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	# Live man buried in bridge masonry according to superstition - or black cat. (This makes a brief appearance in "[[The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)]]".)		# Live man buried in bridge masonry according to superstition - or black cat. (This makes a brief appearance in "[[The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)]]".)
	# Sinister names - [[Nasht]] - [[Kaman-Thah]]. [x] (These names appear in "[[The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)]]".)		# Sinister names - [[Nasht]] - [[Kaman-Thah]]. [x] (These names appear in "[[The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)]]".)
	# Identity - reconstruction of personality - man makes duplicate of himself. [x] (Derleth abused this in "[[Posthumous Collaboration]]" "The Dark Brotherhood".)		# Identity - reconstruction of personality - man makes duplicate of himself. [x] (Derleth abused this in "[[Posthumous Collaborations\|Posthumous Collaboration]]" "The Dark Brotherhood".)
	# Riley's fear of undertakers - door locked on inside after death.		# Riley's fear of undertakers - door locked on inside after death.
	# Catacombs discovered beneath a city (in America?). (Perhaps forms the basis of "[[The Statement of Randolph Carter (fiction)]]"?)		# Catacombs discovered beneath a city (in America?). (Perhaps forms the basis of "[[The Statement of Randolph Carter (fiction)]]"?)

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	# Hideous old book discovered - directions for shocking evocation. (Possibly "[[The Book (fiction)]]", still unfinished.)		# Hideous old book discovered - directions for shocking evocation. (Possibly "[[The Book (fiction)]]", still unfinished.)
	# Pre-human idol found in desert.		# Pre-human idol found in desert.
	# Idol in museum moves in a certain way. (Might have been used in "[[Out of the Aeons (fiction)", "[[The Horror in the Museum (fiction)"?)		# Idol in museum moves in a certain way. (Might have been used in "[[Out of the Aeons (fiction)]]", "[[The Horror in the Museum (fiction)"?)
	# Migration of Lemmings - Atlantis.		# Migration of Lemmings - Atlantis.
	# Little green Celtic figures dug up in an ancient Irish bog.		# Little green Celtic figures dug up in an ancient Irish bog.

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	# Ancient castle within sound of weird waterfall - sound ceases for a time under strange conditions.		# Ancient castle within sound of weird waterfall - sound ceases for a time under strange conditions.
	# Prowling at night around an unlighted castle amidst strange scenery.		# Prowling at night around an unlighted castle amidst strange scenery.
	# A secret living thing kept and fed in an old house. (Used in "[[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]]".)		# A secret living thing kept and fed in an old house. (Used in "[[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]]"; abused by Derleth in a "[[Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)
	# Something seen at oriel window of forbidden room in ancient manor house. (~~Used~~ by Derleth in a "[[Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)		# Something seen at oriel window of forbidden room in ancient manor house. (Abused by Derleth in a "[[Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)
	# Art note - fantastick daemons of Salvator Rosa or Fuseli (trunk-proboscis).		# Art note - fantastick daemons of Salvator Rosa or Fuseli (trunk-proboscis).
	# Talking bird of great longevity - tells secret long afterward.		# Talking bird of great longevity - tells secret long afterward.

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	Link to outside reviews or helpful pages.		Link to outside reviews or helpful pages.
	* http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cje/mythos/cb.html		* http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cje/mythos/cb.html
			* https://www.yog-sothoth.com/forums/topic/16066-commonplace-book-inspired-stories/

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	==Contents==		==Contents==
	'''Commonplace Book''' of images, ideas, prompts, and inspirations for stories "...presented to R. H. Barlow, Esq., on May 7, 1934 in exchange for an admirably neat typed copy from his skilled hand..."		'''Commonplace Book''' of images, ideas, prompts, and inspirations for stories "...presented to R. H. Barlow, Esq., on May 7, 1934 in exchange for an admirably neat typed copy from his skilled hand..."

	~~H. P. Lovecraft~~
	~~Presented to R. H. Barlow, Esq., on May 7, 1934—in exchange for an admirably neat typed copy from his skilled hand.~~

