Shadows of the Unattained
David E. Schultz & S. T. Joshi (Eds.)
New York, NY: Hippocampus Press

Abstract

Collection of the unabridged and annotated letters of George Sterling and Clark Ashton Smith; the appendix contains several poems and relevant short pieces.

Contents

1. Introduction Joshi and Schultz, 7-16

• Appendix
  • To George Sterling by Clark Ashton Smith, 287
  • To George Sterling by Clark Ashton Smith, 287-288
  • To George Sterling by Clark Ashton Smith, 288
  • To the Editor of Town Talk by Ambrose Bierce, 288-289
  • The Coming Singer by George Sterling, 289
  • Preface to Odes and Sonnets by George Sterling, 289-290
  • Preface to Ebony and Crystal by George Sterling, 290
  • Recent Books of Fact and Fiction by George Sterling (as George Douglas), 290-291
  • Poetry of the Pacific Coast—California by George Sterling, 291-292
  • To George Sterling: A Valediction by Clark Ashton Smith, 292-293
  • George Sterling: An Appreciation by Clark Ashton Smith, 294-297
  • George Sterling: Poet and Friend by Clark Ashton Smith, 298-302
  • To George Sterling by Clark Ashton Smith, 303-304
• Glossary of Names, 305-306
• List of Extant Enclosures, 307-312
• Bibliography, 313-328
• Index, 329-342

