Mith: Changed date format

2011-06-11T10:42:03Z

Changed date format

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	\| #=172		\| #=172
	\| to=[[Allen and Unwin]]		\| to=[[Allen and Unwin]]
−	\| date=[[~~1955#~~October~~\|October 12~~]], [[1955]]	+	\| date=[[12 October]] [[1955]]
	\| subject=Plea for ''[[The Return of the King]]'' publication date on 20 October 1955		\| subject=Plea for ''[[The Return of the King]]'' publication date on 20 October 1955
	}}{{letter\|172}}		}}{{letter\|172}}

Gamling: Created page with "{{letter infobox | #=172 | to=Allen and Unwin | date=October 12, 1955 | subject=Plea for ''The Return of the King'' publication date on 20 October 19…"

2011-04-05T00:24:38Z

Created page with "{{letter infobox | #=172 | to=Allen and Unwin | date=October 12, 1955 | subject=Plea for ''The Return of the King'' publication date on 20 October 19…"

New page

{{letter infobox
| #=172
| to=[[Allen and Unwin]]
| date=[[1955#October|October 12]], [[1955]]
| subject=Plea for ''[[The Return of the King]]'' publication date on 20 October 1955
}}{{letter|172}}
==Summary==
Allen and Unwin proposed 20 October 1955 as the publication date for ''The Return of the King''. Tolkien beseeched them not to fail; it was the last possible day since on the next day he had to deliver his first (overdue) O’Donnell Lecture. He was hoping that a large part of the audience would sit up late reading the night before and thus not notice his grave lack of equipment as a lecturer on a Celtic subject. He also wanted to allude to the book because his lecture talked about "Celticness" and its linguistic pattern.

{{letters}}

Letter 172 - Revision history

Mith: Changed date format

Gamling: Created page with "{{letter infobox | #=172 | to=Allen and Unwin | date=October 12, 1955 | subject=Plea for ''The Return of the King'' publication date on 20 October 19…"