Louis How (1873–1947) was a prolific American poet and a biographer of his grandfather, James Buchanan Eads, who built the Eads Bridge crossing the Mississippi River at St. Louis.
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| Born | February 14, 1873 St. Louis, Missouri, US |
| Died | October 3, 1947 (aged 74) Gloucester, Massachusetts, US |
| Education | Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, translator |
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Biography
editLouis How was born in St. Louis on February 14, 1873.[1] He had one brother, James Eads How. Not only was their grandfather a wealthy engineer and contractor, but their father, James Flintham How, was a vice-president and the General Manager of the Wabash Railroad. Thus they were the heirs of one of St. Louis's most wealthy families. While his brother chose to live as a hobo and spent his efforts trying to help the homeless, Louis How graduated from Harvard University in 1895,[2] then "became an artist and took to the gay bohemian life".[3]
While How certainly wrote from a position of knowledge and authority when he created the biography of his grandfather, the biography was criticized in a review from MIT.[4]
Before his poetry was first published, How had compiled a manuscript anthology of American poetry, but never published it. His manuscript was responsible for a revival of interest in early American poet Frederick Goddard Tuckerman.[5]
How died from heart disease at his summer home in Gloucester, Massachusetts on October 3, 1947.[1][2]
Criticism
editHow was discussed in an article in Reedy's Mirror (a journal published in his home town of St. Louis) in association with Amy Lowell and Ezra Pound in 1915 in an article written by Zoë Akins.[6]
Works
edit- James B. Eads. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co. (c.1900)
- The Penitentes of San Rafael. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co. (1900).
Poetry
edit- Lyrics and Sonnets. Boston: Sherman, French (1911).
- The Youth Replies. (1912)
- Barricades. Boston: Sherman, French (1914).
- A Hidden Well: Lyrics and Sonnets. (1916)
- Nursery Rhymes of New York City. (1919)
- Ruin and Gold. London: Chapman & Hall (1924).
- Narcissus and Other Poems. New York: Harbor Press (1928). Illustrated by Walter Dorwin Teague.
- The Other Don Juan. New York: Harbor Press (1932). Illustrated by Steele Savage.
- The Years Relent. Harbor Press. (1936)
- Regional Rhymes of New York City. New York: Harbor Press (1937). Illustrated by Ilse Bischoff.
- An Evening with Ninon, A Didactic Poem containing a translation of Racine's Bernice. New York: Harbor Press (1941). Illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff.
Translations
edit- The life of Lazarillo de Tormes and his fortunes and adversities, done out of the Castilian from R. Foulché-Delbosc's restitution of the editio princeps. New York: M. Kennerley (1917)
- Caesar or Nothing, by Pío Baroja. (1919)
- The Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Florentine by Birth but Not in Conduct. (1934–1940). Illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff.
References
edit- ^ a b "Louis How". Hartford Courant. Gloucester, Massachusetts (published October 4, 1947). AP. October 3, 1947. p. 4. Retrieved October 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Louis How Dies in East; Grandson of Capt. J. B. Eads". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 3, 1947. p. 34. Retrieved October 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Anderson, Nels; Raffaele Rauty (1998). On Hobos and Homelessness. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226019666.
- ^ "Book review" (PDF). The Tech. XX (11). Boston: M.I.T.: 129 December 13, 1900.
- ^ England, Eugene (1991). Beyond romanticism: Tuckerman's Life and Poetry. Albany: SUNY Press. ISBN 9780791407912.
- ^ Braithwaite, William Stanley; Alain LeRoy Locke (1915). Anthology of magazine verse for 1913-29 and yearbook of American poetry. New York: Gomme & Marshall.
External links
edit- Works by Louis How at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Louis How at the Internet Archive
- Works by Louis How at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Open Library
- Works by Louis How at The Online Books Page
