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TCG Letter #636 / Carpenter Letter #262


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Michael di Capua
Date
7 September 1964
Type
Typed Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Tolkien responds to a query from Pantheon Books about writing a preface to George MacDonald’s The Golden Key.
Notes
It never got past the draft stage, but led to Tolkien eventually writing Smith of Wootton Major.

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