One more note on Cabell,
which I am certain Jack Campin already well knows.

Cabell got dragged into court in the 1920's
for the salacious innuendos in one of the fantasy-series books
titled Jurgen.
Cabell emerged victorious,
and the notorious book was, as they say, well publicized.

Example of innuendo:
The man's sweetheart is distracted, to the point of distress,
but the size of his ... staff. The sight of the size of it.
The man's remedy:
He put the ... staff
where the lady could not possibly see it ...   da dum DUM!