	# Demophon shivered when the sun shone upon him. (Lover of darkness = ignorance.)		# Demophon shivered when the sun shone upon him. (Lover of darkness = ignorance.)
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	# Live man buried in bridge masonry according to superstition - or black cat. (This makes a brief appearance in "[[The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)]]".)		# Live man buried in bridge masonry according to superstition - or black cat. (This makes a brief appearance in "[[The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)]]".)
	# Sinister names - [[Nasht]] - [[Kaman-Thah]]. [x] (These names appear in "[[The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)]]".)		# Sinister names - [[Nasht]] - [[Kaman-Thah]]. [x] (These names appear in "[[The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath (fiction)]]".)
	# Identity - reconstruction of personality - man makes duplicate of himself. [x]		# Identity - reconstruction of personality - man makes duplicate of himself. [x] (Derleth abused this in "[[Posthumous Collaboration]]" "The Dark Brotherhood".)
	~~# Riley's fear of undertakers - door locked on inside after death.~~ (Derleth abused this in "[[Posthumous Collaboration]]" "The Dark Brotherhood".)		# Riley's fear of undertakers - door locked on inside after death.
	# Catacombs discovered beneath a city (in America?). (Perhaps forms the basis of "[[The Statement of Randolph Carter (fiction)]]"?)		# Catacombs discovered beneath a city (in America?). (Perhaps forms the basis of "[[The Statement of Randolph Carter (fiction)]]"?)
	# An impression - city in peril - dead city - equestrian statue - men in closed room - clattering of hooves heard from outside - marvel disclosed on looking out - doubtful ending.		# An impression - city in peril - dead city - equestrian statue - men in closed room - clattering of hooves heard from outside - marvel disclosed on looking out - doubtful ending.
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	# Bell of some ancient church or castle rung by some unknown hand - a thing... or an invisible Presence. (Apparently becomes part of the fragment "[[The Descendant (fiction)]]", never finished.)		# Bell of some ancient church or castle rung by some unknown hand - a thing... or an invisible Presence. (Apparently becomes part of the fragment "[[The Descendant (fiction)]]", never finished.)
	# Insects or other entities from space attack and penetrate a man's head and cause him to remember alien and exotic things - possible displacement of personality. (May 11, 1935 letter to [[Robert H. Barlow]]: "I had a very vivid dream fragment only last night - perhaps in part derived from that extremely clever plot idea outlined toward the end of your letter. You speak of a cranium containing, in place of a brain, a curious metal device - implying that the latter is either an alien and conscious entity itself, or else a sort of receiving set by which remote outside entities can control the body in which it is planted. Well - in my dream I was, while walking in a familiar rural region, suddenly attacked by a swarm of swift-darting insects from the sky. They were tiny and streamlined, and seemed to be able to pierce my cranium and enter my brain as if their substance were not strictly material. No sooner had they entered my head, than my identity and position seemed to become very doubtful. I remembered alien and incredible scenes...." [[Ramsey Campbell]] would adapt this to "[[The Insects from Shaggai (fiction)]]"; it also sounds like "[[The Terror from the Depths (fiction)]]" by [[Fritz Leiber]]?)		# Insects or other entities from space attack and penetrate a man's head and cause him to remember alien and exotic things - possible displacement of personality. (May 11, 1935 letter to [[Robert H. Barlow]]: "I had a very vivid dream fragment only last night - perhaps in part derived from that extremely clever plot idea outlined toward the end of your letter. You speak of a cranium containing, in place of a brain, a curious metal device - implying that the latter is either an alien and conscious entity itself, or else a sort of receiving set by which remote outside entities can control the body in which it is planted. Well - in my dream I was, while walking in a familiar rural region, suddenly attacked by a swarm of swift-darting insects from the sky. They were tiny and streamlined, and seemed to be able to pierce my cranium and enter my brain as if their substance were not strictly material. No sooner had they entered my head, than my identity and position seemed to become very doubtful. I remembered alien and incredible scenes...." [[Ramsey Campbell]] would adapt this to "[[The Insects from Shaggai (fiction)]]"; it also sounds like "[[The Terror from the Depths (fiction)]]" by [[Fritz Leiber]]?)


