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'''Joseph Wright 19??''' is a [[Index:Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to [[Joseph Wright]], written sometime in or before [[1930]].  
On [[26 January]] [[1925]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien|a letter]] to [[Joseph Wright]]'''.<ref name=CG>{{CG|C}}, p. 129</ref>


*'''Authenticity''': High (provenance: the letter was kept by [[Elizabeth Mary Wright]], wife of [[Joseph Wright]])
*'''Subject:''' Writing on the occasion of Wright's retirement,<ref name=CG/> Tolkien reveals that it was Wright's works that had introduced him to philology as a schoolboy.<ref name=TB>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=13460|articlename=Life of Joseph Wright. 1932|dated=|website=TB|accessed=1 January 2012}}</ref>
*'''Publication:''' Brief extracts were published in ''[[The Life of Joseph Wright]]''
*'''Publication:''' An extract of the letter was published in ''[[The Life of Joseph Wright]]'', vol. 2, p. 651.<ref name=TB/><ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184084/page/n349/mode/2up?q=Tolkien The Life of Joseph Wright, vol. 2] (Internet Archive; accessed 28 April 2021).</ref>
*'''Contents:''' Tolkien reveals that it was Wright's works that had introduced him to philology as a schoolboy.<ref>''An Illustrated Tolkien Bibliography'', at Tolkienbooks.net</ref>
 
==Extract==
{{blockquote|In the first place I hope that you are not retiring now because of renewed or increased ill-health, but only to enjoy a very long period of well-earned rest and happiness. I hope I may send you my very best wishes, to yourself and to Mrs. Wright, as a grateful disciple (it was your works, that came into my hands by chance as a schoolboy, that first revealed to me the philology I love) to whom you have shown since so many kindnesses.}}


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[[Category:Letters|Wright, Joseph (1925-01-26]]

Latest revision as of 08:32, 18 March 2024

On 26 January 1925, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Joseph Wright.[1]

  • Subject: Writing on the occasion of Wright's retirement,[1] Tolkien reveals that it was Wright's works that had introduced him to philology as a schoolboy.[2]
  • Publication: An extract of the letter was published in The Life of Joseph Wright, vol. 2, p. 651.[2][3]

Extract[edit | edit source]

In the first place I hope that you are not retiring now because of renewed or increased ill-health, but only to enjoy a very long period of well-earned rest and happiness. I hope I may send you my very best wishes, to yourself and to Mrs. Wright, as a grateful disciple (it was your works, that came into my hands by chance as a schoolboy, that first revealed to me the philology I love) to whom you have shown since so many kindnesses.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 129
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Life of Joseph Wright. 1932", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 1 January 2012)
  3. ↑ The Life of Joseph Wright, vol. 2 (Internet Archive; accessed 28 April 2021).
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