Works Cited

Articles

• "9-Year-Old Poet From the Sierras," Stockton Record, 35: 98 (5 August 1912)
• "A Few Memories," Overland Monthly 85, No. 11 (November 1927)
• "A Keats Discovery," Dial 63 (19 July 1917)
• "And a Little Book Shall Lead Them," Art and Decoration 19 (August 1923)
• "An Insurrection of the Peasantry," Cosmopolitan 44, No. 2 (December 1907)
• "A Poet and His Poem," Cosmopolitan 43, No. 5 (September 1907)
• "A Poet Sees the Fair," Town Talk No. 1213 (20 November 1915)
• "Ashton Stevens Interviews George Sterling, Poet," San Francisco Examiner (24 January 1904)
• "Auburn's Precocious Genius," Town Talk No. 1041 (3 August 1912)
• "A Young Poet: He Has Quality, But Also the Faults of Youth," New York Times Review of Books (26 January 1913)
• "Book of Poems by Local Poet," Placer County Republican (23 November 1912)
• "Boy is Poetic Genius…" San Francisco Call (2 August 1912)
• "Boy Publishes More Poems," San Francisco Examiner (17 December 1922)
• "California Youth Is Hailed by Critics as Poetical Genius: George Ashton Smith, Aged 19, Writes Poem Pronounced as Ranking with Best of Keats and Byron," San Francisco Chronicle (2 August 1912)
• "The Chances for Poetry," Minneapolis Journal (6 April 1913)
• "Clark Ashton Smith's New Volume 'Ebony and Crystal' Marks Another Stage in the Development of a California Genius," Argonaut (16 December 1922)
• "Clark Ashton Smith Soars High Again Upon His Hippogriff," San Francisco Chronicle (10 January 1926)
• "The Clubman: Men and Women in the Mirror: A Lesson in Words," Oakland Post-Enquirer (6 January 1923)
• "Current Poetry," Literary Digest 42, No. 21 (27 May 1911)
• "Dr. Taylor as a Sonneteer," Town Talk No. 1304 (1 September 1917)
• [[from Beyond Space]
• The Emperor of Dreams
• "George Sterling's Letters to William Stanley Braithwaite: The Poet versus the Editor," *American Book Collector* 24, No. 2 (November-December 1973)
• "George Sterling's Life at Carmel: Sterling's Letters to Witter Bynner," Markham Review 4, No. 1 (October 1973)
• "Glimpses of George Sterling," Overland Monthly 85, No. 11 (November 1927)
• In Defense of Imaginative Poetry
• "The Judgment of Mr. Markham," Literary Review (New York Evening Post) 6, No. 3 (12 September 1925)
• "Junior Poet of the Sierras," Placer Herald (16 November 1912)
• "The Latest in Literature: Clark Smith's Poems. Wonderful Lyrics Deserve Recognition with World's Best," San Francisco Bulletin (30 November 1912)
• "The Latest Swindle: 'Psyching the Jack' Charlatan's New Game Prospers," Dearborn Independent (24 March 1923)
• "London Discovers Sterling," Town Talk No.1167 (2 January 1915)
• "The Lyric Year," New York Times Review of Books (1 December 1912)
• "Makers of Books and Some Recent Works," San Francisco Post (10 August 1912)
• "Men and Women in the Mirror," Oakland Enquirer (10 January 1920)
• "Mrs. Geo. Sterling Suicide: Divorced Wife of Poet," San Francisco Examiner (9 August 1918)
• "News of Books: A California Poet. Clark Ashton Smith Reveals Unusual Talents in New Volume," Sacramento Bee (30 December 1922); Fresno Bee (30 December 1922)
• "Notes & Book Reviews—Comments: A Young and True Poet," San Francisco Call (1 December 1912)
• "Our Modern Poets," Boston Evening Transcript (2 April 1913)
• "The Passing Show," New York American (27 December 1903); San Francisco Examiner (10 January 1904)
• "The Poems of General Lucius H. Foote: A Brief Appreciation," Town Talk No. 1086 (14 June 1913)
• "Poet and Girl Swim Unclad in Stow Lake," San Francisco Examiner (27 August 1924)
• "Poet's Back Aches After Night Swim for Lilies to Please 'Lady of the Moment,'" San Francisco Bulletin (27 August 1924)
• "Poet of Rockies in Debut Honors Sterling," San Francisco Call and Post (30 October 1925)
• "Poetic Drama Did Not Die with Stephen Phillips," New York Times Book Review (22 August 1926)
• The Poetry of Clark Ashton Smith
• "Recent Books of Fact and Fiction," San Francisco Bulletin (19 December 1922)
• "Recent Poetry," Current Literature 53, No. 4 (October 1912)
• "Recent Poetry," Current Opinion 54, No. 2 (February 1913)
• Review of 'Ebony and Crystal'
• "Review of The Letters of Ambrose Bierce," Laughing Horse No. 6 (1923)
• "Rhymes and Reactions," Overland Monthly 83, No. 11 (November 1925)
• "The Right to Take Oneself Off"
• "San Francisco Poet Treads New Worlds: Earth Fetters Cast Off by Star Rover," San Francisco Chronicle (10 December 1922)
• "The Shadow Maker," American Mercury 6, No. 1 (September 1925)
• "Sierra Teaches Poetry to Boy of Its Peaks…" San Francisco Examiner (2 August 1912)
• "The Star Treader," Town Talk No. 1056 (16 November 1912)
• "The Star Treader: A Book of Verse by Clark Ashton Smith," San Jose Mercury and Herald (8 December 1912)
• "Sterling in Hospital After Lake Swim," San Francisco Examiner (29 August 1924)
• "Sterling's Latest Poems," Literary Review (New York Evening Post (11 March 1921)
• "Varied Types: XVII—George Sterling," Town Talk No. 972 (15 April 1911)
• "Varied Types: XC. Witter Bynner," Town Talk No. 1046 (7 September 1912)
• "Voices from Overseas," Poetry Review 2, No. 4 (April 1913)

Books

• A Much Misunderstood Man: Selected Letters of Ambrose Bierce
• Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1922
• Collected Essays of H. P. Lovecraft
• The Devil's Notebook: Collected Epigrams and Pensées
• From Baltimore to Bohemia: The Letters of H. L. Mencken and George Sterling
• The Letters of Jack London: Volume Three: 1913-1916
• Letters to Alfred Galpin
• Literary Lanes and Other Byways
• Out of the Immortal Night
• Selected Letters of Clark Ashton Smith
• Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft
• Twenty-one Letters of Ambrose Bierce

Letters

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• 023-0068
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