title: The Lovecraft Lexicon: A Reader's Guide to Persons, Places and Things in the Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
author: Anthony Pearsall
description: "A clear, comprehensive guide to Lovecraft's worlds, Gods, creatures, people and places. This guide is a treasure for those newly approaching Lovecraft's works, and old hats who will want to use it as a reference for refreshing one's mind on a particular item, person, place, or story. A truly marvelous compendium." --N. Mara-McKay, Spiral Nature
zlib_text: 
  
  
  H. P. LOVECRAFT
  
  
  COLLECTION
  
  
  
  
  
  THE STREET
  
  
  There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those
  who say they have not; I dare not say, myself, but I will tell of the Street.
  
  
  
  
  
  Men of strength and honour fashioned that Street: good valiant men of our
  blood who had come from the Blessed Isles across the sea. At first it was but
  a path trodden by bearers of water from the woodland spring to the cluster of
  houses by the beach. Then, as more men came to the growing cluster of houses
  and looked about for places to dwell, they built cabins along the north side,
  cabins of stout oaken logs with masonry on the side toward the forest, for
  many Indians lurked there with fire-arrows. And in a few years more, men built
  cabins on the south side of the Street.
  
  
  
  
  
  Up and down the Street walked grave men in conical hats, who most of the time
  carried muskets or fowling pieces. And there were also their bonneted wives
  and sober children. In the evening these men with th