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TCG Letter #1316


From
G.B. Smith
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
9 February 1916
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
G.B. Smith writes to Tolkien at Brocton Camp, he talks about what friendship with the other T.C.B.S. means to him. The other members believe in Tolkien's work and feel they have contributed a little to it.

Smith also says he has received the letter from Tolkien telling him that he and Edith are getting married and that he has sent his poems to Sidgwick & Jackson.
Notes
Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull notes that it is "probably in response to Tolkien expressing worry that he is taking up too much of the time of the T.C.B.S. with his poetry."
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References
Tolkien and the Great War, p. 33 (JRRT's fear of being cut off from TCBS); p. 64 (Conservative perplexity at JRRT's Romanticism); p. 119 ('I remember how...'); p. 129 ('My goodness...')


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