As previously mentioned, Lovecraft wrote a long letter to Mr. Barlow on this date. He was still electrified over seeing Roosevelt. "John L. Lewis might not make a bad candidate in 1940..." he thought. He'd just read "It Can't Happen Here": Sinclair Lewis's 1936 novel about a Fascist takeover of the US. "vivid & interesting ... political caricature ... extreme developments perhaps beyond anything ... in Nazi Germany..." and waxed about Virgil Finlay "...quite a guy If there was ever any real chance for an illustrated book of mine I'd let him do the designs...". He;d heard from REH's father. He was trying to tarck down lost sheets from his misbegotten "Shunned House." He discussed his two fave subjects - cats and astronomy.
In the greater world, here's an issue of Life Magazine he might have glanced over at the newsstand.
BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINE (PAGE 50-57)
STUDEBAKER CAR AD (PAGE 1) ONLY $665 ~
BRAIN OPERATION (PAGES 2-3)
PICTURE LIFE OF STALIN (PAGES 24-25)
REMBRANDT PAINTINGS (PAGES 29-32)
MAPPING THE YUKON (PAGES 33-35)
PAINTINGS OF ADOLPH HITLER (PAGES 42-44)
WEST POINT (PAGES 45-49)
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