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TCG Letter #1915

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

J.G. Riewald

Date

20 August 1948

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien writes that his cartoons amuse him, but not his literary works.

Notes

A two page letter written in response to a Max Beerbohm scholar who asked what Tolkien thought of Beerbohm.

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Archive holdings

Mark Samuels Lasner Collection

Merton College

References

Addenda and Corrigenda to The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide Revised and Enlarged Edition (2017) Vol. 1: Chronology · Arranged by Date , Scull & Hammond - see entry for 20 August 1948

Tolkien on Max Beerbohm , post on Doug Anderson's blog

New York Public Library Max Beerbohm exhibition catalog, Item #70

DELCAT (University of Delaware Catalog), Mark Samuels Lasner Collection ; Manuscript boxes Riewald box 1 MSL 936

NYPL Exhibition gallery, photo of first page of letter available

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