Letters
TCG Letter #1228
From
Christopher Wiseman
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
25 April 1915
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Wiseman gives Tolkien some feedback on his poetry. He and Gilson had been discussing it and Smith had said previously that he was impressed with it. Wiseman says he "wildly braced" and cannot believe the words that Tolkien can conjure up.
Chronology puts this letter as ?23 April 1915 (Trinity Term 1915) but Garth dates this letter to 25 April 1915 in Tolkien and the Great War.
Chronology puts this letter as ?23 April 1915 (Trinity Term 1915) but Garth dates this letter to 25 April 1915 in Tolkien and the Great War.