	==Comments / Trivia==		==Comments / Trivia==

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	* title: '''Commonplace Book''' of images, ideas, prompts, and inspirations for stories		* title: '''Commonplace Book''' of images, ideas, prompts, and inspirations for stories
	* author: '''[[H.P. Lovecraft]]'''		* author: '''[[H.P. Lovecraft]]'''
	* publication: '''Unpublished''' "Presented to R. H. Barlow, Esq., on May 7, 1934 in exchange for an admirably neat typed copy from his skilled hand..."		* publication: '''Unpublished''' "Presented to R. H. Barlow, Esq., on May 7, 1934 in exchange for an admirably neat typed copy from his skilled hand..."a
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	# The man who would not sleep - dares not sleep - takes drugs to keep himself awake. Finally falls asleep - and something happens. Motto from Baudelaire p. 214. (Used in "[[Hypnos (fiction)]]".)		# The man who would not sleep - dares not sleep - takes drugs to keep himself awake. Finally falls asleep - and something happens. Motto from Baudelaire p. 214. (Used in "[[Hypnos (fiction)]]".)
	# Dunsany - "[[A Shop in Go-By Street (fiction)]]": Man stumbles on dream world - returns to earth - seeks to go back - succeeds, but finds dream world ancient and decayed as though by thousands of years.		# Dunsany - "[[A Shop in Go-By Street (fiction)]]": Man stumbles on dream world - returns to earth - seeks to go back - succeeds, but finds dream world ancient and decayed as though by thousands of years.
	# Man visits museum of antiquities - asks that it accept a bas-relief he has just made - old and learned curator laughs and says he cannot accept anything so modern. Man says that 'dreams are older than brooding Egypt or the contemplative Sphinx or garden-girdled Babylonia' and that he had fashioned the sculpture in his dreams. Curator bids him shew his product, and when he does so curator shews horror. Asks who the man may be. He tells modern name. "No - before that" says curator. Man does not remember except in dreams. Then curator offers high price, but man fears he means to destroy sculpture. Asks fabulous price - curator will consult directors.		# Man visits museum of antiquities - asks that it accept a bas-relief he has just made - old and learned curator laughs and says he cannot accept anything so modern. Man says that 'dreams are older than brooding Egypt or the contemplative Sphinx or garden-girdled Babylonia' and that he had fashioned the sculpture in his dreams. Curator bids him shew his product, and when he does so curator shews horror. Asks who the man may be. He tells modern name. "No - before that" says curator. Man does not remember except in dreams. Then curator offers high price, but man fears he means to destroy sculpture. Asks fabulous price - curator will consult directors. Add good development and describe nature of bas-relief. (Used in "[[The Call of Cthulhu (fiction)]]".)
	Add good development and describe nature of bas-relief. (Used in "[[The Call of Cthulhu (fiction)]]".)
	# Dream of ancient castle stairs - sleeping guards - narrow window - battle on plain between men of England and men of yellow tabards with red dragons. Leader of English challenges leader of foe to single combat. They fight. Foe unhelmeted, but there is no head revealed. Whole army of foe fades into mist, and watcher finds himself to be the English knight on the plain, mounted. Looks at castle, and sees a peculiar concentration of fantastic clouds over the highest battlements.		# Dream of ancient castle stairs - sleeping guards - narrow window - battle on plain between men of England and men of yellow tabards with red dragons. Leader of English challenges leader of foe to single combat. They fight. Foe unhelmeted, but there is no head revealed. Whole army of foe fades into mist, and watcher finds himself to be the English knight on the plain, mounted. Looks at castle, and sees a peculiar concentration of fantastic clouds over the highest battlements.
	# Life and Death: Death - its desolation and horror - bleak spaces - sea-bottom - dead cities. But Life - the greater horror! Vast unheard-of reptiles and leviathans - hideous beasts of prehistoric jungle - rank slimy vegetation - evil instincts of primal man - Life is more horrible than death.		# Life and Death: Death - its desolation and horror - bleak spaces - sea-bottom - dead cities. But Life - the greater horror! Vast unheard-of reptiles and leviathans - hideous beasts of prehistoric jungle - rank slimy vegetation - evil instincts of primal man - Life is more horrible than death.

