I think William Dean  Howells is not old friend of Pound. The letters,
HOWells looks like H.G.Wells.
 
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> I'm wondering if anyone can fill me in on Pound and William Dean
> Howells; I
> notice the reference in CIV, on page 172 in New Directions thirteenth
> printing, 1995, after a reference to another realist: "Fordie" (I assume
> Ford Madox Ford).
>
> Dave
 
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