Leaves from the Tree

Leaves from the Tree: J.R.R. Tolkien's Shorter Fiction
Author	Tom Shippey, et al.
Editor	Trevor Reynolds
Publisher	The Tolkien Society
Released	1991
Format	Paperback
Pages	88
ISBN	0905520033
Series	Peter Roe Memorial Fund
Preceded by	Some Light on Middle-earth
Followed by	The First and Second Ages

Leaves from the Tree: J.R.R. Tolkien's Shorter Fiction is a collection of the proceedings of the 4th Tolkien Society Workshop, held in Beverley in 1989. It was published by The Tolkien Society in 1991 under the auspices of the Peter Roe Memorial Fund in 1991.

The publication is notable for including contributions from John Rateliff, Christina Scull and Tom Shippey. In particular, Christina Scull's paper, "Dragons from Andrew Lang's Retelling of Sigurd to Tolkien's Chrysophylax", reproduces an extract from Tolkien's unpublished lecture on dragons (see Lecture on Dragons).

Contents

• "Tolkien and 'The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth'"
  • By: Tom Shippey
• "In Search of the Bounce: Tolkien seen through Smith"
  • By: David Doughan
• "The 'Why', and the 'How': Reflections on 'Leaf by Niggle'"
  • By: John Ellison
• "The Lost Heart of the Little Kingdom"
  • By: Alex Lewis
• "Early Versions of Farmer Giles of Ham"
  • By: John Rateliff
• "Dragons from Andrew Lang's Retelling of Sigurd to Tolkien's Chrysophylax"
  • By: Christina Scull
• "The Source of 'The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun'"
  • By: Jessica Yates
• "Tom Bombadil and The Lord of the Rings"
  • By: Christina Scull
• "The Natures of Tom Bombadil: A Summary"
  • By: Charles Noad
• "The Real Tom Bombadil"
  • By: Patricia Reynolds