Howard, June 8, 1932 ("Well-I'm writing you from a considerably lesser distance...")
  • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 314 • Postcard to Robert E. Howard, June 14, 1932 ("Thanks profoundly for our unexpected & happily inspired...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 314 • Postcard to Robert E. Howard, June 21, 1932 ("Greetings from an old Confederate capital...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 314 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [July 13, 1932] ("It is with the utmost humiliation that I begin...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • (2002) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, July 13, 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / It is with the utmost humiliation that I begin...") 2007)
• 330 •  Letter to Robert E. Howard, July 25, 1932 ("This reply to your admirably interesting...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 337 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [August 9, 1932] ("I am very sorry to hear of your recent bereavement...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • (2002) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, August 9, 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I am very sorry to hear of your recent...") 2007)
• 358 •  Letter to Robert E. Howard, August 16, 1932 ("I cannot even begin to compete with your...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 376 • Postcard to Robert E. Howard, August 21, 1932 ("Just recd. your note. Here's another Newport view...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 376 • Postcard to Robert E. Howard, September 14, 1932 ("Greetings from a conclave of spectre-chasers!...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft and Donald Wandrei
• 377 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [received September 22, 1932] ("I read, as always, your comments on the Greco-Roman...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • (2002) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, received September 22, 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I read, as always, your comments...") 1991)
• 400 • Postcard to Robert E. Howard, September 22, 1932 ("Many thanks for the interesting issue...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 401 •  Letter to Robert E. Howard, October 3, 1932 ("Your highly interesting letter duly arrived, and I have...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 430 • Postcard to Robert E. Howard, October 15, 1932 ("Thanks prodigiously for the splendid set...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 431 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. October 1932] ("I hope you decide to collaborate on the proposed...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • (2002) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. October 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I hope you decide to collaborate...") 2007)
• 432 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [received November 2, 1932] ("I want to begin this letter by an apology...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, received November 2, 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / I want to begin this letter by an apology...") 1991)
• 457 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [c. November 1932] ("Here's a clipping that might be of some interest...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • (2002) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. November 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Here's a clipping that might be of some interest...") 2007)
• 458 • Postcard to Robert E. Howard, November 13, 1932 ("Thanks exceedingly for the very interesting cutting...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 458 •  Letter to Robert E. Howard, November 7-11, 1932 ("Your intensely interesting letter duly arrived, and I have digested it...") • essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 488 •  Letter to H. P. Lovecraft, [December 1932] ("Having read your latest letter with the greatest interest...") • [Letters to H. P. Lovecraft] • (2002) • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of To H. P. Lovecraft, ca. December 1932 ("Dear Mr. Lovecraft: / Having read your latest letter with the...") 2007)