You have shown unpublished evidence of which I was not aware. Racism is
quite evident in the samples, there's no doubt.
One thing I've noticed is that REH seemed to "play to" what he perceived to
be the philosophies of his correspondents. His highly contradictory
comments about Shakespeare seem to bear this out, in which he alternately
reviled and then praised the Bard, apparently dependent upon with whom he
was discussing him.
I have to wonder how much of that is evident here, particularly with HPL.
Stil no excuse, though.
I note that he had a negative crack or to for Lithuanians and other
Europeans, as I noted he'd also done in stories from time to time. It seems
like he was largely Nordic and Celtic-centric, for sure.
I think Howard may have had it in for merchants as well as I dont remember any as being described as other than fat, lazy, or perverse.:)
