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On [[8 June]] [[1961]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien|a letter]] to [[Rhona Beare]]'''.

This is one of the two letters that were printed in the ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien's Letters to Rhona Beare]]'', being the original of [[Letter 230]].

* '''Difference from Letter 230''': Compared to this, Letter 230 omitted its first two paragraphs and final paragraph. The second paragraph is a translation of the [[A Elbereth Gilthoniel|Elvish hymn to Elbereth]] in ''The Lord of the Rings'', which differs in detail from the literal translation given in ''[[The Road Goes Ever On (book)|The Road Goes Ever On]]''.<ref>[[Wayne G. Hammond]], [[Douglas A. Anderson]] (1993), ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography]]'': Di2</ref>

==See also==
* [[Letter to Rhona Beare (14 October 1958)]]

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