TCG Letter #1012

'Tolkien on Tolkien' is the title of an article published in Diplomat (October 1966) without Tolkien's permission. It was edited by an unknown editor from two sources, Carpenter's Letter #165 (J.R.R. Tolkien to Houghton Mifflin Co., 30 June 1955) and Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Nancy Smith • 25-26 December 1963 (#511).

Said in the J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Readers Guide - Part II to have come from two sources, the article can be read using Carpenter's Letter #165 (J.R.R. Tolkien to Houghton Mifflin Co., 30 June 1955) alone. Made up of seven paragraphs, it can be read in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien thus:

(1) p. 221 - lines 10 to 22 (1918 was written as 1913, both incorrect, read 1917)
(2) p. 220 - lines 30 to 31 (ends at "(as such)")
(3) p. 221 - lines 23 to 33
(4) p. 219-20 - lines 26 (starts at "a primary 'fact' about my work", p. 219) to 5 (p. 220)
(5) p. 220 - lines 6 to 15
(6) p. 220 - lines 16 to 23
(7) p. 221 - lines 34 to 39 (last paragraph)

Read Hammond/Scull's entry (see reference) for details of the textual errors found in the article.