Letter 108

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
← Letter 108 →
Recipient	Allen and Unwin
Date	5 July 1947
Subject(s)	Publishing Farmer Giles of Ham

Letter 108 is a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Summary

Tolkien returned his revised manuscript of Farmer Giles of Ham, having made many alterations which he hoped and thought were for the better. He pointed out that the story was not written for children. He emphasized that it had been specially composed for reading out loud, and had been written for reading to the Lovelace Society at Worcester College. Tolkien wanted to include an inscription to C.H. Wilkinson since it was he who egged him to write it and to publish it.