TCG Letter #1945

Tolkien writes to Furth of GA&U. He agrees that the revised binding would do. He had hoped that the 'wavy line' would be transfromed into something and mentions that he tried to find an "ornamental dragon-form" to include. He returns the binding with letter and agrees to its use.

He asks Furth is the "Americans"^{Houghton Mifflin Co.[1]} but notes that he has not doen any firther work on illustrations.^{Hammond/Scull note that Tolkien does not wait to hear if HMCo. want more illustrations and begisn to produce preliminary sketches.[2]}

Tolkien also provides the name of the eidtor of the Oxford Magazine. Russel Meiggs, at Keble College to whom a copy of The Hobbit should be sent.^{History of the Hobbit, pp. 888-9[3]}

This letter is held at the Tolkien–George Allen & Unwin archive, at HarperCollins.