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TCG Letter #1734


From
Christopher Wiseman
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
27 April 1911
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Wiseman writes to Tolkien on the news that Tolkien has become librarian at King's Edwards School. Wiseman will be sub-librarian and their friend Vincent Trought will also help.
Notes
Various small snippets of the "outlandish" language used in this letter are quoted in Tolkien and the Great War, p. 19, and Wiseman mentioning Tolkien's vice of "slackness" on. p. 25
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References
Tolkien and the Great War, p. 5 (librarianship); p. 18 (nicknames); p. 19 ('My Dear Gabriel'); p. 25 ('predominant vice...')


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