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TCG Letter #188


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Henry Willink
Date
17 May 1954
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien discusses C.S. Lewis and his invitation to Cambridge. Lewis had initially refused the offer citing family obligations, namely his brother's health, but Tolkien convinced Lewis that the move would be good for him.


Notes
Willink though had offered the chair elsewhere before receiving a letter from Lewis accepting the post.

Quoted by Brian Barbour in "Lewis and Cambridge", Modern Philology 96, no. 4.

A shorter extract was published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis: Narnia, Cambridge, and Joy 1950-1963.

tolkiengateway.com mention that the version found in Lewis's volume of letters is a shorter edited version. While it is shorter due to formatting, it is not edited differently.
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