Letter to Eileen Elgar (24 December 1971): Difference between revisions

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Eileen Elgar 24 December 1971 is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Mrs Eileen Elgar, written on December 24, 1971.

Contents: Tolkien writes about the death of Edith. He also writes that he thinks Pauline Baynes's Hobbit poster map is better than A Map of Middle-earth; he is glad Elgar liked the Narnia books, although he himself is not fond of them; and he discusses the naming of pets after Hobbits (commenting that Hilary has a dog which is called Bilbo when being good, and Baggins when being bad).^[1]
Authenticity: High
Publication: Sotheby's English Literature and English History 6-7 December 1984.

"[Edith] was my Lúthien Tinúviel, with her river [sic? as transcribed, for "raven"] hair and fair face and bright starry eyes"

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 '''Eileen Elgar 24 December 1971''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to Mrs [[Eileen Elgar]], written on [[December 24]], [[1971]].
-*'''Contents:''' Tolkien writes about the death of [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]]. He also writes that he thinks Pauline Bayne's ''Hobbit'' poster map is better than ''A Map of Middle-earth''; he is glad Elgar liked the Narnia books, although he himself is not fond of them; and he discusses the naming of pets after Hobbits (commenting that [[Hilary Tolkien|Hilary]] has a dog which is called Bilbo when being good, and Baggins when being bad).<ref>[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]] (2006), ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]: Chronology'', p. 758</ref>
+*'''Contents:''' Tolkien writes about the death of [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]]. He also writes that he thinks [[Pauline Baynes]]'s ''Hobbit'' poster map is better than ''A Map of Middle-earth''; he is glad Elgar liked the [[Narnia]] books, although he himself is not fond of them; and he discusses the naming of pets after Hobbits (commenting that [[Hilary Tolkien|Hilary]] has a dog which is called Bilbo when being good, and Baggins when being bad).<ref>[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]] (2006), ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]: Chronology'', p. 758</ref>
 *'''Authenticity:''' High
 *'''Publication:''' ''[[Sotheby's English Literature and English History 6-7 December 1984]]''.