The Arkham Sampler, Spring 1949

3 • The Root of Ampoi, a story by Clark Ashton Smith 16 • Fragment, a poem by Vincent Starrett 17 • "The Mummy!," by Everett Bleiler 24 • Sed Non Satiata, a poem after Baudelaire by Clark Ashton Smith 25 • A Feather From Lucifer's Wing, a poem by Foreman Faulconer 27 • Lovecraft and the Stars, by E. Hoffmann Price 32 • The Saints of Four-Mile Water, a poem by Leah Bodine Drake 34 • Technical Slip, a story by John Beynon Harris 46 • The Last American, a novel by J. A. Mitchell 69 • Full Circle, a poem by Vincent Starrett 70 • The Realm of Redonda, by August Derleth 73 • "Gougou," by P. Schuyler Miller 75 • Characterization in Imaginative Literature, by Jack C. Miske BOOKS OF THE QUARTER 81 • Jamesian Spectres, by August Derleth —The Ghostly Tales of Henry James by Henry James 82 • Two Bibliographies, by Everett Bleiler —A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Henry Rider Haggard, 1856-1925, by J. E. Scott —The Works of M. P. Shiel, by A. Reynolds Morse 85 • The Devil and Miss Barker, by Leah Bodine Drake —Peace, My Daughters, by Shirley Barker 87 • Cristina, by Joseph L. McNamera —The Room Beyond, by Robert Spencer Carr 89 • An Arkham Quartet, by Edward Wagenknecht —The Fourth Book of Jorkens, by Lord Dunsany —Genius Loci and Other Tales, by Clark Ashton Smith —Roads, by Seabury Quinn —Not Long for This World, by August Derleth 91 • Messrs. Sturgeon, Williamson & DeCamp, by August Derleth —Without Sorcery, by Theodore Sturgeon —Darker Than You Think, by Jack Williamson —The Wheels of If, by L. Sprague de Camp —Lest Darkness Fall, by L. Sprague de Camp 94 • Short Notices —The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, and Other Stories —The Sign of the Burning Hart, by David H. Keller —Mysteries and Adventures Along the Atlantic Coast, by Edward Rowe Snow —The Devil Rides Out, by Dennis Wheatley 96 • Editorial Commentary