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I'll be happy to do so when I get it, but in the meantime there's a picture of the front of the dust jacket here:
http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=11480
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Well, perhaps, but in this case I think Tolkien is dead on. The Dunsany story, e.g., (which is short and freely available on the web) really is _awful_, and its final paragraph truly execrable.
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Here's what I've got with a bit of work; I think I can get more in time.
======== Jirel of Joiry. Does create an atmosphere and [?the] sinister 'corrupt' household of Alaric was eerie and credible. But I never [sic] find phantasmal struggles such as that of Jirel with 'Undead' Andred quite unconvincing — especially when the victims escape! Dunsany at his worst. Trying so hard for the shudder. But not for a moment making the tale 'credible' enough to {pro} make a background for a strong [?e...]. And the ending lamentable — in fact [?insulting]. In a world in which a Thangobrind could even begin to be (let alone Hlo-hlo or [?all the rest]) early 19th century Riviera [?...] is surely utterly impossible — or vice versa. And what is meant by selling his daughter's soul. Cappen Varra. Nomenclature v[ery] bad Let us have genuine Scandanavian/Norse "bar- barians" or something invented. The Athammaus monster wholly unbelievable [?…] disgusting [?... ... …]. There are lots of ways of being [?... as] nastily, without all this [?tooraloo] of nonsense. Most of these things are overheated & exaggerated ([?...] bigger or [?would be] bigger, [?'...'] is [?...] than the {ends} purposes warrant) Also obviously over or ill-written. Jirel of Joiry 140 - 146 is good but needs a [?deft] story (and [?explication]) to [?...] [?valid]. Dunsany's is one of his worst That final ghastly paragraph!
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Glad to help. Please also include a copy of the table of contents of the volume it accompanies, as these notes are Tolkien's comments in review of the volume and cites some titles and authors.
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