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	# Ancient castle within sound of weird waterfall - sound ceases for a time under strange conditions.		# Ancient castle within sound of weird waterfall - sound ceases for a time under strange conditions.
	# Prowling at night around an unlighted castle amidst strange scenery.		# Prowling at night around an unlighted castle amidst strange scenery.
	# A secret living thing kept and fed in an old house. (Used in "[[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]]"; abused by Derleth in a "[[Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)		# A secret living thing kept and fed in an old house. (Used in "[[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]]"; abused by Derleth in a "[[Posthumous Collaborations\|Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)
	# Something seen at oriel window of forbidden room in ancient manor house. (Abused by Derleth in a "[[Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)		# Something seen at oriel window of forbidden room in ancient manor house. (Abused by Derleth in a "[[Posthumous Collaborations\|Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)
	# Art note - fantastick daemons of Salvator Rosa or Fuseli (trunk-proboscis).		# Art note - fantastick daemons of Salvator Rosa or Fuseli (trunk-proboscis).
	# Talking bird of great longevity - tells secret long afterward.		# Talking bird of great longevity - tells secret long afterward.
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	# Ancient and unknown ruins - strange and immortal bird who speaks in a language horrifying and revelatory to the explorers. (This might have appeared in "[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]"?)		# Ancient and unknown ruins - strange and immortal bird who speaks in a language horrifying and revelatory to the explorers. (This might have appeared in "[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]"?)
	# Individual, by some strange process, retraces the path of evolution and becomes amphibious. Dr. insists that the particular amphibian from which man descends is not like any known to palaeontology. To prove it, indulges in (or relates) strange experiment.		# Individual, by some strange process, retraces the path of evolution and becomes amphibious. Dr. insists that the particular amphibian from which man descends is not like any known to palaeontology. To prove it, indulges in (or relates) strange experiment.
	# Marble Faun p. 346 - strange and prehistorick Italian city of stone. (Derleth may have abused this in a "[[Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)		# Marble Faun p. 346 - strange and prehistorick Italian city of stone. (Derleth may have abused this in a "[[Posthumous Collaborations\|Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)
	# New England region call'd "[[Witches' Hollow]]" - along course of a river. Rumours of witches' sabbaths and Indian powwows on a broad mound rising out of the level where some old hemlocks and beeches formed a dark grove or daemon-temple. Legends hard to account for. Holmes - Guardian Angel. (Might have appeared in "[[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]]"? Derleth may have abused this in a "[[Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)		# New England region call'd "[[Witches' Hollow]]" - along course of a river. Rumours of witches' sabbaths and Indian powwows on a broad mound rising out of the level where some old hemlocks and beeches formed a dark grove or daemon-temple. Legends hard to account for. Holmes - Guardian Angel. (Might have appeared in "[[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]]"? Derleth may have abused this in a "[[Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)
	# Phosphorescence of decaying wood - called in New England "fox-fire".		# Phosphorescence of decaying wood - called in New England "fox-fire".
	# Mad artist in ancient sinister house draws things. What were his models? Glimpse. (Used in "[[Pickman's Model (fiction)]]".)		# Mad artist in ancient sinister house draws things. What were his models? Glimpse. (Used in "[[Pickman's Model (fiction)]]".)
	# Man has miniature shapeless Siamese twin - exhib. in circus - twin surgically detached - disappears - does hideous things with malign life of his own. ([[Henry S. Whitehead]] used this in "[[Cassius (fiction)]]"?)		# Man has miniature shapeless Siamese twin - exhib. in circus - twin surgically detached - disappears - does hideous things with malign life of his own. ([[Henry S. Whitehead]] used this in "[[Cassius (fiction)]]"?)
	# [[Witches' Hollow]] novel? Man hired as teacher in private school misses road on first trip - encounters dark hollow with unnaturally swollen trees and small cottage (light in window?). Reaches school and hears that boys are forbidden to visit hollow. One boy is strange - teacher sees him visit hollow - odd doings - mysterious disappearance or hideous fate. (Derleth may have abused this in a "[[Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)		# [[Witches' Hollow]] novel? Man hired as teacher in private school misses road on first trip - encounters dark hollow with unnaturally swollen trees and small cottage (light in window?). Reaches school and hears that boys are forbidden to visit hollow. One boy is strange - teacher sees him visit hollow - odd doings - mysterious disappearance or hideous fate. (Derleth may have abused this in a "[[Posthumous Collaborations\|Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)
	# Hideous world superimposed on visible world - gate through - power guides narrator to ancient and forbidden book with directions for access.		# Hideous world superimposed on visible world - gate through - power guides narrator to ancient and forbidden book with directions for access.
	# A secret language spoken by a very few old men in a wild country leads to hidden marvels and terrors still surviving.		# A secret language spoken by a very few old men in a wild country leads to hidden marvels and terrors still surviving.
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	# Talking rock of Africa - immemorially ancient oracle in desolate jungle ruins that speaks with a voice out of the aeons.		# Talking rock of Africa - immemorially ancient oracle in desolate jungle ruins that speaks with a voice out of the aeons.
	# Man with lost memory in strange, imperfectly comprehended environment. Fears to regain memory - a glimpse.... (Might have been used in "[[The Shadow out of Time (fiction)]]"?)		# Man with lost memory in strange, imperfectly comprehended environment. Fears to regain memory - a glimpse.... (Might have been used in "[[The Shadow out of Time (fiction)]]"?)
	# Man idly shapes a queer image - some power impels him to make it queerer than he understands. Throws it away in disgust - but something is abroad in the night. (Abused by Derleth in a "[[Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)		# Man idly shapes a queer image - some power impels him to make it queerer than he understands. Throws it away in disgust - but something is abroad in the night. (Abused by Derleth in a "[[Posthumous Collaborations\|Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)
	# Ancient (Roman? prehistoric?) stone bridge washed away by a (sudden and curious?) storm. Something liberated which had been sealed up in the masonry of years ago. Things happen. (Abused by Derleth in a "[[Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)		# Ancient (Roman? prehistoric?) stone bridge washed away by a (sudden and curious?) storm. Something liberated which had been sealed up in the masonry of years ago. Things happen. (Abused by Derleth in a "[[Posthumous Collaborations\|Posthumous Collaboration]]"?)
	# Mirage in time - image of long-vanish'd pre-human city. (Sounds a bit like a scene from ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''?)		# Mirage in time - image of long-vanish'd pre-human city. (Sounds a bit like a scene from ''[[At the Mountains of Madness (fiction)]]''?)
	# Fog or smoke - assumes shaped under incantations.		# Fog or smoke - assumes shaped under incantations.