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TCG Letter #131


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Malcolm Knox
Date
17 December 1947
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Tolkien sends thanks for his time with Knox in Scotland. Tolkien had given his lecture 'On Fairy-Stories' to the University of St Andrews in 1939. Noting that Knox was essential in picking Tolkien for the lecture. He also sends a copy of Essays Presented to Charles Williams.

A facsimile of the letter was published in Tree of Tales: Tolkien, Literature and Theology.
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Tree of Tales: Tolkien, Literature and Theology, p. 5
The original letter is held at The University of St. Andrews Library, ref. ms37525/512 (not listed in online archive)


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